Human activities are not random in their negative and positive impacts on biotas. Emerging
evidence shows that most species are declining as a result of human activities ('losers') and …

The widespread replacement of native species with cosmopolitan, nonnative species is
homogenizing the global fauna and flora. While the empirical study of biotic homogenization …

Changing land use and the spread of 'winning'native or exotic plants are expected to lead to
biotic homogenization (BH), in which previously distinct plant communities become …

While reducing the species richness of invaded communities is a well‐known consequence
of biological invasions, non‐native species can also reduce variability between communities …

Biotic homogenization is the replacement of local biotas by nonindigenous and locally
expanding species that can co-exist with humans (McKinney and Lockwood 1999). Because …

A central topic for conservation science is evaluating how human activities influence global
species diversity. Humanity exacerbates extinction rates. But by what mechanisms does …

Specialization is a concept based on a broad theoretical framework developed by
evolutionary biologists and ecologists. In the past 10 years, numerous studies have reported …

Biotic homogenization, the gradual replacement of native biotas by locally expanding non-
natives, is a global process that diminishes floral and faunal distinctions among regions …

Aim Species introductions and extinctions have reorganized the earth's biota, often leaving
formerly spatially distinct assemblages more similar in species composition, a process …

A long‐term perspective is needed to understand how disturbance is affecting plant
communities in human‐dominated landscapes. Increased human disturbance often results …