About one‐third of North America is forested. These forests are of incalculable value to
human society in terms of harvested resources and ecosystem services and are sensitive to …

The Class Amphibia is one of the most severely impacted taxa in an on-going global
biodiversity crisis. Because amphibian reproduction is tightly associated with the presence …

Estimating variation in demographic rates, such as survival and fecundity, is important for
testing life‐history theory and identifying conservation and management goals. 2. We used …

Climate warming is expected to change the distribution and abundance of many species,,.
Range shifts have been detected in a number of European taxa for which long-term …

We review twentieth century and projected twenty-first century changes in climatic and
hydrologic conditions in the northeastern United States and the implications of these …

Climate change is an increasing concern for wildlife managers across the United States and
Canada. Because climate change may alter populations and harvest dynamics of key …

Much of the recent changes in North American climate have occurred during the winter
months, and as result, overwintering birds represent important sentinels of anthropogenic …

Evaluations of the local effects of global change are often confounded by the interactions of
natural and anthropogenic factors that overshadow the effects of climate changes on …

The input of agrochemicals has contributed to alteration of community composition in
managed and associated natural systems, including amphibian biodiversity. Pesticides and …

Bats are diverse and ecologically important, but are also subject to a suite of severe threats.
Evidence for localized bat mortality from these threats is well-documented in some cases …