Tropicalisation is a marine phenomenon arising from contemporary climate change, and is
characterised by the range expansion of tropical/subtropical species and the retraction of …

The origin, distribution, and function of biological diversity are fundamental themes of
ecology and evolutionary biology. Research on birds has played a major role in the history …

Addressing climate change and biodiversity loss will be the defining ecological, political,
and humanitarian challenge of our time. Alarmingly, policymakers face a narrowing window …

Insights into animal behaviour play an increasingly central role in species-focused
conservation practice. However, progress towards incorporating behaviour into regional or …

The wild pig (Sus scrofa) is a successful invasive species that has become well established
outside of its native range in Eurasia. The invasive wild pig is the result of released or …

Sexual imprinting—a phenomenon in which offspring learn parental traits and later use them
as a model for their own mate preferences—can generate reproductive barriers between …

Urbanization represents an extreme transformation of more natural systems. Populations of
most species decline or disappear with urbanization, and yet some species persist and even …

Biological invasions are a contemporary global threat because invasive species can have
substantial negative economic and ecological impacts. Invasive species can outcompete …

Theorists have identified several mechanisms through which species that compete
exploitatively for resources could coexist. By contrast, under the current theory, interference …

Costly interactions between species that arise as a by-product of ancestral similarities in
communication signals are expected to persist only under specific evolutionary …