Ecosystem services are ecosystem processes that directly or indirectly benefit human well‐
being. There has been much recent literature identifying different services and the …

Breeding habitats strongly influence duck reproduction and survival. The boreal biome
harbours a large share of the world's wetlands, which are important breeding sites for …

Aim We propose a novel approach that considers taxonomic uniqueness, functional
uniqueness and environmental uniqueness and show how it can be used in guiding …

1. Community concordance measures the degree to which patterns in community structure
in a set of sites are similar between two different taxonomic groups. Although seldom …

Patterns of spatial and temporal variation in species richness, abundance and diversity were
evaluated in eight wetlands in Central-South Chile in relation to nine wetland characteristics …

Populations of migratory species have undergone dramatic changes in recent decades, but
little is known about the factors actually driving those changes. Of particular concern are …

Aquatic invertebrates are essential to wetland function, serving as the key trophic link
between primary producers, fish, and waterfowl in boreal wetlands. We studied how both …

Breeding waterfowl, habitat diversity and food diversity were studied in 31 boreal lakes in
Finland and Sweden. Lakes were 2-48 hectares in size, and had zero to eleven waterfowl …

Aim Birds (class A ves) overall follow the expected latitudinal gradient in species richness.
However, there is a poorly understood secondary peak in bird richness at about 45° N …

A fundamental, yet little‐explored, question is if climate change has affected niche
relationships and spatial associations of native non‐invasive species in established local …