Natural light cycles are being eroded over large areas of the globe by the direct emissions
and sky brightening that result from sources of artificial night-time light. This is predicted to …

Ants are ubiquitous ecosystem engineers and generalist predators and are able to affect
ecological communities via both pathways. They are likely to influence any other terrestrial …

In most terrestrial ecosystems ants (Formicidae) as eusocial insects and spiders (Araneida)
as solitary trappers and hunters are key predators. To study the role of predation by these …

Ecosystem engineering, the physical modification of the environment by organisms, is a
common and often influential process whose significance to food web structure and dynamics is …

Current species extinction rates are at unprecedentedly high levels. While human activities
can be the direct cause of some extinctions, it is becoming increasingly clear that species …

Many ecosystems worldwide are exposed to artificial light at night (ALAN), from streetlights
and other sources, and a wide range of organisms has been shown to respond to this …

1. The decline in insect abundance and diversity observed in many ecosystems is of major
concern because of the long‐term consequences for ecosystem function and stability. 2. …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) and its associated biological impacts have regularly been
characterized as predominantly urban issues. Although far from trivial, this would imply that these …

Artificial light has transformed the nighttime environment of large areas of the earth, with 88%
of Europe and almost 50% of the United States experiencing light-polluted night skies [1]. …

Differences in structural complexity of habitats have been suggested to modify the extent of
top–down forces in terrestrial food webs. In order to test this hypothesis, we manipulated …