The use of functional diversity analyses in ecology has grown exponentially over the past
two decades, broadening our understanding of biological diversity and its change across …

All animals on Earth compete for free energy, which is acquired, assimilated, and ultimately
allocated to growth and reproduction. Competition is strongest within communities of …

Invasive alien species (IAS) poses a significant threat to plant biodiversity globally and even
considered one of the largest threats to biodiversity, second to habitat loss. They behave as …

Understanding the responses of biodiversity to drivers of change and the effects of
biodiversity on ecosystem properties and ecosystem services is a key challenge in the …

Agricultural intensification is one of the main drivers of species loss worldwide, but there is
still a lack of information about its effect on functional diversity of arable weed communities …

Mediterranean cultural landscapes are currently undergoing intense transformations,
resulting in a polarization of land uses across an intensification-abandonment continuum …

The exploitation of non-timber forest products has been encouraged in order to reconcile
economic uses, biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services. In this …

Both intra‐and interspecific differences in traits may modulate interactions between plants.
Two mechanisms are hypothesized to regulate these effects: competitive hierarchies and …

Agricultural intensification reduces the taxonomic diversity of bird communities, but its
influence on functional diversity has been less studied. Here, we analyze the response of …

While the positive relationship between avian diversity and habitat heterogeneity is widely
accepted, it is primarily based on observed species richness without accounting for …