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Facultative mutualisms: A double‐edged sword for foundation species in the face of anthropogenic global change [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Ecosystems worldwide depend on habitat‐forming foundation species that often facilitate themselves with increasing density and patch size, while also engaging in facultative mutualisms.
Tjisse van derHeide, Christine Angelini, Jimmy deFouw, Johan S. Eklöf   +3 more
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Foundation species stabilize an alternative eutrophic state in nutrient-disturbed ponds via selection on microbial community [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
Eutrophication due to nutrient addition can result in major alterations in aquatic ecosystem productivity. Foundation species, individually and interactively, whether present as invasive species or as instruments of ecosystem management and restoration ...
Aditya Jeevannavar, Anita Narwani, Blake Matthews, Piet Spaak, Jeanine Brantschen, Jeanine Brantschen, Elvira Mächler, Elvira Mächler, Florian Altermatt, Florian Altermatt, Manu Tamminen   +10 more
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Epibenthic predators control mobile macrofauna associated with a foundation species in a subarctic subtidal community [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Foundation species (FS) are strong facilitators providing habitat for numerous dependent organisms. The communities shaped by FS are commonly structured by interplay of facilitation and consumer control.
Eugeniy Yakovis, Anna Artemieva
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Comparisons of Serum Progesterone and Progestagen Concentrations in Normal and Abnormal Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Pregnancies

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Although previous studies have described progesterone profiles during pregnancy in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), most of these focused on normal pregnancy (NORM) or compared NORM to only one or two abnormal pregnancy types, such as ...
Todd R. Robeck, Karen J. Steinman, Celeste B. Parry, Forrest M. Gomez, Eric D. Jensen   +4 more
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Trait Response to Nitrogen and Salinity in Rhizophora mangle Propagules and Variation by Maternal Family and Population of Origin

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Many coastal foundation plant species thrive across a range of environmental conditions, often displaying dramatic phenotypic variation in response to environmental variation.
Christina L. Richards, Christina L. Richards, Kristen L. Langanke, Jeannie Mounger, Gordon A. Fox, Gordon A. Fox, David B. Lewis   +6 more
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Further Loss of Intertidal Mussel Stands on the Nova Scotia Coast (Canada) after the Passage of Cyclone Lee

Diversity, 2023
Intertidal mussel stands are common on temperate rocky seashores and host many small invertebrates, so they are important biodiversity reservoirs. Their integrity, however, is being increasingly affected by environmental extremes. An unusual cold snap in
Ricardo A. Scrosati
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A trait‐based plant economic framework can help increase the value of reforestation for conservation

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
While reforestation is gaining momentum to moderate climate change via carbon sequestration, there is also an opportunity to use tree planting to confront declining global biodiversity.
Erik Petter Axelsson, Jane Vanessa Abin, Maria Lourdes T Lardizabal, Ulrik Ilstedt, Kevin C. Grady   +4 more
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Caribbean mangrove forests act as coral refugia by reducing light stress and increasing coral richness

Ecosphere, 2021
Foundation species structure communities by creating habitat and modifying environmental conditions, and there is increasing interest in how foundation species, such as corals and mangroves, interact with one another as these interactions can have ...
Heather A. Stewart, David I. Kline, Lauren J. Chapman, Andrew H. Altieri   +3 more
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Genetics-based interactions of foundation species affect community diversity, stability and network structure [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017
Thomas G. Whitham, Arthur R Keith, Joseph K Bailey   +2 more
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Predicted Shifts in the Distributions of Atlantic Reef-Building Corals in the Face of Climate Change

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Many species drive the diversity of ecosystems by adding structural complexity to the environment. In coral reefs, stony corals act as habitat-forming species, increasing niche availability for other organisms.
Silas C. Principe, André L. Acosta, João E. Andrade, Tito M. C. Lotufo   +3 more
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