Ecosystem engineering is increasingly recognized as a relevant ecological driver of diversity
and community composition. Although engineering impacts on the biota can vary from …

Heuweltjies are earthen mounds found throughout the Succulent Karoo of South Africa and
are inhabited by the termite Microhodotermes viator. Many have assumed that heuweltjies …

Termites are undoubtedly key soil organisms in tropical and subtropical soils. They are soil
engineers in influencing the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and …

Abstract Objectives: To (1) assess the strength of evidence for the role of termites in
vegetation heterogeneity in African savannas, and (2) identify the mechanisms by which …

Herbivores play an important role in determining the structure and function of tropical
savannahs. Here, we (i) outline a framework for how interactions among large mammalian …

Termite mounds contribute to the spatial heterogeneity of ecological processes in many
savannas, but the underlying patterns and determinants of mound distributions remain …

Size‐structured differences in resource use stabilize species coexistence in animal
communities, but what behavioral mechanisms underpin these niche differences? Behavior …

Quantification of plant biomass and carbon in ecosystems is critical for establishing climate
change mitigation potential. For large trees in various ecosystems, allometric models for …

Aim Historically, biomes have been defined based on their structurally and functionally
similar vegetation, but there is debate about whether these similarities are superficial, and …

The mechanisms by which even the clearest of keystone or dominant species exert
community‐wide effects are only partially understood in most ecosystems. This is especially …