Zoonotic diseases are major causes of infection related morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Of the various arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens that cause such diseases to …

1. Population declines among insects are inadequately quantified, yet of vital importance to
national and global biodiversity assessments and have significant implications for …

Biological control is a major ecosystem service provided by pest natural enemies, even in
densely populated areas where the use of pesticides poses severe risks to human and …

Human migration to urban centers has resulted in diverse environmental disturbances that
affect biodiversity. Although urbanization has been highlighted as one of the main drivers of …

Tropical trees can provide various ecological services to adjacent agricultural environments,
including maintaining and amplifying the numbers of beneficial insects. In Mexico, certain …

Cities currently harbour more than half of the world's human population and continued urban
expansion replaces natural landscapes and increases habitat fragmentation. The impacts of …

Global biodiversity declines, largely driven by climate and land‐use changes, urge the
development of transparent guidelines for effective conservation strategies. Species …

Urbanisation is one of the main drivers of insect species loss worldwide. However, its
impacts on ecological interactions involving insects still deserve further research, especially …

What determines a species' spatial dynamics? It is both profound and trivial to highlight that
the spatial dynamics of a population arise from the sum of individual behaviour and life …

Context Persistence of organisms in fragmented landscapes often depends on the ability of
individuals to move between habitat patches. This movement can be limited by variables of …