A broad conceptual model (upper portion) linking the effects of abiotic factors on biotic factors (functional trait diversity and identity), and then their joint effects on aboveground...
An aerial view of ice forming on a beaver pond complex during late fall in northern Minnesota, USA. Ecosystem engineers are organisms that alter ecological...
White rhino and other megaherbivores can strongly influence vegetation structure and biodiversity for instance. However, there are still major gaps and biases in...
A conceptual overview of the RangeShifter platform for the spatially-explicit simulation of individual-based models: The simulation runs on provided input maps...
A microscope image of a front on view of the copepod Euchaeta marina, which was one of the 384 species of copepods used in our study. We assembled nearly 100 000 continuous...
A intertidal communty formed by species such as blue mussels and ascophyllum nodosum exposed to freezing temperatures during a winter low tide in southern Greenland. Full paper...
Diatoms (Eunotia sp.) growing on a red alga (Batrachospermum sp.). Algae form the base of the food chain in stream ecosystems and are instrumental in maintaining water...
A tower of giraffes in Arusha National Park, Tanzania. Tropical regions in eastern Africa represent global hotspots of mammal genetic diversity and are highly exposed to mid-21st century...
Icelandic whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus islandicus) migrate seasonally between the breeding grounds in Iceland, and a wintering location in a temperate, arid or tropical region...
Tropical benthic communities at an uninhabited coral reef island in the central Pacific Ocean. Despite marine ecologists knowing a lot about the driving forces of the relative dominance...
A mixed-species flock of sea ducks (Tribe: Mergini) at sunrise off the coast of Rhode Island, USA. This flock was photographed during an early-morning trip to capture sea ducks at sea...
A breeding pair of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) beneath the surface of a vernal pool surrounded by dozens of egg masses. This pond represents one of more than 50 wood frog...
A female golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is nursing her baby at Qinling Mountains, China. Golden snub-nosed monkey is an endangered primate living in...
Over the past 20 years the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus has colonised intertidal habitats of northern Europe, such as the rocky shores of the island of Helgoland (...
Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) congregate in a small tributary to the Colorado River. Photo by David Herasimtschuk /...
Mother and calf pair of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) sighted in the North Atlantic. Sei whales are one of the twelve taxa of cetaceans we studied in Mannocci et al. In...
Fijian coral reefs are located at the Pacific Ocean, where fish diversity thrives. Within reefs, amid coral branches, colourful tubular sponges and delicate algae, fishes engage in...
The spotted-tanager Tangara punctata is a predominantly frugivorous passerine, although often gleans for arthropods. In the Tropical Andes of Bolivia, this species joins canopy...