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  • Two recent studies come to different yet complementary conclusions about the factors — species traits, climate conditions and past disturbances — that determine the responses of bird species to forest loss and fragmentation.

    • Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg
    News & Views
  • Inferring the evolutionary history of prokaryotic pangenomes is complicated by the lack of a reference for neutral genetic variation. A study that uses pseudogenes as a neutral reference provides support for selection as a force that shapes pangenomes.

    • Maria Rosa Domingo-Sananes
    • Conor J. Meehan
    News & Views
  • Two decades of global satellite observations reveal enhanced greening in mangrove forests relative to adjacent evergreen forests, which highlights important differences in the response of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems to climate change.

    • Yaping Chen
    • Matthew L. Kirwan
    News & Views