In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth's biodiversity: their terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including …

Natural resource managers worldwide face a growing challenge: Intensifying global change
increasingly propels ecosystems toward irreversible ecological transformations. This …

Globally, ecosystems are being reconfigured by a range of intensifying human-induced
stressors. Coral reefs are at the forefront of this environmental transformation, and if we are …

This book is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the
broader resilience literature. The volume takes a multi-scaled approach to examine …

Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate
and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of …

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community
ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological …

Increasingly frequent severe coral bleaching is among the greatest threats to coral reefs
posed by climate change. Global climate models (GCMs) project great spatial variation in …

The world's coastal zones are experiencing rapid development and an increase in storms
and flooding. These hazards put coastal communities at heightened risk, which may …

Ecosystems worldwide are under increasing threat. We applied a standardized method for
assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse, the International Union for Conservation of Nature …