Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are increasingly using big-data approaches to tackle
questions at large spatial, taxonomic, and temporal scales. However, despite recent efforts …

Environmental heterogeneity (EH) plays a central role in hypotheses used to explain
distributions of species diversity. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of species richness …

In recent years the focus in ecology has shifted from species to a greater emphasis on
functional traits. In tandem with this shift, a number of trait databases have been developed …

Aim Beta diversity describes the variation in species composition between sites and can be
used to infer why different species occupy different parts of the globe. It can be viewed in a …

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 …

Despite its negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity, tree plantations can
contribute to biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes, as they harbor many …

A functional traits-based theory of organismal communities is critical for understanding the
principles underlying community assembly, and predicting responses to environmental …

General principles that shape community structure can be described based on a functional
trait approach grounded on predictive models; increased attention has been paid to factors …

Current global challenges call for a rigorously predictive ecology. Our understanding of
ecological strategies, imputed through suites of measurable functional traits, comes from …

The response of soil microorganisms and plants in soil ecosystems to biochar is well
recognised. However, biochars' impact on large soil animal, such as ants, is inadequately …