Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

This review provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the morphological and functional
traits of testate amoebae, a polyphyletic group of protists commonly used as proxies of past …

Riparian zones ensure freshwater ecosystem processes such as microclimate regulation,
organic matter inputs, and fine substrate retention. These processes illustrate the importance …

Trait-based approaches offer complementary views to the classic taxonomic approach,
which is a crucial step forward to unveil mechanisms of community assembly, species …

Water‐filled tree holes are unique ecosystems that may occur high up in tree crowns and are
essentially aquatic islands in the sky. Insect larvae, mesofauna, and other organisms …

Although metacommunity ecology has improved our understanding of how dispersal affects
community structure and dynamics across spatial scales, it has yet to adequately account for …

We examined the functional strategies and the trait space of 596 European taxa of
freshwater macroinvertebrates characterized by 63 fuzzy coded traits belonging to 11 trait …

While trait‐based approaches have been effectively leveraged by plant ecologists to
advance our understanding of community responses to major global challenges, such as …

Species in one ecosystem can indirectly affect multiple biodiversity components and
ecosystem functions of adjacent ecosystems. The magnitude of these cross‐ecosystem …

Anthropogenic activities alter community composition, diversity and functioning of
macroinvertebrate communities in freshwater ecosystems. Especially threatened are pond …