Virtual Biodiversity Assessment Systems

TL;DR: By combining presences of species data with electronic cartography via a number of algorithms, estimating niches of species and their areas of distribution becomes feasible at resolutions one to three orders of magnitude higher than it was possible a few years ago.

TL;DR: The feasibility of using ants as indicators in land management remains a key issue, given the large numbers of taxonomically challenging specimens in samples, and a lack of invertebrate expertise within most land-management agencies, but recent work has shown that major efficiencies can be achieved by simplifying the ant sorting process, and such efficiencies could actually enhance rather than compromise indicator performance.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of 24 sites in four land systems in arid northwest New South Wales, Australia was conducted, and sites were located to give a hierarchy of intersite distances, and land systems were classified as either low isolation (large and continuous) or high isolation (small patches interspersed among other land systems).

TL;DR: One of the most useful RBA approaches to take in New Zealand involves focusing resources and attention on a limited range of taxa, however, this requires substantial communication, discussion, and agreement over which taxa should be selected for conservation priorities and environmental monitoring in terrestrial ecosystems.

TL;DR: Moore's Law has become the central driving force of one of the most dynamic of the world's industries as discussed by the authors, and it is viewed as a reliable method of calculating future trends as well, setting the pace of innovation, and defining the rules and the very nature of competition.