Engineering ecosystems and synthetic ecologies [PDF]
Molecular BioSystems, 2012 Abstract Microbial ecosystems play an important role in nature. Engineering these systems for industrial, medical, or biotechnological purposes are important pursuits for synthetic biologists and biological engineers moving forward. Here we provide a review of recent progress in engineering natural and synthetic microbial ecosystems ...
Michael T, Mee, Harris H, Wang
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Octopus tetricus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) as an ecosystem engineer
Scientia Marina, 2014 The Sydney octopus (Octopus tetricus) occurs in unusual numbers on a shell bed of its prey remains that have accumulated as an extended midden where additional octopuses excavate dens.
David Scheel +2 more
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The spatial dynamics of ecosystem engineers [PDF]
Mathematical Biosciences, 2017 The changes on abiotic features of ecosystems have rarely been taken into account by population dynamics models, which typically focus on trophic and competitive interactions between species. However, understanding the population dynamics of organisms that must modify their habitats in order to survive, the so-called ecosystem engineers, requires the ...
Franco, Caroline, Fontanari, José F.
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Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity: a pan-European review [PDF]
, 2014 prerequisite for the efficient prioritisation of actions to prevent new invasions or for developing mitigation measures. In this review, we identified alien marine species that have a high impact on ecosystem services and biodiversity in European seas ...
Wallentinus, Inger +9 more
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Patch and matrix characteristics determine the outcome of ecosystem engineering by mole rats in dry grasslands [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Burrowing mammals are important ecosystem engineers, especially in open ecosystems where they create patches that differ from the surrounding matrix in their structure or ecosystem functions.
Orsolya Valkó +3 more
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How can ecosystem engineer plants boost productivity in east Mediterranean drylands
Ecological Processes, 2023 Background Water availability is the key limiting factor for plant productivity in drylands covering ca. 40% of Earth’s land surface. For such ecosystems to retain productivity and biodiversity under climatic change, it would be valuable to identify ...
Elena Constantinou +4 more
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Recapitulating the tumor ecosystem along the metastatic cascade using 3D culture models
Frontiers in Oncology, 2015 Advances in cancer research have shown that a tumor can be likened to a foreign species that disrupts delicately balanced ecological interactions, compromising the survival of normal tissue ecosystems.
Jiyun eKim, Jiyun eKim, Kandice eTanner
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Monitoring and modelling the effects of ecosystem engineers on ecosystem functioning [PDF]
, 2022 Ecosystem engineers modify biophysical environments, create novel habitats, and change biodiversity, with the ultimate effect of modulating critical ecosystem functions.
Genese, Luisa +12 more
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Invasive ecosystem engineer selects for different phenotypes of an associated native species [PDF]
, 2012 Invasive habitat-forming ecosystem engineers modify the abiotic environment and thus represent a major perturbation to many ecosystems. Because native species often persist in these invaded habitats but have no shared history with the ecosystem engineer,
Wright, Jeffrey T. +7 more
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Sustainable Harvesting of the Ecosystem Engineer Corallina officinalis for Biomaterials
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Macroalgae are of increasing interest for high-value biotechnological applications, but some seaweeds, such as coralline red algae, cannot be grown in cultivation cost-effectively.
Caroline L. Magill +6 more
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