Disentangling the factors governing community structure across various spatial and
temporal scales is a core task in community ecology and biogeography, because it could …

Beta diversity is often assessed at different spatial and temporal scales and, consequently,
has been defined in multiple ways. Here, we define four unique aspects of beta diversity that …

Understanding the relative role of dispersal dynamics and niche constraints is not only a
core task in community ecology, but also becomes an important prerequisite for …

To improve our understanding on the temporal aspects of metacommunity structure, we
focused on benthic macroinvertebrates collected seasonally (ie, wet, drying, dry and …

Context Global change, including land-use change and habitat degradation, has led to a
decline in biodiversity, more so in freshwater than in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the …

The metacommunity structures are continuously dynamic, and understanding the temporal
species distribution patterns and biodiversity variations will elucidate the metacommunity …

Under a global change scenario, human-induced impacts alter multiple facets of river
biodiversity (ie, taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic). Hence, focusing on changes in …

Disentangling the mechanisms underlying community assembly is a central topic in
community ecology and an important prerequisite for bioassessment. The relative …

The emergence of metacommunity theory has provided a framework for studying the spatial
structure of biological communities. To unravel the underlying driving mechanisms of …

Environmental and spatial filtering collectively regulate zooplankton communities, while their
relative contributions to community structure may change with seasonal variations and flow …