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Forbs in Viking lands: the effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on recruitment in tundra grasslands

Oikos, EarlyView.
Grasslands, by definition, are dominated by graminoids. Nevertheless, forbs also make up a substantial part of vascular plant diversity in grasslands and are important resources of mammalian herbivores. However, forb recruitment is constrained by successful dominant graminoids, limiting access to safe sites for germination.
Gerardo Celis, Dorothee Ehrich, Mary Heskel, Eeva Soininen, Peter Ungar, Kari Anne Bråthen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overexploitation can counteract top‐down control and the paradox of enrichment in simple food chains

Oikos, EarlyView.
Because of its high abundance or its high feeding intensity, a consumer can overexploit its resource by consuming it on a shorter timescale than resource regeneration. While this short‐term overexploitation is widespread in nature, its general implications for biotic control patterns and ecosystem stability are not clear.
Josquin Guerber, Nicolas Loeuille, Isabelle Gounand   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal variations in planktonic food web structure affect stability by shifting the distribution of energy fluxes

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seasonality in temperate ecosystems shapes species phenology, influencing interactions and food web structure. Variations in species richness and biomass affect trophic interaction strength, a crucial factor for community stability, which can be assessed through energy fluxes – an essential indicator of ecosystem function.
Simon Bazin, Isabelle Domaizon, Cécilia Barouillet, Victor Frossard, Arnaud Sentis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of reindeer grazing on phosphorus sorption and nutrient availability in a tundra site

Oikos, EarlyView.
Reindeer Rangifer tarandus, a large circumpolar herbivore, can influence whether nitrogen (N) or phosphorus (P) is the primary limiting nutrient in tundra plant communities. Specifically, findings from a site in northern Scandinavia suggest that under conditions where reindeer grazing stimulates inorganic N availability, grazing may drive ecosystems ...
Jerzy Szejgis, Johan Olofsson, Henni Ylänne, Michael J. Gundale, Reiner Giesler, Maja K. Sundqvist   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total herbivore exclusion alters plant species dominance and trait expression in endangered grassy woodlands. [PDF]

Ecology
Chinn N, Lebbink G, Risch AC, McGree J, Firn J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Linking regional and global functional trait data: insights from mammal communities in a fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape

Oikos, EarlyView.
Accurate functional trait data are essential for understanding ecosystem services and processes in fragmented landscapes. We evaluated whether the global EltonTraits 1.0 database adequately represents the functional structure of mammal communities in forest fragments and restoration sites in a highly fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape.
Maria F. R. Godoi, Fábio Z. Farneda, Alan D. Pereira, Marcos Akira‐ Umeno, Fernanda C. Marques, Marcos Robalinho Lima   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responses of African Savanna Trees to Large Herbivore Extinction and Rewilding. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Coverdale TC, Sankaran M, Davies AB, Ratnam J, Wigley BJ, Augustine DJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contrasting effects of temperature across trophic levels in geothermally warmed soil food webs

Oikos, EarlyView.
Global warming is altering the structure and dynamics of ecological communities, with significant consequences for soil food webs. Rising temperatures are expected to accelerate metabolic rates in organisms, potentially altering species interactions, and the structure and energetics of food webs.
Estela Folch Chaos, Charlotte Alster, Louis Schipper, Andrew D. Barnes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asynchrony and functional diversity couple herbivore community dynamics to host plant diversity. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wang MQ, Albert G, Seifert CL, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Li Y, Chen JT, Davrinche A, Haider S, Li S, von Oheimb G, Proß T, Ma K, Liu X, Luo A, Schuldt A, Zhu CD.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seed co‐occurrence caused by shared frugivores leaves a long‐lasting signal in the spatial co‐occurrence among plants

Oikos, EarlyView.
By dispersing seeds, frugivorous animals affect spatial co‐occurrence of plants, ultimately influencing plant community dynamics. Frugivorous animals are intrinsically involved in plant community dynamics, by dispersing seeds of fleshy‐fruited plants and influencing their spatial co‐occurrence.
Antonio J. Perea, Elena Quintero, Jorge Isla, Lucía Acevedo‐ Limón, Blanca Arroyo‐ Correa, Gemma Calvo, Pablo Homet, Thorsten Wiegand, Pedro Jordano   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source