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Dams promote ecological changes on rivers tackled by the Serial Discontinuity Concept.

Multidimensional diversity of fish was studied along a 1700 km river stretch.

Species richness and trophic and isotopic diversity increased towards the river mouth.

Dam cascades caused declines in fish species richness and ecological diversity and higher turnover.

Long dam-free stretches of rivers were key for the recovery of ecological diversity.

Large forest patches within PAs aid at maintaining the connectivity for small dispersal mammals.

High anthropization in the Andean region limits the connectivity for forest mammals.

Deforestation in the Andes Amazon Transition Belt (AATB) threatens identified priority corridors.

CUs and ILs help regulate energy balance components, with lower LST and albedo and higher ET than multiple-use areas.

External pressures (deforestation, burned areas) have led to significant changes in LST and albedo over the past two decades, particularly in MUs.

The main predictors of changes in LST, ET, and albedo were the CUs and ILs, burned area, % native vegetation, NDVI, water deficit , and precipitation.

Results showed significant differences between biomes, with higher daytime LST and lower ET in the Cerrado compared with the Amazon.

The conversion rates of native vegetation were higher in MUs than in protected areas, , particularly in the Amazon region of Mato Grosso state.

We design a multi-objective Integer Linear Programming model for MPA selection.

The model maximizes ecological habitat and connectivity along the Kuroshio current.

We simulate larval drift from Batanes, Philippines to settlement areas in Taiwan.

We feed estimated travel time to the optimization model.

Our framework can inform a potential transboundary MPA network.

Open biomes cover ∼60% of land worldwide, and are associated with many biodiversity hotspots.

There, plants typically allocate most biomass belowground, yet functional roles of belowground coarse organs are overlooked.

Perenniality and decomposability of belowground coarse organs can differ greatly from that of fine roots.

We call for the inclusion of belowground coarse organs and their functions, especially in carbon cycling research.

Such inclusive approach can refine mitigation policies and our view on the functioning and conservation of open biomes.

Data collection can deplete conservation resources.

This can be circumvented by making better use of readily available data.

We provide a roadmap for how researchers can make better use of existing data.

Doing so will make conservation research more efficient and effective.