To understand species losses from disturbed landscapes, it is important to distinguish the effects of degraded environmental conditions from those caused by barriers to dispersal between habitat patch
1.Predation is among the most important biotic factors influencing natural communities, yet we have a rather rudimentary understanding of its role in modulating metacommunity assembly. 2.We experiment
Because of inadequate knowledge and funding, the use of biodiversity indicators is often suggested as a way to support management decisions. Consequently, many studies have analyzed the performance of
This dataset contains key characteristics about the data described in the Data Descriptor A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Contents
These data were compiled to investigate the imprints of biotic interactions on metacommunity organisation of pond biotas. These files may be opened and edited in Excel. For spececific details or furth
