Phenology has achieved a prominent position in current scenarios of global change
research given its role in monitoring and predicting the timing of recurrent life cycle events …

Understanding how species diversity is maintained is a foundational problem in ecology and
an essential requirement for the discipline to be effective as an applied science. Ecologists' …

Recognizing that protected areas (PAs) are essential for effective biodiversity conservation
action, the Convention on Biological Diversity established ambitious PA targets as part of the …

Host-microbe interactions play crucial roles in marine ecosystems. However, we still have
very little understanding of the mechanisms that govern these relationships, the evolutionary …

Protected areas fall far short of securing the space needed to sustain biodiversity and
ecosystem function at a global scale and in the face of climate change. 2. The prospects of …

Assisted colonisation has received considerable attention recently, and the risks and
benefits of introducing taxa to sites beyond their historical range have been vigorously …

Although the consideration of socio-economic demands with biodiversity conservation is
now high on the environmental policy agenda, it is not yet standard practice in spatial …

The onslaught on the World's rhinoceroses continues despite numerous initiatives aimed at
curbing it. When losses due to poaching exceed birth rates, declining rhino populations …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) aims to quantify the contribution of ecosystems to
human welfare. Past research has revealed a range of attitudes and levels of understanding …

Efforts to conserve tropical forests could be strengthened based on ecological knowledge,
such as extinction thresholds in ecological processes. Many studies of extinction thresholds …