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Drivers of spatiotemporal variability in a marine foundation species. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract Marine foundation species are critical for the structure and functioning of ecosystems and constitute the pillar of trophic chains while also providing a variety of ecosystem services. In recent decades, many foundation species have declined in abundance, sometimes threatening their current geographical ...
Giraldo-Ospina A, Bell T, Carr MH, Caselle JE.   +3 more
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Foundation species enhance food web complexity through non-trophic facilitation. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Dataset: Foundation species enhance food web complexity through non-trophic facilitation This dataset contains 58 food web matrices that we reconstructed in seven different ecosystem types using a consistent methodological approach and an additional 29 ...
Borst ACW, Verberk WCEP, Angelini C, Schotanus J, Wolters JW, Christianen MJA, van der Zee EM, Derksen-Hooijberg M, van der Heide T.   +8 more
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Foundation species across a latitudinal gradient in China [PDF]

Ecology, 2020
Abstract Foundation species structure forest communities and ecosystems but are difficult to identify without long‐term observations or experiments. We used statistical criteria––outliers from size‐frequency distributions and scale‐dependent negative effects on alpha diversity and positive effects on beta ...
Xiujuan Qiao, Jiaxin Zhang, Zhong Wang, Yaozhan Xu, Tianyang Zhou, Xiangcheng Mi, Min Cao, Wanhui Ye, Guangze Jin, Zhanqing Hao, Xugao Wang, Xihua Wang, Songyan Tian, Xiankun Li, Wusheng Xiang, Yankun Liu, Yingnan Shao, Kun Xu, Weiguo Sang, Fuping Zeng,, Haibao Ren, Mingxi Jiang, Aaron M. Ellison   +22 more
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Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species. [PDF]

Nat Commun
AbstractWith increasingly intense marine heatwaves affecting nearshore regions, foundation species are coming under increasing stress. To better understand their impacts, we examine responses of critical, habitat-forming foundation species (macroalgae, seagrass, corals) to marine heatwaves in 1322 shallow coastal areas located across 85 marine ...
Smith KE, Aubin M, Burrows MT, Filbee-Dexter K, Hobday AJ, Holbrook NJ, King NG, Moore PJ, Sen Gupta A, Thomsen M, Wernberg T, Wilson E, Smale DA.   +12 more
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Local Adaptation in Marine Foundation Species at Microgeographic Scales [PDF]

The Biological Bulletin, 2021
AbstractNearshore foundation species in coastal and estuarine systems (e.g., salt marsh grasses, mangroves, seagrasses, corals) drive the ecological functions of ecosystems and entire biomes by creating physical structure that alters local abiotic conditions and influences species interactions and composition.
C G, Hays, T C, Hanley, A R, Hughes, S B, Truskey, R A, Zerebecki, E E, Sotka   +5 more
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Harnessing trophic cascades to improve foundation species restoration: A meta‐analysis

Ecosphere, 2023
Global declines in foundation species and associated losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services have made restoration of foundation species and the habitats they create a top priority. Because restoration success has been highly variable, the field is
Marcella R. Heineke, David L. Kimbro, Chela J. Zabin, Edwin D. Grosholz   +3 more
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Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2018
It has long been recognized that primary foundation species (FS), such as trees and seagrasses, enhance biodiversity. Among the species facilitated are secondary FS, including mistletoes and epiphytes. Case studies have demonstrated that secondary FS can further modify habitat-associated organisms ('inhabitants'), but their net effects remain unknown ...
Mads S. Thomsen, Andrew H. Altieri, Christine Angelini, Melanie J. Bishop, Paul E. Gribben, Gavin Lear, Qiang He, David R. Schiel, Brian R. Silliman, Paul M. South, David M. Watson, Thomas Wernberg, Gerhard Zotz   +12 more
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Mussels and canopy-forming algae as ecosystem engineers: their contribution to community organization in the rocky sublittoral

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Understanding the influence of biogenic habitats on species assemblage structure and ecosystem productivity is crucial for successful conservation of natural systems.
Mats Westerbom, Mats Westerbom, Maria Koivisto   +2 more
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Microbes on the cliff: alpine cushion plants structure bacterial and fungal communities

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013
Plants affect the spatial distribution of soil microorganisms, but the influence of the local abiotic context is poorly documented. We investigated the effect of a single plant species, the cushion plant Silene acaulis, on habitat conditions and ...
Julien eRoy, Cécile Hélène Albert, Cécile Hélène Albert, Philippe eCholer, Philippe eCholer, Jean-Christophe eClément, Sébastien eIbanez, Sébastien eIbanez, Sébastien eLavergne, Patrick eSaccone, Patrick eSaccone, Lucie eZinger, Roberto Alejandro Geremia   +12 more
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Foundation species influence trait‐based community assembly [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2012
Summary Here, we incorporate facilitation into trait‐based community assembly theory by testing two mutually compatible facilitative mechanisms: changes in the environmental filter, causing either an increase in the range of trait values (i.e. a range expansion effect) and/or a shift in trait distributions (i.e.
Schöb Christian, Butterfield Bradley J., Pugnaire Francisco I.   +2 more
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