Abstract Background The plant family Cactaceae provides some of the most striking
examples of adaptive evolution, expressing undeniably the most spectacular New World …

As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle
existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with …

On a punishingly hot day this June in Scottsdale, AZ, construction crews cutting rebar with a
grinder accidentally set the desert ablaze. What began with the shower of sparks from metal …

Anthropogenic climate change and ecosystem disturbances can detrimentally affect habitats
and species. Areas with concentrated biodiversity, such as aridland riparian zones, often …

Zoos and botanical gardens (ZBGs) play a variety of roles in regional conservation
partnerships, including their most common role as the ex situ managers of rare plant and …

Species–environmental relationships, including drivers of body temperature (TB), are
important for understanding thermal ecology and physiological needs of species during …

The invasion of nonnative grasses threatens biodiversity and ecosystem function globally
through competition with native plant species and increases to wildfire frequency and …

Road mortality adversely affects wildlife populations. As urbanization and infrastructure
densities expand, transportation and wildlife management aim to mitigate wildlife–vehicle …

Non‐native‐dominated landscapes may arise from invasion by competitive plant species,
disturbance and invasion of early‐colonizing species, or some combination of these. Without …

Identifying how populations living in landscapes at the forefront of climate change observe
and interpret ecological shifts offers critical insights into communication and motivation …