To explore the impacts of increasing human numbers on nature, many studies have
examined relationships between human population density (HPD) and biodiversity change …

Available information on the consumption of wild meat in West and Central Africa is
reviewed. We show that mammals are the prime source of bushmeat, and that ungulates …

Extinction risk varies across species and space owing to the combined and interactive
effects of ecology/life history and geography. For predictive conservation science to be …

Species differ in their biological susceptibility to extinction, but the set of traits determining
susceptibility varies across taxa. It is yet unclear which patterns are common to all taxa, and …

Population genetic theory and empirical evidence indicate that deleterious alleles can be
purged in small populations. However, this viewpoint remains controversial. It is unclear …

Understanding what makes some species more vulnerable to extinction than others is an
important challenge for conservation. Many comparative analyses have addressed this …

ABSTRACT 1 European rabbits are considered a keystone species in the Iberian Peninsula.
Their populations have sharply declined over the past century, mainly due to habitat loss …

Exploitation by humans affects the size and structure of populations. This has evolutionary
and demographic consequences that have typically being studied independent of one …

Ecosystems around the world are experiencing unprecedented rates of extinction and
species decline. The question of how community disassembly—the ongoing process of …

Droughts are expected to become more frequent under global climate change. Avifauna
depend on precipitation for hydration, cover, and food. While there are indications that avian …