Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of
73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the …

Abstract About 5–10% of the world's land surface is currently wetland but possibly> 70% is
already destroyed or impaired. Conservation of these unique ecosystems lags progress in …

Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …

Birds are among the most widely studied organisms on earth and represent an important
indicator group for learning about the effects of climate change–particularly in regard to the …

Adaptive Management (AM) is widely considered to be the best available approach for
managing biological systems in the presence of uncertainty. But AM has arguably only rarely …

Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review …

Current threats to the planet's biodiversity are unprecedented, and they particularly imperil
insular floras. In this investigation, we use the threat factors identified by the Millennium …

Conservation activities in fragmented landscapes have largely focused on kee**
remaining large patches intact, often disregarding the increasingly important role of smaller …

Australia's terrestrial environment has been dramatically modified since European
colonisation. Deforestation–the clearing and modification of native forest for agricultural …

Land clearing threatens biodiversity, impairs the functioning of terrestrial, freshwater, and
marine ecosystems, and is a key contributor to human-induced climate change. The rates of …