Plant diseases are strongly influenced by host biodiversity, spatial structure, and abiotic
conditions. All of these are undergoing rapid change, as the climate is warming, habitats are …

Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Disease in wild plant populations has received less attention from plant pathologists than
diseases of managed plants in agriculture, horticulture, and plantation forestry. Plant …

Abstract Purpose of Review Within the discipline of invasion science, researchers studying
different taxonomic groups have developed distinct ways of investigating the phenomenon …

Human alteration of natural habitats may change the processes governing species
interactions in wild communities. Wild populations are increasingly impacted by agricultural …

We analyzed the impact of mountain roads on patterns of species richness and community
dissimilarity along elevation gradients with linear mixed-effects models, assessed how non …

Abstract Purpose of Review Human-caused global change is fundamentally altering natural
forest ecosystems. More trees are exhibiting a wide range of symptoms indicative of poor …

Soils support a highly diverse community of plant pathogens, which are highly responsive to
global change. Climate and livestock grazing are the main global changes in grasslands …

Tree diversity has long been described as a major driver of insect herbivory and pathogen
damage, which can cause defoliation and sometimes stunted growth of forest trees …

In forest ecosystems, habitat fragmentation negatively impacts stand structure and
biodiversity; the resulting fragmented patches of forest have distinct, disturbed edge habitats …