Ecological carryover effects, or delayed effects of the environment on an organism's
phenotype, are central predictors of individual fitness and a key issue in conservation …

Cultivating microalgae has the potential to produce biofuels and bioproducts from solar
energy with low land use and without competing with food crops. However, despite these …

As part of an overall decline in biodiversity, populations of many organisms are declining
and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world. This includes many …

As a consequence of anthropogenic environmental change, the world is facing a possible
sixth mass extinction event. The severity of this biodiversity crisis is exemplified by the rapid …

Numerous factors are contributing to the loss of biodiversity. These include complex effects
of multiple abiotic and biotic stressors that may drive population losses. These losses are …

Pathogen-induced population declines and extinction events have been recognized as main
threats to amphibian species around the globe. However, the ecological drivers underlying …

Contributing to the worldwide biodiversity crisis are emerging infectious diseases, which can
lead to extirpations and extinctions of hosts. For example, the infectious fungal pathogen …

Background Increases in temperature variability associated with climate change have critical
implications for the phenology of wildlife across the globe. For example, warmer winter …

Amphibian populations the world over are under threat of extinction, with as many as 40% of
assessed species listed as threatened under IUCN Red List criteria (a significantly higher …

The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which causes the disease
chytridiomycosis, has been associated with declines and extinctions of montane amphibians …