Water temperature is one of the main abiotic factors affecting the structure and functioning of
aquatic ecosystems and its alteration can have important effects on biological communities …

Shallow lakes, one of the most widespread water bodies in the world landscape, are very
sensitive to climate change. Several theories predict changes in community traits, relevant …

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 …

Aim The existence of a body size hierarchy across trophic connections is widely accepted
anecdotally and is a basic assumption of many food‐web models. Despite a strong …

Global warming can affect all levels of biological complexity, though we currently understand
least about its potential impact on communities and ecosystems. At the ecosystem level …

Concern about climate change has spurred experimental tests of how warming affects
species' abundance and performance. As this body of research grows, interpretation and …

Ulrich Brose Body size is recognized as an important determinant of trophic structure as it
affects individual energetic demands, population density, and the interaction between …

Climate change affects aquatic ecosystems differently depending on local conditions. In the
Mediterranean region, predicted drier seasons could especially affect lake water residence …

Global warming is widely predicted to reduce the biomass production of top predators, or
even result in species loss. Several exceptions to this expectation have been identified …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 881–890 Abstract The number of trophic transfers occurring
between basal resources and top predators, food chain length (FCL), varies widely in the …