Although research on the role of competitive interactions during community assembly began
decades ago, a recent revival of interest has led to new discoveries and research …

The diversity of life is ultimately generated by evolution, and much attention has focused on
the rapid evolution of ecological traits. Yet, the tendency for many ecological traits to instead …

To date, there is little evidence that phylogenetic diversity has contributed to nature
conservation. Here, we discuss the scientific justification of using phylogenetic diversity in …

Theory predicts that the processes generating biodiversity after disturbance will change
during succession. Comparisons of phylogenetic and functional (alpha and beta) diversity …

Habitat conversion is the primary driver of biodiversity loss, yet little is known about how it is
restructuring the tree of life by favoring some lineages over others. We combined a complete …

Recent works have shown that long-term fertilization has a critical influence on soil microbial
communities; however, the underlying ecological assemblage of microbial community as …

Understanding the underlying mechanisms driving responses of belowground communities
to increasing soil fertility will facilitate predictions of ecosystem responses to anthropogenic …

Large‐scale habitat destruction and climate change result in the non‐random loss of
evolutionary lineages, reducing the amount of evolutionary history represented in ecological …

Grasses, by their high productivity even under very low p CO2, their ability to survive
repeated burning and to tolerate long dry seasons, have transformed the terrestrial biomes …

Tropical forest regeneration has gained renewed interest in recent years as secondary
forests have being considered biodiversity repositories and a key source for globally …