Environmental stressors and changes in land use have led to rapid and dramatic species
losses. As such, we need effective monitoring programs that alert us not only to biodiversity …

Environmental gradients may influence species distributions by filtering their functional traits,
resulting in a correspondence between community functional composition and local …

Determining assembly rules of co-occurring species persists as a fundamental goal in
community ecology. At local scales, the relative importance of environmental filtering vs …

In the context of global warming, studying insect diversity in mountainous regions is crucial
for predicting species distribution and guiding biodiversity conservation. To examine the …

Mediterranean drylands are particularly vulnerable to predicted increases in aridity which
are expected to have negative consequences for biodiversity. To understand the effects of …

Urban parks are likely the last green areas to preserve fauna diversity in urban ecosystems.
We predicted that 1) species richness and ant diversity would increase with increasing park …

In ecosystems where large-scale disturbances are infrequent, the mode of succession may
be difficult to discern and floristic surveys alone cannot be used determine the underlying …

Fallen twigs on forest floors are an important nesting resource for ants. Despite their
abundance in the leaf litter, these twigs are not always colonized, since various attributes …

Species identification is a crucial step in understanding and characterizing biodiversity.
Before utilizing molecular identification tools, it's essential to acknowledge the challenges …

I investigated whether the morphological traits of Neotropical ants can be used to infer food
resource use by individual species and by entire communities, and whether these …