Trophic interactions play a vital role in soil functioning and are increasingly considered as
important drivers of the soil microbiome and biogeochemical cycles. In the last decade …

The belowground compartment of terrestrial ecosystems drives nutrient cycling, the
decomposition and stabilisation of organic matter, and supports aboveground life …

Measures of trophic position (TP) are critical for understanding food web interactions and
human‐mediated ecosystem disturbance. Nitrogen stable isotopes (δ15N) provide a …

Exotic species are a growing global ecological threat; however, their overall effects are
insufficiently understood. While some exotic species are implicated in many species …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Climate-driven poleward shifts, leading to changes in species composition and relative
abundances, have been recently documented in the Arctic. Among the fastest moving …

Biomass distribution and energy flow in ecosystems are traditionally described with trophic
pyramids, and increasingly with size spectra, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we …

The Proterozoic-Cambrian transition records the appearance of essentially all animal body
plans (phyla), yet to date no single hypothesis adequately explains both the timing of the …

Human impacts are dramatically altering our natural ecosystems but the exact repercussions
on ecological sustainability and function remain unclear. As a result, food web theory has …

Large‐scale patterns in species diversity and community composition are associated with
environmental gradients, but the implications of these patterns for food‐web structure are …