Dispersal is one of the key mechanisms affecting the distribution of individuals, populations,
and communities in nature. Despite advances in the study of single species, it has been …

Community ecology has broadened considerably with the recognition that it is not only at the
species‐level data where biological patterns and their determinants should be studied …

Aim Understanding variation in biodiversity typically requires consideration of factors
operating at different spatial scales. Recently, ecologists and biogeographers have …

Aim We propose a novel approach that considers taxonomic uniqueness, functional
uniqueness and environmental uniqueness and show how it can be used in guiding …

Simple Summary Dragonflies and damselflies are invaluable components of freshwater
ecosystems, acting as dominant predators and facilitating the exportation of matter and …

I examined variability in the abundances of functional groups, functional diversity measures,
and functional structure of littoral macroinvertebrate communities in relation to the …

Relationships between littoral habitat complexity and invertebrate distributions in fishless
lakes are not well understood compared with well-documented relationships in lakes with …

Structurally complex habitats provide cover and may hinder the movement of animals. In
predator–prey relationships, habitat structure can decrease predation risk when it provides …

Urban freshwater ecosystems often involve the introduction of predator species that affect
biodiversity via both direct and indirect effects of predation, altering the distribution of prey …

In order to determine whether using indicators of zooplankton diversity and macrophyte
parameters (density and biomass) could be a useful tool for diagnosing the water quality of …