Dispersal costs can be classified into energetic, time, risk and opportunity costs and may be
levied directly or deferred during departure, transfer and settlement. They may equally be …

• Premise of the study: Near‐future climate changes are likely to elicit major vegetation
changes. Disequilibrium dynamics, which occur when vegetation comes out of equilibrium …

Current predictions on species responses to climate change strongly rely on projecting
altered environmental conditions on species distributions. However, it is increasingly …

A growing understanding of the ecology of seed dispersal has so far had little influence on
conservation practice, while the needs of conservation practice have had little influence on …

Many studies have shown plant species' dispersal distances to be strongly related to life‐
history traits, but how well different traits can predict dispersal distances is not yet known. We …

Fens represent a large array of ecosystem services, including the highest biodiversity found
among wetlands, hydrological services, water purification and carbon sequestration. Land …

Summary 1 Small and isolated populations of species are susceptible to loss of genetic
diversity, owing to random genetic drift and inbreeding. This loss of diversity may reduce the …

Research has delivered convincing findings on the effect of biodiversity on ecosystem
functioning and humankind. Indeed, ecosystems provide provisioning, regulating …

Over the past century, various mechanistic models have been developed to estimate the
magnitude of seed dispersal by wind, and to elucidate the relative importance of physical …

When human activities change the landscape, several processes affecting remnant
vegetation take place simultaneously: there is less suitable habitat, populations become …