Ecological studies of plant distributions along environmental gradients, such as plant
zonation in salt marshes, have primarily focused on abiotic stress and plant interactions …

The activity pattern of intertidal crabs is influenced by factors that usually change
rhythmically following tidal and/or diel cycles, and is often associated with the use of refuges …

Coastal vegetation plays an important role for climate change mitigation. Compared with
terrestrial ecosystems, coastal vegetation shows higher rates of atmospheric CO2 uptake …

Increasing evidence has shown that nutrients and consumers interact to control primary
productivity in natural systems, but how abiotic stress affects this interaction is unclear …

Die-off of coastal wetlands has been reported worldwide. Planting habitat-forming species is
an important strategy to reverse the decline of coastal wetlands. However, how abiotic …

Over the history of ecology, well-established generalizations were refined or even changed
after the appearance or consideration of new evidence. Here, we review results obtained in …

After intense debate it is now accepted that nutrients (a bottom-up process) and herbivores
(a top-down process) are both important controls of plant productivity in many systems …

Climate change is generating extreme climate events, affecting ecosystem integrity and
function directly through increases in abiotic stress and disturbance and indirectly through …

The relationship between diet and feeding activity of intertidal crabs, and environmental
cycles (tidal, daily and seasonal), habitat and level of the intertidal zone (high/low) was …

Disturbance can generate heterogeneous environments and profoundly influence plant
diversity by creating patches at different successional stages. Herbivores, in turn, can govern …