The finding that adaptive evolution can often be substantial enough to alter ecological
dynamics challenges traditional views of community ecology that ignore evolution. Here, we …

Stochasticity is a core component of ecology, as it underlies key processes that structure and
create variability in nature. Despite its fundamental importance in ecological systems, the …

Studying the causes of biological diversification and the main environmental drivers
involved is useful not only for the progress of fundamental science but also to inform …

Ecology cannot yet fully explain why so many tree species coexist in natural communities
such as tropical forests. A major difficulty is linking individual-level processes to community …

Current analyses of metacommunity data largely focus on global attributes across the entire
metacommunity, such as mean alpha, beta, and gamma diversity, as well as the partitioning …

Aims Patterns of spatial community dissimilarity have inspired a large body of theory in
ecology and biogeography. Yet key gaps remain in our understanding of the local‐scale …

Diversity–biomass relationships (DBRs) often vary with spatial scale in terrestrial
ecosystems, but the mechanisms driving these scale‐dependent patterns remain unclear …

Seed dispersal by frugivores plays a key role in structuring and maintaining tree diversity in
forests. However, little is known about how the spatial legacy of seed dispersal and early …

Global biodiversity loss has increased interest in identifying the patterns and mechanisms
that shape community assembly. Growing empirical evidence indicates that investigating …

Environmental filtering and dispersal limitation can both maintain diversity in plant
communities by aggregating conspecifics, but parsing the contribution of each process has …