Author(s): MacPherson A; Caizergues AE; Savary P; Xu K; Messer PW; Akbar MN; Fortin MJ; Holt RD; Hoi AG; Mideo N; Ness R; Peres-Neto PR; Santangelo JS; Johnson MTJ;

Urbanization drives rapid and extreme environmental change, profoundly shaping the ecology and evolution of populations. In this Perspective, we call for the integration and development of evolutionary theory and empirical research through collaboration between theoretical and experimental biolog ...

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Author(s): Teichroeb JA; Smeltzer EA; Mathur V; Anderson KA; Fowler EJ; Adams FV; Vasey EN; Tamara Kumpan L; Stead SM; Arseneau-Robar TJM;

Our understanding of decision-making processes and cognitive biases is ever increasing, thanks to an accumulation of testable models and a large body of research over the last several decades. The vast majority of this work has been done in humans and laboratory animals because these study subjec ...

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Author(s): Ceron K; Sales LP; Santana DJ; Pires MM;

Biodiversity loss not only implies the loss of species but also entails losses in other dimensions of biodiversity, such as functional, phylogenetic and interaction diversity. Yet, each of those facets of biodiversity may respond differently to extinctions. Here, we examine how extinction, driven by climate and land-use changes may affect those different ...

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Refugia-based conservation strategies offer long-term effectiveness and minimize uncertainty on strategies for climate change adaptation. Here, we use distribution modelling to identify climate change refugia for 617 terrestrial mammals and quantify the role of protected areas in safeguarding these zones across South America. Moist tropical forests locate ...

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