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Birds may respond to habitat at multiple scales, ranging from microhabitat structure to landscape composition. North American grassland bird distribut...

Increasing evidence suggests that high biomass and litterfall do not necessarily bring about soil organic carbon (SOC) sinks, contrary to the assumpti...

According to the threat-sensitivity hypothesis, prey avoidance behaviour should reflect the magnitude of predation risk. Since predation can strongly ...

Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands world-wide in recent decades. However, few stud...

Grazing contributes substantially to grassland degradation worldwide and may alter soil biota and function. However, the effects of grassland type, gr...

Temperature rise and more severe and frequent droughts will alter forest transpiration, thereby affecting the global water cycle. Yet, tree responses ...

This paper is one of a number on the effects on wildlife of contamination of the environment by pesticides that were presented at a conference in Engl...

Degradation is the most immediate threat to biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods of global pastoral grasslands. However, we are still uncertain wh...

Understanding why some, but not other, plant communities are vulnerable to alien invasive species is essential for predicting and managing biological ...

A simulation model was used to evaluate the effect of different levels of culling on 6 badger social groups in an attempt to reduce or eradicate tuber...