Biotic selective pressures dominate explanations for the evolutionary ecology of tropical
endotherms. Yet, abiotic factors, principally precipitation regimes, shape biogeographical …

Context Birds, as indicators of biodiversity, are experiencing habitat reduction and loss due
to landscape changes. Evidence is mounting that the response of bird richness to landscape …

Aim It is not yet clear whether similar mechanisms influence the assembly of ecological
communities across different continents. Here, we investigated the functional and …

Invasive non‐native species can alter animal‐mediated seed dispersal interactions and
ultimately affect the stability of recipient communities. The degree of such disturbances …

Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been
proposed that geodiversity can be used as an easy-to-measure surrogate of biodiversity to …

Aim The identification of the mechanisms determining spatial variation in biological diversity
along elevational gradients is a central objective in ecology and biogeography. Here, we …

Multiple constraints (eg, time, funding, expertise) can impede the broad-scale monitoring of
human-induced loss of biodiversity. Non-random species co-occurrence provides an …

Physical gradients are major natural drivers of global biodiversity. A key question is
understanding how biogeographic patterns are impacted by transformation of natural …

Climate and vegetation structure are important predictors of biodiversity along mountain
slopes. The drivers of elevational biodiversity gradients are not yet fully resolved. For …

Many theories have been proposed to explain the high diversity of plants in the tropics.
However, we lack an understanding of the processes that drive plant diversity and …