Plant–animal interactions are fundamentally important in ecosystems, but have often been
ignored by studies of climate-change impacts on biodiversity. Here, we present a trait-based …

There is a clear link between human developmental strides and biodiversity status on the
African continent. The link exists in the form of drivers, outlooks, emergent properties and …

Bees and flowering plants are two closely interacting groups of organisms. Habitat loss and
fragmentation associated with urbanisation are major threats to both partners. Yet how and …

Networks of species interactions underpin numerous ecosystem processes, but
comprehensively sampling these interactions is difficult. Interactions intrinsically vary across …

Animals can adjust their diet to maximize energy or nutritional intake. For example, birds
often target fruits that match their beak size because those fruits can be consumed more …

Aim Species differ in their degree of specialization when interacting with other species, with
significant consequences for the function and robustness of ecosystems. In order to better …

Interspecific ecological interactions are inherently context‐dependent. They may vary in both
magnitude and sign depending on the biotic and abiotic conditions, depicting a mutualism …

Aim It is not yet clear whether similar mechanisms influence the assembly of ecological
communities across different continents. Here, we investigated the functional and …

Many experiments have shown that biodiversity enhances ecosystem functioning. However,
we have little understanding of how environmental heterogeneity shapes the effect of …

Habitat loss disrupts species interactions through local extinctions, potentially orphaning
species that depend on interacting partners, via mutualisms or commensalisms, and …