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Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity to Ecosystem Function Across Scales, Trophic Levels, and Realms

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Global declines in biodiversity have the potential to affect ecosystem function, and vice versa, in both terrestrial and aquatic ecological realms. While many studies have considered biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) relationships at local scales ...
Kyla M. Dahlin, Kyla M. Dahlin, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Quentin D. Read, Laura A. Twardochleb, Laura A. Twardochleb, Laura A. Twardochleb, Aaron G. Kamoske, Aaron G. Kamoske, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Patricia A. Soranno   +13 more
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Conservation of Abundance: How Fungi can Contribute to Rethinking Conservation

Conservation & Society, 2023
Mainstream biodiversity conservation continues to emphasise the rapid disappearance of charismatic megafauna. Fungi are ignored, partially because many are invisible.
Elizabeth S Barron
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Permafrost condition determines plant community composition and community‐level foliar functional traits in a boreal peatland

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Boreal peatlands are critical ecosystems globally because they house 30%–40% of terrestrial carbon (C), much of which is stored in permafrost soil vulnerable to climate warming‐induced thaw.
Katherine M. Standen, Jennifer L. Baltzer   +1 more
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Habitat Provision and Erosion Are Influenced by Seagrass Meadow Complexity: A Seascape Perspective

Diversity, 2023
Habitat complexity plays a critical role in shaping biotic assemblages and ecosystem processes. While the impacts of large differences in habitat complexity are often well understood, we know less about how subtle differences in structure affect key ...
Giulia Ferretto, Adriana Vergés, Alistair G. B. Poore, Tim M. Glasby, Kingsley J. Griffin   +4 more
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Trawling-induced change in benthic effect trait composition – A multiple case study

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
IntroductionThe importance of the response-effect trait dichotomy in marine benthic ecology has garnered recent attention. Response traits, characterising species responses to environmental variations, have been a dominant focus in the development of ...
Olivier Beauchard, Clare Bradshaw, Stefan Bolam, Justin Tiano, Clément Garcia, Emil De Borger, Emil De Borger, Pascal Laffargue, Mats Blomqvist, Irini Tsikopoulou, Nadia K. Papadopoulou, Christopher J. Smith, Jolien Claes, Karline Soetaert, Marija Sciberras   +14 more
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Determining Microbial Roles in Ecosystem Function: Redefining Microbial Food Webs and Transcending Kingdom Barriers

mSystems, 2019
Microorganisms can have a profound and varying effect on the chemical character of environments and, thereby, ecological health. Their capacity to consume or transform contaminants leads to contrasting outcomes, such as the dissipation of nutrient ...
Kim M. Handley
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To Feed or Not to Feed? Coral Reef Fish Responses to Artificial Feeding and Stakeholder Perceptions in the Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook Islands

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Feeding wild animals is a regular habit in ecotourism worldwide with poorly known consequences for ecosystem functioning. This study investigates how effective bread feeding is at attracting coral reef fish in the South Pacific, which feeding groups of ...
Natalie Prinz, Natalie Prinz, Richard Story, Stephen Lyon, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Sonia Bejarano   +6 more
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Phylogenetic constraints on ecosystem functioning [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2012
There is consensus that biodiversity losses will result in declining ecosystem functioning if species have different functional traits. Phylogenetic diversity has recently been suggested as a predictor of ecosystem functioning because it could approximate the functional complementarity among species.
Gravel, Dominique, Bell, Thomas, Barbera, Claire, Combe, Marine, Pommier, Thomas, Mouquet, Nicolas   +5 more
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The Effect of Elevation Gradient on Distribution and Body Size of Carabid Beetles in the Changbaishan Nature Reserve in Northeast Asia

Insects
The environment of mountain ecosystems can change greatly in short distances as elevation increases. The effects of elevation change on the distribution and body size of carabid beetles were investigated at elevations of 750–2600 m in the Changbaishan ...
Shengdong Liu, Jiaqi Tong, Mingfeng Xu, Qingfan Meng, Ying Shi, Hongrui Zhao, Yan Li   +6 more
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Multi-Omics Analysis of Curculio dieckmanni (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Larvae Reveals Host Responses to Steinernema carpocapsae Infection

Insects
The hazelnut weevil larvae (Curculio dieckmanni) is a major pest of nut weevils, spending part of its life cycle in the soil and causing significant damage to hazelnut crops.
Bin Wang, Fanyu Meng, Shiqi Song, Bin Xie, Shuxia Jia, Dongying Xiu, Xingpeng Li   +6 more
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