Since many arid ecosystems are overstocked with domestic herbivores, biotic stress could have a stronger influence in modulating the balance of species interactions than expected from the stress gradient hypothesis (SGH). ...

Facilitation of recruitment by 'nurse' plants can play a major role in harsh environments. Yet the extent to which consumer-mediated apparent competition from habitat-forming plants may counteract facilitative interactions ...

In forest fragments, microclimatic conditions differ between interior andforest edges and also vary with geographical orientation. These microclimatic variationscould affect plant-insect food webs and the ecological processes ...

Little is known about the recovery of terrestrial ecosystems after the end-Cretaceous extinction outside of the Western Interiorof North America, relatively close to the 66 Ma bolide impact crater in Chicxulub, Mexico. A ...

Land-use changes are a main driver of modifications in tropical ecosystems, leading to the loss of species and ecological traits and affecting key ecological functions. Although much attention has been given to predict the ...

Deforestation and habitat fragmentation affect to a great extent larger wild mammals, which require large areas to establish their populations. These mammals can have important functions in the structure and dynamics of ...

Benthic structure of coral reefs determines the availability of refuges and food sources. Therefore, structural changes caused by natural and anthropogenic disturbances can have negative impacts on reef‐associated communities. ...

Liolaemus belongs to the Eulaemus subgenus, that is included in the Liolaemus montanus group or section, and is distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. The species members of this clade inhabit arid and high ...