There is a large and growing interest in non‐consumptive effects (NCEs) of predators.
Diverse and extensive evidence shows that predation risk directly influences prey traits …

Habitat fragmentation, an important element of current global change, has profound
repercussions on population and species extinction. Landscape fragmentation reduces …

The very presence of predators can strongly influence flexible prey traits such as behavior,
morphology, life history, and physiology. In a rapidly growing body of literature representing …

An important goal in ecology is developing general theory on how the species composition
of ecosystems is related to ecosystem properties and functions. Progress on this front is …

Hydroregime (duration, frequency and predictability of the aquatic phase) is a key feature of
temporary aquatic habitats that not only moulds community structure and diversity (species …

The role of habitat selection behaviour in the assembly of natural communities is an
increasingly important theme in ecology. At the same time, ecologists and conservation …

Ecosystems generally are not stable over long periods of time and are subject to
disturbances of different frequencies and intensities. As a result, natural communities usually …

Spatial heterogeneity in the distribution of phenotypes among populations is of major
importance for species evolution and ecosystem functioning. Dispersal has long been …

Aquatic plants are important prey refuges for aquatic organisms, and their species richness
is positively related with aquatic invertebrate species richness. Yet, it is unclear how the …

The global resurgence and emergence of new mosquito-borne diseases and increasing
resistance of mosquitoes to chemical pesticides have prompted renewed interest in …