Loss of functional diversity through anthropogenic extinctions of island birds is not offset by biotic invasions

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The worldwide impact of urbanisation on avian functional diversity

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Introduced herbivores restore Late Pleistocene ecological functions

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Avian trait specialization is negatively associated with urban tolerance

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Functional traits of avian frugivores have shifted following species extinction and introduction in the Hawaiian Islands

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Global distribution and conservation status of ecologically rare mammal and bird species

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Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds

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Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

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Make it simpler: Alien species decrease functional diversity of coastal plant communities

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When Do Ecosystem Services Depend on Rare Species?

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Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery

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The cryptic impacts of invasion: functional homogenization of tropical ant communities by invasive fire ants

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Both rare and common species make unique contributions to functional diversity in an ecosystem unaffected by human activities

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PHYLACINE 1.2: The Phylogenetic Atlas of Mammal Macroecology

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Do non-native species contribute to biodiversity?

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Dissecting the null model for biological invasions: A meta-analysis of the propagule pressure effect

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The macroecological dynamics of species coexistence in birds

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Mammal diversity will take millions of years to recover from the current biodiversity crisis

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Introductions do not compensate for functional and phylogenetic losses following extinctions in insular bird assemblages

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Evidence of evolutionary homogenization of bird communities in urban environments across Europe

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The Importance of Islands for the Protection of Biological and Linguistic Diversity

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Functional homogenization exceeds taxonomic homogenization among European fish assemblages

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Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

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The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

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The effect of agricultural diversity and crop choice on functional capacity change in grassland conversions

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Landscape disturbance causes small-scale functional homogenization, but limited taxonomic homogenization, in plant communities

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Cascading Effects of Bird Functional Extinction Reduce Pollination and Plant Density

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Consistent Ecological Selectivity through Time in Pacific Island Avian Extinctions

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Coprolite deposits reveal the diet and ecology of the extinct New Zealand megaherbivore moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

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