Plant communities have undergone dramatic changes in recent centuries, although not all
such changes fit with the dominant biodiversity-crisis narrative used to describe them. At the …

Almost all world's forest areas are predicted to be near edges by 2100, making the detection
and prediction of biodiversity responses to edges an urgent need. Yet, idiosyncratic …

Global concern about human impact on biological diversity has triggered an intense
research agenda on drivers and consequences of biodiversity change in parallel with …

We conducted an analysis of global forest cover to reveal that 70% of remaining forest is
within 1 km of the forest's edge, subject to the degrading effects of fragmentation. A synthesis …

Evaluating the impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation is essential for biodiversity
conservation. However, an understanding of how habitat loss and fragmentation interact and …

Edge effects often exacerbate the negative effects of habitat loss on biodiversity. In forested
ecosystems, however, many pollinators actually prefer open sunny conditions created by …

Habitat loss and fragmentation result in significant landscape changes that ultimately affect
plant diversity and add uncertainty to how natural areas will respond to future global change …

Plant regeneration is essential for maintaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning,
which are globally threatened by human disturbance. Here we present the first integrative …

Dispersal is essential for species to survive the threats of habitat destruction and climate
change. Combining descriptions of dispersal ability with those of landscape structure, the …

Loss and fragmentation of natural habitats can lead to alterations of plant–animal
interactions and ecosystems functioning. Insect herbivory, an important antagonistic …