Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of
organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas …

Dung beetles are one of the most representative groups of insects associated with livestock,
as they take advantage of the manure of livestock for food and reproduction. They have …

Biodiversity drives ecological functioning, ultimately providing ecosystem services.
Ecosystem processes are favored by greater functional diversity, particularly when groups of …

Because of continuing degradation or deforestation in areas of undisturbed primary forest,
there is a need to study the relative merit of strategies that mitigate their impacts on …

Abstract Agricultural landscapes in North America have developed through complex
interactions of biophysical, socioeconomic and technological forces. While they can be …

Dung removal by macrofauna such as dung beetles is an important process for nutrient
cycling in pasturelands. Intensification of farming practices generally reduces species and …

Interspecific information flow is known to affect individual fitness, population dynamics and
community assembly, but there has been less study of how species diversity affects …

Antibiotics are routinely used to improve livestock health and growth. However, this practice
may have unintended environmental impacts mediated by interactions among the wide …

The degradation and replacement of native ecosystems affects both their taxonomic and
functional biodiversity. However, native species may find a gradient of habitat suitability in …

Maintaining multiple ecological functions (“multifunctionality”) is crucial to sustain viable
ecosystems. To date most studies on biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning (BEF) have …