The metacommunity concept has the potential to integrate local and regional dynamics within
a general community ecology framework. To this end, the concept must move beyond the …

Mounting evidence suggests that climate change, agricultural intensification and disease
are impacting bumblebee health and contributing to species’ declines. Identifying how these …

Metacommunity theory provides an understanding of how spatial processes determine the
structure and function of communities at local and regional scales. Although metacommunity …

Bumble bees are globally important pollinators, especially in temperate regions, and evidence
suggests that many species are declining. One recent high profile study by Soroye et al. (…

In metacommunity ecology, a major focus has been on combining observational and analytical
approaches to identify the role of critical assembly processes, such as dispersal limitation …

Species occurrence data are foundational for research, conservation, and science
communication, but the limited availability and accessibility of reliable data represents a major …

Antibiotics leak constantly into environments due to widespread use in agriculture and
human therapy. Although sublethal concentrations are well known to select for antibiotic-resistant …

Many structural patterns have been found to be important for the stability and robustness of
mutualistic plant–pollinator networks. These structural patterns are impacted by a suite of …

Historical museum records provide potentially useful data for identifying drivers of change in
species occupancy. However, because museum records are typically obtained via many …

It has been argued that the mechanisms structuring ecological communities may be more
generalizable when based on traits than on species identities. If so, patterns in the assembly of …