Understanding the effects of urbanization on the diversity of freshwater macroinvertebrates
is an important topic of biodiversity research and has direct conservation relevance. The …

Aim The number of studies investigating the nestedness and turnover components of beta
diversity has increased substantially, but our general understanding of the drivers of …

A major goal in ecology is to understand mechanisms that influence patterns of biodiversity
and community assembly at various spatial and temporal scales. Understanding how …

Ponds are among the most biodiverse and ecologically important freshwater habitats
globally and may provide a significant opportunity to mitigate anthropogenic pressures and …

The assembly processes of generalists and specialists and their driving mechanisms during
spatiotemporal succession is a central issue in microbial ecology but a poorly researched …

Although it is widely known that dams can have large impacts on the environmental and
biological characteristics of downstream rivers, there is a substantial lack of studies focusing …

Aim Evaluating how groups of organisms vary in dispersal capability and how
environmental, spatial and temporal signals vary across multiple scales is critical to …

Beta diversity describes the variation in species composition between sites and is often
influenced by both local and regional processes. Partitioning beta diversity into turnover …

Understanding ecological processes that drive metacommunity dynamics is essential for
elucidating the mechanisms of community assembly and for guiding biodiversity …

Understanding the spatial patterns and environmental drivers of freshwater diversity and
community structure is a key challenge in biogeography and conservation biology. However …