Although habitat loss, fragmentation, and invasive species collectively pose the greatest
threats to biodiversity, little theoretical or empirical research has addressed the effects of …

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex
history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century …

In the last decade, we have seen the emergence and consolidation of a conceptual
framework that recognizes the landscape as an ecological unit of interest. Plant ecologists …

Dispersal is universally considered important for biodiversity conservation. However, the
significance of long‐as opposed to short‐distance dispersal is insufficiently recognized in …

The distribution of many woodland herbs extends 1000–2000 km in a north–south direction,
yet the majority of these species grow clonally, have little recruitment by seed, and possess …

Existing statistical methods for spatial pattern analysis now permit precise analyses of
patterns and, given the appropriate interpretation keys, the formulation of testable …

Terrestrial plants are notorious for their sedentary habits; indeed, that is one way our
ambulatory species identi fies them as members of the other king dom. Of course …

A spatially explicit model (MIGRATE) was used to investigate the effects of habitat loss and
fragmentation on the ability of species to migrate in response to climate change. Illustrative …