Multispecies interactions across trophic levels at macroscales: retrospective and future directions

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 346 - 357
• Main Authors: Kissling, W. Daniel, Schleuning, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2015; Nordic Society Oikos; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: analytical methods; biogeography; climate; functional diversity; global change; land use change; Macroecology; Macroevolution; phylogeny; pollination; predator-prey relationships; prediction; Review & synthesis; species diversity; temporal variation

Trophic interactions among multiple species are ubiquitous in nature and their importance for structuring ecological communities has been extensively demonstrated at local spatial scales. However, how local species interactions scale-up to large spatial scales and how they contribute to shape specie...