Quantifying the abundance of species is essential to ecology, evolution, and conservation.
The distribution of species abundances is fundamental to numerous longstanding questions …

Aim The identification of environmental variables associated with geographical range limits
can shed light on the ecological and physiological constraints imposed by abiotic stresses …

The aim of our study was to evaluate the water quality of an urban stream in southeastern
Brazil by analyzing epibenthic ciliates, and to investigate the existence of phylogenetic …

Premise of the Study Human activities threaten thousands of species with extinction.
However, it remains difficult to predict extinction risk for many vulnerable species. Species …

Rare species tend to be especially sensitive to habitat disturbance, making them important
conservation targets. Thus, rarity patterns might be an important guide to conservation …

Angiosperms show remarkable floral diversity in pollinator use. However, how this diversity
evolves in a community context remains poorly understood. In this article I propose that …

The extent (or lack) of phylogenetic signal for key ecological traits reveals the role of
evolutionary processes on present‐day ecosystem function and hints on future ecological …

Species rarity has puzzled ecologists for decades owing to its theoretical fundamentals and
practical implications. The main concern that rarity raises from a conservation standpoint is …

Interspecific differences in species abundances are one of the oldest and most universal
patterns in ecology, yet little is known about how these differences are generated over …

In the Anthropocene, the ranges of introduced species are expanding, while extinction‐
prone species are contracting. Introductions and extinctions are caused by how species …