For the first time sequence data of a fabavirus was identified in dahlia from the UK, which was similar to virus sequence reported from dahlia in China. Initial sequences were determined by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) using the Illumina MiSeq platform, and were verified by Sanger sequencing and 5’ and 3’ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The genome comprised two RNAs that were 5,851...

Given the rate of biodiversity loss, there is an urgent need to understand community-level responses to extirpation events, with two prevailing hypotheses. On one hand, the loss of an apex predator leads to an increase in primary prey species, triggering a trophic cascade of other changes within the community, while density compensation and ecological release can occur because of reduced competition for resources and absence o...

Anthropogenic disturbances such as fragmentation are rapidly altering biodiversity, yet a lack of attention to species traits and abundance patterns has made the results of most studies difficult to generalize. We determined traits of extinction‐prone species and present a novel strategy for classifying species according to their population‐level response to a gradient of disturbance intensity. We examined the effects of fores...