Positive interspecific interactions such as mutualism, commensalism, and facilitation are
globally ubiquitous. Although research on positive interactions in terrestrial and marine …

A central theme of range‐limit theory (RLT) posits that abiotic factors form high‐
latitude/altitude limits, whereas biotic interactions create lower limits. This hypothesis, often …

Aim The elucidation of patterns and drivers of community assembly remains a fundamental
issue in ecology. Past studies have focused on a limited number of communities at local or …

The use of species distribution models (SDMs) has rapidly increased over the last decade,
driven largely by increasing observational evidence of distributional shifts of terrestrial and …

Positive interactions are sensitive to human activities, necessitating synthetic approaches to
elucidate broad patterns and predict future changes if these interactions are altered or lost …

Consumer–prey interactions form the foundation of food webs and are affected by the
physical environment. Multiple foundational theories in ecology [eg, the environmental …

Understanding the role of species interactions within communities is a central focus of
ecology. A key challenge is to understand variation in species interactions along …

Evolution is rapidly gaining attention as an important driver of ecological process. Yet,
evolution via sexual selection has generally been omitted from this emerging synthesis. Our …

Aim The role of biotic interactions in determining species distributions is difficult to decouple
from abiotic factors. Most research to date has focused on negative biotic interactions, but …

Two primary goals in fisheries research are to (i) understand how habitat and environmental
conditions influence the distribution of fishes across the landscape and (ii) make predictions …