A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily
focused on small scales. We review the current theory and identify six expectations for scale …

Understanding the negative and positive effects of agricultural land use for the conservation
of biodiversity, and its relation to ecosystem services, needs a landscape perspective …

Scaling laws underpin unifying theories of biodiversity and are among the most predictively
powerful relationships in biology. However, scaling laws developed for plants and animals …

Ecological niche differences are necessary for stable species coexistence but are often
difficult to discern. Models of dietary niche differentiation in large mammalian herbivores …

Urbanization is leading to biodiversity loss through habitat homogenization. The smooth,
featureless surfaces of many marine urban structures support ecological communities, often …

▪ Abstract An important aim of plant ecology is to identify leading dimensions of ecological
variation among species and to understand the basis for them. Dimensions that can readily …

It is often claimed that we do not understand the forces driving the global diversity gradient.
However, an extensive literature suggests that contemporary climate constrains terrestrial …

Bees are the most important pollinator taxon; therefore, understanding the scale at which
they forage has important ecological implications and conservation applications. The …

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

The present study proposes to reconcile the different spatial and temporal scales of regional
species production and local constraint on species richness. Although interactions between …