It is projected that 25 million km of new paved roads will be developed globally by 2050—
enough to encircle the planet more than 600 times. Roughly 90% of new roads will be built …

We synthesize findings from one of the world's largest and longest‐running experimental
investigations, the B iological D ynamics of F orest F ragments P roject (BDFFP). Spanning …

Roads have a major impact on Amazon deforestation. However, the effects of the rapidly
growing network of illegal or unofficial roads in the Amazon are usually not considered. We …

Warming from climate change is expected to reduce body size of endotherms, but studies
from temperate systems have produced equivocal results. Over four decades, we collected …

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of
life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently …

China is moving ahead with the Silk Road Economic Belt, an ambitious infrastructure
development agenda with the distinct promise of regional and sub-regional economic …

We synthesize findings to date from the world's largest and longest-running experimental
study of habitat fragmentation, located in central Amazonia. Over the past 32years …

Linear infrastructure such as roads, highways, power lines and gas lines are omnipresent
features of human activity and are rapidly expanding in the tropics. Tropical species are …

The fragmentation of forests is a dominant human impact worldwide with major implications
for the conservation and management of ecosystems. Although many studies have …

In the wake of widespread loss of old‐growth forests throughout the tropics, secondary
forests will likely play a growing role in the conservation of forest biodiversity. We considered …