Understanding how environmental factors drive plant community assembly remains a major
challenge in community ecology. The strength of different assembly processes along …

Species interactions, ranging from antagonisms to mutualisms, form the architecture of
biodiversity and determine ecosystem functioning. Understanding the rules responsible for who …

Background and aims Since its emergence in the mid‐20th century, invasion biology has
matured into a productive research field addressing questions of fundamental and applied …

… , temperature and rainfall, considerable scope exists to extend such approaches to biotic
gradients such as grazing pressure and even in relation to the abundance (Bernard-Verdier & …

Global change has complex eco-evolutionary consequences for organisms and ecosystems,
but related concepts (eg, novel ecosystems) do not cover their full range. Here we propose …

In plant leaves, resource use follows a trade‐off between rapid resource capture and
conservative storage. This “worldwide leaf economics spectrum” consists of a suite of …

Pollen allergies have been on the rise in cities, where anthropogenic disturbances, warmer
climate and introduced species are shaping novel urban ecosystems. Yet, the allergenic …

Biodiversity in urban ecosystems has the potential to increase ecosystem functions and
support a suite of services valued by society, including services provided by soils. Specifically, …

Urban ecology is a rapidly growing research field that has to keep pace with the pressing
need to tackle the sustainability crisis. As an inherently multi‐disciplinary field with close ties to …

Questions To what extent is the functional structure of plant communities captured by
phylogenetic structure? Are some functional dimensions better represented by phylogenetic …