Aim To review published evidence regarding the factors that influence the geographic
variation in diversity of soil organisms at different spatial scales. Location Global. Methods A …

The topics of succession and post‐disturbance ecosystem recovery have a long and
convoluted history. There is extensive redundancy within this body of theory, which has …

Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest
threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a …

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's
leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis …

Rigorous and widely applicable indicators of biodiversity are needed to monitor the
responses of ecosystems to global change and design effective conservation schemes …

Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one. It has been debated in
theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the net …

Soil invertebrates are assumed to play a major role in ecosystem dynamics, since they are
involved in soil functioning. Functional traits represent one of the main opportunities to bring …

The drastic insect decline has received increasing attention in scientific as well as in public
media. Long‐term studies of insect diversity trends are still rare, even though such studies …

Threats to insect diversity range from habitat loss and invasive alien organisms to
environmental contamination and biological control. Many of the threats are synergistic, with …

Natural landscapes are increasingly subjected to anthropogenic pressure and fragmentation
resulting in reduced ecological condition. In this study we examined the relationship …