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Nectar and pollen of the invasive century plant Agave americana as a food resource for endemic birds

Invasive species are one of the major causes of biodiversity loss, especially in island ecosystems. However, introduced plants can also bring positive effects to the ecosystem by providing feeding...

Multiple mating as bet-hadging strategy

Polyandry (female multiple mating) has profound evolutionary and ecological implications. Despite considerable work devoted to understanding why females mate multiply, no convincing empirical...

World Heritage Sites risk collapse without stronger local management

Without better local management, the world’s most iconic ecosystems are at risk of collapse under climate change, say researchers in Science. Protecting places of global environmental importance...

Global change and the invasive Azolla in the Doñana marshland

Unravelling how a multiplicity of global change factors might influence the expansion of alien plants is a major goal of invasion biology. In this article, the association of climatic conditions...