Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

Size-based ecosystem modeling is emerging as a powerful way to assess ecosystem-level
impacts of human-and environment-driven changes from individual-level processes. These …

Predator–prey relationships are a central component of community dynamics. Classic
approaches have tried to understand and predict these relationships in terms of …

Species traits and environmental conditions determine the occurrence and strength of
trophic interactions. If we understand the relationship between these factors and trophic …

Robust predictions of predator–prey interactions are fundamental for the understanding of
food webs, their structure, dynamics, resistance to species loss, response to invasions and …

The role of biodiversity in the delivery of ecosystem services is increasingly being studied by
trait-based functional approaches. Here, we review and discuss the contribution of a trait …

Structurally complex habitats provide cover and may hinder the movement of animals. In
predator–prey relationships, habitat structure can decrease predation risk when it provides …

Understanding the dependence of species interaction strengths on environmental factors
and species diversity is crucial to predict community dynamics and persistence in a rapidly …

Efforts to characterize food webs have generated two influential approaches that reduce the
complexity of natural communities. The traditional approach groups individuals based on …

Ecomorphology is the study of relationships between organismal morphology and ecology.
As such, it is the only way to determine if morphometric data can be used as an informative …