Citizen science is proliferating in the water sciences with increasing public involvement in
monitoring water resources, climate variables, water quality, and in mapping and modeling …

Biological invasions have been unambiguously shown to be one of the major global causes
of biodiversity loss. Despite the magnitude of this threat and recent scientific advances, this …

Citizen science has advanced science for hundreds of years, contributed to many peer-
reviewed articles, and informed land management decisions and policies across the United …

Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human
wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other …

Climate change is driving a pervasive global redistribution of the planet's species. Species
redistribution poses new questions for the study of ecosystems, conservation science and …

A widely recognized challenge in applied ecology is the gap between the knowledge
generated by scientists and uptake by practitioners. Bridging this gap requires reciprocal …

Most scientists agree that interacting with the public is a worthwhile endeavor, but
participation in science outreach remains fairly low among biologists. Furthermore, current …

Applying scientific knowledge to confront societal challenges is a difficult task, an issue
known as the science–practice gap. In Ecology and Conservation, scientific evidence has …

The occurrence of a growing number of environmental changes attributable to human
pressures at the planetary scale has led to the identification of these changes as part of a …

Anthropogenic activities have caused profound changes globally in biodiversity, species
interactions and ecosystem functions and services. In terrestrial systems, restoration has …