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  1. Blind spots in conservation planning: How well are subterranean species and habitats protected across the European Natura 2000 network?
  2. The power of naming: shorter and simpler species names draw more attention
  3. Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences?
  4. Acidification and deoxygenation matter in assessing redistribution of global cold‐water coral biodiversity induced by climate change
  5. Elevated extinction risk of sea moths under climate change
  6. Factors Influencing Species Distribution Model Performance in Tropical Reef Fishes
  7. Ensuring reliable cave temperature data for climate change research
  8. Non‐native parrot species expand the trait space of avian communities by filling empty niches in urban areas
  9. The impacts of biological invasions
  10. Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation
  11. How a 5% GDP military investment could impact European Union biodiversity
  12. Integrating expert range maps and opportunistic occurrence records of marine fish species in range estimates
  13. Adapted Yet at Risk: The Paradox of Thermotolerant Species in a Warming World
  14. Advancing subterranean conservation through Global Research on eDNA in Groundwaters (GReG)
  15. Evidence of population stress linked to droughts in cave-dwelling spiders: the case of Meta bourneti in north-western Italy
  16. A unifying theoretical framework for conservation flagships
  17. Scholarly discourse in polarizing interdisciplinary contexts
  18. An expert-curated dataset on cave-dwelling spider communities in the Western Italian Alps –an open tool for eco-evolutionary research
  19. Socio‐Economic Status and Non‐Native Species Drive Bird Ecosystem Service Provision in Urban Areas
  20. Beyond mental well-being: A One Health perspective on biophobias
  21. Population Genomics of a Cave‐Dwelling Arachnid (Palpigradi, Eukoeneniidae) From the South‐Western Italian Alps
  22. The use of eponyms can also promote gender equity in modern taxonomy
  23. Impact of climate and land use change on the distribution of orchids in Estonia
  24. Social media filtering of sensationalistic news on spiders—A global overview
  25. Subterranean environments contribute to three-quarters of classified ecosystem services
  26. Ecosystem services provided by spiders
  27. A Comprehensive Occurrence Dataset for European Ostracoda Inhabiting Groundwater and Groundwater‐Dependent Ecosystems
  28. Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans
  29. On the quest for novelty in ecology
  30. Integrating intraspecific trait variability in functional diversity: An overview of methods and a guide for ecologists
  31. Macroinvertebrate diversity patterns in a guano-rich temperate cave
  32. The what, how, and why of trait‐based analyses in ecology
  33. Differences in predictions of marine species distribution models based on expert maps and opportunistic occurrences
  34. Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature
  35. Too much and not enough data: Challenges and solutions for generating information in freshwater research and monitoring
  36. On art, science, and the conservation of subterranean ecosystems
  37. Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration
  38. Macroinvertebrate diversity patterns in a guano-rich temperate cave
  39. Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology
  40. Conceptual and ethical considerations in invasion science
  41. EGCop: An Expert‐Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater‐Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda)
  42. Moving forward: Mitigating the effect of climate change in subterranean ecosystems
  43. EU needs groundwater ecosystems guidelines
  44. Conservation needs and opportunities drive LIFE funding allocation for European birds
  45. The influence of spider news on online information-seeking
  46. Protecting subterranean ecosystems for the wellbeing of surface environments and humanity
  47. Long‐term monitoring of a population of greater horseshoe bat emphasises the importance of a pest beetle prey on demographic trends
  48. Cross‐validation matters in species distribution models: a case study with goatfish species
  49. Competency in invasion science: addressing stagnation challenges by promoting innovation and creative thinking
  50. The what, how and why of trait-based analyses in ecology
  51. A gap in media communication of human-bear conflicts management
  52. Intercontinental invasion dynamics of Cercopagis pengoi, an IUCN-listed planktonic invasive species
  53. Incorporating physiological knowledge into correlative species distribution models minimizes bias introduced by the choice of calibration area
  54. Biological invasions are a population‐level rather than a species‐level phenomenon
  55. Calculating functional diversity metrics using neighbor‐joining trees
  56. Functional convergence underground? The scale‐dependency of community assembly processes in European cave spiders
  57. Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science
  58. From caves to continents: phylogeography and niche shift of an invasive subterranean spider
  59. Where do the antibiotic resistance genes come from? A modulated analysis of sources and loads of resistances in Lake Maggiore
  60. Perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through protected areas
  61. Considering biotic interactions exacerbates the predicted impacts of climate change on coral‐dwelling species
  62. Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem
  63. Biodiversity communication in the digital era through the Emoji tree of life
  64. A global meta-analysis reveals multilevel and context-dependent effects of climate change on subterranean ecosystems
  65. Drivers of species knowledge across the tree of life
  66. Drivers of species knowledge across the tree of life
  67. Behavioural adjustments enable the colonization of subterranean environments
  68. What drives our aesthetic attraction to birds?
  69. Drivers of species knowledge across the Tree of Life
  70. Identifying ‘climate keystone species’ as a tool for conserving ecological communities under climate change
  71. Drivers of species knowledge across the Tree of Life
  72. Effective conservation of subterranean‐roosting bats
  73. A dark side of conservation biology: Protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity
  74. The searchscape of fear: A global analysis of internet search trends for biophobias
  75. An expert-based global assessment of threats and conservation measures for subterranean ecosystems
  76. Toward a cohesive understanding of ecological complexity
  77. The iratebirds Citizen Science Project: a Dataset on Birds’ Visual Aesthetic Attractiveness to Humans
  78. The power of academic and public opinion in conservation: The case of Ayyalon Cave, Israel
  79. A relict subterranean spider (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Troglohyphantes) reveals a unique component of the biogeography of Corsica
  80. Drivers of species knowledge across the Tree of Life
  81. Functional convergence underground? The scale-dependency of community assembly processes in European cave spiders
  82. On the quest for novelty in ecology
  83. Environmental factors shaping copepod distributions in cave waters of the Lessinian unsaturated karst (NE-Italy)
  84. On the quest for novelty in ecology
  85. Taxonomic practice, creativity and fashion: what’s in a spider name?
  86. Aliens in caves: the global dimension of biological invasions in subterranean ecosystems
  87. An expert-based global assessment of threats and conservation measures for subterranean ecosystems
  88. How much biodiversity is concealed in the word ‘biodiversity’?
  89. Dissolving morphological and behavioral traits of groundwater animals into a functional phenotype
  90. Physiological tolerance and ecotoxicological constraints of groundwater fauna
  91. Climate change will redefine taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of Odonata in space and time
  92. A literature-based database of the natural heritage, the ecological status and tourism-related impacts in show caves worldwide
  93. Trends in habitat suitability and conservation status of aquatic spiders in Europe
  94. How much biodiversity is concealed in the word “biodiversity”?
  95. Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research
  96. The cost of war for biodiversity: a potential ecocide in Ukraine
  97. A protocol for reproducible functional diversity analyses
  98. Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the north-western Dinarides
  99. The global spread of misinformation on spiders
  100. Global response of conservationists across mass media likely constrained bat persecution due to COVID-19
  101. Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation
  102. The global social-economic dimension of biological invasions by plankton: Grossly underestimated costs but a rising concern for water quality benefits?
  103. Convergent behaviours in subterranean species
  104. On the conservation of subterranean ecosystems
  105. The effects of protected areas on the ecological niches of birds and mammals
  106. Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the North-western Dinarides
  107. Measuring the influence of non-scientific features on citations
  108. Priorities for research and action to prevent a New World vulture crisis
  109. A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders
  110. Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities
  111. The promise and perils of engineering cave climates: response to Turner et al.
  112. Towards a cohesive understanding of ecological complexity
  113. Quantifying troglomorphism in hyperspace
  114. Overview: Recent advances in the understanding of the northern Eurasian environments and of the urban air quality in China – a Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) programme perspective
  115. Climate change will redefine taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity patterns of Odonata in space and time
  116. Life in the Darkness of Caves
  117. An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites
  118. Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems
  119. Brazilian cave heritage under siege
  120. Climatic stability, not average habitat temperature, determines thermal tolerance of subterranean beetles
  121. Unique and shared effects of local and catchment predictors over distribution of hyporheic organisms: does the valley rule the stream?
  122. The global spread of (mis)information on spiders
  123. Taxonomic practice, creativity, and fashion: What’s in a spider name?
  124. A multi-layered approach uncovers overlooked taxonomic and physiological diversity in Alpine subterranean spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Troglohyphantes)
  125. Quantifying the international collaboration of researchers and research institutions
  126. Climate and landscape changes enhance the global spread of a bloom-forming dinoflagellate related to fish kills and water quality deterioration
  127. Getting the ‘most out of the hotspot’ for practical conservation of groundwater biodiversity
  128. Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators
  129. A protocol for reproducible functional diversity analyses
  130. The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits
  131. Rarity facets of biodiversity: Integrating Zeta diversity and Dark diversity to understand the nature of commonness and rarity
  132. Potential niche displacement in species of aquatic bdelloid rotifers between temperate and tropical areas
  133. A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome
  134. Concepts and applications in functional diversity
  135. The use of the term ‘limnology’ and its scientometrics consequences for limnologists
  136. Intraspecific genetic variation matters when predicting seagrass distribution under climate change
  137. Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas
  138. Plant scientists’ research attention is skewed towards colourful, conspicuous and broadly distributed flowers
  139. Habitat differences filter functional diversity of low dispersive microscopic animals (Acari, Halacaridae)
  140. Exploring ecological specialization in pipefish using genomic, morphometric and ecological evidence
  141. Collecting eco‐evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them
  142. Specialized terminology reduces the number of citations of scientific papers
  143. Spider conservation in Europe: a review
  144. Global distribution of microwhip scorpions (Arachnida: Palpigradi)
  145. Front Cover
  146. Microhabitat selection of a Sicilian subterranean woodlouse and its implications for cave management
  147. Lineage‐level distribution models lead to more realistic climate change predictions for a threatened crayfish
  148. Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies
  149. Collecting eco-evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them
  150. Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators
  151. Concepts and applications in functional diversity
  152. Automated Discovery of Relationships, Models, and Principles in Ecology
  153. Towards a taxonomically unbiased European Union biodiversity strategy for 2030
  154. Explainable artificial intelligence enhances the ecological interpretability of black‐box species distribution models
  155. Let research on subterranean habitats resonate!
  156. Does weighting presence records improve the performance of species distribution models? A test using fish larval stages in the Yangtze Estuary
  157. A trade‐off between latitude and elevation contributes to explain range segregation of broadly distributed cave‐dwelling spiders
  158. Impact of the reference list features on the number of citations
  159. Niche‐based processes explaining the distributions of closely related subterranean spiders
  160. Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database
  161. Standardised spider (Arachnida, Araneae) inventory of Kilpisjärvi, Finland
  162. Integrating Multiple Lines of Evidence to Explore Intraspecific Variability in a Rare Endemic Alpine Plant and Implications for Its Conservation
  163. Media framing of spiders may exacerbate arachnophobic sentiments
  164. Taxonomic and functional homogenisation of macroinvertebrate communities in recently intermittent Alpine watercourses
  165. Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology
  166. Specialized terminology limits the reach of new scientific knowledge
  167. To invade or not to invade? Exploring the niche-based processes underlying the failure of a biological invasion using the invasive Chinese mitten crab
  168. Towards a taxonomically unbiased EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
  169. Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life
  170. Functional diversity metrics using kernel density n ‐dimensional hypervolumes
  171. On Deepest Caves, Extreme Habitats, and Ecological Superlatives
  172. Alien Crayfish Species in the Deep Subalpine Lake Maggiore (NW-Italy), with a Focus on the Biometry and Habitat Preferences of the Spiny-Cheek Crayfish
  173. Exploring the homogeneity of terrestrial subterranean communities at a local spatial scale
  174. Media representation of spiders may exacerbate arachnophobic sentiments by framing a distorted perception of risk
  175. [Final version available] Explainable Artificial Intelligence enhances the ecological interpretability of black-box species distribution models
  176. Scientometric correlates of high-quality reference lists in ecological papers
  177. Social Media and Large Carnivores: Sharing Biased News on Attacks on Humans
  178. Future climate change will severely reduce habitat suitability of the Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander
  179. Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions
  180. Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects
  181. Functional diversity metrics using kernel densityn-dimensional hypervolumes
  182. Environmental filtering and convergent evolution determine the ecological specialisation of subterranean spiders
  183. Taxonomy, ecology and conservation of the cave-dwelling spider Histopona palaeolithica, with the description of H. petrovi sp. nov. (Araneae: Agelenidae)
  184. Modelling the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ichthyoplankton in the Yangtze Estuary, China
  185. Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β -diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe
  186. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)
  187. Distributional dynamics of a specialized subterranean community oppose the classical understanding of the preferred subterranean habitats
  188. Exploring the Interplay Between Local and Regional Drivers of Distribution of a Subterranean Organism
  189. Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems
  190. Assessing similarity of n‐ dimensional hypervolumes: Which metric to use?
  191. Extending Janzen's hypothesis to temperate regions: a test using subterranean ecosystems
  192. Associations between habitat quality, body size and reproductive fitness in the alpine endemic spider Vesubia jugorum
  193. Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems
  194. An inventory of the spider species of Barcelonnette (France), with taxonomic notes on Piniphantes agnellus n. comb. (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
  195. Systematics, ecology and distribution of the mygalomorph spider genus Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae)
  196. Tracking the ice: Subterranean harvestmen distribution matches ancient glacier margins
  197. Artificial lighting triggers the presence of urban spiders and their webs on historical buildings
  198. What happens in cave at night?
  199. Exploring the morphospace in subterranean spiders
  200. On climate change and subterranean spiders
  201. Are caves good models systems in ecology?
  202. Ecological speciation in darkness? Spatial niche partitioning in sibling subterranean spiders (Araneae : Linyphiidae : Troglohyphantes)
  203. Cave Communities and Species Interactions
  204. Graphical abstract from: Mammola S, Piano E, Giachino P, Isaia M (2017) An ecological survey of the invertebrate community at the epigean/hypogean interface. Subterranean Biology 24: 27-52. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.24.21585
  205. An ecological survey of the invertebrate community at the epigean/hypogean interface
  206. A review of subterranean spiders in Europe, with a checklist of the species
  207. A discussion on the use of species distribution models in subterranean biology
  208. The Spider World Record: a list of record-breaking achievements by spiders
  209. Competition affect large scale distribution of competing Meta spiders
  210. Modelling the future spread of native and alien congeneric species in subterranean habitats — the case of Meta cave-dwelling spiders in Great Britain
  211. Human-induced Alterations of the Mycobiota in an Alpine Show Cave (Italy, SW-Alps)
  212. Spider World Records: a resource for using organismal biology as a hook for science learning
  213. Spider World Records: a resource for using organismal biology as a hook for science learning
  214. A review on cave-dwelling spiders worldwide
  215. Effect of Global warming on subterranean - cave - ecosystems
  216. IUCN assessment of Pimoa delphinica, a cave spider endemic to Italy
  217. New data on Troglohyphantes cave spiders in Italy, with a phylogeny of the alpine species
  218. IUCN assessment of Vesubia jugorum, a high alpine endangered spider
  219. A comprehensive review on the subterranean habitat Mesovoid Shallow Stratum (MSS)
  220. Niche dynamics in two cave apex predators evaluated via Hutchinson' niche hypervolumes
  221. The first study on the ecological preferences of the water spider Argyroneta aquatica
  222. What happens to spider silk with ageing?
  223. Ecological niche: a study focusing on spiders in artifical mines
  224. Unexpected diversity in the relictual European spiders of the genus Pimoa (Araneae : Pimoidae)
  225. Biogeography of two cave spiders through ecological niche modeling and genetic inferences
  226. Microclimatic niche and dispersal of the beetles Sphodropsis ghilianii and Dellabeffaella roccae
  227. Nesting strategies affect altitudinal distribution and habitat use in Alpine dung beetle communities
  228. Environmental factors driving the deposition of spider cocoons (Meta menardi) in caves
  229. Interspecific competition through conditional differentiation in two congeneric cave spiders