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Phylogenetic indices and temporal and spatial scales shape the neighborhood effect on seedling survival in a mid‐mountain moist evergreen broad‐leaved forest, Gaoligong Mountains, Southwestern China

Ecology and Evolution
Density dependence and habitat filtering have been proposed to aid in understanding community assembly and species coexistence. Phylogenetic relatedness between neighbors was used as a proxy for assessing the degree of ecological similarity among species.
Liping Wang, Junjie Wu, Yong Chai, Jiwen Sun, Xiaoli Yu, Zhe Feng, Fengxian Chen   +6 more
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COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY MECHANISMS OF Pinus massoniana PLANTATIONS UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS: A FUNCTIONAL TRAITS AND PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

Revista Árvore
Community assembly elucidates mechanisms of species coexistence and diversity maintenance in plant communities, providing a basis for sustainable forest management. However, studies on understory community assembly mechanisms in plantation forests across
Hui Zhang, Yiting Li, Yanhua Mo, Liuxin Huang, Rui Jian, Xiaomei Pan, Jiangming Ma   +6 more
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Convex hulls, habitat filtering, and functional diversity: mathematical elegance versus ecological interpretability

, 2009
There is a recent proposal to apply convex hulls to the measurement of habitat filtering, trophic diversity and functional richness. Although this approach has successful applications, some conceptual difficulties with the interpretation of results ...
Podani, J., J. Podani
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Habitat Selection and Risk of Predation: Re-colonization by Lynx had Limited Impact on Habitat Selection by Roe Deer [PDF]

, 2013
Risk of predation is an evolutionary force that affects behaviors of virtually all animals. In this study, we examined how habitat selection by roe deer was affected by risk of predation by Eurasian lynx - the main predator of roe deer in Scandinavia ...
Olof Liberg, Olof Liberg (274234), Samelius, Gustaf,, Petter Kjellander, Gustaf Samelius, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet., Andren, Henrik,, Andren, Henrik, Samelius, Gustaf, Henrik Andrén (274218), Liberg, Olof, Kjellander, Petter,, Gustaf Samelius (460625), Henrik Andrén, Petter Kjellander (460626), Petter Kjell, Liberg, Olof,, Kjellander, Petter, Liberg Olof, Kjellander Petter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences., Andrén Henrik, Samelius Gustaf   +22 more
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Phylogenetic Analysis Suggests That Habitat Filtering Is Structuring Marine Bacterial Communities Across the Globe [PDF]

Microbial Ecology, 2012
The phylogenetic structure and community composition were analysed in an existing data set of marine bacterioplankton communities to elucidate the evolutionary and ecological processes dictating the assembly. The communities were sampled from coastal waters at nine locations distributed worldwide and were examined through the use of comprehensive clone
Pontarp, Mikael, Canbäck, Björn, Tunlid, Anders, Lundberg, Per   +3 more
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Functional diversity dynamics of waterbird communities driven by water levels at Shengjin Lake, a small river‐connected shallow lake in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain

Ecology and Evolution
Gate‐controlled activities in lakes can directly or indirectly influence the assembly of waterbird communities. Shengjin Lake, a Ramsar site, is a typical river‐connected and gate‐controlled shallow lake in the lower and middle Yangtze River floodplain ...
Yongzhi Wang, Xianglin Ji, Lizhi Zhou
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Patterns of Functional Diversity, Species Diversity, and Endemicity Driven by Elevation and Topographic Complexity in a Mediterranean Mountain Refuge

Ecology and Evolution
This study investigates the variation in functional diversity (FD), species diversity (SD), and endemicity across all Mediterranean‐type vegetation belts (MVB) within a topographically complex mountainous refuge, focusing on their relationships with ...
Candan Aykurt, Kürşad Özkan, Mertcan Gülben, Özdemir Şentürk, Emirhan Berberoğlu, Semra Türkan, Zeynep Öz, Ramazan Süleyman Göktürk, Hasan Akgül, Sinem Günaydın, Muhammet Murat Görgöz   +10 more
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Nematode communities in pine forests are shaped by environmental filtering of habitat conditions

Journal of Forest Research, 2018
Soil nematodes are involved in nutrient cycles through feeding on microorganisms, and the extent of their functioning is affected by subtle environmental changes and by biological interactions. Considering these features, soil nematodes can serve as bio-indicators reflecting environmental changes in a given ecosystem.
Yudai Kitagami, Toko Tanikawa, Takeo Mizoguchi, Yosuke Matsuda   +3 more
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Forest-to-Pasture Conversion Increases the Diversity of the Phylum Verrucomicrobia in Amazon Rainforest Soils.

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
The Amazon rainforest is well known for its rich plant and animal diversity, but its bacterial diversity is virtually unexplored. Due to ongoing and widespread deforestation followed by conversion to agriculture, there is an urgent need to quantify the ...
Kshitij eRanjan, Fabiana ePaula, Rebecca eMueller, Ederson eJesus, Karina eCenciani, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, Klaus eNüsslein, Jorge L.M. Rodrigues   +7 more
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Creating environmental kidneys: wetlands ecosystems as pollution filters and habitat restoratives

Wetlands Australia, 2010
Wetlands are now recognised as important wildlife habitats and as ecosystems which enhance the quality of water that flows through them. Wetland creation and restoration are forms of ecosystem manipulation requiring a scientific understanding of wetland function.
Patrick L Osbourne, Peter W Adcock
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