Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

Under globally accelerating rates of ecosystem degradation, maintaining ecosystem function
is a priority to avoid loss of valuable ecosystem services. Two factors are important: changes …

The Amazon rainforest is the Earth's largest reservoir of plant and animal diversity, and it has
been subjected to especially high rates of land use change, primarily to cattle pasture. This …

Human activities, such as land use change and eutrophication, threaten freshwater
biodiversity and ecosystem function. In this study, we examined both the α-and β-diversity of …

A framework to assess the impact of mobile fishing gear on the seabed and benthic
ecosystem is presented. The framework that can be used at regional and local scales …

Ecosystems worldwide are facing habitat homogenization due to human activities. Although
it is commonly proposed that such habitat homogenization can have negative repercussions …

The pattern of occurrence and recent changes in the distribution of macrobenthic organisms
in fjordic and coastal (nearshore) Arctic waters are reviewed and future changes are …

Although the consideration of socio-economic demands with biodiversity conservation is
now high on the environmental policy agenda, it is not yet standard practice in spatial …

Studies of both vertebrates and invertebrates have suggested that specialists, as compared
to generalists, are likely to suffer more serious declines in response to environmental …

The degradation of ecosystems is often associated with losses of large organisms and the
concomitant losses of the ecological functions they mediate. Conversely, the resilience of …