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Comparison of the five formulations of the indicator for coverage of KBAs by protected areas.

Scientific publications

29/06/2026

Tracking important site safeguard through different approaches to measuring the indicator of protected area coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas

Correlations between Allelic Overlap, Allelic richness, AMOVA, Δ+, Dest, λcor and Ne. Each box representing the correlation between two methods comprises correlation coefficient and p-value. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.

Scientific publications

21/01/2026

Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas Based on Distinct Genetic Diversity

Konstantina Spiliopoulou presenting on how Key Biodiversity Areas can support global biodiversity targets to 2030

Conference

27/06/2025

The GaP project in the ICCB 2025 in Australia

Land condition states in mainland Spain (2010–2019) from the 2dRUE product

Scientific publications

12/05/2025

Land Degradation-Based Approach for Assessing the Performance of the Natura 2000 Network in Mainland Spain

italian KBA image

Milestone

07/04/2025

The Italian KBA National Coordination Group is now established!

Expected results for community metrics (CTI, CTISD and species richness) depending on which process is dominant in community turnover.

Scientific publications

22/03/2025

Local Climatic Effects on Colonisation and Extinction Drive Changes in Mountain Butterfly Communities

3D map of the Sierra de Guadarrama

Scientific publications

27/02/2025

Effects of elevation and microclimatic temperatures on butterfly-flower interaction networks in a Mediterranean mountain range

KBA scope image

Scientific publications

05/08/2024

KBAscope: A new package in R language for Key Biodiversity Area identification

Spain's maximum average temperature

Book chapter

22/05/2024

Refugia from climate change, and their influence on the diversity and conservation of insects

Hypothetical temporal tendencies of the species occurrence data across spatial and temperature gradients.

Scientific publications

12/02/2024

Taking advantage of opportunistically collected historical occurrence data to detect responses to climate change: The case of temperature and Iberian dung beetles: