Traits have become a crucial part of ecological and evolutionary sciences, hel**
researchers understand the function of an organism's morphology, physiology, growth and …

One of the main strategies to reduce the global loss of biodiversity has been the
establishment of protected areas (PAs). High quality biodiversity knowledge is essential to …

The global food system is a key driver of land-use and climate change which in turn drive
biodiversity change. Develo** sustainable food systems is therefore critical to reversing …

Functional traits and associated trait‐based concepts have driven rapid innovation in
ecology over recent years, with most progress based on insights from plants. However …

Although humans have long been predators with enduring nutritive and cultural
relationships with their prey, seldom have conservation ecologists considered the divergent …

Species differ in their biological susceptibility to extinction, but the set of traits determining
susceptibility varies across taxa. It is yet unclear which patterns are common to all taxa, and …

Research and media attention is disproportionately focused on taxa and ecosystems
perceived as charismatic, while other equally diverse systems such as caves and …

Characterising changes in functional diversity at large spatial scales provides insight into the
impact of human activity on ecosystem structure and function. However, the approach is …

Urbanization is a major driver of land use change and biodiversity decline. While most of the
ongoing and future urbanization hotspots are located in the Global South, the impact of …

More than two million species have been described so far, but our knowledge on most taxa
remains scarce or inexistent, and the available biodiversity data is often taxonomically …