Bird-diversity hotspots differed in modeled exposure to severe fire
Maps distinguish possible low-severity refugia from high-diversity places expected to burn severely if a fire occurs.
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Ecology, evidence and perspective.
Chinook salmon rapidly reclaimed river miles after the Klamath dams came out
Two migration seasons provide a quantitative measure of passage—not yet a verdict on population recovery.
Rare inland salt marsh plants disappeared as an invasive matrix took hold
Forty-year vegetation comparisons in Michigan show how a small groundwater-fed habitat can change without leaving the map.
Tree cover grew on Afghan farmland—but that does not establish forest recovery
High-resolution satellite comparisons reveal agricultural tree gains that should not be mistaken for recovery of native forest.
Giant reed removal should be judged by the riparian habitat it leaves
Rio Grande occupancy models find bird responses to invasive reed cover are mixed, not universal.
A greener urban-growth scenario still left old habitat barriers intact
Yangtze River Delta connectivity modeling distinguishes prevented future damage from repairing existing fragmentation.
Sea-turtle activity sensors need a reporting standard before comparison
A new methodological Comment warns that accelerometer studies can be hard to reproduce.
Disturbance did not produce the predicted arthropod functional split
Butterflies and spiders on one Indian campus complicate a simple disturbance-diversity story.
More shrubs increased some landscape diversity but reduced grassland richness
Northern Iberian plots show a hump-shaped biodiversity response to woody encroachment.
After a New Jersey dam came down, water conditions changed over years
A multiyear river study documents a cooler, better-oxygenated relative downstream signal.
New mangrove briefs seek coherence across global environmental conventions
The Global Mangrove Alliance urges countries to align the three Rio Conventions and the Ramsar Convention on monitoring, finance and action.
Pacific research teams began a transect from equator to Southern Ocean
A new voyage connects full-depth ocean measurements with regional forecasting needs.
A salmon supply chain made climate responsibility an institutional problem
Interviews with a seafood company illuminate why Scope 3 action depends on the rules surrounding suppliers.
Prescribed-fire season altered soil-carbon responses in a California forest
Fall and spring burns differed in near-surface carbon dynamics rather than delivering an interchangeable treatment.
Senegal's protected mangrove still faced changes beyond its boundary
A Joal-Fadiouth assessment connects a small mapped area loss to persistent local pressures.
One Mexican river held fish functions not captured by species totals
Functional traits revealed uneven distributions of ecological roles across a river network.
Maps of wildlife movement and climate refugia did not always agree
Comparing 103 connectivity maps reveals priorities that depend heavily on model purpose.
Young clearcuts attracted caribou forage and potentially greater risk
Paired vegetation and predator observations distinguish nutritional opportunity from safety.
Retention patches protect some habitat while creating new forest edges
A landscape model quantifies why the geometry of retained forest matters as well as the retained percentage.
A tropical forest retained fruit-eater species while their visits changed
French Guiana camera traps expose a functional difference hidden by species-richness totals.
Prairie conservation lands held disproportionate modeled bird habitat
A regional analysis finds different conservation easements benefit different breeding-bird assemblages.
Barred owls used the old forests that spotted owls also need
Telemetry in northern California finds an invasive competitor selecting mature forest structure rather than avoiding it.
Managed hardwood openings offered bat roosting opportunities
Northern long-eared bats selected roost settings near regeneration gaps; thinning effects on canopy lasted roughly eleven years.
Stormwater AI outperformed rules in simulation—not on a real street
A graph-aware controller cut modeled overflow for synthetic extreme storms, while field and climate-projection validation remain undone.