Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

DNA barcoding aims to provide an efficient method for species-level identifications and, as
such, will contribute powerfully to taxonomic and biodiversity research. As the number of …

Knowledge on the distribution and abundance of organisms is fundamental to
understanding their roles within ecosystems and their ecological importance for other taxa …

Most eukaryotic organisms are arthropods. Yet, their diversity in rich terrestrial ecosystems is
still unknown. Here we produce tangible estimates of the total species richness of …

Despite recent progress in understanding mechanisms of tree species coexistence in
tropical forests, a simple explanation for the even more extensive diversity of insects feeding …

By facilitating bioliteracy, DNA barcoding has the potential to improve the way the world
relates to wild biodiversity. Here we describe the early stages of the use of cox1 barcoding to …

Studies of host specificity in tropical insect herbivores are evolving from a focus on insect
distribution data obtained by canopy fogging and other mass collecting methods, to a focus …

Temperate hardwood deciduous forest is the dominant landcover in the Northeastern US,
yet its canopy is usually ignored as pollinator habitat due to the abundance of wind …

▪ Abstract The diversity and composition of herbivore assemblages was a favored theme for
community ecology in the 1970s and culminated in 1984 with Insects on Plants by Strong …

Tropical forests are among the most biodiverse biomes on the planet. Nevertheless,
quantifying the abundance and species richness within megadiverse groups is a significant …