Water‐filled tree holes are unique ecosystems that may occur high up in tree crowns and are
essentially aquatic islands in the sky. Insect larvae, mesofauna, and other organisms …

The unprecedented loss of biological diversity has negative impacts on ecosystems and the
associated benefits which they provide to humans. Bromeliads have high diversity …

Water shortage is a concern in arid and semi-arid regions across the globe due to their lack
of precipitation and unpredictable rainfall patterns. In the past few decades, many …

The predicted increase in the intensity and frequency of drought events associated with
global climate change will impose severe hydrological stress to freshwater ecosystems …

Environmental heterogeneity is a key component in explaining the megadiversity of tropical
forests. Despite its importance, knowledge about local drivers of environmental …

The intensification of dry seasons is a major threat to freshwater biodiversity in Neotropical
regions. Little is known about resistance to drying stress and the underpinning traits in …

The effects of resource subsidies on a recipient ecosystem depends on a variety of factors.
Firstly, increasing the supply of limiting nutrients tends to increase the accumulation of …

Studying the response to drought stress of keystone epiphytes such as tank bromeliads is
essential to better understand their resistance capacity to future climate change. The …

Little is known of how Neotropical freshwater ecosystems will respond to future climate
scenarios. In Neotropical rainforests, a substantial fraction of the freshwater available to the …

While future climate scenarios predict declines in precipitations in many regions of the world,
little is known of the mechanisms underlying community resilience to prolonged dry …