Contemporary rates of biodiversity decline emphasize the need for reliable ecological
forecasting, but current methods vary in their ability to predict the declines of real-world …

Offshore wind energy development (OWED) is rapidly expanding globally and has the
potential to contribute significantly to renewable energy portfolios. However, development of …

Species distribution models, also known as ecological niche models or habitat suitability
models, have become commonplace for addressing fundamental and applied biodiversity …

In an emerging climate crisis, effective conservation requires both adaptation and mitigation
to improve the resilience of species. The currently pledged emissions reductions outlined in …

Several safe boundaries of critical Earth system processes have already been crossed due
to human perturbations; not accounting for their interactions may further narrow the safe …

Biological invasions are a major threat to global biodiversity with particularly strong
implications for island biodiversity. Much research has been dedicated towards …

Understanding the local effects of global warming-derived impacts is important to island
systems due to their fragile environmental conditions. This is especially true when it comes …

Individuals within natural populations can experience very different abiotic and biotic
conditions across small spatial scales owing to microtopography and other micro …

Global change is causing an unprecedented restructuring of ecosystems, with the spread of
invasive species being a key driver. While population declines of native species due to …

Abstract Background The ticks Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus are two of the
most important vectors in Europe. Climate niche modelling has been used in many studies …