Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary
research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary …

Over the past several decades, a rapidly expanding field of research known as biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning has begun to quantify how the world's biological diversity can, as …

Prey traits linking consumer diversity to ecosystem function remain poorly understood. On
tropical coral reefs, herbivores promote coral dominance by suppressing competing …

It is well documented that large herbivores have pronounced effects on plant communities in
grassland ecosystems, and the extent and course of their effects can largely depend on both …

There is an increasing demand for environmental assessments of the marine environment to
include ecosystem function. However, existing schemes are predominantly based on …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that diverse predator assemblages can be more
effective at controlling prey populations. Yet, other studies have shown no effect of predator …

Understanding how changes in biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning is imperative in
allowing Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), especially when addressing global change …

Mesophotic habitats, hosting benthic assemblages totally unknown and unexpected in the
early 2000s, are attracting an increasing interest from scientists. Realizing that many long …

The degree of dietary generalism among consumers has important consequences for
population, community, and ecosystem processes, yet the effects on consumer fitness of …

Predation influences prey diversity and productivity while it effectuates the flux and
reallocation of organic nutrients into biomass at higher trophic levels. However, it is …