Aim Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (ie, β‐
diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β‐diversity …

The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in
explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although …

The time-delayed extinction of plant species following habitat fragmentation is a well-known
phenomenon in ecology. The length of the relaxation time until this 'extinction debt'is paid …

Adequately assessing the ecosystem resilience and resistance is a challenging and
essential question in the current context of widespread environmental change. Here we …

Abstract Changes in species richness along the ecological succession gradient may be
strongly determined by coexisting extinction debts of species from the original habitats and …

Aim Species‐sorting predicts the influences of the environment on ecosystem composition
across heterogeneous landscapes. It assumes that extinction and adaptation are negligible …

Aim Many species exhibit a time‐lag between habitat loss and its extinction, resulting in
extinction debt. Although extinction debt is considered a widespread phenomenon …

Abstract Theory suggests that species with different traits will respond differently to
landscape fragmentation. Studies have shown that the presence of species in fragments of …

Habitat loss, fragmentation and transformation threaten the persistence of many species
world‐wide. Population and individual fitness are often compromised in small, degraded …

Habitat loss and fragmentation affect species richness in fragmented habitats and can lead
to immediate or time‐delayed species extinctions. Asynchronies in extinction and extinction …