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The first genetically modified (GM) fish intended for human consumption has recently stimulated significant scientific discussion and regulatory scrut...

To date, there has been a focus on biological aspects of invasion rather than landscape-scale processes within human-modified landscapes. Applying a m...

Though co-occurrence of invasive plant species is common, few studies have compared the community and ecosystem impacts of invaders when they occur al...

Invertebrates supporting natural pest control and pollination ecosystem services are crucial to world-wide crop production. Understanding national pat...

The development of shade-grown agro-ecosystems has increasingly been identified as a strategy for conserving tropical biodiversity. While biodiversity...

Climate and land-use changes will require species to move large distances following shifts in their suitable habitats, which will frequently involve t...

Changes in large-scale land use may fragment and degrade habitats, affecting animal species adapted to these habitats. In the UK uplands for example, ...

Edge effects of native forest fragmentation have been well studied, but there are few studies of open-ground habitats fragmented by plantation forests...

Afforestation is globally increasing to produce timber and pulp wood, but also to enhance ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient re...

While shrubs appear to be expanding in Arctic tundra due to climatic warming, patches of tall shrubs in riparian habitats are most likely to colonize ...