Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

Agriculture contributes to a decline in local species diversity and to above-and below-
ground biotic homogenization. Here, we conduct a continental survey using 1185 soil …

Agriculture and the exploitation of natural resources have transformed tropical mountain
ecosystems across the world, and the consequences of these transformations for …

Evidence is increasing for positive effects of α-diversity on ecosystem functioning. We
highlight here the crucial role of β-diversity–a hitherto underexplored facet of biodiversity–for …

Global concern about human impact on biological diversity has triggered an intense
research agenda on drivers and consequences of biodiversity change in parallel with …

To design robust protected area networks, accurately measure species losses, or
understand the processes that maintain species diversity, conservation science must …

Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss,. Alongside reductions in local
species diversity, biotic homogenization at larger spatial scales is of great concern for …

This article reviews the present state of insects, describing their taxonomic position, cost,
and value as well as the threats to their well-being. Insects are an important source of both …

Conservation biologists are devoting an increasing amount of energy to debating whether
land sparing (high‐yielding agriculture on a small land footprint) or land sharing (low …