Given the increasing prevalence of cities, a better mechanistic and functional understanding
of plant responses to urbanisation will assist biodiversity conservation and the provision of …

Agricultural intensification at field and landscape scales, including increased use of
agrochemicals and loss of semi‐natural habitats, is a major driver of insect declines and …

As the demands on agricultural lands to produce food, fuel, and fiber continue to expand,
effective strategies are urgently needed to balance biodiversity conservation and agricultural …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 267–283 Abstract Predicting changes in community composition
and ecosystem function in a rapidly changing world is a major research challenge in …

Grazing is one of the most widespread forms of intensive management on Earth and is
linked to reductions in soil health. However, little is known about the relative influence of …

Quantifying how functional traits relate to environmental gradients provides insight into
mechanisms governing species distributions. Here, we bring together the fields of species …

Decomposition is a key ecosystem process that determines nutrient and carbon cycling.
Individual leaf and litter characteristics are good predictors of decomposition rates within …

Widespread concerns about global biodiversity loss have led to a growing demand for
indices of biodiversity status. Today, climate change is among the most serious threats to …

Nutrient pollution presents a serious threat to biodiversity conservation. In terrestrial
ecosystems, the deleterious effects of nitrogen pollution are increasingly understood and …

Global food demand is growing rapidly. Livestock grazing can provide a valuable source of
protein, but conventional grazing is often unsustainable. We studied an 800,000-ha section …