Environmental heterogeneity is regarded as one of the most important factors governing
species richness gradients. An increase in available niche space, provision of refuges and …

The 'ODD'(Overview, Design concepts, and Details) protocol was published in 2006 to
standardize the published descriptions of individual-based and agent-based models …

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

The highly social (eusocial) corbiculate bees, comprising the honey bees, bumble bees, and
stingless bees, are ubiquitous insect pollinators that fulfill critical roles in ecosystem services …

There is little consensus about how natural (eg productivity, disturbance) and anthropogenic
(eg invasive species, habitat destruction) ecological drivers influence biodiversity. Here, we …

The fossil record is the primary source of information on how biodiversity has varied in deep
time, providing unique insight on the long-term dynamics of diversification and their drivers …

The Earth's islands harbor a distinct, yet highly threatened, biological and cultural diversity
that has been shaped by geographic isolation and unique environments. Island systems are …

Climate and topography are among the most fundamental drivers of plant diversity. Here, we
assessed the importance of climate and topography in explaining diversity patterns of …

Urban green areas improve the standard of living in cities and affect people's attitude to
nature and conservation. Zoological knowledge may provide data that will help designers to …

Spatial environmental heterogeneity (EH) is an important driver of species diversity, and its
influence on species richness has been analysed for numerous taxa, in diverse ecological …