▪ Abstract An important aim of plant ecology is to identify leading dimensions of ecological
variation among species and to understand the basis for them. Dimensions that can readily be …

Biological invasions are a global phenomenon that threatens biodiversity, and few, if any,
ecosystems are free from alien species. The outcome of human‐mediated introductions is …

Given the increasing prevalence of cities, a better mechanistic and functional understanding
of plant responses to urbanisation will assist biodiversity conservation and the provision of …

Restoring degraded land to combat environmental degradation requires the collection of
vast quantities of germplasm (seed). Sourcing this material raises questions related to …

Ecosystem resilience depends on functional redundancy (the number of species contributing
similarly to an ecosystem function) and response diversity (how functionally similar species …

A primary goal of ecology is to understand the fundamental processes underlying the
geographic distributions of species. Two major strands of ecology – habitat modelling and …

With the majority of people now living in urban environments, urbanization is arguably the
most intensive and irreversible ecosystem change on the planet. 2 Urbanization transforms …

1 A widely used classification of plant response to fire divides species into two groups, sprouters
and non-sprouters. In contrast, regeneration responses to catastrophic wind throw and …

Plant extinctions from urban areas are a growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. To minimize
this threat, it is critical to understand what factors are influencing plant extinction rates. We …

Broadscale land use changes are occurring rapidly in rural landscapes worldwide, within
which revegetation with native plant species to increase the area of suitable habitat is a key …