Aim Metacommunity theories attribute different relative degrees of importance to dispersal,
environmental filtering, biotic interactions and stochastic processes in community assembly …

Dispersal is a key process in metacommunity dynamics, allowing the maintenance of
diversity in complex community networks. Geographic distance is usually used as a …

There are a few patterns in nature that are striking even to casual observers. These include
patterns of species richness associated with latitude, elevation, rainfall and area. Current …

Geographic turnover in community composition is created and maintained by eco-
evolutionary forces that limit the ranges of species. One such force may be antagonistic …

Mountains produce distinct environmental gradients that may constrain or facilitate both the
presence of avian species and/or specific combinations of functional traits. We addressed …

Aim The relationship between species number and area is of fundamental importance in
macroecology and conservation science, yet the implications of different means of …

All metacommunity theories incorporate dispersal as a key process influencing community
composition. If communities are examined across a habitat‐patch isolation gradient, different …

Monitoring wildlife responses is essential to assess restoration projects. Birds are widely
used as bioindicators of ecosystem restoration, but most studies use only taxonomic …

The European soda pans of the Carpathian Basin provide important stopover sites for
several waterbird species. We studied the effect of different invertebrate food types and other …

Sylvicultural practices are increasingly directed at forest conservation, restoration and
sustainable management. Forests with higher structural complexity are expected to be more …