Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to
support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely …

Ecological restoration is widely used to reverse the environmental degradation caused by
human activities. However, the effectiveness of restoration actions in increasing provision of …

Dispersal costs can be classified into energetic, time, risk and opportunity costs and may be
levied directly or deferred during departure, transfer and settlement. They may equally be …

Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity
threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much ecosystem monitoring and …

Ecological restoration is becoming regarded as a major strategy for increasing the provision
of ecosystem services as well as reversing biodiversity losses. Here, we show that …

Neonicotinoid seed dressings have caused concern world-wide. We use large field experiments
to assess the effects of neonicotinoid-treated crops on three bee species across three …

1. The introduction of non‐native species continues to cause ecological concern globally,
but there have been no published reviews of their effects in the UK. Impacts in the UK are …

There are few studies of the performance of species in restored vegetation communities.
Here we report the results of a meta‐analysis of 25 experiments concerned with species‐rich …

Agricultural intensification has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of species‐rich
grasslands across much of western Europe. 2 We examined the key ecological processes that …

Wild bee declines have been ascribed in part to neonicotinoid insecticides. While short-term
laboratory studies on commercially bred species (principally honeybees and bumblebees) …