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Exploitation, secondary extinction and the altered trophic structure of Jamaican coral reefs [PDF]

, 2010
Coral reef communities of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean have a long history of anthropogenic disturbance, driven by the exploitation for food of both vertebrate and invertebrate species.
Peter D. Roopnarine, Rachel A. Hertog
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Studying interspecific population synchrony: current status and future perspectives

Ecography, EarlyView.
Interspecific population synchrony, or co‐fluctuations in the population dynamics and demographic parameters of different species, is an important ecological phenomenon with major implications for the stability of communities and ecosystems. It is also central in the context of biodiversity loss, as interspecific synchrony can influence how ecological ...
Ragnhild Bjørkås, Ivar Herfindal, Marlène Gamelon, Aline Magdalena Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in marine species distribution models: a review of methodological advances and future challenges

Ecography, EarlyView.
Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are quantitative tools in biogeography and macroecology. Building upon the ecological niche concept, they correlate environmental covariates to species presence to model habitat suitability and predict species distributions.
Moritz Klaassen, Tiago A. Marques, Filipe Alves, Marc Fernandez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alpine ungulates adjust diel activity to the natural return of wolves amid anthropogenic pressures

Ecography, EarlyView.
As wolves recolonise their historical range across Europe, ungulates face predation once more – but in landscapes profoundly altered by human activity. This shift raises crucial questions about their capacity to express adaptive antipredator behaviours.
Charlotte Vanderlocht, Valerio Donini, Andrea Corradini, Simone Dal Farra, Benjamin Robira, Andrea Gazzola, Giorgia Galeotti, Laura Limonciello, Noemi Squillaci, Maël Van Dam, Giada Zeni, Marta Gandolfi, Elisa Iacona, Lucrezia Lorenzetti, Matteo Nava, Federico Ossi, Heidi C. Hauffe, Francesco Ferretti, Luca Corlatti, Luca Pedrotti, Francesca Cagnacci   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colour reverse learning and animal personalities: the advantage of behavioural diversity assessed with agent-based simulations [PDF]

, 2012
Foraging bees use colour cues to help identify rewarding from unrewarding flowers, but as conditions change, bees may require behavioural flexibility to reverse their learnt preferences.
Adrian G. Dyer, Alan Dorin, Marcello G. P. Rosa, Verena Reinhardt   +3 more
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Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic

Ecography, EarlyView.
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon‐rich regions. Large mammalian herbivores can influence these fungi through their impacts on vegetation and soil conditions, however the strength and prevalence of these interactions in the
Cole G. Brachmann, Martin Ryberg, Brendan R. Furneaux, Anna Rosling, Tinghai Ou, Alf Ekblad, Svetlana Abdulmanova, Isabel C. Barrio, M. Syndonia Bret‐Harte, Hannu Fritze, Laura Gough, Robert D. Hollister, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Oula Kalttopää, Elin Lindén, Päivi Mäkiranta, Johan Olofsson, Rauni Partanen, Kirsten A. Reid, Aleksandr Sokolov, Maija S. Sujala, Maja K. Sundqvist, Otso Suominen, Craig E. Tweedie, Amanda Young, Robert G. Björk   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

How much species' biodiversity could area targets protect globally?

Ecography, EarlyView.
Protection targets for addressing biodiversity loss include protecting at least 30% of the land and ocean in ecologically representative areas, but do not specify how many or what proportion of species should be protected from extinction. Here, a systematic analysis of 77 880 marine, freshwater and terrestrial species indicates that all species could ...
Qianshuo Zhao, Mark John Costello
wiley   +1 more source

Satellite tracking reveals critical habitats and migratory pathways for green and hawksbill turtles nesting in Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean

Endangered Species Research
The United Kingdom Overseas Territory of Montserrat supports modest but regionally important nesting populations of green and hawksbill turtles. However, knowledge of the spatial ecology and regional connectivity of these populations is limited. Here, we
J Wiggins, BJ Godley, J Jeffers, K Metcalfe, AR Ponteen, PB Richardson, A Sanghera, N Weber, SB Weber   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term benefits of burns for large mammal habitat undermined by large, severe fires in the American West

Ecography, EarlyView.
Escalating wildfire frequency and severity are altering wildland habitats worldwide. Yet investigations into fire impacts on wildlife habitat rarely extend to the macroecological scales relevant to species conservation and global change processes. We evaluate the effects of wildfire on habitat quality and selection by large mammals spanning three ...
Kirby L. Mills, Martin Leclerc, Mark A. Ditmer, Zachary L. Steel, David C. Stoner, Joseph O. Sexton, Panshi Wang, Kent R. Hersey, Darren DeBloois, Cody A. Schroeder, Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Julie K. Young, Alyson M. Andreasen, Kathleen M. Longshore, Patrick J. Jackson, Derek B. Hall, Kristin Engebretsen, Neil H. Carter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using the environmental light field method for measuring biologically relevant light characteristics at the household scale

Ecography, EarlyView.
The regular variations of light in the natural light cycle serve as one of the most important cues for the timing of biological events in organisms. The increasing prevalence of artificial light at night (ALAN) alters the natural light cycle and has been found to have harmful effects on human, wildlife, and environmental health.
Layla van Zyl, Mark P. Robertson, Izak P. J. Smit, Bernard W. T. Coetzee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source