In light of rapid shifts in biodiversity associated with human impacts, there is an urgent need
to understand how changing patterns in biodiversity impact ecosystem function. Functional …

The inherent complexity of high‐diversity systems can make them particularly difficult to
understand. The relatively recent introduction of functional approaches, which seek to infer …

Coral reefs are in global decline. Reversing this trend is a primary management objective
but doing so depends on understanding what keeps reefs in desirable states (ie …

Teleost fishes are the most diverse group of vertebrates on Earth. On tropical coral reefs,
their species richness exceeds 6000 species; one tenth of total vertebrate biodiversity. A …

Global climate change is altering community composition across many ecosystems due to
nonrandom species turnover, typically characterized by the loss of specialist species and …

Declines in habitat structural complexity have marked ecological outcomes, as currently
observed in many of the world's ecosystems. Coral reefs have provided a model for such …

Structural complexity provided by the living coral reef framework is the basis of the rich and
dynamic biodiversity in coral reefs. In many cases today, the reduction in habitat complexity …

With rubble predicted to increase on coral reefs worldwide, we review the physical,
biological, and ecological dynamics of rubble beds, with a focus on how rubble generation …

Tropical forests and coral reefs host a disproportionately large share of global biodiversity
and provide ecosystem functions and services used by millions of people. Yet, ongoing …

The disturbance regimes of ecosystems are changing, and prospects for continued recovery
remain unclear. New assemblages with altered species composition may be deficient in key …