Gap-based silvicultural systems were developed under the assumption that richness, and
diversity of tree species and other biota positively respond to variation in size of harvest …

Questions of whether trophic cascades occur in Isle Royale National Park (IRNP) or
Yellowstone National Park's northern range (NR) cannot lead to simple, precise, or definitive …

Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems.
However, little is known about their diversity, their distribution, and the threats affecting them …

Globally, biological invasions can have strong impacts on biodiversity as well as ecosystem
functioning. While less conspicuous than introduced aboveground organisms, introduced …

One important aspect of climate change is the increase in average temperature, which will
not only have direct physiological effects on all species but also indirectly modifies …

Climate change is an increasing concern for wildlife managers across the United States and
Canada. Because climate change may alter populations and harvest dynamics of key …

A warming global climate will elicit changes in the distribution of plant species around the
planet, and this will become most apparent where biomes converge. Climate exerts the …

The condition of forest ecosystems depends on the temporal and spatial pattern of
management interventions and natural disturbances. Remnants of previous conditions …

Humans are increasingly recognized as important players in predator–prey dynamics by
modifying landscapes. This trend has been well‐documented for large mammal …

With climate change, climatic optima are shifting poleward more rapidly than tree migration
processes, resulting in a mismatch between species distributions and bioclimatic envelopes …