Community structure and ecosystem processes often vary along elevational gradients. Their
responses to elevation are commonly driven by changes in temperature, and many …

Comprehensive assessments of species' extinction risks have documented the extinction
crisis and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks. Global assessments reveal that …

The main goal of species distribution modeling is to identify important underlying factors
related to broad-scale ecological patterns in order to make meaningful explanations or …

The distributions of amphibians, birds and mammals have underpinned global and local
conservation priorities, and have been fundamental to our understanding of the …

Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their
distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which …

Aim The aim was to determine how reptile populations respond to anthropogenic habitat
modification and determine whether species traits and environmental factors influence such …

Aim Reducing the impacts of feral cats (Felis catus) is a priority for conservation managers
across the globe, and success in achieving this aim requires a detailed understanding of the …

Context Feral cats (Felis catus) are a threat to biodiversity globally, but their impacts upon
continental reptile faunas have been poorly resolved. Aims To estimate the number of …

Aim Although the effects of life history traits on population density have been investigated
widely, how spatial environmental variation influences population density for a large range …

Aim Temperature influences most components of animal ecology and life history–but what
kind of temperature? Physiologists usually examine the influence of body temperatures …