Competing theoretical models make different predictions on which life history strategies
facilitate growth of small populations. While 'fast'strategies allow for rapid increase in …

Dispersal across biogeographic barriers is a key process determining global patterns of
biodiversity as it allows lineages to colonize and diversify in new realms. Here we …

Freshwater fishes have the distinction of being both a highly imperilled taxonomic group as
well as one that has produced many invasive species with widespread ecological impacts …

As ecosystems face disruption of community dynamics and habitat loss, the idea of
determining ahead of time which species can become extinct is an important subject in …

Upon arriving in a novel environment, invading populations are likely to be small and far
from a stable stage structure. This unstable stage structure can cause transient (short‐term) …

When populations reach small size, an extinction risk vortex may arise from genetic
(inbreeding depression, genetic drift) and ecological (demographic stochasticity, Allee …

Understanding what affects population growth in novel environments is fundamental to
forecast organisms' responses to global change, including biological invasions and land use …

Freshwater mussels are among the most critically endangered taxa globally. In the United
States, 91 out of nearly 300 species are listed as Threatened or Endangered under the …

Understanding the role of traits in dispersal is necessary to improve our knowledge of
historical biogeography, community assembly processes and predictions of species' future …

Parrot poaching and the subsequent illegal trade in the Neotropics are exacerbating the
decline in parrot populations. Little is known, however, on where, when and how parrots are …