Interaction strength is a key component in food-web dynamics being highly variable over time and space, de- pending on biotic and abiotic conditions. Intertidal soft bottom ecosystems are essential nursery and feeding sites ...

Decisions about biodiversity conservation depend on how different taxonomic groups respond to human-influenced environmental change. Here, we ask whether richness and composition of terrestrial (frugivorous butterflies and ...

Herbivory by non-native species can create strong direct and indirect effects on plant and arthropods communities that can potentially cross ecosystem boundaries. Yet, the cross-ecosystems impacts of non-native species are ...

Urbanization transforms the landscape and generates loss of pristine habitats. We investigated the urbanization effect on bird communities in a growing South American city (Santa Fe, Argentina) and hypothesized that if ...

Hydrothermal systems are ideal to understand how microbial communities cope with challenging conditions. Lirima, our study site, is a polyextreme, high-altitude, hydrothermal ecosystem located in the Chilean Andean highlands. ...

Understanding the assemblage of biological communities and the organisms’ response to changes in conditions and resources have been an important foundation for ecologists to predict the ecosystems future in face of changes ...