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Light-demanding trees and thorny shrubs in temperate plant communities may reflect adaptations to now-extinct large grazers, such as aurochs and tarpa...

Heteronomous hyperparasitism, in which male parasitoids develop at the expense of conspecific females or competing parasitoid species, is characterist...

The little bustard Tetrax tetrax is among many birds thought to be declining because of agricultural intensification in western Europe. In contrast wi...

Small rodents in general and the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis [Praomys natalensis]) in particular cause major economic losses in natural gras...

The numbers of deer (Capreolus capreolus, Cervus elaphus and Dama dama [fallow deer]) are rising throughout Britain and population densities frequentl...

Fish behaviour is intimately linked to fishing catchability. Measurements of fish behaviour may provide quantitative indicators that inform about the ...

The use of biodegradable plastics has been proposed as an alternative to mitigate the pollution problem caused by traditional non-biodegradable plasti...

Pesticides and the lack of floral resources are key drivers of insect decline in agricultural areas. Both land-use stressors can have a variety of syn...

Understanding the habitat use and movement patterns of natural enemies in agricultural landscapes is essential for enhancing biological pest control. ...

Human-transformed residuals, especially those derived from human waste (dumps), farmland, and livestock are involved in the emergence of antibiotic-re...