One of ecology's grand challenges is develo** general rules to explain and predict highly
complex systems. Understanding and predicting ecological processes from species' traits …

Despite being recognized as a promoter of diversity and a condition for local coexistence
decades ago, the importance of intraspecific variance has been neglected over time in …

While it is known that interactions between plants and soil fungi drive many essential
ecosystem functions, considerable uncertainty exists over the drivers of fungal community …

Abstract Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) is a pest of small fruits and
cherries, and has also been noted to infest a variety of wild, ornamental, and uncultivated …

The Asiatic fruit fly Drosophila suzukii has recently invaded Europe and North and South
America, causing severe damage to fruit production systems. Although agronomic host …

Ecologists are increasingly interested in predicting how intraspecific variation and changing
trait values impact species interactions and community composition. For many traits, much of …

The study of tradeoffs among major life history components (age at maturity, lifespan and
reproduction) allowed the development of a quantitative framework to understand how …

Intraspecific trait variability is a crucial, often neglected, component of functional diversity
(FD) in ecological communities. In particular, uncertainty remains as to the importance of …

Plants show phenotypic plasticity in response to changing or extreme abiotic environments;
but over millions of years they also have co-evolved to respond to the presence of soil …

Predator–prey relationships are a central component of community dynamics. Classic
approaches have tried to understand and predict these relationships in terms of …