Sarah J. Hill

TL;DR: Across an 11,660-kilometer latitudinal gradient spanning six continents, increasing predation toward the equator is found, with a parallel pattern of increasingpredation toward lower elevations, suggesting consistent drivers of biotic interaction strength.

TL;DR: There is a crucial need for broader studies of ecological, behavioural, physiological and life history responses to be addressed across a greater range of geographic locations, particularly Asia, Africa and Australasia, and in areas of high human population growth and habitat modification.

TL;DR: In this article, a suite of case studies that have considered possible impacts of anthropogenic climate change on Australian terrestrial systems are provided, including compositional shifts in vegetation, positive feedbacks between climate, vegetation and disturbance regimes, local extinctions in plants, size changes in birds, phenological shifts in reproduction and shifting biotic interactions that threaten communities and endangered species.

TL;DR: The role of different anthropogenic disturbances in determining the success of exotic plants in the endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland community of western Sydney and examined the impact of these disturbances on soil characteristics that are likely to impact on vegetation, including total P, pH, water retention capacity, organic matter content and electrical conductivity.

TL;DR: It is hoped that future research into insect herbivory along environmental gradients will take into account herbvory other than just leaf chewing, such as sap sucking, which may cause more damage to plants, as well as damage to a young leaf may be more costly to a plant thandamage to a mature or senescing leaf.