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Primary succession and plant functional traits on an oceanic island

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 6, Page 1475-1490, June 2025.
The Canary Islands island system reflects a directional succession governed by the selection of functional traits related to environmental conditions and acquisitive‐conservative strategies as well as to dispersal capacity in early stages followed by a gradual modification of the environment and an expansion of the niche space linked to functional ...
Rüdiger Otto, Francisco Cabrera Rodríguez, Julian Schrader, Natalia Sierra Cornejo, Martha Paola Barajas Barbosa, Holger Kreft, Dagmar Hanz, Severin D. H. Irl, Amanda Ratier Backes, José María Fernández‐Palacios   +9 more
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Shifting baselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecology

Oikos, Volume 2025, Issue 5, May 2025.
The extensive, prehistoric loss of megafauna during the last 50 000 years led early naturalists to build the founding theories of ecology based on already‐degraded ecosystems. In this article, we outline how large herbivores affect community ecology, with a special focus on plants, through changes to selection, speciation, drift, and dispersal, thereby
Skjold Alsted Søndergaard, Camilla Fløjgaard, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Jens-Christian Svenning   +3 more
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The Knowledge and Perceptions of Recreational Anglers Related to Alien Plant Species in Freshwater Ecosystems: A Case Study From Hungary

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 3, March 2025.
ABSTRACT The value of recreational anglers' ecological knowledge and perceptions have come to prominence in the past few decades. Based on recent studies, their observations might include those of alien organisms and, therefore, might be particularly important in monitoring and revealing the causes of aquatic invasions.
András Nagy, Zsolt Neményi, Attila Hagyó, Balázs András Lukács, Zoltán Vitál, Attila Mozsár, S. James Reynolds, Jenő Nagy, Viktor Löki   +8 more
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Changing Bird Migration Patterns Have Potential to Enhance Dispersal of Alien Plants From Urban Centres

Global Change Biology, Volume 30, Issue 11, November 2024.
Urban birds opportunistically eat fruit from native and alien plants in Helsinki, Finland. As autumns get warmer with climate change, these bird–plant interactions could help alien species spread out of cities to more natural areas. Hence, these need to be studied to understand if some alien species can become invasive in the future.
Purabi Deshpande, Niko Johansson, Edward Kluen, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Rose Thorogood   +4 more
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Tangled webs and spider‐flowers: Phylogenomics, biogeography, and seed morphology inform the evolutionary history of Cleomaceae

American Journal of Botany, Volume 111, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract Premise Cleomaceae is an important model clade for studies of evolutionary processes including genome evolution, floral form diversification, and photosynthetic pathway evolution. Diversification and divergence patterns in Cleomaceae remain tangled as research has been restricted by its worldwide distribution, limited genetic sampling and ...
Theresa C. Saunders, Isabel Larridon, William J. Baker, Russell L. Barrett, Félix Forest, Elaine Françoso, Olivier Maurin, Saba Rokni, Eric H. Roalson   +8 more
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A preliminary investigation of zooplankton diapausing eggs from waterbird faecal droppings in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 489-497, September 2024.
ABSTRACT We analysed internal dispersal of zooplankton by waterbirds (endozoochory) in New Zealand, quantifying zooplankton eggs in faecal droppings collected at two lakes, Lake Rotoroa (Hamilton) and Lake Rotorua. Sixty‐seven faecal droppings were collected from Mallard Ducks (20), Canada Geese (11), Greylag Geese (6), Black Swans (20) and Australian ...
Kelly M. Jamieson, Ian C. Duggan
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Joint evolution of mutualistic interactions, pollination, seed dispersal mutualism, and mycorrhizal symbiosis in trees

New Phytologist, Volume 243, Issue 4, Page 1586-1599, August 2024.
Summary Mycorrhizal symbiosis, seed dispersal, and pollination are recognized as the most prominent mutualistic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems. However, it remains unclear how these symbiotic relationships have interacted to contribute to current plant diversity. We analyzed evolutionary relationships among mycorrhizal type, seed dispersal mode,
Akira Yamawo, Misuzu Ohno
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Long‐term differences in population structure, body size and distribution patterns of amphipods and isopods in wetlands with declining hydroperiods

Freshwater Biology, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 573-590, April 2024.
Abstract In many regions, climatic drying is shortening hydroperiods and freshwater biodiversity is declining. Aquatic species that lack a desiccation‐resistant life stage are predicted to have the least ability to persist in drying climates, yet such species may occur in intermittent waterbodies.
H. E. Emery‐Butcher, S. J. Beatty, B. J. Robson   +2 more
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Responses to desiccation vary among populations of an endemic freshwater isopod, Paramphisopus palustris

Freshwater Biology, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 112-126, January 2024.
Abstract Isopods play many important roles within freshwater ecosystems (including as shredders, prey, and detritivores), yet we know little about their responses to disturbance or whether they vary among populations. In a region undergoing severe climatic drying that is changing hydrological regimes in wetlands, we compared responses to drying ...
H. E. Emery‐Butcher, S. J. Beatty, B. J. Robson   +2 more
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Regional gradients in intraspecific seed mass variation are associated with species biotic attributes and niche breadth. [PDF]

AoB Plants, 2022
Kang X, Zhou J, Abuman, Liu Y, Zhang S, Liu W, Bu H, Qi W.   +7 more
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