Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Ecological networks of species interactions are popular and provide powerful analytical
tools for understanding variation in community structure and ecosystem functioning …

1. The use of stable isotope analysis (SIA) in ecological research has dramatically increased
in recent years largely because it allows researchers to investigate ecological questions that …

Insects evolved various modifications to their mouthparts, allowing for a broad exploration of
feeding modes. In ants, workers perform non-reproductive tasks like excavation, food …

Despite the ecological significance of ants and the intensive research attention they have
received, thorough treatments of the anatomy and functional morphology are still scarce. In …

Aim It is often assumed that species in richer sites are more specialized, but empirical
studies show conflicting results. In the present study, we quantify the correlation between …

Ants show remarkable ecological and evolutionary success due to their social life history
and division of labour among colony members. In some lineages, the worker force became …

Land-use change is threatening biodiversity worldwide, affecting above and below ground
animal communities by altering their trophic niches. However, shifts in trophic niches with …

Knowing what animals eat is fundamental to our ability to understand and manage
biodiversity and ecosystems, but researchers often must rely on indirect methods to infer …

Discussion of the vertical stratification of organisms in tropical forests has traditionally
focused on species distribution. Most studies have shown that, due to differences in abiotic …