Human use of the land (for agriculture and settlements) has a substantial negative effect on
biodiversity globally. However, not all species are adversely affected by land use, and …

Ecological communities and their response to environmental gradients are increasingly
being described by various measures of trait composition. Aggregated trait averages (ie …

Many theories, hypotheses, and empirical studies seek to explain patterns of species
richness, turnover, and distribution/abundance (ie, diversity patterns) at various scales, but it …

We analysed a 50‐year dataset of avian species observations to determine how richness
and community composition varied over a period of landscape‐scale environmental change …

In this essay, I argue that the seemingly indestructible concept of the community as a local,
interacting assemblage of species has hindered progress toward understanding species …

Habitat fragmentation implies a loss of habitat, reduced patch size and an increasing
distance between patches, but also an increase of new habitat. Simulations of patterns and …

Understanding the processes shaping biological communities under multiple disturbances
is a core challenge in ecology and conservation science. Traditionally, ecologists have …

When habitats are lost, species are lost in the region as a result of the sampling process.
However, it is less clear what happens to biodiversity in the habitats that remain. Some have …

The exact nature of the relationship among species range sizes, speciation, and extinction
events is not well understood. The factors that promote larger ranges, such as broad niche …

One of landscape ecology's main goals is to unveil how biodiversity is impacted by habitat
transformation. However, the discipline suffers from significant context dependency in …