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Land-use changes due rapidly increasing urbanization pose major threat on ecosystems and their functions worldwide. By the end of this decade, more than half of the world human population will be living in cities and other urbanized areas. Human-induced habitats, loss and fragmentation of the landsc ...

The dynamics of forests are commonly considered from the above-ground point of view, where plants, mostly trees, are believed to play a regulative role. Accumulating amount of evidence suggests, however, that the organisms of the below-ground food webs can pose a strong control over the various phen ...

Aim: The Anthropocene is characterised by urban and agricultural landscapes. Within these landscapes, natural to semi-natural habitats are fragmented, isolated and disturbed to varying degrees. Species associated with these natural habitats have to content with the surrounding landscape, both in ter ...