The development of biomonitoring tools is increasingly appealing in light of the increasing
degradation of aquatic ecosystems. In this context, we investigated the responses of stream …

Assessing the response of biological communities to contrasting environmental conditions is
crucial to predict the effects of global change drivers. The influence of multiple …

Habitat size and climate are known to affect the trophic structure and dynamics of
communities, but their interactive effects are poorly understood. Organisms from different …

A main goal of ecological and evolutionary biology is understanding and predicting
interactions between populations and both abiotic and biotic environments, the spatial and …

The Cerrado is one of the most threatened biomes in Brazil, with little spatial representation
within the Protected Area network. Recently, proposed conservation plans worldwide have …

Biotic diversity of ecological communities can be driven by a mixture of climatic, soil and
biotic factors from local to regional scales. Patterns of diversity change were often examined …

Human activities change the biodiversity of ecological communities in at least three
dimensions: ecologically, taxonomically and functionally. Gathering information on these …

The present study is on the spider fauna of Barasat and Basirhat of North 24 Parganas, West
Bengal, India. A total of 23 species belonging to 20 genera and 11 families are sampled …

Worldwide, natural ecosystems have been replaced by intensive productive systems. This
has led to an extreme simplification of habitat structure and loss of ecosystem heterogeneity …

Background The semideciduous Atlantic Forest is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the
world with a great diversity of spiders. Most spider-related studies in this ecosystem focused …