Periodic inoculations of soil-beneficial microbes can increase their populations, but they
also act as recurring biotic disturbances on the native microbial community. Soil rare and …

Human actions have led to large‐scale shifts in the distributions of species, which have
accelerated over recent decades. Two contributing factors include the introduction of non …

Purpose Nitrogen (N) deposition is well known to affect plant community assembly, but the
underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. How different processes, including …

There is often a vertical stratification of the vegetation in tropical forests, where each forest
stratum has a unique set of environmental conditions, including marked differences in …

Tropical rainforest trees host a diverse arthropod fauna that can be characterised by their
functional diversity (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD). Human disturbance degrades …

Aims: Exotic plant invasions are intensifying worldwide under global climate change.
Comprehensive analysis of the impacts of native plant communities on invasions from …

The ecological resistance to the invasion of alien species has been extensively researched
at the within‐trophic level; however, the effect of cross‐trophic interactions remains largely …

A fundamental question of ecology is why species coexist in the same habitat. Coexistence
can be enabled through niche differentiation, mediated by trait differentiation. Here …

Traditional methods, such as direct observations or manually photographing bait stations,
are limited in both data collection efficiency and accuracy. Consequently, they fail to capture …

Invasive species often displace native species by outcompeting them. Yet, some native
species can persist even in heavily invaded areas. The mechanisms mediating this local …