Local habitat size has been shown to influence colonization and extinction processes of species
in patchy environments. However, species differ in body size, mobility, and trophic level, …

Abstract Changes in global and regional precipitation regimes are among the most pervasive
components of climate change. Intensification of rainfall cycles, ranging from frequent …

Functional traits are commonly used in predictive models that link environmental drivers
and community structure to ecosystem functioning. A prerequisite is to identify robust sets of …

Habitat size and climate are known to affect the trophic structure and dynamics of communities,
but their interactive effects are poorly understood. Organisms from different trophic levels …

Warming is among the major drivers of changes in biotic interactions and, in turn, ecosystem
functioning. The decomposition process occurs in a chain of facilitative interactions …

Aquatic ecosystems are tightly linked to terrestrial ecosystems by exchanges of resources,
which influence species interactions, community dynamics and functioning in both ecosystem …

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 …

There is growing recognition that ecosystems may be more impacted by infrequent extreme
climatic events than by changes in mean climatic conditions. This has led to calls for …

There are many examples of predators having specialized microhabitat requirements, but
the sensory mechanisms by which predators detect, identify, and evaluate microhabitats are …

Although a wide variety of arthropods specialize on a specific host plant, little is known about
the evolution of host–plant specialization in spiders. In several regions of South America, …