Plant–animal interactions are fundamentally important in ecosystems, but have often been
ignored by studies of climate-change impacts on biodiversity. Here, we present a trait-based …

1. The decline in insect abundance and diversity observed in many ecosystems is of major
concern because of the long‐term consequences for ecosystem function and stability. 2 …

The ongoing sixth mass species extinction is the result of the destruction of component
populations leading to eventual extirpation of entire species. Populations and species …

Although theory identifies coextinctions as a main driver of biodiversity loss, their role at the
planetary scale has yet to be estimated. We subjected a global model of interconnected …

Impacts of climate change on individual species are increasingly well documented, but we
lack understanding of how these effects propagate through ecological communities. Here …

Co‐extinctions are increasingly recognized as one of the major processes leading to the
global biodiversity crisis, but there is still limited scientific evidence on the magnitude of …

Germplasm is a valuable natural resource that provides knowledge about the genetic
composition of a species and is crucial for conserving plant diversity. Germplasm protection …

Aims It has been assumed that montane species will undergo upslope shifts in response to
climate warming and their range sizes are therefore predicted to decrease. However, this …

Extinctions have altered island ecosystems throughout the late Quaternary. Here, we review
the main historic drivers of extinctions on islands, patterns in extinction chronologies …

Current species extinction rates are at unprecedentedly high levels. While human activities
can be the direct cause of some extinctions, it is becoming increasingly clear that species …