The UK livestock sector faces complex social, economic, political and environmental challenges, requiring approaches for exploring trade-offs and resilience across a range of plausible futures. To address these challenges, this study develops the UK Livestock Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (UK-Livestock-SSPs)—five scenarios extending to 2100—through an iterative, stakeholder-driven co-design process that incorporates UK livesto...

International demand for wood and other forest products continues to grow rapidly, and uncertainties remain about how animal communities will respond to intensifying resource extraction associated with woody bioenergy production. We examined changes in alpha and beta diversity of bats, bees, birds, and reptiles across wood production landscapes in the southeastern United States, a biodiversity hotspot that is one of the princi...

Social bees are important insect pollinators of wildflowers and agricultural crops, making their reported declines a global concern. A major factor implicated in these declines is the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Indeed, recent research has demonstrated that exposure to low doses of these neurotoxic pesticides impairs bee behaviours important for colony function and survival. However, our understanding of the mo...