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Functional diversity in agricultural landscapes: evidence of long‐term clustering and multi‐scale effects of land use on avian communities

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional diversity (FD) is an essential community property connecting biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and conservation objectives. In agricultural landscapes, avian communities, which play key functional roles, are facing large‐scale biodiversity erosion, largely due to land‐use changes.
Pietro Tirozzi, Olivia Dondina, Valerio Orioli, Luciano Bani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interspecific competition can drive plasmid loss from a focal species in a microbial community. [PDF]

ISME J, 2023
Sünderhauf D, Klümper U, Gaze WH, Westra ER, van Houte S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Time tells: plasticity and developmental asynchrony underlie trait variation in a dune‐building grass

Oikos, EarlyView.
Habitat‐modifying plants engineer landscapes through plant‐environment feedbacks. The strength of these feedbacks is determined by above‐ and below‐ground traits shaping landscape morphology. Besides interspecific differences, recent findings highlight that intraspecific trait variation, such as shoot density, can also influence landscape morphology ...
Solveig Höfer, Lissie de Groot, Helge Giezeman, Eva Kloppenborg, Eva Lansu, Nathan Scanlan, Max Rietkerk, Martin J. Wassen, Tjisse van der Heide, Valérie C. Reijers   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fluctuating saline conditions favor competition of Bolboschoenus planiculmis, a dominant species in inland salt marshes

Ecological Processes
Background The changing hydrological conditions in wetland ecosystems are often accompanied by salt fluctuations. However, how fluctuating salt conditions affect growth and interspecific competition of dominant plants in wetlands remains unclear.
Lingxi Wang, Hongxiang Zhang, Yitong Tao, Tao Zhang, Xiaoqing Li, Xiaoqian Yu, An Yan, Chunguang He, Wei Zheng, Yingzhi Gao   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

pilA Gene Contributes to Virulence, Motility, Biofilm Formation, and Interspecific Competition of Bacteria in Acidovorax citrulli. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Yang Y, Fei N, Ji W, Qiao P, Yang L, Liu D, Guan W, Zhao T.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Response of specific leaf area to light: comparative study of a large species set

Oikos, EarlyView.
Specific leaf area (SLA) is a commonly used proxy for the leaf economy spectrum in plants, separating species with low‐cost leaves (in terms of carbon) with short lifespan and hence fast turnover from species with high‐cost and long‐lived leaves. While SLA is used mainly for interspecific comparisons, it also varies within species both ontogenetically ...
Tomáš Herben, Tomáš Koubek, Martin Weiser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum rescues Paraburkholderia hayleyella, but not P. agricolaris, from interspecific competition. [PDF]

FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2023
Medina JM, Queller DC, Strassmann JE, Garcia JR.   +3 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

Hummingbird community structure and nectar resources modulate the response of interspecific competition to forest conversion. [PDF]

Oecologia, 2023
Guevara EA, Bello C, Poveda C, McFadden IR, Schleuning M, Pellissier L, Graham CH.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Inequalities in intraspecific plant–lemur interactions drive seed dispersal patterns

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biotic interactions occur between individuals and accumulate to shape species‐level interaction structure across a community. Skewed interaction structures, where a few individuals are highly connected and most have few interactions, are increasingly identified at the individual‐level.
Jadelys Tonos, Hasinavalona Rakotoarisoa, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source