Laboratory microcosm experiments using protists as model organisms have a long tradition
and are widely used to investigate general concepts in population biology, community …

More than 70 years after its introduction, the framework of resource density-dependent
consumption rates, also known as predator-prey functional responses, remains a core …

Ocean acidification, chemical changes to the carbonate system of seawater, is emerging as
a key environmental challenge accompanying global warming and other human‐induced …

We review direct and indirect effects of climate change on both the grapevine plant as a host
for phytophagous insects, as well as on grape insect pests, their natural enemies and …

The potential for climate change and temperature shifts to affect community stability remains
relatively unknown. One mechanism by which temperature may affect stability is by altering …

The functional response of a consumer to a gradient of resource density is a widespread
and consistent framework used to quantify the importance of consumption to population …

Predatory functional responses play integral roles in predator–prey dynamics, and their
assessment promises greater understanding and prediction of the predatory impacts of …

Predator–prey interactions are a key feature of ecosystems and often chemically mediated,
whereby individuals detect molecules in their environment that inform whether they should …

While both predator body size and prey refuge provided by habitat structure have been
established as major factors influencing the functional response (per capita consumption …

The strength of interspecific interactions is often proposed to affect food web stability, with
weaker interactions increasing the persistence of species, and food webs as a whole …