Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of
contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values …

Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

Despite evidence of pollinator declines from many regions across the globe, the threat this
poses to plant populations is not clear because plants can often produce seeds without …

The effects of the present biodiversity crisis have been largely focused on the loss of
species. However, a missed component of biodiversity loss that often accompanies or even …

Mutualisms structure ecosystems and mediate their functioning. They also enhance
invasions of many alien species. Invasions disrupt native mutualisms, often leading to …

Abstract Islands make up 5.3% of Earth's land area yet maintain an estimated 19% of bird
species, 17% of rodents, 17% of flowering plants, and 27% of human languages. Species …

Global biodiversity loss is disproportionately rapid on islands, where invasive species are a
major driver of extinctions. To inform conservation planning aimed at preventing extinctions …

Natural ecosystems provide a variety of services on which humans, and other organisms,
depend for survival and well-being. These ecosystem services can be categorized as …

Introductions of species by humans are causing the homogenization of species composition
across biogeographic barriers,–. The ecological and evolutionary consequences of …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …