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Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions [PDF]
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2015 Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much ecosystem monitoring and management is focused on the provision of ecosystem functions and services ...
Nicholas J B Isaac +2 more
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Effects of Living Cover on the Soil Microbial Communities and Ecosystem Functions of Hazelnut Orchards [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Living cover is an important management measure for orchards in China, and has certain influences on soil properties, microorganisms, and the micro-ecological environment.
Wenxu Ma +21 more
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Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2015 The composition of species communities is changing rapidly through drivers such as habitat loss and climate change, with potentially serious consequences for the resilience of ecosystem functions on which humans depend.
Nicholas J B Isaac +2 more
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Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 María R Felipe-Lucia +2 more
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Dangerous demographics in post-bleach corals reveal boom-bust versus protracted declines
Scientific Reports, 2021 Thermal-stress events have changed the structure, biodiversity, and functioning of coral reefs. But how these disturbances affect the dynamics of individual coral colonies remains unclear.
Juliano Morais +4 more
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Functional groups in piscivorous fishes
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Piscivory is a key ecological function in aquatic ecosystems, mediating energy flow within trophic networks. However, our understanding of the nature of piscivory is limited; we currently lack an empirical assessment of the dynamics of prey capture and ...
Michalis Mihalitsis, David R. Bellwood
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Fast-growing species shape the evolution of reef corals
Nature Communications, 2022 The effect of biotic interactions among reef corals on macroevolutionary patterns is unclear. Here, the authors study the rich coral fossil record, finding that reef coral diversity experienced potentially biotic interaction-driven evolutionary rate ...
Alexandre C. Siqueira +2 more
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The role of nocturnal fishes on coral reefs: A quantitative functional evaluation
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The ecological functions of nocturnal coral reef fishes are poorly known. Yet, nocturnal resources for coral reef consumers are theoretically as abundant and productive, if not more so, than their diurnal counterparts.
William P. Collins +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Cubozoan jellyfish are classified as plankton despite the strong swimming and orientation abilities of cubomedusae. How these capabilities could affect cubozoan population structures is poorly understood.
Jodie A. Schlaefer +3 more
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Land, 2023 Global population growth, especially in developing countries, will most likely require an increase in agricultural production, but the sustainability of this production cannot be achieved without the preservation of ecosystem functions.
Josias Sanou +4 more
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