There is growing concern over tipping points arising in ecosystems because of the crossing
of environmental thresholds. Tipping points lead to abrupt and possibly irreversible shifts …

Understanding the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has major
implications. Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships are generally investigated at …

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 …

Niche construction refers to the modification of selective environments by organisms.
Theoretical and empirical studies of niche construction are increasing in importance as foci …

Humans challenge the phenotypic, genetic, and cultural makeup of species by affecting the
fitness landscapes on which they evolve. Recent studies show that cities might play a major …

Urbanization is changing Earth's ecosystems by altering the interactions and feedbacks
between the fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes that maintain life. Humans …

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

A great challenge for ecology in the coming decades is to understand the role humans play
in eco-evolutionary dynamics. If, as emerging evidence shows, rapid evolutionary change …

Ecology and evolution have long been recognized as reciprocally influencing each other,
with recent research emphasizing how such interactions can occur even on very short …

Niche construction theory (NCT) explicitly recognizes environmental modification by
organisms (“niche construction”) and their legacy over time (“ecological inheritance”) to be …