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Does biotic resistance govern forest invasions by bark and ambrosia beetles?

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
The theory of biotic resistance states that community diversity promotes resistance to biological invasions. This theory has been widely explored for its ability to explain variation in habitat invasibility to non‐native plant species and while the theory holds in some systems, it does not in others.
Jiří Trombik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature variability homogenized thermal responses in an ectotherm community along a European longitudinal gradient

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Climate change, through rising temperatures, greater variability, and more frequent extremes, is reshaping insect phenology and thermal niches, with profound effects for pest outbreaks. Predicting these impacts requires a clear understanding of species and communities' responses across geographic gradients.
Ruining Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistent organic pollutants in biotic and abiotic components of the Orange-Senqu River basin

open access: yes, 2023
PhD (Science with Zoology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus The Orange-Senqu River Basin (OSRB) stretches over four southern Africa countries that are all Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (SCPOPs). The main tributary, the Vaal River on the eastern side of the basin drains a large industrial region before ...
openaire   +1 more source

Co‐dominant species fail to compensate after 13‐year of dominant species removal in a Tibetan alpine grassland

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
To better understand the dynamics of community resilience, it is crucial to examine the role of dominant species in maintaining ecosystem functions. Dominant species, due to their high abundance, are considered to maintain productivity after species loss.
Wenyu Li   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alpha, beta and gamma diversity in relatively natural, mixed and transformed landscape scenarios

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Biodiversity losses and biotic homogenisation associated with human‐induced land‐cover changes are key issues for ecology. However, the effects of human‐caused land‐use changes on biodiversity change at the landscape scale are not well understood. Combining the PREDICTS global biodiversity database with MODIS satellite‐based land cover from 2001 to ...
Shuyu Deng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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