The inherent complexity of high‐diversity systems can make them particularly difficult to
understand. The relatively recent introduction of functional approaches, which seek to infer …

Surgeonfishes have had a long evolutionary history that has been closely linked with coral
reef ecosystems. Today they are a key component of reef fish assemblages, playing a …

Understanding species' roles in food webs requires an accurate assessment of their trophic
niche. However, it is challenging to delineate potential trophic interactions across an …

Climate change is expected to strongly affect freshwater fish communities. Combined with
other anthropogenic drivers, the impacts may alter species spatio‐temporal distributions and …

Diversity of feeding mechanisms is a hallmark of reef fishes, but the history of this variation is
not fully understood. Here, we explore the emergence and proliferation of a biting mode of …

Reef fishes are an exceptionally speciose vertebrate assemblage, yet the main drivers of
their diversification remain unclear. It has been suggested that Miocene reef rearrangements …

The emergence of functional ecology has changed the focus of ecological research from
investigating patterns of species diversity to understanding how species traits relate to …

Repeatable, convergent outcomes are prima facie evidence for determinism in evolutionary
processes. Among fishes, well-known examples include microevolutionary habitat …

Herbivory by fishes has been identified as a key ecological process shaping coral reefs
through time. Although taxonomically limited, herbivorous reef fishes display a wide range of …

Diversity patterns are determined by biogeographic, energetic, and anthropogenic factors,
yet few studies have combined them into a large‐scale framework in order to decouple and …