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Environmental DNA effectively captures functional diversity of coastal fish communities

Molecular Ecology, 2020
Robust assessments of taxonomic and functional diversity are essential components of research programmes aimed at understanding current biodiversity patterns and forecasting trajectories of ecological changes.
G. Aglieri, C. Baillie, S. Mariani, C. Cattano, A. Calò, G. Turco, D. Spatafora, A. Di Franco, M. Di Lorenzo, P. Guidetti, M. Milazzo   +10 more
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Decomposing functional diversity [PDF]

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2016
Summary One aspect of biodiversity, functional diversity, reflects the functional role of species within a community as measured by species characteristics. We present a new metric, functional trait dispersion, based on the concept of species distinctiveness measured as the distance among species in the multidimensional space defined by trait values.
Samuel M. Scheiner, Evsey Kosman, Steven J. Presley, Michael R. Willig   +3 more
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Diversity and Function of Appressoria [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
Endophytic, saprobic, and pathogenic fungi have evolved elaborate strategies to obtain nutrients from plants. Among the diverse plant-fungi interactions, the most crucial event is the attachment and penetration of the plant surface. Appressoria, specialized infection structures, have been evolved to facilitate this purpose.
K. W. Thilini Chethana, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Yi-Jyun Chen, Sirinapa Konta, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Pranami D. Abeywickrama, Deecksha Gomdola, Abhaya Balasuriya, Jianping Xu, Saisamorn Lumyong, Kevin D. Hyde   +10 more
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Plant functional traits best explain invasive species’ performance within a dynamic ecosystem - A review

Trees, Forests and People, 2022
Invasive alien species (IAS) poses a significant threat to plant biodiversity globally and even considered one of the largest threats to biodiversity, second to habitat loss.
Priya Kaushik, Pranab Kumar Pati, M.L. Khan, P.K. Khare   +3 more
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Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on stream macroinvertebrate community composition and functional diversity

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Ensuring the provision of essential ecosystem services in systems affected by multiple stressors is a key challenge for theoretical and applied ecology.
Noel P. D. Juvigny‐Khenafou, Jeremy J. Piggott, David Atkinson, Yixin Zhang, Samuel J. Macaulay, Naicheng Wu, Christoph D. Matthaei   +6 more
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Functional diversity of marine ecosystems after the Late Permian mass extinction event [PDF]

, 2014
Article can be accessed from http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v7/n3/full/ngeo2079.htmlThe Late Permian mass extinction event was the most severe such crisis of the past 500 million years and occurred during an episode of global warming.
A Baud, A Brayard, AE Webb, AH Knoll, AI Miller, AI Miller, AJ McGowan, AM Bush, AM Bush, AM Bush, DH Erwin, DM Raup, E Flügel, GJ Vermeij, GR McGhee, GT Lloyd, J-P Zonneveld, JJ Sepkoski, JL Payne, JL Payne, JW Valentine, M Hautmann, ME Clapham, ME Clapham, MJ Benton, MK Reichow, ML Fraiser, ND Jacobsen, PA Allison, PB Wignall, PB Wignall, PM Novack-Gottshall, PW Signor, RH Green, Richard J. Twitchett, RJ Twitchett, RJ Twitchett, RJ Twitchett, RK Bambach, S Villéger, S-Z Shen, SB Pruss, SM Stanley, T Kearsey, TK Baumiller, TW Beatty, WI Ausich, William J. Foster, Y Sun, Z-Q Chen   +49 more
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Integrating Species Traits into Species Pools [PDF]

, 2018
Despite decades of research on the species‐pool concept and the recent explosion of interest in trait‐based frameworks in ecology and biogeography, surprisingly little is known about how spatial and temporal changes in species‐pool functional diversity ...
Darwin C., Garnier E., Hubbell S. P., MacArthur R. H., Society for Ecological Restoration International Science & Policy Working Group   +4 more
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Productivity and forage quality of a phytodiverse semi-natural grassland under various management regimes [PDF]

, 2011
Grassland management experiment (GrassMan) was set up in 2008 on a permanent semi-natural grassland in the Solling uplands, Germany. The main research focus is on the ecosystem functioning of the phytodiverse grassland (e.g.
Johannes Isselstein, Tatiana From, Ute K. Petersen   +2 more
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Comparison of Organic and Conventional Agriculture in the Czech Republic: A Systematic Review

Agriculture
This systematic review aims to comprehensively examine publications that compared conventional and organic agriculture in the Czech Republic. Agriculture in the Czech Republic is unique because of considerable variability in natural and climatic ...
Hana Vašková, Pavel Saska
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Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems

Functional Ecology, 2020
Agricultural intensification is one of the main drivers of species loss worldwide, but there is still a lack of information about its effect on functional diversity of arable weed communities.
C. P. Carmona, I. Guerrero, B. Peco, M. Morales, J. J. Oñate, T. Pärt, T. Tscharntke, J. Liira, T. Aavik, M. Emmerson, F. Berendse, P. Ceryngier, V. Bretagnolle, W. Weisser, J. Bengtsson   +14 more
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