More than one‐half of the world's population lives in urban areas, so quantifying the effects
of urbanization on ecological communities is important for understanding whether …

We examined the community‐environment relationships of lotic macroinvertebrates in near‐
pristine headwater streams, and the correlation between patterns in taxonomic and …

Our lack of understanding of relationships between stream biotic communities and
surrounding landscape conditions makes it difficult to determine the spatial scale at which …

Habitat specialists are considered to be more sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance than
habitat generalists. However, a number of studies have shown that habitat specialists can be …

Although our knowledge of the spatial distribution of stream organisms has been increasing
rapidly in the last decades, there is still little consensus about trait-based variability of …

1. The structure of lotic macroinvertebrate communities may be strongly influenced by land‐
use practices within catchments. However, the relative magnitude of influence on the …

Streams are naturally hierarchical systems, and their biota are affected by factors effective at
regional to local scales. However, there have been only a few attempts to quantify variation …

Watershed urbanization affects stream macroinvertebrate communities via multiple
pathways, including chemical stressors, physical scour, and indirect biological effects such …

Body size descriptors and associated resemblance measurements may provide useful tools
for forecasting ecological responses to increasing anthropogenic land‒use disturbances …

Context Improving our understanding of how riverine communities respond to anthropogenic
change requires spatial comparisons across multiple sites, high-resolution temporal …