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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Positive associations between animals and foundational shrub species are frequent in desert ecosystems for shelter, resources, refuge, and other key ecological processes.
Mario Zuliani +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Kelp forest declines have been linked to warming ocean temperatures worldwide. Ocean warming rarely occurs in isolation, so multiple stressor studies are necessary to understand the physiological responses of kelp to climate change.
Robin J. Fales +7 more
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The evolutionary past and the uncertain future of foundational species
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 No ...
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An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Significance The accelerating loss of coastal foundation species impairs the delivery of vital ecosystem services on which nearly half the human population depends. Recognizing how loss of habitat-forming species such as seagrasses and oysters can be offset is therefore essential.
Ramus AP +3 more
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Species Diversity Associated with Foundation Species in Temperate and Tropical Forests [PDF]
Forests, 2019 Foundation species define and structure ecological communities but are difficult to identify before they are declining. Yet, their defining role in ecosystems suggests they should be a high priority for protection and management while they are still common and abundant.
Aaron M. Ellison +8 more
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Ecosphere, 2019 Landscape patterns created by the structure and form of foundational species shape ecological processes of community assembly and trophic interactions. In recent years, major shifts in foundation species have occurred in multiple ecosystems. In temperate
Jennifer A. Dijkstra +4 more
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Diversity, 2019 Facilitation by foundation species commonly structures terrestrial and marine communities. Intraspecific variation in individual properties of these strong facilitators can affect the whole suite of the dependent taxa.
Alexandra Chava +2 more
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The loss of foundation species revisited
, 2015 Ecologists and environmental scientists often prioritize research efforts with conservation importance. Dominant, widespread, or locally abundant species at low risk of extinction receive relatively little attention unless they are invasive. Native foundation species create habitats and environmental conditions that support many associated species and ...
Allyson Degrassi +6 more
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Edge effects reverse facilitation by a widespread foundation species. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 AbstractDense aggregations of foundation species often mitigate environmental stresses for organisms living among them. Considerable work documents such benefits by comparing conditions inside versus outside these biogenic habitats. However, environmental gradients commonly arise across the extent of even single patches of habitat-forming species ...
Jurgens LJ, Gaylord B.
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Facilitation cascades create a predation refuge for biodiversity in a novel connected habitat
Ecosphere, 2020 Communities structured via facilitation cascades whereby one habitat‐forming species promotes a secondary habitat‐forming species with synergistic effects on biodiversity are increasingly documented.
Brendan S. Lanham +2 more
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