Climate change impacts tourism, since both supply and demand of tourism services depend
on the quality and the management of a set of environmental attributes. This paper critically …

In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in
evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional …

Identifying species that are both geographically restricted and functionally distinct, ie
supporting rare traits and functions, is of prime importance given their risk of extinction and …

The audiovisual experience of observing birds in cities provides numerous benefits to
residents, but their diversity is endangered by urbanization. Although the magnitude of the …

Experimental studies are needed to empirically examine the effects of climate change on
terrestrial organisms and to serve as the basis for predictions and management practices. As …

Riverbank erosion incidence and consecutive flood disasters have increased because of
extreme climatic dynamics in the current couple of decades. Farming community livelihood …

Global anthropogenic changes cause major impacts on species interactions, with cascading
effects on ecosystem functioning. Animal-mediated pollination and seed dispersal are major …

Mountains are home to a considerable share of the human population. Around a billion
people live in mountainous areas, which harbor rich natural and sociocultural diversity …

For tropical forests to survive anthropogenic global warming, trees will need to avoid rising
temperatures through range shifts and “species migrations” or tolerate the newly emerging …