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For most ecological assemblages, compiling complete inventories of species is difficult, if not impossible. Various methods have been developed to est...

Drought frequency and intensity are predicted to increase in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere and the effects of such changes on forest growth an...

Peat-forming wetlands, particularly floating fens that form the initial stages of these ecosystems, are declining globally due to excavation, dehydrat...

Shea Vitellaria paradoxa trees bear fruit and seeds of considerable economic, nutritional and cultural value in the African Sudano-Sahelian zone. In m...

Urban patch colonization and species establishment within cities are restricted by the behavioural, life history and physiological attributes of colon...

Insect parasitoids comprise a large fraction of terrestrial biodiversity. Because of this diversity, species-level conservation of most parasitoid spe...

Agricultural intensification is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss world-wide. The inclusion of semi-natural features in agricultural landsca...

Change and intensification of forest use alter tropical ecosystems, influencing biodiversity and, subsequently, ecosystem functioning. The implication...

Selective logging in tropical forests changes the local number of animal species (alpha diversity), but it also likely affects species turnover (beta ...

Grassland ecosystems are often used to generate biomass in temperate regions of the world. It is well known that biomass is influenced by climate and ...