Regression dilution is a statistical inference bias that causes underestimation of the strength
of dependency between two variables when the predictors are error‐prone proxies (EPPs) …

Functional ecology is the branch of ecology that focuses on various functions that species
play in the community or ecosystem in which they occur. This accessible guide offers the …

Aim Detection of rare species is limited by their intrinsic nature and by the constraints
associated with traditional field surveys. Remote sensing (RS) provides a powerful …

Global environmental change and increased human activities have led to rare species being
given vulnerable status, as well as species losses and extinctions in recent years. However …

The concept of the biome has a long history dating back to Carl Ludwig Willdenow and
Alexander von Humboldt. However, while the association between climate and the structure …

Aim β diversity and its linkages with ecosystem functioning remain poorly documented. This
impedes our capacity to predict biodiversity changes and how they affect ecosystem …

Environmental gradients act as potent filters on species distributions driving compositional
shifts across communities. Compositional shifts may reflect differences in physiological …

The majority of species in many communities are rare, and it is an enduring challenge to
understand the mechanism of species rarity and commonness in local communities. The …

The decline in species richness at higher latitudes is among the most fundamental patterns
in ecology. Whether changes in species composition across space (beta-diversity) …

Disentangling the processes that drive population, community and whole forest structure
and dynamics is a challenge. It becomes a grand challenge in the tropics where there are a …