Ecological networks have a long history in ecology, and a recent increase in network
analyses across environmental gradients has revealed important changes in their structure …

Alien species are continually introduced in most regions of the world, but not all survive and
coexist with the resident native species. Approaches analyzing the functional (or …

Aim Recent studies increasingly use statistical methods to infer biotic interactions from co‐
occurrence information at a large spatial scale. However, disentangling biotic interactions …

Seed dispersal by frugivores is a fundamental function for plant community dynamics in
fragmented landscapes, where forest remnants are typically embedded in a matrix of …

Research linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) has been mostly centred on
the influence of species richness on ecosystem functions in small‐scale experiments with …

Ecologists have long suspected that species are more likely to interact if their traits match in
a particular way. For example, a pollination interaction may be more likely if the proportions …

Ecological networks depict the interactions between species, mainly based on observations
in the field. The information contained in such interaction matrices depends on the sampling …

Species' functional roles in key ecosystem processes such as predation, pollination or seed
dispersal are determined by the resource use of consumer species. An interaction between …

Species interactions, ranging from antagonisms to mutualisms, form the architecture of
biodiversity and determine ecosystem functioning. Understanding the rules responsible for …

Experimental studies are needed to empirically examine the effects of climate change on
terrestrial organisms and to serve as the basis for predictions and management practices. As …