Predicting the ecological causes and consequences of global climate change requires a
variety of approaches, including the use of experiments, models, and surveys. Among …

We describe here the ecological and evolutionary processes that modulate the effects of
invasive species over time, and argue that such processes are so widespread and important …

Mutualism is commonly observed in nature but not often reported for bacterial communities.
Although abiotic stress is thought to promote microbial mutualism, there is a paucity of …

Understanding the processes that are driving variation of natural microbial communities
across space or time is a major challenge for ecologists. Environmental conditions strongly …

Bacterial communities are essential for the functioning of the Earth's ecosystems. A key
challenge is to quantify the functional roles of bacterial taxa in nature to understand how the …

Biological effects of microplastics on the health of bivalves have been demonstrated
elsewhere, but ecological impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of bivalve …

The biodiversity–ecosystem functioning concept asserts that processes in ecosystems are
markedly influenced by species richness and other facets of biodiversity. However …

The use of pesticides in agriculture has highly increased during the last 40 years to increase
crop yields. However, today most pesticides are polluting water, soil, atmosphere and food …

The use of semi‐isolated habitats such as oceanic islands, lakes and mountain summits as
model systems has played a crucial role in the development of evolutionary and ecological …

This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding,
updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing …