Habitat complexity has been considered a key driver of biodiversity and other ecological
phenomena for nearly a century. However, there is still no consensus over the definition of …

Aim The small‐island effect (SIE), as an exception to the species–area relationship, has
received much attention in true island systems. However, the prevalence and related …

In the past two decades, the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China has experienced
dramatic habitat loss and fragmentation, and patches of remaining grassland have formed …

Ecological drift can override the effects of deterministic niche selection on small populations
and drive the assembly of some ecological communities. We tested this hypothesis with a …

Numerous mechanisms have been proposed to explain the island species–area
relationship (ISAR), including the passive sampling effect, the habitat diversity effect …

Understanding how the complexities of biodiversity are maintained on islands has long
been one of the central issues studied in conservation biology. With the global onset of …

In recent years, our appreciation of the extent of habitable environments in Earth's
subsurface has greatly expanded, as has our understanding of the biodiversity contained …

Several small habitat patches typically contain more species than a single large patch of
comparable area. This pattern has fueled controversy over reserve design (the SLOSS …

Habitat fragmentation is altering species interactions worldwide. However, the mechanisms
underlying the response of network specialization to habitat fragmentation remain unknown …

Abstract Local and Indigenous Peoples play critical roles in safeguarding global biological
and cultural diversity. However, species distribution modelling has yet to incorporate …