Defaunation effects on plant recruitment depend on size matching and size trade-offs in seed-dispersal networks

Predicting the consequences of species loss using size-structured biodiversity approaches

(2016) Ulrich Brose et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Species with greater seed mass are more tolerant of conspecific neighbours: a key driver of early survival and future abundances in a tropical forest

(2016) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A common framework for identifying linkage rules across different types of interactions

(2016) Ignasi Bartomeus et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Incorporating seed fate into plant-frugivore networks increases interaction diversity across plant regeneration stages

(2016) Isabel Donoso et al.   OIKOS

Species richness and biomass explain spatial turnover in ecosystem functioning across tropical and temperate ecosystems

(2016) Andrew D. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The meaning of functional trait composition of food webs for ecosystem functioning

(2016) Dominique Gravel et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in evolving food webs

(2016) K. T. Allhoff et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in dynamic landscapes

(2016) Ulrich Brose et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Stability and generalization in seed dispersal networks: a case study of frugivorous fish in Neotropical wetlands

(2016) Sandra Bibiana Correa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Morphology predicts species' functional roles and their degree of specialization in plant–frugivore interactions

(2016) D. Matthias Dehling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Labile Limits of Forbidden Interactions

(2016) Juan P. González-Varo et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Multitrophic diversity effects of network degradation

(2016) Elizabeth Nichols et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Temporal changes in the structure of a plant-frugivore network are influenced by bird migration and fruit availability

(2016) Michelle Ramos-Robles et al.   PeerJ

Hunting alters seedling functional trait composition in a Neotropical forest

(2015) Erin L. Kurten et al.   ECOLOGY

EDITOR'S CHOICE: REVIEW: Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity

(2015) Lucas A. Garibaldi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Frugivore diversity increases frugivory rates along a large elevational gradient

(2015) Stefan W. Ferger et al.   OIKOS

Sampling bias is a challenge for quantifying specialization and network structure: lessons from a quantitative niche model

(2015) Jochen Fründ et al.   OIKOS

Downsized mutualisms: Consequences of seed dispersers’ body-size reduction for early plant recruitment

(2015) Néstor Pérez-Méndez et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Relative importance of phenotypic trait matching and species' abundances in determining plant–avian seed dispersal interactions in a small insular community

(2015) Aarón González-Castro et al.   AoB Plants

Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

(2015) C. Bello et al.   Science Advances

Adopting a spatially explicit perspective to study the mysterious fairy circles of Namibia

(2014) Stephan Getzin et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Frugivores at higher risk of extinction are the key elements of a mutualistic network

(2014) Mariana M. Vidal et al.   ECOLOGY

Ecological, historical and evolutionary determinants of modularity in weighted seed-dispersal networks

(2014) Matthias Schleuning et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multiple natural enemies cause distance-dependent mortality at the seed-to-seedling transition

(2014) Evan C. Fricke et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional relationships beyond species richness patterns: trait matching in plant-bird mutualisms across scales

(2014) D. Matthias Dehling et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Exotic birds increase generalization and compensate for native bird decline in plant-frugivore assemblages

(2014) Daniel García et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Global change, biodiversity, and ecosystem services: What can we learn from studies of pollination?

(2013) Rachael Winfree   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Cascading effects of contemporaneous defaunation on tropical forest communities

(2013) Erin L. Kurten   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of living in a defaunated world

(2013) Mauro Galetti et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community

(2013) Rhett D Harrison et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The dimensionality of ecological networks

(2013) Anna Eklöf et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size

(2013) M. Galetti et al.   SCIENCE

Inferring food web structure from predator-prey body size relationships

(2013) Dominique Gravel et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Imagine a world without seed dispersers: A review of threats, consequences and future directions

(2012) Nina Farwig et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

What causes size coupling in fruit–frugivore interaction webs?

(2012) K. C. Burns   ECOLOGY

Species richness matters for the quality of ecosystem services: a test using seed dispersal by frugivorous birds

(2012) D. Garcia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological traits affect the response of tropical forest bird species to land-use intensity

(2012) T. Newbold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nonredundancy in the dispersal network of a generalist tropical forest tree

(2011) Kim R. McConkey et al.   ECOLOGY

Frugivore loss limits recruitment of large-seeded trees

(2011) D. M. Wotton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change

(2011) Jennifer A. Sheridan et al.   Nature Climate Change

Seed dispersal effectiveness revisited: a conceptual review

(2010) Eugene W. Schupp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Can Functional Traits Predict Ecological Interactions? A Case Study Using Rain forest Frugivores and Plants in Australia

(2009) Cath Moran et al.   BIOTROPICA

Reducing horizontal and vertical diversity in a foodweb triggers extinctions and impacts functions

(2009) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Reduced dispersal of native plant species as a consequence of the reduced abundance of frugivore species in fragmented rainforest

(2008) Cath Moran et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A General Model for Food Web Structure

(2008) S. Allesina et al.   SCIENCE