Exhaustive biodiversity data, covering all the taxa in an environment, would be fundamental
to understand how global changes influence organisms living at different trophic levels, and …

Aim More than ever, ecologists seek to understand how species are distributed and have
assembled into communities using the “filtering framework”. This framework is based on the …

Land-use intensification can increase provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and
timber production, but it also drives changes in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity loss …

The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …

Biodiversity across multiple trophic levels is required to maintain multiple ecosystem
functions. Yet it remains unclear how multitrophic diversity and species interactions regulate …

Previous studies have demonstrated that plant diversity not only plays an important role in
maintaining ecosystem functions but can also mediate the impact of climate change on …

Classifying organisms has a wide use and a long history in ecology. However, the meaning
of a 'group of organisms' and how to group organisms is still the subject of much theoretical …

Highlights•The sustainable grazing management should focus on the biodiversity
conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem multifunctionality.•Grazing effects on …

The worldwide retreat of glaciers is causing a faster than ever increase in ice‐free areas that
are leading to the emergence of new ecosystems. Understanding the dynamics of these …

Understanding how ecosystem multifunctionality is maintained in naturally assembled
communities is crucial, because human activities benefit from multiple functions and …