Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

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 …

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 …

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 …