Agroforestry systems, such as shade-grown coffee plantations are particularly well suited to address the challenges of climate change, due to potential synergies between adaptation and mitigation strategies. The traditional knowledge of coffee producers can play a critical role in optimizing agroforestry approaches and shade tree selection to balance biodiversity conservation and local needs. This knowledge was used in a two-s...

Human–wildlife conflicts are a growing problem in Northern Hemisphere where wild ungulates are one of the taxonomic groups most frequently involved. To mitigate these conflicts, it is essential to develop preventive actions able to avoid encounters between wildlife and human (activities). We here employed photo-trapping to evaluate the behaviour of red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) when confronted with dissuasive portable deterrents...

In 2014, a DNA‐based phylogenetic study confirming the paraphyly of the grass subtribe Sporobolinae proposed the creation of a large monophyletic genus Sporobolus , including (among others) species previously included in the genera Spartina , Calamovilfa , and Sporobolus. Spartina species have contributed substantially (and continue contributing) to our knowledge in multiple disciplines, including ecology, evolutionary biology...