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A mosaic of microclimates: biodiversity outcomes and wildlife habitat potential in large‐scale solar facilities

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid global expansion of photovoltaic (PV) solar facilities, now comprising nearly 80% of the recent and projected growth of renewable electricity, represents one of the most significant land‐use changes of the 21st century. While PV facilities are critical for decarbonising energy systems, their large spatial footprint and infrastructure
Tom Armstrong, Caleb L. Loughran, Joshua R. Ennen, Kristoffer H. Wild, Eric J. Nordberg   +4 more
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Robust retrieval of forest canopy structural attributes using multi‐platform airborne LiDAR

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
LiDAR data acquired from airplanes and helicopters – known as airborne laser scanning (ALS) – are widely regarded as the gold standard for characterizing the 3D structure of forests at scale. But in the last decade, advances in unoccupied aerial vehicle (
Beibei Zhang, Fabian J. Fischer, Suzanne M. Prober, Paul B. Yeoh, Carl R. Gosper, Katherine Zdunic, Tommaso Jucker   +6 more
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Large‐ and small‐seeded species have contrasting functional neighborhoods in a subtropical forest

Ecosphere, 2020
Forest community composition is the outcome of multiple forces, including those that increase taxonomic and functional divergence and those that promote convergence in traits.
María Natalia Umaña, Gabriel Arellano, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, Christopher J. Nytch, Nathan G. Swenson, Jill Thompson, María Uriarte, Jess K. Zimmerman   +7 more
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Tropical forest loss impoverishes arboreal mammal assemblages by increasing tree canopy openness. [PDF]

Ecol Appl, 2023
Cudney-Valenzuela SJ, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Morante-Filho JC, Toledo-Aceves T, Andresen E.   +4 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success

Journal of Avian Biology
Based on the concept of the extended phenotype, bird nest characteristics can serve as indicators for adaptations to changing environmental conditions.
Clara Wild, Roland Brandl, Orsi Decker, Sophia Hochrein, Andrea Ingrosso, Soumen Mallick, Oliver Mitesser, Julia Rothacher, Simon Thorn, Jörg Müller   +9 more
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Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic resistance, the reduction in invasion success caused by native communities, plays an important role in the long‐term dynamics of biological invasions. A large body of empirical research on biotic resistance has accumulated since the last comprehensive review on the subject 20 years ago, enabling us to achieve a refined understanding of ...
Christine S. Sheppard, Joshua I. Brian, Wayne Dawson, Petr Dostál, Franz Essl, Michal Gruntman, Tina Heger, Mark van Kleunen, Mialy Razanajatovo, Lena C. Reimann, Frank M. Schurr, Montserrat Vilà, Florencia A. Yannelli, Marina Golivets   +13 more
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Unraveling Shade Tolerance and Plasticity of Semi-Evergreen Oaks: Insights From Maritime Forest Live Oak Restoration

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Quercus spp. (oaks) are generally intermediate in shade tolerance, yet there is large variation within the genus in shade tolerance and plasticity in response to varying resource availability. Ecophysiological knowledge specific to semi-evergreen Quercus
Emily C. Thyroff, Owen T. Burney, Michael V. Mickelbart, Douglass F. Jacobs   +3 more
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
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ESTRUTURA ARBÓREA E SAZONALIDADE DA COBERTURA DO DOSSEL EM VEGETAÇÃO FLORESTADA E ABERTA NO PARQUE NACIONAL SERRA DE ITABAIANA, SERGIPE, BRASIL

Ciência Florestal, 2017
The forest formations on quartz white-sand are a kind of oligotrophic ecosystem and its phytophysionomical characteristics are affected by the climate seasonality.
Douglas de Matos Dias, Mariana Alves Pagotto, Taiguã Correa Pereira, Adauto de Souza Ribeiro   +3 more
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