[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01945) Despite decades of study, the relative importance of niche-based versus neutral processes in community assembly remains largely ambiguous. Recent work suggests niche-based processes are …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.003) A shortage of water currently threatens the development of the South African economy and the well-being of its people. Climate change, land degradation and an inherently …