Rapid advances in eradicating invasive species from islands are improving conservation
outcomes in these biodiversity hotspots. However, recent conservation gains could be …

There is an urgent need to understand species and community responses to climatic and
ecological changes to predict biodiversity patterns given anticipated global change. The …

Understanding how species respond to climate change is critical for forecasting the future
dynamics and distribution of pests, diseases and biological diversity,,. Although ecologists …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Predicting species geographic distributions in the future is an important yet exceptionally
challenging endeavor. Overall, it requires a two‐step process:(1) a niche model …

Rapid and ongoing change creates novelty in ecosystems everywhere, both when
comparing contemporary systems to their historical baselines, and predicted future systems …

The end of the Pleistocene in North America saw the extinction of 38 genera of mostly large
mammals. As their disappearance seemingly coincided with the arrival of people in the …

Aim Ecological niche modelling requires robust estimation of model performance and
significance, but common evaluation approaches often yield biased estimates. Null models …

We are in the midst of a major biodiversity crisis, with deep impacts on the functioning of
ecosystems and derived benefits to people (1, 2). But we still have time to pull back. To do …

Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments outlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras,
and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains recovered from archaeological and …