Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

Functional trait research has led to greater understanding of the impacts of biodiversity in
ecosystems. Yet, functional trait approaches have not been widely applied to …

More than 500 controlled experiments have collectively suggested that biodiversity loss
reduces ecosystem productivity and stability,,. Yet the importance of biodiversity in …

Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are increasingly using big-data approaches to tackle
questions at large spatial, taxonomic, and temporal scales. However, despite recent efforts …

Urbanization is a global phenomenon with major effects on species, the structure of
community functional traits and ecological interactions. Body size is a key species trait linked …

Biodiversity extinction thresholds are abrupt declines in biological diversity that occur with
habitat loss, associated with a decline in habitat connectivity. Matrix quality should influence …

Understanding the responses of biodiversity to drivers of change and the effects of
biodiversity on ecosystem properties and ecosystem services is a key challenge in the …

Understanding how changes in biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning is imperative in
allowing Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), especially when addressing global change …

As human population size increases and cities become denser, several urban‐related
selection pressures increasingly affect species composition in both terrestrial and aquatic …

Functional traits are ecologically relevant characteristics of species. They are relevant to
community structuring in face of environmental drivers (response traits) and to ecosystem …