Riparian vegetation composition, structure and abundance are governed to a large degree
by river flow regime and flow‐mediated fluvial processes. Streamflow regime exerts …

Co‐existence theories fail to adequately explain observed community patterns (diversity and
composition) because they mainly address local extinctions. For a more complete …

Beta diversity is an important concept used to describe turnover in species composition
across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, and it underpins much of conservation …

Explaining the mechanisms underlying patterns of species diversity and composition in
riverine networks is challenging. Historically, community ecologists have conceived of …

Studies of facilitative interactions as drivers of plant richness along environmental gradients
often assume the existence of an overarching stress gradient that equally affects the …

Contemporary environmental disturbances and historical contingencies are considered to
be major factors driving current differences in microbial diversity. However, little was known …

Explaining the variance of local communities in a spatial‐environmental matrix is one of the
core interests of ecology today. Recent progress in metacommunity theory has made a …

The relationship between environmental productivity and the number of species [species
richness–productivity relationship (SRPR)] has been thoroughly studied, but the …

Although metacommunity ecology has improved our understanding of how dispersal affects
community structure and dynamics across spatial scales, it has yet to adequately account for …

Questions: 1. Is there a primary role of disturbance at local scale and of environmental stress
at regional scale? 2. Does disturbance increase or decrease environmental stress at local …