Biodiversity is shrinking rapidly, and despite our efforts only a small part of it has been
assessed for extinction risk. Identifying the traits that make species vulnerable might help us …

Ecosystem services are natural processes that benefit humans. Birds contribute the four
types of services recognized by the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment—provisioning …

Citizen science has a long history in the ecological sciences and has made substantial
contributions to science, education, and society. Developments in information technology …

Understanding changes in species distributions is essential to disentangle the mechanisms
that drive their responses to anthropogenic habitat modification. Here we analyse the past …

An estimated 19% of the world's 9,856 extant bird species are migratory, including some
1,600 species of land-and waterbirds. In 2008, 11% of migratory land-and waterbirds were …

How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

With nearly 400 migratory landbird species, the East Asian Flyway is the most diverse of the
world's flyways. This diversity is a consequence of the varied ecological niches provided by …

Flooded rice fields can provide habitats for wetland species and ecosystem services similar
to those of natural wetlands. During the last three decades, however, farming practices and …

Marine conservation increasingly focuses on describing and maintaining ecosystem
functioning. However, it is difficult to find suitable measures for whole-ecosystem functioning …

The importance of landscape heterogeneity to biodiversity may depend on the size of the
geographic range of species, which in turn can reflect species traits (such as habitat …