Insects play a key role in the regulation and dynamics of many ecosystem services (ES).
However, this role is often assumed, with limited or no experimental quantification of its real …

Habitat destruction is the leading cause of species extinctions. However, there is typically a
time‐lag between the reduction in habitat area and the eventual disappearance of the …

We argue that naming species in honour of a specific person is unjustifiable and out of step
with equality and representation. Reforming taxonomy to remove eponyms will not be easy …

Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review and …

Islands are among the last regions on Earth settled and transformed by human activities, and
they provide replicated model systems for analysis of how people affect ecological functions…

Biodiversity drives ecological functioning, ultimately providing ecosystem services.
Ecosystem processes are favored by greater functional diversity, particularly when groups of …

Research in Macaronesia has led to substantial advances in ecology, evolution and
conservation biology. We review the scientific developments achieved in this region, and outline …

Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of
organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas …

Aim Much of our current understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes comes from
island research. With the increasing availability of data on distributions and phylogenetic …

Islands harbour evolutionary and ecologically unique biota, which are currently disproportionately
threatened by a multitude of anthropogenic factors, including habitat loss, invasive …