Traits are measurable features of organisms. Functional traits aspire to more. They quantify
an organism's ecology and, ultimately, predict ecosystem functions based on local …

Mitigation of anthropogenic climate change involves deployments of renewable energy
worldwide, including wind farms, which can pose a significant collision risk to volant …

Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in
evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional …

The origin, distribution, and function of biological diversity are fundamental themes of
ecology and evolutionary biology. Research on birds has played a major role in the history …

Plant–animal interactions are fundamentally important in ecosystems, but have often been
ignored by studies of climate-change impacts on biodiversity. Here, we present a trait-based …

Urbanisation is driving rapid declines in species richness and abundance worldwide, but the
general implications for ecosystem function and services remain poorly understood. Here …

How are rainforest birds faring in the Anthropocene? We use bird captures spanning> 35
years from 55 sites within a vast area of intact Amazonian rainforest to reveal reduced …

Meeting the ever-increasing needs of the Earth's human population without excessively
reducing biological diversity is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, suggesting …

Anthropogenic disturbances represent the main threat to biodiversity around the globe, yet
effects are not restricted to species loss. Assessing the functional diversity, which measures …

Human activities are driving rapid defaunation of Earth's ecosystems through increasing
rates of extinction. However, the ecological consequences of species loss remain unclear, in …