Contemporary rates of biodiversity decline emphasize the need for reliable ecological forecasting, but current methods vary in their ability to predict the declines of real-world …
Functional ecology is the branch of ecology that focuses on various functions that species play in the community or ecosystem in which they occur. This accessible guide offers the …
Losses and gains in species diversity affect ecological stability,,,,,–and the sustainability of ecosystem functions and services,,,,–. Experiments and models have revealed positive …
River networks are hierarchical dendritic habitats embedded within the terrestrial landscape, with varying connectivity between sites depending on their positions along the network. This …
S Wang, M Loreau - Ecology letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although diversity–stability relationships have been extensively studied in local ecosystems, the global biodiversity crisis calls for an improved understanding of these relationships in a …
Habitat fragmentation, an important element of current global change, has profound repercussions on population and species extinction. Landscape fragmentation reduces …
Functional traits have long been considered the 'holy grail'in community ecology due to their potential to link phenotypic variation with ecological processes. Advancements across …
DJ Wieczynski, P Singla, A Doan… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Microbial communities regulate ecosystem responses to climate change. However, predicting these responses is challenging because of complex interactions among …
It is widely recognized that ecological dynamics influence evolutionary dynamics, and conversely that evolutionary changes alter ecological processes. Because fragmentation …