Decision making can be facilitated by observing other individuals faced with the same or
similar problem, and recent research suggests that this social information use is a …

Acquiring information from the cues and signals of other species of the same trophic level is
widespread among animals, and can help individuals exploit resources and avoid …

Research linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) has been mostly centred on
the influence of species richness on ecosystem functions in small‐scale experiments with …

Regenerated forests now compose over half of the world's tropical forest cover and are
increasingly important as providers of ecosystem services, freshwater, and biodiversity …

Modularity is a recurrent and important property of bipartite ecological networks. Although
well‐resolved ecological networks describe interaction frequencies between species pairs …

Seed dispersal by animals is considered a pivotal ecosystem function that drives plant‐
community dynamics in natural habitats and vegetation recovery in human‐altered …

The positive link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is a current paradigm in
ecological science. However, little is known of how different attributes of species …

The degree of interdependence and potential for shared coevolutionary history of
frugivorous animals and fleshy‐fruited plants are contentious topics. Recently, network …

Aim Biological invasions pose one of the most severe threats to global biodiversity. Still,
invasions can create positive ecological relationships and services, which can sometimes …

Summary 1 Frugivores disperse the seeds of the majority of woody plant species world‐
wide. Thus, insights on how frugivores influence the dispersal of plants and the variability of …