Many studies have shown that the processes of colonization of new marine substrata, from settlement to recruitment, can leave long and lasting signals on the richness, composition and general structure of natural epifaunal ...

The proper delimitation of plant species is far away from being an issue restricted to debateamong professional botanists. Topics like teaching and communication about biodiversity,ecological and biogeographical research, ...

Herbs may affect the recruitment of woody species. However, most studies have evaluated the impact of one particular herb species or the herbaceous layer as a whole. It is less known if different herb species have different ...

Local extinction of native species and colonization of non-native species are commonly invoked as responsible for changes in species similarity among biotas of different regions. In this study we used a model of species ...

Bryozoans are colonial invertebrates that often dominate epibenthic assemblages on the lower surfaces of hard substrata. Competition among neighbouring organisms is usually a critical process regulating biodiversity, and ...

Aim To integrate the effects of ecosystem engineers (organisms that create, maintain or destroy habitat for other species) sharing the same archetype on species diversity, and assess whether different engineer species have ...