Neotropical streams stand as one of the most biodiverse aquatic ecosystems in the world.
The extremely high biodiversity of these ecosystems was generated and modified by several …

The β-diversity studies reveal diversity patterns at a spatial scale and strengthen the process
of regional diversity conservation. The aim of the current study was to understand the pattern …

The evaluation of the effects of environmental factors on natural communities has been one
of the principal approaches in ecology; although, over the past decade, increasing …

The biological diversity of a region may not be fully sampled due to the low abundance or
rarity of species, or the absence of species determined by their niche specificity …

Aim Insects are one of the least studied taxa, with most species lacking basic ecological and
biogeographical information. This problem is particularly acute in the tropics, where low …

One of the major current ecological challenges is to understand how to reconcile human
activities with biodiversity conservation concerns. This issue is particularly relevant in …

We aim to explore what processes dominate community assembly of dragonflies (Odonata:
Anisoptera) and damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) by differentiating the environmental and …

Niche and dispersal‐based processes govern freshwater communities, such as aquatic
insects, shaping their distribution and establishment in the environment. So, we aimed to …

Species distribution depends on dispersal ability and species responses to the environment,
where the anthropogenic landscape can facilitate or difficult for them to track the …

Aim Disentangling the drivers of community assembly and species diversity in space and
time is critical to elucidating metacommunity theory. However, our understanding of how …