Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

For hundreds of millions of years, large vertebrates (megafauna) have inhabited most of the
ecosystems on our planet. During the late Quaternary, notably during the Late P leistocene …

Mutualisms structure ecosystems and mediate their functioning. They also enhance
invasions of many alien species. Invasions disrupt native mutualisms, often leading to …

Dispersal is a key individual‐based process influencing many life‐history attributes and
scaling up to population‐level properties (eg metapopulation connectivity). A persistent …

Plant regeneration is essential for maintaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning,
which are globally threatened by human disturbance. Here we present the first integrative …

Extinctions beget further extinctions when species lose obligate mutualists, predators, prey,
or hosts. Here, we develop a conceptual model of species and community attributes …

This chapter summarizes research on seed dispersal vectors (water, wind and animals), and
the factors (including seed size and chemical composition, and plant habit) that determine …

We provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of island frugivory and seed
dispersal and identify knowledge gaps that are important for fundamental research on—and …

We present a framework distinguishing three principal controls of speciation rate: rate of
splitting, level of persistence, and length of speciation duration. We contend that discussions …

All organisms are ultimately dependent on a large diversity of consumptive and non-
consumptive interactions established with other organisms, forming an intricate web of …