Behavioral ecologists generally agree that animals derive benefits from familiarity with
spaces that they inhabit or visit, yet site familiarity is rudimentary or lacking in most models of …

Climate change and habitat destruction are widely recognized as major threats to species'
survival. As a result of these anthropogenic impacts, species are often forced into novel …

Ponds and pools, broadly defined in this paper to include all small and shallow standing
waters that permanently or temporarily contain water, are numerous, diverse and important …

Large‐scale field patterns are a fundamental source of inferences on processes responsible
for variation in species richness among habitats. We examined species richness of larval …

Nonconsumptive effects (NCEs) have been shown to occur in numerous systems and are
regarded as important mechanisms by which predation structures natural communities …

The ability of nest predation to influence habitat settlement decisions in birds is widely
debated, despite its importance in limiting fitness. Here, we experimentally manipulated nest …

For sessile marine invertebrates with complex life cycles, habitat choice is directed by the
larval phase. Defining which habitat-linked cues are implicated in sessile invertebrate larval …

Background In many regions, freshwater wetlands are increasing in salinity at rates
exceeding historic levels. Some freshwater organisms, like amphibians, may be able to …

The selection of breeding habitat has broadscale implications for species distributions and
community structure and smaller-scale ramifications for offspring survival and parental …

The role of habitat selection behaviour in the assembly of natural communities is an
increasingly important theme in ecology. At the same time, ecologists and conservation …