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Cheaters must prosper: Reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on cheating in mutualism

Cheating is a focal concept in the study of mutualism, with the majority of researchers considering cheating to be both prevalent and highly damaging. However, current definitions of cheating do not reliably capture the evolutionary threat that has been a central motivation for the study of cheating. We describe the development of the cheating concept and distill a relative-fitness-based definition of cheating that encapsulates the evolutionary threat posed by cheating, i.e. that cheaters will spread and erode the benefits of mutualism.

Integrating regional conservation priorities for multiple objectives into national policy

Using large public datasets in the undergraduate ecology classroom

Heating up a cold subject: Prospects for under-ice plankton research in lakes

Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity

Anticipating the effect of climate change on biodiversity, in particular on changes in community composition, is crucial for adaptive ecosystem management1 but remains a critical knowledge gap2. Here, we use climate velocity trajectories3, together with information on thermal tolerances and habitat preferences, to project changes in global patterns of marine species richness and community composition under IPCC Representative Concentration Pathways4 (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5.

The ecological impacts of marine debris: Unraveling the demonstrated evidence from what is perceived

Megafauna extinction, tree species range reduction, and carbon storage in Amazonian forests

Novel methods, new results and science-based solutions to tackle marine debris impacts on wildlife

Temporal correlations in population trends: Conservation implications from time-series analysis of diverse animal taxa

Population trends play a large role in species risk assessments and conservation planning, and species are often considered threatened if their recent rate of decline meets certain thresholds, regardless how large the population is. But how reliable an indicator of extinction risk is a single estimate of population trend? Given the integral role this decline-based approach has played in setting conservation priorities, it is surprising that it has undergone little empirical scrutiny.

Non-structural carbon dynamics and allocation relate to growth rate and leaf habitat in California oaks