Renewal ecology: conservation for the Anthropocene
The global scale and rapidity of environmental change is challenging ecologists to reimagine their theoretical principles and management...
Opportunities and constraints for implementing integrated land–sea management on islands
Despite a growing body of literature on integrated land–sea management (ILSM), very little critical assessment has been conducted in...
Toward reassessing data‐deficient species
One in 6 species (13,465 species) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List is classified as data deficient...
Forecasting ecosystem responses to climate change across Africa's Albertine Rift
Climate change is likely to shift the distributions of ecosystems worldwide. Most assessments of climate change are primarily...
Observations on breeding Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis) in western Queensland
A population of Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis) was discovered in 2013 in western Queensland and has become the primary focus of...
Towards a threat assessment framework for ecosystem services
How can we tell if the ecosystem services upon which we rely are at risk of being lost, potentially permanently? Ecosystem services...
Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science
Conservation science is a rapidly developing discipline, and the knowledge base it generates is relevant for practical applications. It...
Limitations and trade‐offs in the use of species distribution maps for protected area planning
Summary Range maps represent the geographic distribution of species, and they are commonly used to determine species coverage within...
Australia needs a wake-up call
WHETHER AUSTRALIA’S Great Barrier Reef will be placed on the World Heritage “in danger” list will likely be decided by July. Australia...
Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change
Although it is widely accepted that future climatic change—if unabated—is likely to have major impacts on biodiversity1,2, few studies...