"Trends in invasive alien species" is one of only two indicators of threat to biodiversity that form part of the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) framework for monitoring progress toward its "2010 target" (i.e., the commitment to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss). To date, however, there is no fully developed indicator for invasive alien...

One of the most amazing biological phenomena that has occurred in our life time is the introduction and spread of the African honey bee (AHB) in the western hemisphere. Within 50 years of its initial introduction into Brazil, the AHB has colonized much of the New World, giving rise to one of the most rapid and spectacular biological invasions humans have ever witnessed. A remarkable feature of ...

Novel selective pressures derived from human activities challenge the persistence of animal populations worldwide. Behavior is expected to be a major factor driving animals' responses to global change because it largely determines how animals interact with the environment. However, the role of individual variation in behavior to facilitate the persistence of animals in changing environments rem...