… This is an important issue in many biological systems such as the brain, where diseases
like Parkinson’s and schizophrenia have been associated with dysfunctional brain connectivity …

… Furthermore, intralayer and interlayer edges can represent ecological processes at different
scales, and it is not always clear how to define the relative weight(s) of interlayer edges with …

Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms (…

… than 25% of the world’s population 1 . A mechanism playing a … patches, N(S), as a function
of their sizes, S. We fitted these … model, S x the patch size (in centimetres) above which N(S) …

… Despite oscillations, we could quantify its trend using Kendall’s τ. The values of the DFA
indicator suggested that the CSD dataset was approaching the critical value of 1 (transition), …

… Part of SK and ELB’s research was funded by a Humboldt fellowship from the Alexander
von Humboldt foundation. A number of grants to SAN and EAW have allowed data collection …

The concept of ecological stability occupies a prominent place in both fundamental and
applied ecological research. We review decades of work on the topic and examine how our …

A number of ecosystems can exhibit abrupt shifts between alternative stable states. Because
of their important ecological and economic consequences, recent research has focused on …

Understanding how drylands respond to ongoing environmental change is extremely important
for global sustainability. In this review, we discuss how biotic attributes, climate, grazing …

A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily
focused on small scales. We review the current theory and identify six expectations for scale …