Landscape fragmentation and structure play a crucial role in determining the provision of
ecosystem services. Although there has been extensive research on the impact of shifting …

Microbial dispersal is essential for establishment in new habitats, but the role of vector
identity is poorly understood in community assembly and function. Here, we compared …

Erigeron canadensis L., an alien invasive plant originating from North America, has already
invaded Chongqing, Sichuan, Taiwan, and some other areas in China. It causes damage to …

Dispersal is a key process in community assembly but is often considered separately from
downstream assembly processes (eg, competition, herbivory). However, dispersal varies by …

Herbivores shape plant invasions through impacts on demography and dispersal, yet only
demographic mechanisms are well understood. Although herbivores negatively impact …

Understanding the mechanisms of biodiversity maintenance is a fundamental issue in
ecology. The possibility that species disperse within the landscape along differing paths …

Context Movement of individuals and resources among habitat patches are key processes at
the landscape scale. While these subsidies are primarily studied separately, coupled …

Animals navigate landscapes based on perceived risks vs. rewards, as inferred from
features of the landscape. In the wild, knowing how strongly animal movement is directed by …

The application of graph theory to metacommunity ecology allows a deeper analysis of the
effect of network structure on diversity patterns. Here, we set out to test the role of network …

Aims The abundance of a plant species in a diverse community may depend on two aspects
of a plant's resource niche: its ability to garner limiting resources for its own growth, and its …