La comunidad de macroinvertebrados acuáticos mejor estudiada en Colombia es la
entomofauna. Los órdenes Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera y Trichoptera son los mejor …

Aim Global‐scale studies are required to identify broad‐scale patterns in the distributions of
species, to evaluate the processes that determine diversity and to determine how similar or …

Campo rupestre is a megadiverse vegetation mosaic dominating one of the world's
geologically oldest tropical mountains. The campo rupestre hosts nearly 15% of Brazil's …

The input of senescent terrestrial leaf litter into soil and aquatic ecosystems is one of the
most massive cyclic subsidies on Earth, particularly within forested ecosystems. For …

Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fifth Edition provides the most updated and
comprehensive knowledge of the diversity of insect responses to environmental changes …

The detrital‐based food web of many streams and rivers plays a fundamental role in the
cycling and retention of carbon and nutrients. However, we still need to understand which …

The hypotheses that beta diversity should increase with decreasing latitude and increase
with spatial extent of a region have rarely been tested based on a comparative analysis of …

Aim The pattern of increasing biological diversity from high latitudes to the equator
[latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG)] has been recognized for> 200 years. Empirical studies …

The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on
how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence …

Data on the functional composition of invertebrates in tropical streams are needed to
develop models of ecosystem functioning and to assess anthropogenic effects on ecological …