Benefiting biodiversity

Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Nature benefit hypothesis: direct experiences of nature predict self-reported pro-biodiversity behaviours. Conservation Letters 16, e12945. Human activities are damaging the world’s ecosystems, posing a serious threat…

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Functioning at night

Functioning at night

Cox, D.T.C., Baker, D.J., Gardner, A.S. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Global variation in unique and redundant mammal functional diversity across the daily cycle. Journal of Biogeography 50, 629-640. Aim: Organisms primarily influence…

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Losing the natural night

Losing the natural night

Gaston, K.J., Gardner, A.S. & Cox, D.T.C. 2023. Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment. BioScience 73, 280-290. How the relative impacts of anthropogenic pressures on the natural environment vary between different taxonomic…

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Making connections

Making connections

Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Global synthesis reveals heterogeneous changes in connection of humans to nature. One Earth 6, 131-138. The connection that individuals have with nature impacts their well-being and…

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Horizon scanning

Horizon scanning

Sutherland, W.J., Bennett, C.., Brotherton, P.N.M. Butterworth, H.M., Clout, M.N., Côté, I.M., Dinsdale, J., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K.J., Herbert-Read, J.E., Hughes, A., Kaartokallio, H., Le Roux, X., Lickorish,…

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Colouring Europe by night

Colouring Europe by night

Sánchez de Miguel, A., Bennie, J., Rosenfeld, E., Dzurjak, S. & Gaston, K.J. 2022. Environmental risks from artificial nighttime lighting widespread and increasing across Europe. Science Advances 8, eabl6891. The nighttime environment of…

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