Extensive evidence shows that regional (gamma) diversity is often lower across restored
landscapes than in reference landscapes, in part due to common restoration practices that …

Recent advances in ecology and biogeography demonstrate the importance of fire and large
herbivores–and challenge the primacy of climate–to our understanding of the distribution …

The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

Although recent large wildfires in California forests are well publicized in media and
scientific literature, their cumulative effects on forest structure and implications for forest …

Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the major threats to global and local biodiversity. In
forest ecosystems, the threats caused by IAS include hybridization, transmission of diseases …

Humans have significantly modified the planet's ecosystems with negative consequences for
biodiversity and human wellbeing. However, not all land use is equal, and many traditional …

Woody plants in water‐limited ecosystems affect their environment on multiple scales:
locally, natural stands can create islands of fertility for herb layer communities compared to …

CONTEXT Agricultural intensification is a major cause of biodiversity loss. Biodiversity
conservation and restoration generally involve human intervention. In comparison …

During the biofilm life cycle, bacteria attach to a surface and then reproduce, forming
crowded, growing communities. Many theoretical models of biofilm growth dynamics have …

Ecosystems with forest and grassland patches as alternative stable states usually contain
various closed, semi‐open and open habitats, which may be aligned along a vegetation …