Alexa L Fredston, Morgan W Tingley, Montague H C Neate-Clegg, Luke J Evans, Laura H Antão, Natalie C Ban, I-Ching Chen, Yi-Wen Chen, Lise Comte, David P Edwards, Birgitta Evengard, Belen Fadrique, Sophie H Falkeis, Robert Guralnick, David H Klinges, Jonas J Lembrechts, Jonathan Lenoir, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Aníbal Pauchard, Gretta Pecl, Malin L Pinsky, Rebecca A Senior, Jennifer E Smith, Lydia G Soifer, Jennifer M Sunday, Ken D Tape, Peter Washam, Brett R Scheffers
{"title":"Reimagining species on the move across space and time.","authors":"Alexa L Fredston, Morgan W Tingley, Montague H C Neate-Clegg, Luke J Evans, Laura H Antão, Natalie C Ban, I-Ching Chen, Yi-Wen Chen, Lise Comte, David P Edwards, Birgitta Evengard, Belen Fadrique, Sophie H Falkeis, Robert Guralnick, David H Klinges, Jonas J Lembrechts, Jonathan Lenoir, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Aníbal Pauchard, Gretta Pecl, Malin L Pinsky, Rebecca A Senior, Jennifer E Smith, Lydia G Soifer, Jennifer M Sunday, Ken D Tape, Peter Washam, Brett R Scheffers","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change is already leaving a broad footprint of impacts on biodiversity, from an individual caterpillar emerging earlier in spring to dominant plant communities migrating poleward. Despite the various modes of how species are on the move, we primarily document shifting species along only one gradient (e.g., latitude or phenology) and along one dimension (space or time). In this opinion article we present a unifying framework for integrating the study of species on the move over space and time and from micro to macro scales. Future conservation planning and natural resource management will depend on our ability to use this framework to improve understanding, attribution, and prediction of species on the move.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"629-638"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144000455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shubhi Sharma, Kevin Winner, Laura J Pollock, James T Thorson, Jussi Mäkinen, Cory Merow, Eric J Pedersen, Kalkidan F Chefira, Julia M Portmann, Fabiola Iannarilli, Sara Beery, Riccardo de Lutio, Walter Jetz
{"title":"No species left behind: borrowing strength to map data-deficient species.","authors":"Shubhi Sharma, Kevin Winner, Laura J Pollock, James T Thorson, Jussi Mäkinen, Cory Merow, Eric J Pedersen, Kalkidan F Chefira, Julia M Portmann, Fabiola Iannarilli, Sara Beery, Riccardo de Lutio, Walter Jetz","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We lack the data needed to detect and understand biodiversity change for most species, despite some species having millions of observations. This unequal data coverage impedes conservation planning and our understanding of biodiversity patterns. The 'borrowing strength' approach leverages data-rich species to improve predictions for data-deficient species. We review multi- and joint-species distribution models that incorporate traits and phylogenies (termed 'ancillary information') and highlight how they could improve data-deficient spatial predictions. When ancillary information is informative of niche similarity, it has immense potential to improve estimates for data-deficient species distributions and address the Wallacean shortfall. While no statistical method can replace data-collection efforts, approaches discussed in this review offer an important contribution toward closing existing data gaps.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"699-711"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144508397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making sense of (sublinear) density dependence.","authors":"Andrew D Letten","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sublinear density dependence has been reported in numerous empirical studies and yet it is seemingly incompatible with most resource-explicit competition models. Reconciling this disconnect will either necessitate substantive revision of empirical methods or the assumptions of resource competition theory, but it also presents opportunities for original research with wide-ranging implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"622-625"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pedro Cardoso, Vasco Branco, Luís Correia, Brent C Emerson, Veronika N Laine, Manuel Lopes
{"title":"Automated biodiversity research critically requires multidisciplinary expertise.","authors":"Pedro Cardoso, Vasco Branco, Luís Correia, Brent C Emerson, Veronika N Laine, Manuel Lopes","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data-driven computational methods in taxonomy, ecology, and conservation biology are revolutionising these disciplines, from data collection to analysis and interpretation. However, effective automation requires both critical thinking about the limitations of the data and methods, and thorough training and validation by experts, supported by strong interdisciplinary collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"626-628"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144161191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nianxun Xi, Jonathan R De Long, John Davison, Paul Kardol, Leslie E Forero, Martin Zobel, Marina Semchenko
{"title":"Plant-soil microbial interactions as modulators of species coexistence and productivity.","authors":"Nianxun Xi, Jonathan R De Long, John Davison, Paul Kardol, Leslie E Forero, Martin Zobel, Marina Semchenko","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant coexistence and diversity-productivity relationships are often studied separately, yet both are shaped by the same biotic interactions. Here we focus on how host-specificity among soil pathogens and mutualists alters niche and fitness differences among plant species, subsequently modifying biodiversity effects on productivity. Specialist pathogens can generate niche differences through density-dependent processes, thereby stabilizing plant coexistence and enhancing complementarity effects. Specialist mutualists can instead destabilize coexistence and lead to variable effects on productivity. The effects of generalist microbes are less predictable, depending on relationships between plant traits determining microbial interactions (e.g., defense traits) and those determining competitive ability and biomass production. This review underscores the significance of plant-microbial interactions in bridging the mechanisms underlying species coexistence and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"673-686"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Bahrndorff, Peter Convey, Steven L Chown, Jesper Givskov Sørensen
{"title":"Polar ectotherms more vulnerable to warming than expected.","authors":"Simon Bahrndorff, Peter Convey, Steven L Chown, Jesper Givskov Sørensen","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polar regions are heavily impacted by climate change. Yet, vulnerability assessments suggest little concern about heat-related challenges for polar terrestrial ectotherms. These conclusions are based, however, on assumptions and extrapolation from temperate regions; the limited data available suggest that polar ectotherms are more sensitive to warming than previously recognized.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"619-621"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdel H Halloway, Niki Rust, Caroline Deimel, Cliodhna Quickley, Anon
{"title":"Disability in ecology and evolution.","authors":"Abdel H Halloway, Niki Rust, Caroline Deimel, Cliodhna Quickley, Anon","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"613-618"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ross N Cuthbert, Thomas W Bodey, Elizabeta Briski, Isabella Capellini, Jaimie T A Dick, Melina Kourantidou, Anthony Ricciardi, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
{"title":"Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions.","authors":"Ross N Cuthbert, Thomas W Bodey, Elizabeta Briski, Isabella Capellini, Jaimie T A Dick, Melina Kourantidou, Anthony Ricciardi, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biological invasions stand among the main anthropogenic threats to ecosystems globally while causing multitrillion-dollar impacts. Surprisingly, while trait-based frameworks have been designed to predict invasion success and invader ecological impacts, no such approaches exist to understand and predict economic impacts. We propose the first such framework by bridging the evolutionary biology of traits and the escalation of invasion costs. Previously acquired traits can benefit performance, and their rapid change could exacerbate impacts through adaptive and non-adaptive processes during invasion, such as natural selection, genetic drift, or phenotypic plasticity. Emerging evidence suggests that some organismal traits can determine economic impact magnitudes. We discuss new transdisciplinary avenues that can inform cost forecasting and management responses for current and future biological invasions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"639-650"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143998647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecologically representative Marine Protected Area planning can think globally and act locally.","authors":"Qianshuo Zhao, Mark John Costello","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To date, Marine Protected Area (MPA) planning has been regional. Over half of the current MPA are outside the areas identified as a priority for the protection of global biodiversity in all global and High Seas studies. Using systematic planning, an MPA network could be representative of all marine biodiversity in half of the ocean area and could be representative of between 70% and 90% of biodiversity in 30% of the ocean area. We found that 1% of the ocean was overlapped by the global studies. This 1% should be prioritised internationally and nationally as fully protected MPA which prohibit people from killing wildlife and damaging habitats. Species range maps suggest this 1% may include up to half of some groups of marine species.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessie C Buettel, David B Lindenmayer, Ben C Scheele, Maldwyn J Evans
{"title":"Maintaining robust terrestrial ecological monitoring amid technological advancements.","authors":"Jessie C Buettel, David B Lindenmayer, Ben C Scheele, Maldwyn J Evans","doi":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tree.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long-term terrestrial biodiversity monitoring is crucial for understanding species and ecosystem responses to global change, yet it requires significant investment. Technological advancements offer opportunities for more efficient, scalable, and cost-effective monitoring, but transitioning to new methods presents significant risks to data integrity. Guidance for researchers and practitioners to manage these transitions, therefore, is critical. We present a novel seven-step framework and decision-making tool to guide the integration of new methods into established monitoring programs. The framework includes compatibility assessment, concurrent method cross-validation, and ongoing review, balancing the benefits of new technologies with the need to maintain dataset integrity. Our framework can help to ensure that new methods enhance the value and robustness of long-term biodiversity datasets while maintaining monitoring continuity.</p>","PeriodicalId":23274,"journal":{"name":"Trends in ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":"651-662"},"PeriodicalIF":16.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}