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Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

Oikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts, Ronaldo Sousa, Phillip J. Haubrock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greater future range expansions in alien than native ant species

Oikos, EarlyView.
There is growing concern that many species may not be able to track suitable conditions under climate change and suffer range contractions as a result. At the same time, alien species introduced to novel geographic ranges are often assumed to benefit from climate change.
Tongyi Liu, Sébastien Ollier, Cleo Bertelsmeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric transferability of trait–environment relationships between native and exotic plant species in Singaporean forests differing in land‐use history

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Louise Neo, David A. Wardle, Peter A. Vesk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing for biodiversity data in place: Species, encounters, and interfaces

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Species occurrence data, which records the presence of an organism at a point in space and time, is central to environmental science and its opening up to new forms of participation such as citizen science. Such data are increasingly aggregated and mobilised, reaching diverse audiences.
Mitchell Whitelaw, Adrian Mackenzie, Martin Westgate, Kylie Morrow   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards more reliable interdisciplinary modelling of global human–environment dynamics driving biodiversity change

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental problems are typically vast, urgent and complex. Confronted with such problems, we are often tempted to act fast by pulling together little bits and pieces from different fields and simply adding these to pre‐existing models and frameworks.
Carsten Meyer
wiley   +1 more source

Little Divergence Among Mitochondrial Lineages of Prochilodus (Teleostei, Characiformes)

Frontiers in Genetics, 2018
Evidence that migration prevents population structure among Neotropical characiform fishes has been reported recently but the effects upon species diversification remain unclear.
Bruno F. Melo, Bruno F. Melo, Beatriz F. Dorini, Fausto Foresti, Claudio Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogeography of the Chydorus sphaericus Group (Cladocera: Chydoridae) in the Northern Palearctic.

PLoS ONE, 2016
The biodiversity and the biogeography are still poorly understood for freshwater invertebrates. The crustacean Chydorus sphaericus-brevilabris complex (Cladocera: Chydoridae) is composed of species that are important components of Holarctic freshwater ...
Alexey A Kotov, Dmitry P Karabanov, Eugeniya I Bekker, Tatiana V Neretina, Derek J Taylor   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waves of range dynamics and gene flow characterize the biogeographic history of Litsea elongata, a dominant tree in East Asian evergreen broadleaved forests

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Evergreen broadleaved forests (EBLFs) represent an iconic vegetation type in subtropical montane East Asia, but they are experiencing intensifying anthropogenic pressure and increasing habitat fragmentation. Here, using a dominant and widespread tree species characteristic of East Asian EBLFs, we examine its phylogeographic history and evaluate what it
Sheng‐Yuan Qin, Richard H. Ree, Zheng‐Yu Zuo, Chih‐Chieh Yu, Shuang‐Xiu Xu, Jun Rong, Peng‐Fei Ma, De‐Zhu Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: Historical uses, current status, and future potential

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Grapes (Vitis L. ‐ Vitaceae) are among the most important fruit crops globally, consumed in the form of wine, fresh fruit, raisins, and in many products. Complex and fascinating biocultural processes underpin the crop, with a remarkable assemblage of species comprising grapevines and with heterogeneous viticultural practices and rapidly advancing new ...
Colin K. Khoury, Anne Y. Fennell, Zoë Migicovsky, Allison J. Miller, Jun Wen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source