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One of the central questions of ecology aims to understand the mechanisms that maintain patterns of species coexistence. Community assembly, the process of structuring communities, occurs in ecological time, is influenced by biotic interactions at local scales, and is thought to…

The question of how native species diversity affects a community’s ability to resist invasive species has inspired decades of research. One of the oldest invasion biology hypotheses is that more species rich ecosystems are less invaded. While there has been strong support for th…

Global industrial agriculture drives worsening environmental and public health crises, prompting a search for transformative agricultural approaches that can maintain productivity while increasing social and environmental sustainability. One paradigm gaining traction is agroecol…