Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to
support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely …

Plant growth performance under a stressful environment, notably in the agriculture field, is
directly correlated with the rapid growth of the human population, which triggers the …

Many global environmental agendas, including halting biodiversity loss, reversing land
degradation, and limiting climate change, depend upon retaining forests with high …

Emerging infectious diseases in humans are frequently caused by pathogens originating
from animal hosts, and zoonotic disease outbreaks present a major challenge to global …

Land-use intensification can increase provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and
timber production, but it also drives changes in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity loss …

Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy is fundamental for halting anthropogenic
climate change. However, renewable energy facilities can be land‐use intensive and impact …

Niche breadth is a unifying concept spanning diverse aspects of ecology, evolution, and
conservation biology. Niche breadth usually refers to the diversity of resources used or …

Natural forests are the habitat of many plant and animal species and are the main source of
genetic reserves. In addition to preserving biodiversity, forests play an important role in the …

The world's forests provide valuable contributions to people but continue to be threatened by
agricultural expansion and other land uses. Counterfactual-based methods are increasingly …

Land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics and the resulting changes in ecosystems, as well as
the services they provide, are a consequence of human activities and environmental drivers …