Landscape fragmentation due to urban sprawl and industrialization has caused habitat loss
and threatened global biodiversity. However, the magnitude, spatial pattern, and …

The fossil record and recent molecular phylogenies support an extraordinary early-Cenozoic
radiation of crown birds (Neornithes) after the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction …

Large‐scale citizen‐science projects, such as atlases of species distribution, are an
important source of data for macroecological research, for understanding the effects of …

Forest-grassland mosaics are widespread features at the interface between tree-and grass-
dominated ecosystems. However, the importance of habitat heterogeneity in these mosaics …

The concept of ecological resilience is widely used to assess how species and ecosystems
respond to external stressors but is applied infrequently at the level of the community or to …

Understanding the effects of landscape composition and configuration, climate, and
topography on bird diversity is necessary to identify distribution drivers, potential impacts of …

Urbanization, one of the most extreme human-induced environmental changes, is negatively
affecting biodiversity worldwide, strongly suggesting that we should reconcile urban …

Context The ecological interplay between edge and matrix effects along forest-matrix
interfaces is closed linked to landscape processes modulating biodiversity and ecosystem …

Recent work has suggested that a tradeoff exists between habitat area and habitat
heterogeneity, with a moderate amount of heterogeneity supporting greatest species …

Wetland ecosystems host an extensive number of avian species and play therefore a key
role in biodiversity conservation. However, avifauna in wetlands is severely impacted by the …