Metacommunity patterns and underlying processes in aquatic organisms have typically
been studied within a drainage basin. We examined variation in the composition of six …

Checkerboards have emerged as a metaphor to (1) describe mutually exclusive patterns of
co-occurrence for ecologically similar species that are geographically interspersed (ie …

Community structure of many systems changes across space in many different ways (eg,
gradual, random or clumpiness). Accessing patterns of species spatial variation in …

Understanding large‐scale spatial variation in ecosystem properties and associated
functionality is key for successful conservation of ecosystems. This study provides a template …

Hypoxia is an increasing problem in marine ecosystems around the world. While major
advances have been made in our understanding of the drivers of hypoxia, challenges …

The relative importance of environment and dispersal related processes for community
assembly has attracted great interest over recent decades, but few empirical studies from the …

Documenting the patterns of biological diversity on Earth has always been a central
challenge in macroecology and biogeography. However, we are only beginning to generate …

Ecological communities are jointly structured by dispersal, density-independent responses
to environmental conditions, and density-dependent biotic interactions. Metacommunity …

Identifying the drivers that shape the biodiversity of a region is important to predict the
response of ecosystems to environmental changes. Macrofaunal distribution pattern in the …

Metacommunity ecology recognizes the interplay between local and regional patterns in
contributing to spatial variation in community structure. In aquatic systems, the relative …