Earthworms, termites, and ants are common macroinvertebrates in terrestrial environments,
although for most ecosystems data on their abundance and biomass is sparse. Quantifying …

Ants are ecosystems engineers, keystone species and incredibly abundant worldwide. A
major cosmopolitan interaction between ants and plants is ant-mediated seed dispersal …

Temperature increases associated with global climate change are likely to be accompanied
by additional environmental stressors such as desiccation and food limitation, which may …

Resource availability can determine an organism's investment strategies for growth and
reproduction. When nutrients are limited, there are potential tradeoffs between investing into …

Hutchinsonian niche theory posits that organisms have fundamental abiotic resource
requirements from which they are limited by competition. Organisms also have fundamental …

1. Some interactions previously described as mutualistic were revealed to be commensal or
parasitic in subsequent investigations. Ant‐mediated seed dispersal has been described as …

Seed production and dispersal are crucial ecological processes impacting plant
demography, species distributions and community assembly. Plant–animal interactions …

Invasive species are major drivers of global ecosystem change. They often displace native
species through competitive exclusion, creating novel species interactions. These …

Most plant diversity in eastern deciduous forests occurs in the understory herbaceous layer.
Ant-dispersed plants (myrmecochores) reside within that layer, and they often are reported …

Forested landscapes increasingly comprise patches of differing land-use histories that
include past stand-replacing anthropogenic disturbances such as logging, fire, or …