Although it is well known that insects are sensitive to temperature, how they will be affected
by ongoing global warming remains uncertain because these responses are multifaceted …

Digital data are accumulating at unprecedented rates. These contain a lot of information about
the natural world, some of which can be used to answer key ecological questions. Here, …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is closely associated with modern societies and is rapidly
increasing worldwide. A dynamically growing body of literature shows that ALAN poses a serious …

… Traditionally, assuming two resource items each of 1 g will take the same time to handle
as one resource of 2 g led to linear scaling models in functional response studies and …

Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this
crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons are …

… moist plaster (200 g dry weight) to provide constant moisture during the experiments. Habitat
structure in the arenas was provided by moss (Polytrichum formosum, 2·43 g dry weight) …

Freshwater ecosystems are among the most diverse and dynamic ecosystems on Earth. At
the same time, they are among the most threatened ecosystems but remain …

… are described with h 0 and a 0 as constants and the body masses [g], m c and m r , of the
predator c, and the prey r, respectively. These null models of allometric relations are based on …

Understanding the consequences of species loss in complex ecological communities is one
of the great challenges in current biodiversity research. For a long time, this topic has been …

Plans are currently being drafted for the next decade of action on biodiversity—both the post‐2020
Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and …