Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

Marine bioconstructions are biodiversity-rich, three-dimensional biogenic structures,
regulating key ecological functions of benthic ecosystems worldwide. Tropical coral reefs …

Community ecology recognises today that local biological communities are not only affected
by local biotic interactions and abiotic environmental conditions, but also by regional …

Aim Meta‐community structure is a function of both local (site‐specific) and regional
(landscape‐level) ecological factors, and the relative importance of each may be mediated …

Metacommunity ecology has rapidly become a dominant framework through which
ecologists understand the natural world. Unfortunately, persistent misunderstandings …

The metacommunity framework has greatly advanced our understanding about the
importance of local and regional processes structuring ecological communities. However …

Aquatic birds can facilitate the dispersal of plants, animals, microbes and fungi. Here, we
review existing literature on bird‐mediated external (ectozoochorous; synonyms …

Stream metacommunities are structured by a combination of local (environmental filtering)
and regional (dispersal) processes. The unique characters of high mountain streams could …

Viral ecology is a rapidly progressing area of research, as molecular methods have
improved significantly for targeted research on specific populations and whole communities …

The hierarchical branching nature of river networks can have a strong influence on the
assembly of freshwater communities. This unique structure has spurred the development of …