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Multidimensional Diversity Identifies Mountains as Key Refugia for Caudata in China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Sui LL, Wang B, Xie F, Zhu W, Shen C, Jiang JP.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea, Fuensanta García‐Orenes, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Moisés Gonzálvez, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Marcos Moleón, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Evan A. N. Marks, Minerva García‐Carmona, Victoria Arcenegui, José Carlos Huerta‐del‐Bosque, Adrián Orihuela‐Torres, Santiago Soliveres, Sofia Albolafio, Esther Sebastián‐González, José Antonio Sánchez‐Zapata   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Marine biodiversity hotspots – challenges and resilience

Frontiers in Marine Science
Katerina Vasileiadou, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Stefania Klayn, Christina Pavloudi, Sofia Reizopoulou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure of western United States bird communities to predicted high severity fire. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Norman KE, Stillman AN, Parks SA, Davis CL, Jones GM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rising temperature non‐additively alters how different dimensions of biodiversity affect ecosystem‐scale processes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
The authors distil how dimensions of biodiversity drive ecosystem processes with increasing temperature. Specifically, species physiology more greatly affected ecosystem primary production than did foraging behaviour, and physiology mediated non‐additive interactions with temperature.
Sean Pierce Richards, Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth, Jacob Edward Allgeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive dated phylogeny of China's vascular plants reveals a hidden global biodiversity hotspot. [PDF]

Nat Ecol Evol
Feng YL, Hu HH, Liu B, Peng DX, Yang YC, Barrett RL, Antonelli A, Chen ZD, Lu LM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Repeated trends in altitudinal gradients of diversity: How habitat filtering and biotic interactions structure ecological communities

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals that tropical butterfly communities show remarkably consistent elevational patterns of diversity and phylogenetic structure across regions with contrasting evolutionary histories, demonstrating how regional species pools and local ecological factors jointly shape biodiversity along altitudinal gradients.
Raphaël Fougeray, Arlety Roy, Christelle Penager, Guillaume Correa Pimpao, Ronald Mori Pezo, Léo‐Paul Charlet, Nino Page, Ombeline Sculfort, Stéphanie Gallusser, Marianne Elias, Melanie McClure   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The global geography of plant invasion risk under future climate and land-use changes. [PDF]

Nat Ecol Evol
Omer A, Dullinger S, Wessely J, Lenzner B, García-Rodríguez A, Schertler A, Moser D, Gattringer A, Davis AJS, Dawson W, Fristoe TS, Grenié M, Kinlock NL, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, van Kleunen M, Weigelt P, Winter M, Zurell D, Essl F.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our study reveals that human hunters fail to replicate the collective and individual ecological functions of natural apex predators in sustaining biodiversity and promoting stable spatial patterns. These insights are vital for rethinking predator conservation and wildlife management in human‐dominated landscapes.
Ying Geng, Christos Mammides, Ru‐Chuan He, Lin Wang, Kang Luo, Zhong‐Yuan Zhang, Bo Wang, Rui‐Chang Quan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source