The species abundance distribution (SAD) is an important concept in ecology, and much
work has focused on the SAD in a theoretical context. However, less focus has been placed …

From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can
provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems …

Conservation biological control in agroecosystems requires a landscape management
perspective, because most arthropod species experience their habitat at spatial scales …

Freshwater conservation has received less attention than its terrestrial or marine
counterparts. Given the accelerated rate of change and intensive human use that freshwater …

Policies and research increasingly focus on the protection of ecosystem services (ESs)
through priority‐area conservation. Priority areas for ESs should be identified based on ES …

Conservation strategies need to be both effective and efficient to be successful. To this end,
two bodies of research should be integrated, namely 'resilience thinking'and 'optimisation for …

Dispersal distance in mammals is a fundamental information for several ecological and
conservation applications. Although dispersal can depend on many intrinsic and extrinsic …

Large‐scale catastrophic events, although rare, lie generally beyond the control of local
management and can prevent marine reserves from achieving biodiversity outcomes. We …

The reintroduction of a species into its historic range is a critical component of conservation
programmes designed to restore extirpated metapopulations. However, many reintroduction …

Aim Systematic conservation planning is vital for allocating protected areas given the spatial
distribution of conservation features, such as species. Due to incomplete species …