The SLiM software framework for genetically explicit forward simulation has been widely
used in population genetics. However, it has been largely restricted to modeling only a …

Advances in restoration ecology are needed to guide ecological restoration in a variable
and changing world. Coexistence theory provides a framework for how variability in …

The incorporation of conservation physiology into environmental management, particularly
ecological restoration, is underutilized, despite the capacity of such approaches to discern …

The evaluation of alien invasive plants (AIPs) environmental and ecological distribution
patterns can provide important data as well as a theoretical approach for management …

Species Distribution Models (SDMs) are essential tools for predicting climate change impact
on species' distributions and are commonly employed as an informative tool on which to …

Research is revealing an increasing number of positive effects of nature for humans. At the
same time, biodiversity in cities, where most humans live, is often low or in decline. Tangible …

Land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics in tropical forests of sub-Saharan Africa are often
difficult to quantify and predict, despite rapid forest losses and increasing human population …

This issue addresses the multifaceted problems of understanding biodiversity change to
meet emerging international development and conservation goals, national economic …

Protected areas (PAs) play a vital role in wildlife conservation. Nonetheless there is concern
and uncertainty regarding how and at what spatial scales anthropogenic stressors influence …

Theory links dispersal and diversity, predicting the highest diversity at intermediate dispersal
levels. However, the modulation of this relationship by macro-eco-evolutionary mechanisms …