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<jats:title>Priorities to protect nature in Europe</jats:title> <jats:p> There is consensus among conservation scientists that protected areas should be expanded to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services, but it is often difficult to prioritize areas for protection. Considering factors that motivate conservation across Europe, an analysis by O'Connor <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> includes the value of species, represented by distribution of &gt;800 vertebrate species; the cultural value of landscapes, represented by activities such as nature tourism; and the value of ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and flood protection. Although these three main features often do not coincide in the landscape, the authors found that a focus on biodiversity in spatial conservation planning is the most effective means of capturing a range of nature's values. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , abc4896, this issue p. <jats:related-article issue="6544" page="856" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="372">856</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

<jats:title>The pace of Holocene vegetation change</jats:title> <jats:p> Although much is known about the rapid environmental changes that have occurred since the Industrial Revolution, the patterns of change over the preceding millennia have been only patchily understood. Using a global set of &gt;1100 fossil pollen records, Mottl <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> explored the rates of vegetation change over the past 18,000 years (see the Perspective by Overpeck and Breshears). The authors show that the rates of change accelerated markedly during the Late Holocene (∼4.6 to 2.9 thousand years ago), even more rapidly than the climate-driven vegetation changes associated with the end of the last glacial period. In addition, the Late Holocene acceleration began for terrestrial communities as a whole, suggesting that the acceleration in turnover over the past two centuries is the tip of a deeper trend. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , abg1685, this issue p. <jats:related-article issue="6544" page="860" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="372">860</jats:related-article> ; see also abi9902, p. <jats:related-article issue="6544" page="786" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="372">786</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

<jats:title>Fungal symbiosis with early land plants</jats:title> <jats:p> Hundreds of millions of years ago, evolved descendants of aquatic plants began showing up on dry land. These newly terrestrialized species had to deal with increased ultraviolet light exposure, desiccation, and less accessible nutrients. Rich <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> show how mutualist fungi may have helped these nascent plant lineages with adaptation to their newly challenging environment (see the Perspective by Bouwmeester). Genetic and metabolic analysis of a liverwort as a representative of such plants suggests that the mutually beneficial exchange of nutrients with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi may have been a feature of these most early land plants. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , abg0929, this issue p. <jats:related-article issue="6544" page="864" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="372">864</jats:related-article> ; see also abi8016, p. <jats:related-article issue="6544" page="789" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="372">789</jats:related-article> </jats:p>