In a recent TREE article, Sutherland and colleagues [1] used horizon scanning to identify
fifteen emerging issues in biodiversity conservation. They discussed both threats and …

The iPlant Collaborative (iPlant) is a United States National Science Foundation (NSF)
funded project that aims to create an innovative, comprehensive, and foundational …

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

Hernández-Ledesma P., Berendsohn WG, Borsch Th., Mering S. von, Akhani H., Arias S.,
Castañeda-Noa I., Eggli U., Eriksson R., Flores-Olvera H., Fuentes-Bazán S., Kadereit G …

People depend on benefits provided by ecological systems. Understanding how these
ecosystem services–and the ecosystem properties underpinning them–respond to drivers of …

Urban ecosystems are rapidly expanding throughout the world, but how urban growth affects
the evolutionary ecology of species living in urban areas remains largely unknown. Urban …

Evolution occurs rapidly and is an ongoing process in our environments. Evolutionary
principles need to be built into conservation efforts, particularly given the stressful conditions …

Abstract The Neotropical region (tropical America) is the most species rich region on Earth.
Several causes have been proposed to explain this extraordinary biodiversity, which may be …

Humans have dramatic, diverse and far-reaching influences on the evolution of other
organisms. Numerous examples of this human-induced contemporary evolution have been …

BACKGROUND Differences among species in their ability to adapt to environmental change
threaten biodiversity, human health, food security, and natural resource availability …