Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFFs) constitute the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna
on Earth, with more than 6,200 named species compressed into an aquatic footprint< 0.5 …

The drivers of variability in species range sizes remain an outstanding enigma in ecology.
The theoretical expectation of a positive dispersal‐range size relationship has received …

Dams contribute to water security, energy supply, and flood protection but also fragment
habitats of freshwater species. Yet, a global species-level assessment of dam-induced …

While human activities are known to elicit rapid turnover in species composition through
time, the properties of the species that increase or decrease their spatial occupancy …

Conservation initiatives overwhelmingly focus on terrestrial biodiversity, and little is known
about the freshwater cobenefits of terrestrial conservation actions. We sampled more than …

Motivation Global freshwater fish biodiversity and the responses of fishes to global changes
have been explored intensively using taxonomic data, whereas functional aspects remain …

Dam construction and nutrient enrichment are two pervasive stressors in rivers worldwide,
which trigger a sharp decline in biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, the …

Inland standing waters are particularly vulnerable to increasing water temperature. Here,
using a high-resolution numerical model, we find that the velocity of climate change in the …

Conserving freshwater habitats and their biodiversity in the Amazon Basin is a growing
challenge in the face of rapid anthropogenic changes. We used the most comprehensive …

Shifts in species distributions are a common ecological response to climate change, and
global temperature rise is often hypothesized as the primary driver. However, the directions …