Interactions connect the units of ecological systems, forming networks. Individual-based
networks characterize variation in niches among individuals within populations. These …

ABSTRACT A fundamental goal of ecological research is to understand and model how
processes generate patterns so that if conditions change, changes in the patterns can be …

Aim Recent studies increasingly use statistical methods to infer biotic interactions from co‐
occurrence information at a large spatial scale. However, disentangling biotic interactions …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

Species' evolutionary histories shape their present‐day ecologies, but the integration of
phylogenetic approaches in ecology has had a contentious history. The field of …

Why are large, complex ecosystems stable? Both theory and simulations of current models
predict the onset of instability with growing size and complexity, so for decades it has been …

A central issue in ecology is the understanding of the establishment of biotic interactions. We
studied the factors that affect the assembly of the commensalistic interactions between …

Global analyses of interspecific interactions are rapidly increasing our understanding of
patterns and processes at large scales. Understanding how biodiversity assembles and …

Predation is often size selective, but the role of other traits of the prey and predators in their
interactions is little known. This hinders our understanding of the causal links between …

Food web models parameterised using body size show promise to predict trophic interaction
strengths (IS) and abundance dynamics. However, this remains to be rigorously tested in …