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Floodplains are species-rich environments often strongly impacted by human activities. In particular, the negative effects of progressive and rapid di...

Species traits have been frequently used in ecological studies in an attempt to develop a general ecological framework linking biological communities ...

Agricultural intensification, at field and landscape scales, has caused a decrease in weed richness and changes in species composition. In order to pr...

Globally, the conversion of natural forest into agricultural land and human settlement has altered avian diversity and structure often leading to func...

In the past three decades China has experienced fundamental changes to its economy, which have transformed it from one of the poorest countries in the...

Twelve species of large herbivores dwell on the steppes of Central Asia and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Three of these species once occurred in vast he...

Caves are arguably the hottest of the biodiversity hotspots as measured by endemism and threat, yet they receive very little attention or appropriate ...

Survival is a critical component of individual fitness, population dynamics and the landscape ecology of organisms. Survival in animal populations is ...

Although matrix improvement in fragmented landscapes is a promising conservation measure, matrix permeability (willingness of an organism to enter the...

Recent reports on bee health suggest that sublethal doses of pesticides have negative effects on wild bee reproduction and ultimately on their populat...