Characterising changes in functional diversity at large spatial scales provides insight into the
impact of human activity on ecosystem structure and function. However, the approach is …

Food webs represent trophic interactions within ecosystems. Matching traits of consumers
and resources helps infer trophic interactions and food-web properties. Environmental (e) …

Drought events are increasingly affecting the planet's biodiversity. While shrinking body size
in response to drought has been observed in many vertebrate animals, whether this rule …

Trait-based approaches offer complementary views to the classic taxonomic approach,
which is a crucial step forward to unveil mechanisms of community assembly, species …

Land use intensification has led to conspicuous changes in plant and animal communities
across the world. Shifts in trait‐based functional composition have recently been …

The complex web of interactions between ecological communities and the physical
landscape (biogeomorphology) is being affected by the global scale environmental changes …

Use of invertebrate traits rather than species composition may facilitate large‐scale
comparisons of community structure and responses to disturbance in freshwater ecology …

Identifying drivers of urban association in wildlife is a central challenge in conservation
biology. Traits facilitating access to novel resources and avoiding humans often correspond …

Assessing spatial variation in the chemical sensitivity of natural assemblages will enhance
ecological relevance and reduce uncertainty in ecological risk assessments and the …

Frameworks exclusively considering functional diversity are gaining popularity, as they
complement and extend the information provided by taxonomic diversity metrics, particularly …