Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

Background The central thesis of plant ecology is that climate determines the global
distribution of vegetation. Within a vegetation type, however, finer‐scale environmental …

Stream metacommunities are structured by a combination of local (environmental filtering)
and regional (dispersal) processes. The unique characters of high mountain streams could …

Metapopulation and metacommunity theories occupy a central role in ecology, but can be
difficult to apply to plants. Challenges include whether seed dispersal is sufficient for …

Community genetics aims at understanding how within‐species variation, species diversity
and environmental factors interact to shape community assembly. An approach that …

Understanding how common vs. rare species contribute to species richness patterns, and
are differentially affected by landscape features, is essential for effective conservation …

Quantifying the relative role of environmental and spatial factors to understand patterns in
community composition is a fundamental goal of community ecology. We applied a tested …

Land-use change is having a negative effect on pollinator communities, and these changes
in community structure may have unexpected impacts on the functional composition of those …

Species dissimilarity (beta diversity) primarily reflects the spatio–temporal changes in the
species composition of a plant community. The correlations between β diversity and …

Identifying spatial scales of variation in natural communities and the processes driving them
is critical for obtaining a predictive understanding of biodiversity. In this study, we focused on …