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Intra-habitat structural complexity drives the distribution of fish trait groups on coral reefs
Ecological Indicators, 2022 Three-dimensional (3D) habitat complexity is a primary driver of organism distribution and community structure across ecosystems. Identifying the specific metrics and spatial scales at which complexity is functionally important for communities is ...
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Animals, 2023 The complexity of the habitat refers to its physical geometry, which includes abiotic and biotic elements. Habitat complexity is important because it allows more species to coexist and, consequently, more interactions to be established among them.
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Urban habitat complexity affects species richness but not environmental filtering of morphologically-diverse ants [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Habitat complexity is a major determinant of structure and diversity of ant assemblages. Following the size-grain hypothesis, smaller ant species are likely to be advantaged in more complex habitats compared to larger species.
Alessandro Ossola +4 more
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Substrate Heterogeneity as a Trigger for Species Diversity in Marine Benthic Assemblages
Biology, 2023 Many studies show that habitat complexity or habitat diversity plays a major role in biodiversity throughout different spatial scales: as structural heterogeneity increases, so does the number of available (micro-) habitats for the potential species ...
Katharina Romoth +4 more
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Large river habitat complexity and productivity of Puget Sound Chinook salmon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 While numerous studies have shown that floodplain habitat complexity can be important to fish ecology, few quantify how watershed-scale complexity influences productivity.
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Retention of habitat complexity minimizes disassembly of reef fish communities following disturbance: a large-scale natural experiment. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 High biodiversity ecosystems are commonly associated with complex habitats. Coral reefs are highly diverse ecosystems, but are under increasing pressure from numerous stressors, many of which reduce live coral cover and habitat complexity with ...
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Habitat Complexity in Aquatic Microcosms Affects Processes Driven by Detritivores. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Habitat complexity can influence predation rates (e.g. by providing refuge) but other ecosystem processes and species interactions might also be modulated by the properties of habitat structure.
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Biology, 2022 Many aspects of animal cognition are plastically adjusted in response to the environment through individual experience. A remarkable example of this cognitive phenotypic plasticity is often observed when comparing individuals raised in a barren ...
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Abiotic and biotic factors structure species assembly in ecosystems both horizontally and vertically. However, the way community composition changes along comparable horizontal and vertical distances in complex three‐dimensional habitats, and the factors
Shuang Xing +3 more
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Naturally Occurring Vegetation Connectivity Facilitates Ant-Mediated Coffee Berry Borer Removal
Insects, 2023 Vegetation connectivity is an essential aspect of the habitat complexity that impacts species interactions at local scales. However, agricultural intensification reduces connectivity in agroforestry systems, including coffee agroecosystems, which may ...
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