BACKGROUND Effects of recent global warming have been documented in every biome on
Earth. Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services against future impacts requires …

High exposure to warming from climate change is expected to threaten biodiversity by
pushing many species toward extinction. Such exposure is often assessed for all taxa at a …

The microbial communities inhabiting the alimentary tracts of mammals, particularly those of
herbivores, are estimated to be one of the densest microbial reservoirs on Earth. The …

DNA metabarcoding is widely used to determine wild animal diets, but whether this
technique provides accurate, quantitative measurements is still under debate. To test our …

The relationship between body size and temperature of mammals is poorly resolved,
especially for large keystone species such as bison (Bison bison). Bison are well …

Forecasting the response of species and communities to environmental change is a priority
for multiple disciplines in the natural sciences. In looking toward the future, much can be …

Desert organisms have evolved physiological, biochemical and genomic mechanisms to
survive the extreme aridity of desert environments. Studying desert-adapted species …

Abstract Vegetation in the Great Basin has been changing over millennia in response to
climate but the rate of change since European settlement in the last 150 years has been …

Small mammals in hot deserts often avoid heat via nocturnality and fossoriality, and are
thought to have a limited capacity to dissipate heat using evaporative cooling. Research to …

Several studies have claimed that reduction in body size comprises a nearly universal
response to global warming; however, doubts about the validity of this pattern for …