L. Matias

Monitoring biodiversity in the global change era: The importance of herbaria and genetic diversity

The paper highlights the importance of using genetic diversity and herbarium specimens to monitor biodiversity loss due to climate change, showing genetic depauperation in a narrow alpine species.

Fin whale singalong: evidence of song conformity

The paper analyzes fin whale song changes over two decades, finding rapid replacement of song types and evidence of vocal learning and conformity in rhythm and note frequencies.

A mechanistic path to maximize biomass productivity while maintaining diversity.

This study links coexistence mechanisms to biodiversity functioning by showing that stable coexisting plant communities produce more biomass, particularly under drought.

Functional traits and phenotypic plasticity modulate species coexistence across contrasting environments

The paper investigates how functional traits and their plasticity influence species coexistence across different environments using field experiments and a population model.