Human population growth has increased demand for food products, which is expected to
double in coming decades. Until recently, this demand has been met by expanding …

Ecosystem engineers strongly influence the communities in which they live by modifying
habitats and altering resource availability. These biogenic changes can persist beyond the …

Biotic interactions are fundamental drivers governing biodiversity locally, yet their effects on
geographical variation in community composition (ie incidence‐based) and community …

Simple Summary The aquaculture sector must be well-founded to undergo robust growth
and sustainable development in the years ahead. Species diversity must reflect species …

The relationship between niche and distribution, and especially the role of biotic interactions
in shaping species' geographic distributions, has gained increasing interest in the last two …

Invertebrates are important sediment engineers, making up for their small body size with
abundance and behavioral diversity. However, despite the recognized importance of …

Ecosystem engineers modify habitats in ways that facilitate other community members by
ameliorating harsh conditions. The strength of such facilitation is predicted to be influenced …

Positive interactions are sensitive to human activities, necessitating synthetic approaches to
elucidate broad patterns and predict future changes if these interactions are altered or lost …

Plant–plant interactions under extreme environmental stress are still controversial. The
stress gradient hypothesis (SGH) proposes that facilitation prevails under extreme …

Biotic interactions involved in colonization are likely important if tolerant aquatic taxa, which
have settled first, prevent desired taxa from colonizing when conditions improve. These …