Protected areas like national parks are essential elements of conservation because they
limit human influence on the landscape, which protects biodiversity and ecosystem function …

The increasing frequency and severity of drought may exacerbate ongoing global
amphibian declines. However, interactions between drought and coincident stressors …

Aim Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to drive unprecedented increases in the
frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events, such as drought and cyclones. The …

Context Efforts to adapt conservation to climate change often focus on facilitating range
shifts to higher latitudes, by enhancing landscape capacity for poleward expansion. The …

Invasive species and emerging infectious diseases are two of the greatest threats to
biodiversity. American Bullfrogs (Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana), which have been …

Context Many terrestrial mammals have undergone substantial distribution changes in
recent decades; yet collecting broad-scale occurrence data for carnivores is difficult due to …

Context Amphibians are declining worldwide due to disease, invasive species, and habitat
loss. Climate change may exacerbate habitat loss by altering the availability or suitability of …

Biodiversity is in global decline during the Anthropocene. Declines have been caused by
multiple factors, such as habitat removal, invasive species, and disease, which are often …

Wetland ecosystems worldwide are threatened by habitat alteration, climate change and the
introduction of invasive species, even within protected areas. Unravelling the reliance of …

Conservation translocations are increasingly used to help recover imperiled species.
However, success of establishing populations remains low, especially for amphibians …