Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and
services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status …

Co‐extinctions are increasingly recognized as one of the major processes leading to the
global biodiversity crisis, but there is still limited scientific evidence on the magnitude of …

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Background/Aim. Within the elderly population, residents in nursing homes, there is a …

Our understanding of the factors driving the distribution of metacommunities at different
scales can be obscured by high variation in species composition between sites and a lack of …

Aim The indirect consequences of biotic homogenization, the process of a gradual increase
in the similarity of regional biotas driven by the combined effects of species invasions and …

Aim Given that riverine systems exhibit longitudinal environmental gradients from headwater
to the mouth of a river, habitat heterogeneity appears to be a major driver of spatial variation …

Parasitic species can affect host behaviour in various ways. Freshwater mussels of the
superfamily U nionoidea have a glochidia larva that is parasitic on fish. Our aim was to …

The complex life‐cycle of freshwater mussels from the superfamily Unionoidea includes an
obligate parasitic phase on a suitable host fish, which makes freshwater mussels particularly …

The recognition of management units (MU s) that respect interpopulation distinctions in
management needs is central to many biological applications addressing species …

Threatened species lists are important policy tools for species conservation, and they are
often used to help prioritize recovery actions. Current listing processes, such as the IUCN …