Disturbances often cause the disproportionate loss of foundation species but understanding
how the frequency and severity of disturbance to such organisms influence biological …

Restoration is accelerating to reverse global declines of key habitats and recover lost
ecosystem functions, particularly in coastal ecosystems. However, there is high uncertainty …

Natural estuarine wetland shorelines play a crucial role in coastal stabilization and
preserving ecological security patterns. The effectiveness of estuarine shoreline engineering …

During the last decades, several EU Directives and other international legislations have
generated a large number of national initiatives (eg marine atlases) and EU programmes on …

Disturbance plays a key role in structuring community dynamics and is central to
conservation and natural resource management. However, ecologists continue to debate …

The presence and strength of trophic cascades can be a function of the local abiotic
environment and relative abundance of key species. The reintroduction and expansion of …

Performance trade‐offs between competition and colonization can be an important
mechanism facilitating regional coexistence of competitors. However, empirical evidence for …

Competition–colonization tradeoffs occur in many systems, and theory predicts that they can
strongly promote species coexistence. However, there is little empirical evidence that …

Burrowing animals can profoundly influence the structure of surrounding communities, as
well as the performance of individual species. Changes in the community structure of …

Burrowing animals profoundly influence plant communities, and changes in the burrower
and plant communities together with changing abiotic parameters can shift the influence of …