One of the classic ecological questions is how predators affect population size. This is often
assessed by measuring how many individuals are killed by a predator, yet such direct effects …

Predators can affect individual fitness and population and community processes through
lethal effects (direct consumption or 'density'effects), where prey is consumed, or through …

We present a framework to explain how prey stress responses to predation can resolve
context dependency in ecosystem properties and functions such as food chain length …

The process of nutrient transfer through an ecosystem is an important determinant of
production, food-chain length, and species diversity. The general view is that the rate and …

In plankton ecology, it is a fundamental question as to how a large number of competing
phytoplankton species coexist in marine ecosystems under a seemingly-limited variety of …

Spiders represent a diverse, widespread and abundant group of carnivores. Studying the
nutritional ecology of spiders is critical because it can aid in understanding the evolution of …

Evolutionary Community Ecology develops a unified framework for understanding the
structure of ecological communities and the dynamics of natural selection that shape the …

Cannibalistic and asymmetrical behavioral interactions between stages are common within
stage‐structured predator populations. Such direct interactions between predator stages can …

Predation is often size selective, but the role of other traits of the prey and predators in their
interactions is little known. This hinders our understanding of the causal links between …

A comprehensive framework for understanding species coexistence Coexistence is the
central concept in community ecology, but an understanding of this concept requires that we …