Ecological research conducted over the past five decades has shown that increasing tree
species richness at forest stands can improve tree resistance to insect pest damage …

Highlights•Plant-associated fungi in the rhizosphere are incredibly diverse.•High plant
diversity promotes fungal diversity and can suppress soil fungal pathogens.•Many …

Animals and plants are shifting the timing of key life events in response to climate change,
yet despite recent documentation of escalating phenological change, scientists lack a full …

After five years of its first report on the African continent, Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera
frugiperda (JE Smith) is considered a major threat to maize, sorghum, and millet production …

The global and seemingly unstoppable spread of invasive alien plants emerges as one of
the main topics of current science. This is due to the multiple repercussions of invasive …

Threats to food security require novel sustainable agriculture practices to manage insect
pests. One strategy is conservation biological control (CBC), which relies on pest control …

Insects, as one of the most species‐rich taxa with enormous taxonomic, behavioural and
functional diversity, are in decline. Bees and wasps are especially crucial for ecosystems as …

Fluxes of matter, energy and information over space and time contribute to ecosystems'
functioning and stability. The meta‐ecosystem framework addresses the dynamics of …

Seemingly small ecological changes can have large, ramifying effects that defy
expectations. Such are keystone effects in ecosystems. Phloem-feeding insect herbivores …

Global biodiversity is threatened by the anthropogenic restructuring of animal communities,
rewiring species interaction networks in real-time as individuals are extirpated or introduced …