Ecological restoration is a global priority that holds great potential for benefiting natural
ecosystems, but restoration outcomes are notoriously unpredictable. Resolving this …

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

Post‐dispersal seed predators contribute substantially to seed loss across many
ecosystems. Most research has focused on understanding sources of variation in seed loss …

Recovering biological diversity and ecosystem functioning are primary objectives of
ecological restoration, yet these outcomes are often unpredictable. Assessments based on …

Ecological drift causes species abundances to fluctuate randomly, lowering diversity within
communities and increasing differences among otherwise equivalent communities. Despite …

The β‐null deviation measure, developed as a null model for β‐diversity, is increasingly
used in empirical studies to detect the underlying structuring mechanisms in communities …

Both environmental filtering and dispersal filtering are known to influence plant species
distribution patterns and biodiversity. Particularly in dynamic habitats, however, it remains …

Grassland degradation caused by increases in livestock grazing threatens a variety of
ecosystem services. Understanding changes in plant community assembly during the …

Seed predation by rodents presents a significant barrier to native plant recruitment and can
impede restoration seeding efforts. In nature, some plants contain secondary defense …

Ungulate herbivores shape grassland plant communities at multiple scales, ultimately
affecting ecosystem function. However, ungulates have complex effects on grasslands …