Understanding the long-term effects of ongoing global environmental change on marine
ecosystems requires a cross-disciplinary approach. Deep-time and recent fossil records can …

The extensive chondrichthyan fossil record spans 400+ million years and has a global
distribution. Paleontological studies provide a foundation of description and taxonomy to …

The latest report on the state of nature in Europe (2013–2018) shows that biodiversity is
declining at an alarming rate, with most protected species and habitats in poor condition …

Conservation paleobiology is a cross-disciplinary field that utilizes the geohistorical record
of past life on Earth to inform present-day decisions in conservation and restoration and …

It is widely recognised that palaeoecology holds great potential to inform and support nature
conservation, but that there are difficulties in knowledge exchange between academia and …

Making decisions about natural resource conservation is often difficult because of a lack of
longer‐term data, which are needed to provide a frame of reference for identifying and …

This article both introduces our Special Issue on “Zooarchaeology and Human Ecodynamics
in East Polynesia” and reviews recent research from East Polynesia at large. The seven …

Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide
insight into ecological and social change, especially over the past∼ 12000 yr. While its …

Using paleoecological data to inform resource management decisions is challenging
without an understanding of the ages and degrees of time-averaging in molluscan death …

The integration of palaeolimnology into conservation practice is crucial for effective
ecosystem management and restoration. Palaeoecological data provide a unique long-term …