Studies conducted in forests have resulted in much of the ecological theory we build upon
today. However, our basic understanding of forest ecology comes almost exclusively from …

Species' evolutionary histories shape their present‐day ecologies, but the integration of
phylogenetic approaches in ecology has had a contentious history. The field of …

How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown,
hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high …

Aim Rapid global change is impacting the diversity of tree species and essential ecosystem
functions and services of forests. It is therefore critical to understand and predict how the …

Ecosystems with forest and grassland patches as alternative stable states usually contain
various closed, semi‐open and open habitats, which may be aligned along a vegetation …

Research on global patterns of diversity has been dominated by studies seeking
explanations for the equator-to-poles decline in richness of most groups of organisms …

Despite the long intertwined evolutionary histories of bees and plants, bee diversity peaks in
the xeric areas of the eastern and western hemispheres and not the tropics, where plant …

We studied latitudinal patterns in the species richness (SR), the phylogenetic diversity (PD),
and the functional diversity (FD) of fleas and their mammalian hosts. We asked whether …

The exponential increase in the human population in tandem with increased food demand
has caused agriculture to be the global‐dominant form of land use. Afrotropical drylands are …

Spatio-temporal assessment of phylogenetic diversity gradients during the Holocene (past
12,000 years) provides an opportunity for a deeper understanding of the dynamics of …