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Climate change encompasses changes in both the means and the extremes of climatic variables, but the population consequences of the latter are intrins...

Vegetation fires can have major social, economic and ecological consequences. Research into fire behaviour has aimed to give managers greater ability ...

Carabid beetles are important functional components of many terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we describe the first long-term, wide-scale and quantitative...

Many farmers are facing high economic risks if pollinator declines continue or temporal and spatial variation in wild bee communities cause reduced po...

Forest insect pests are becoming increasingly common in Europe. A recent paper published in this journal dealt with a particular case of pest spreadin...

Hunting and land use change modify native herbivore abundances and cause cascading effects in natural ecosystems. The outcomes for vegetation depend o...

People in the Northeast United States have a long history of benefitting from the ocean in many ways, exemplified by the region's important cod and lo...

Environmental changes and their consequences on biodiversity are known to have far-reaching effects on the resilience of animal populations and associ...

After a significant population decline during the 20th century, populations of both greater and lesser horseshoe bats have increased over recent decad...

A new model for the biological control of the pest weevil Sitona discoideus by the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides is presented. Based on an earli...