Although networks provide a powerful approach to study a large variety of ecological
systems, their formulation does not typically account for multiple interaction types …

Knowledge of species composition and their interactions, in the form of interaction networks,
is required to understand processes shaping their distribution over time and space. As such …

Found throughout the tree of life and in every ecosystem, parasites are some of the most
diverse, ecologically important animals on Earth—but in almost all cases, the least protected …

Long-term data allow ecologists to assess trajectories of population abundance. Without this
context, it is impossible to know whether a taxon is thriving or declining to extinction. For …

Human-driven threats are changing biodiversity, impacting ecosystem services. The loss of
one species can trigger secondary extinctions of additional species, because species …

Predator–prey interactions in natural ecosystems generate complex food webs that have a
simple universal body-size architecture where predators are systematically larger than their …

Ecological theory predicts that a complex community formed by a number of species is
inherently unstable, guiding ecologists to identify what maintains species diversity in nature …

Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create
more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist and recover following …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Recent advances in the ecology of food webs underscore the importance of detritus and
indirect predator–prey effects. However, most research considers detritus as an invariable …