Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Migratory birds may have a vital role in the spread of antimicrobial resistance across habitats
and regions, but empirical data remain scarce. We investigated differences in the gut …

Wetlands provide numerous ecosystem services including freshwater purification.
Nonetheless, their functionality is continuously impacted by many pollutants. Plastics are …

Research into plastic pollution has extensively focused on abiotic vectors, overlooking
transport by animals. Opportunistic birds, such as white storks (Ciconia ciconia) often forage …

Landscape connectivity operates at a variety of scales, depending on the geography of the
area in question and the focal species or ecological process under consideration. Most …

Human‐transformed residuals, especially those derived from human waste (dumps),
farmland, and livestock are involved in the emergence of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria (ARB) …

Non‐frugivorous waterbirds disperse a wide variety of plants by endozoochory, providing
longer‐dispersal distances than other mechanisms. Many waterbirds visit both agricultural …

The restoration of degraded areas and the creation of artificial ecosystems have partially
compensated for the continuing loss of natural wetlands. However, the success of these …

Background Connections between habitats are key to a full understanding of anthropic
impacts on ecosystems. Freshwater habitats are especially biodiverse, yet depend on …

Seasonal migrations are used by diverse animal taxa, yet the costs and benefits of migrating
have rarely been empirically examined. The aim of this study was to determine how …