Small streams constitute the majority of the water courses in a catchment and have specific
characteristics that distinguish them from larger streams and rivers. Despite their small size …

The southern United States is characterized by a humid, subtropical climate and consists of
16 states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky …

Streams and their adjacent riparian zones are closely linked by reciprocal flows of
invertebrate prey. We review characteristics of these prey subsidies and their strong direct …

Highlights•In some instances, insects can be large direct inputs of biomass to the detrital
pool.•Insects and other small invertebrates transform biomass and alter decomposition …

Predation can be intense, creating strong direct and indirect effects throughout food webs,,,.
In addition, ecologists increasingly recognize that fluxes of organisms across ecosystem …

Habitat alteration and biotic invasions are the two leading causes of global environmental
change and biodiversity loss. Recent innovative experiments have shown that habitat …

Malaise traps are important tools for the large-scale collection of arthropod taxa. Here, an
extensive review of the history and literature concerning Malaise and canopy traps is given …

The increasing effects of climate and global change oblige ecosystem-based management
to adapt forestry practices to deal with uncertainties. Here we provide an overview to identify …

Ecosystems are differentially open to subsidies of energy, material and organisms. This
fundamental ecosystem attribute has long been recognized but the influence of this property …

There is a pressing need to understand how ecosystems will respond to climate change. To
date, no long-term empirical studies have confirmed that fish populations exhibit adaptive …