Modeling the Human Well-being Benefits of Ecosystem Restoration and Management for Environmental Decision Making

Susan Harrell Yee, Matt Harwell, Marc Russell, Joel Christopher Hoffman, Tammy Newcomer-Johnson

Frontiers Media SA

Human well-being is inextricably linked to the condition of the natural environment. Environmental...

Science Ecology and Evolution Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Keywords: ecosystem services,­restoration,­human well-being,­Environmental Management,­natural infrastructure,­socio-ecological network

Insect Conservation Behavior

Philip Thomas Starks, Rachael E. Bonoan, Helen McCreery

Frontiers Media SA

Behavior is the means through which animals interact with the environment and with each other. As...

Science Ecology and Evolution Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Keywords: conservation biology,­global climate change,­invasion biology,­nutritional ecology,­Restoration biology

Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development of Protected Areas

Wei Wang, Isa-Rita Russo, Weiguo Sang, Tianxiao Ma, Binbin V. Li

Frontiers Media SA

With the general consensus on sustainable development worldwide, the balance between nature...

Science Ecology and Evolution Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Keywords: Conservation status,­ecological restoration,­ecosystem services,­management effectiveness of protected areas,­National Parks

Interpretation and Implications of Variability in Ecological Systems

Robert Klinger, Clare Aslan, Karen Thorne

Frontiers Media SA

Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain the dynamics in abundance of individual species,...

Science Ecology and Evolution Biogeography and Macroecology

Keywords: Interpretation and Implications of Variability in Ecological Systems,­context dependence,­Complexity,­heterogeneity,­hierarchy,­Interaction,­scale,­Spatial pattern,­Spatio-temporal dynamics,­temporal dynamics

Marine Omics in a Changing Ocean: Modelling Molecular Pathways and Networks to Understand Species Acclimation and Adaptation

Carolina Madeira, Piero Calosi, Diana Sofia Madeira

Frontiers Media SA

Global climate change is a major threat to marine biodiversity worldwide. Average changes in ocean...

Science Ecology and Evolution Ecophysiology

Keywords: single-omics,­multi-omics,­global changes,­Molecular networks,­non-model organisms,­bioinformatics,­Marine Ecosystems,­Systems Biology

Integrating Conservation Biology and Paleobiology to Manage Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World

G. Lynn Wingard, Chris Schneider, Gregory P. Dietl, Damien Fordham

Frontiers Media, SA

Policy makers and resource managers must make decisions that affect the resilience and...

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: Climate Change,­biodiversity dynamics,­extinction risk,­resilience,­sustainability,­adaptation,­Range shifts,­genetic diversity,­Refugia,­ecosystem management and restoration,­ecosystem services,­shifting baselines,­survivorship

Science-Based Conservation of Tigers: Assessing the Past to Prepare for the Future

Carlos Ruiz-Miranda, Fernanda Michalski, Vanessa Hull, Miha Krofel, Luke Hunter, Zuofu Xiang

Frontiers Media SA

In this Research Topic, we plan to assess the interface of conservation and science, looking at the...

Science Ecology and Evolution Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Keywords: Tigers,­Panthera tigris,­Site-based conservation,­Law Enforcement,­connectivity,­poaching

Evaluation of Urban Ecological Security and Measurement of Urban Ecological Resilience

Xueru Zhang, Wei Song, Hualin Xie, Jinmei Lu

Frontiers Media SA

Since the middle of the last century, rapid population growth and urbanization have led to the...

Science Ecology and Evolution Urban Ecology

Keywords: Urban Ecology,­Ecological resilience,­Measurement Model,­factor analysis,­Security pattern

Advances in the Conservation of Large Terrestrial Mammals

R. Terry Bower, Vernon Bleich, Paula A. White, Janet Rachlow

Frontiers Media SA

Large mammals are threatened worldwide. Life histories characterized by long life spans, delayed...

Science Ecology and Evolution Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Keywords: conservation biology,­Mammal conservation,­large terrestrial mammals