Plants provide unique opportunities to study the mechanistic basis and evolutionary
processes of adaptation to diverse environmental conditions. Complementary laboratory …

Ants play a central role in understanding the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on
communities and ecosystems because of their diversity, abundance, and functional roles in …

Biological invasions and changes in land-use are two components of global change
affecting biodiversity worldwide. There is overriding evidence that invasions can …

Urban greenways are proven strategies to counter ecological fragmentation and improve
urban sustainability. However, significant challenges remain when seeking to integrate …

Across the biosphere, rapid and accelerating changes in land use, climate and atmospheric
composition driven primarily by anthropogenic forces are known to exert major influences on …

Aim To test relationships between the richness and composition of vascular plants and birds
and attributes of habitat fragments using a model land‐bridge island system, and to …

Frequently, the diversity of umbrella taxa is invoked to predict patterns of other, less well‐
known, life. However, the utility of this strategy has been questioned. We tested whether a …

The process of invasion and the desire to predict the invasiveness (and associated impacts)
of new arrivals has been a focus of attention for ecologists over centuries. The volunteer …

The suite of environments and anthropogenic modifications of sub-Antarctic islands provide
key opportunities to improve our understanding of the potential consequences of climate …

En dépit des préoccupations majeures posées par la prolifération rapide de plantes
exotiques dans les zones riveraines, il existe actuellement peu de données concernant les …