Aim Changes in land use and cover (hereafter land use) affect freshwater ecosystems at
different spatial scales. We tested the effects of land use on the dispersal capacity of stream …

Metacommunity ecology highlights the importance of integrating simultaneously
environmental filtering and spatial processes, such as mass effects and dispersal limitation …

Unraveling the ecological factors that control variation in local community structure in space
and time is fundamental to metacommunity ecology. In this scenario, environmental filtering …

The metacommunity approach emerged with the interest in investigating how local and
regional processes interact to determine community structure. However, species distribution …

Most metacommunity studies indicate that dispersal processes play a minor role compared
with species sorting in explaining metacommunity organisation, in particular, in stream …

Aim To analyse temporal metacommunity dynamics in river networks in relation to
hydrological conditions and dispersal. Location Fifteen river reaches from the Llobregat …

Aim Evaluating how groups of organisms vary in dispersal capability and how
environmental, spatial and temporal signals vary across multiple scales is critical to …

Within a metacommunity, both environmental and spatial processes regulate variation in
local community structure. The strength of these processes may vary depending on species …

Examining the relative contribution of local environmental stressors and regional factors in
structuring biological communities is essential for biodiversity conservation and …

Metacommunity ecology emphasizes that community structure and diversity are not only
determined by local environmental conditions through environmental filtering, but also by …