In many regions across the globe, extreme weather events such as storms have increased in
frequency, intensity, and duration due to climate change. Ecological theory predicts that …

In synthetic biology, engineering principles are applied to system design. The development
of synthetic microbial consortia represents the intersection of synthetic biology and …

This paper first reviews the concept of functional diversity in general terms and then applies
it to free-living aquatic ciliates. Ciliates are extremely versatile organisms and display an …

Trait-based approaches to investigate (short-and long-term) phytoplankton dynamics and
community assembly have become increasingly popular in freshwater and marine science …

In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the functional diversity of benthic ciliates has high
potential to monitor marine ecological status. Therefore, we investigated the spatial and …

This paper explores how predator evolution and the magnitude of predator genetic variation
alter the population-level dynamics of predator–prey systems. We do this by analyzing a …

The shape of trait distributions may inform about the selective forces that structure ecological
communities. Here, we present a new moment‐based approach to classify the shape of …

Diversity plays a key role in the adaptive capacity of marine ecosystems to environmental
changes. However, modelling the adaptive dynamics of phytoplankton traits remains …

Ecological communities are complex adaptive systems that exhibit remarkable feedbacks
between their biomass and trait dynamics. Trait-based aggregate models cope with this …

Population responses to environmental change depend on both the ecological interactions
between species and the evolutionary responses of all species. In this study, we explore …