Wild bees form diverse communities that pollinate plants in both native and agricultural
ecosystems making them both ecologically and economically important. The growing …

Despite growing interest in trait‐based approaches to community assembly, little attention
has been given to seasonal variation in trait distribution patterns. Mobile animals can rapidly …

Land use change threatens global biodiversity and compromises ecosystem functions,
including pollination and food production. Reduced taxonomic α‐diversity is often reported …

Our understanding of how biotic interactions influence animal community assembly is
largely restricted to local systems due to the difficulty of obtaining ecologically meaningful …

Land-use alteration and climate seasonality have profound effects on bee species diversity
by influencing the availability of nesting and floral resources. Here, using twelve sites …

Functional traits offer an informative framework for understanding ecosystem functioning and
responses to global change. Trait data are abundant in the literature, yet many communities …

Vertical stratification of animal assemblages has been observed in several arthropod taxa.
However, for some groups there is conflicting evidence, such as for the neotropical orchid …

Urbanization is a significant driver of land use change, profoundly impacting biodiversity and
ecosystem services worldwide. However, its effects in the tropics, which host some of the …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mediate both mutualistic and antagonistic plant–animal
interactions; thus, the attraction of mutualists and antagonists by floral VOCs constitutes an …

1. An ongoing challenge in ecology is predicting how characteristics of communities
correspond to habitat features. Examining variation in functional traits across species may …