, 2021 Global climate change is reshaping the geographical distribution of forests, especially in mountain regions. The alpine forest ecotone is expected to be affected first, due to the climatic limitations on tree growth, and is thus considered as an ...
Xiaofeng Wang, Bao Yang
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Regional patterns and controlling factors in plant species composition and diversity in Canadian lowland coastal bogs and laggs [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2016 Inventories of natural assemblages of plant species are critical when planning ecological restoration of bogs. However, little is known about the regional variation in plant communities at the margins (laggs) of bogs, even though they are an integral ...
S.A. Howie +2 more
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The biodiversity audit approach challenges regional priorities and identifies a mismatch in conservation [PDF]
, 2012 1. Despite a strong uptake of evidence-based approaches, conservation often proceeds from a grossly incomplete understanding of species priorities. To optimize conservation impact within a biogeographical region, quantitative knowledge is needed of the ...
Dolman, Paul +2 more
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A comparison of presettlement and modern forest composition along an elevation gradient in central New Hampshire [PDF]
, 2011 Tree species composition is influenced not only by edaphic and climatic factors but also by natural and human-caused disturbances. To understand interactions among these influences, we compared forest species composition data from the time of European ...
Cogbill, Charles V. +3 more
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Forest Ecosystems, 2020 Background Recent warming is affecting species composition and species areal distribution of many regions. However, although most treeline studies have estimated the rates of forest expansion into tundra, still little is known about the long-term dynamic
N. Devi +4 more
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The Behavior of Atlanticus Testaceus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) on the E.S. George Reserve, Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 Several reports deal in part with the systematics, distribution, or habits of one or another of the shield-backed katydids of the orthopteran genus Atlanticus.
Gangwere, S. K.
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Seascape ecology in the vicinity of a Blake Ridge cold seep
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Systematic surveys of the distribution of epibenthic megafaunal species relative to one another and to environmental variables in the deep sea can lead to inferences and testable hypotheses regarding factors that influence their distributions.
Kellie Johnson +8 more
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Genotype-environment associations support a mosaic hybrid zone between two tidal marsh birds [PDF]
, 2015 Local environmental features can shape hybrid zone dynamics when hybrids are bounded by ecotones or when patchily distributed habitat types lead to a corresponding mosaic of genotypes.
Kovach, Adrienne I. +4 more
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Diversity, 2023 Estuaries are productive systems with rapid changes in natural stressors, such as salinity, that make perturbation detection challenging. Amphipods are vital to estuarine assemblages and may serve as anthropogenic stress indicators.
Kyle M. Knysh +5 more
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Human activities accelerated the degradation of saline seepweed red beaches by amplifying top‐down and bottom‐up forces [PDF]
, 2018 Salt marshes dominated by saline seepweed (Suaeda heteroptera) provide important ecosystem services such as sequestering carbon (blue carbon), maintaining healthy fisheries, and protecting shorelines. These salt marshes also constitute stunning red beach
Chen, Luzhen +10 more
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