Maintenance of soil health is central to agricultural sustainability and a key factor that reflects
the productivity of agro ecosystems. However, at present the soil resources are under severe …

Environmental changes are expected to alter both the distribution and the abundance of
organisms. A disproportionate amount of past work has focused on distribution only, either …

Global change is altering species distributions and thus interactions among organisms.
Organisms live in concert with thousands of other species, some beneficial, some …

Understanding how species respond to climate change is critical for forecasting the future
dynamics and distribution of pests, diseases and biological diversity,,. Although ecologists …

Global change, such as exotic invasions, dramatically affects ecosystem functioning.
However, the mechanisms behind the impacts are often unclear and despite extensive …

Although research on the role of competitive interactions during community assembly began
decades ago, a recent revival of interest has led to new discoveries and research …

Recent functional trait studies have shown that trait differences may favour certain species
(environmental filtering) while simultaneously preventing competitive exclusion (niche …

The alpine treeline is commonly regarded as being sensitive to climatic warming because
regeneration and growth of trees at treeline generally are limited by low temperature. The …

Biotic interactions present a challenge in determining whether species distributions will track
climate change. Interactions with competitors, consumers, mutualists, and facilitators can …

According to the invasion criterion, stable coexistence requires that all species in a
community increase in abundance when rare, which occurs when stabilizing mechanisms …