Social insects, ie ants, bees, wasps and termites, are key components of ecological
communities, and are important ecosystem services (ESs) providers. Here, we review the …

Global changes call for more nature‐based solutions, especially in nature conservation
involving ecological restoration. Current methods essentially based on civil engineering are …

Soil dwelling ants are important soil engineers that have a large impact on the soil
ecosystem. This is reflected in the alteration of soil properties by ants due to burrowing …

Anthropogenic disturbance can have important indirect effects on ecosystems by disrupting
species interactions. Here we examine the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on distance …

Forest's recovery potential in human-modified landscapes is increasingly threatened by
agricultural activities that disrupt critical sources of forest regeneration, such as the seed …

Plant organ biomass partitioning has been hypothesized to be driven by resources, such
that species from drier environments allocate more biomass to roots than species from …

Livestock browsing and trampling can deplete plant regeneration and thus drive natural
ecosystems towards degradation. This phenomenon may be particularly true in tropical dry …

We update the global assessment of seed dispersal by ants and test the hypothesis that the
body size of seed‐dispersing ant species varies with latitude in the same way as dispersal …

Seedling recruitment, community assembly, and forest regeneration, while receiving
substantial attention in tropical rain forests, have received little attention in tropical dry …

In the present study, we assessed the seed germination responses of Cereus jamacaru DC.
ssp. jamacaru (Cactaceae) to environmental factors. The seeds were collected from an area …