Invasive species can alter the structure and functioning of the invaded ecosystem, but
predictions of the impact of invasive species on ecosystem functioning are weak. Invasion is …

Background: Functional trait-based approaches have been used to identify patterns of plant
species diversity and composition related to environmental variability/changes. Bryophytes …

Climate change may potentially affect the biodiversity and functionality of forests globally. An
understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and forest ecosystem functioning can …

Abstract The Niagara River, which connects two Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) and forms a
border between Canada and the United States, has experienced decades of abiotic and …

Distúrbios ambientais são mudanças temporárias que afetam populações e assembleias
biológicas. Os efeitos desses distúrbios ambientais podem ser mensurados através de …

Aims It has been well demonstrated that several interacting endogenous and exogenous
factors influence decomposition. However, teasing apart the direct and indirect effects of …

Ecologically relevant traits of organisms inhabiting an ecosystem determine its functional
fingerprint. Quantifying changes in the shape, volume and shifts in the position of functional …

Aim The effects of equilibrium and nonequilibrium processes are generally investigated
using species richness on a single biological group. However, little is known about how …

Key message The use of structural diversity indices can be efficient tools to increase
understanding of changes in soil carbon storage as a key ecosystem function along the oak …

A urbanização é uma importante causa da homogeneização biótica em cidades ao redor do
mundo. A relação entre homogeneização de fauna e urbanização, entretanto, ainda não foi …