Nature conservation has changed from an idealistic philosophy to a serious technology (J.
Harper, 1992) A review is given of the major conceptual changes that have taken place …

Mediterranean ecosystems rival tropical ecosystems in terms of plant biodiversity. The
Mediterranean Basin (MB) itself hosts 25 000 plant species, half of which are endemic. This …

One of our greatest challenges as researchers is predicting impacts of land use on biota,
and predicting the impact of livestock grazing on birds is no exception. Insufficient data and …

Summary 1 The effect that the surrounding landscape matrix has on the loss of species from
fragmented patches remains largely unknown. To determine whether there were differences …

Past studies of local extinctions in fragmented habitats most often tested the influence of
fragment size and isolation while ignoring how differences in the surrounding landscape …

Highlights•I review statistical approaches for dealing with common constraints in animal
behaviour studies.•I suggest analytical solutions to these constraints that outperform …

Forests simultaneously provide multiple ecosystem services (ESs), but the trade-off and
synergy among them were uncertain. Biotic and abiotic variables regulate forest ecosystem …

Understanding and predicting changes in the abundance of natural populations is a central
goal of ecology. These changes are influenced by a variety of exogenous processes …

The Northwest Forest Plan in the Pacific Northwest, United States includes directives for
survey and site protection of hundreds of rare species across many taxonomic classes. To …

Ancient and dead trees are declining habitats harbouring many threatened species. These
habitats are naturally patchy, and inhabiting species might exhibit metapopulation dynamics …