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Three‐Dimensional Habitat Structure Drives Avian Functional and Trait Diversity Across North America
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.We examined how three‐dimensional (3D) habitat structure shapes avian species richness, functional and trait diversity, and phylogenetic diversity. We investigated two components of 3D habitat structure–3D habitat composition, the volume of different niche spaces, and 3D habitat configuration, the arrangement of niche space.
Colin P. Sweeney +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.Interspecific competition among co‐occurring species with similar resource requirements can be assessed by measuring diet overlap. A study on common brushtail possums and bush rats used DNA metabarcoding of faecal samples to quantify their dietary overlap, finding a significant similarity.
Aurelie M. Kanishka +7 more
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The Continuity‐Contiguity Problem in Fragmentation‐Biodiversity Research
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 4, April 2025.ABSTRACT A primary question for researchers in the field of conservation science concerns the fragmentation of biodiversity‐supporting habitat. Key debates revolve around the relevance of habitat composition and configuration for conservation outcomes.
M. Dennis, J. J. Huck
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024.We tested the relationships between three morphological traits and population size in four Rangifer tarandus herds in northern Canada and Alaska. Based on 8865 measurements of 4473 individuals over four decades, we conclude that without prior information on population trends, morphological data in most cases should not be used to predict population ...
Barbara Vuillaume +3 more
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Adaptive sampling in ecology: Key challenges and future opportunities
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 1483-1496, September 2024.Abstract Traditional ecological monitoring employs fixed designs, which do not vary over the survey duration. Adaptive sampling, whereby the data already collected informs a sampling design which changes over the course of the study, can provide a more optimal and flexible survey design but is little used in ecology.
Peter A. Henrys +2 more
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Long‐term ecological responses to landscape‐scale restoration in a western United States dry forest
Restoration Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 7, September 2024.Tree thinning and the application of prescribed surface fire are widespread forest restoration strategies used to regain ecological structure and function throughout dry forests of the western United States. Though such treatments are increasingly applied to broad extents, their effects on forest ecosystems are commonly evaluated at individual ...
John P. Roccaforte +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2024.We assessed linear relationships between aboveground biomass and plant species diversity. Our findings indicated that both aboveground biomass and plant species diversity could be effectively restored during the initial stages of degraded grassland restoration projects. We believe that our study will contribute to enhancing the successional development
Chun‐Jing Wang +6 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 569-582, March 2024.Abstract Simulating realistic three‐dimensional (3D) forest scenes is useful in understanding the links between forest structure and ecosystem functions (e.g. radiative transfer). Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology provides useful 3D data for forest reconstructions since it can characterise 3D structures of individual trees and canopies ...
Wenkai Li +5 more
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Long‐term genetic monitoring of a translocated population of collared brown lemurs
The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 88, Issue 1, January 2024.We compared genetic surveys (2000–2011) of mitochondrial and nuclear markers with the genetic profile of nearby populations to examine the dispersal capabilities of the collared brown lemur. We found a fluctuating trend characterized by a phase of genetic stability shortly after translocation, followed by an increase in diversity (likely due to gene ...
Jacopo D'Ercole +10 more
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Long‐term monitoring of cycles in Clethrionomys rutilus in the Yukon boreal forest
Integrative Zoology, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 27-36, January 2024.Fifty years of 3–4‐year cycles of the red‐backed vole in the Yukon boreal forest continue with increasing amplitude. Abstract Baseline studies of small rodent populations in undisturbed ecosystems are rare. We report here 50 years of monitoring and experimentation in Yukon of a dominant rodent species in the North American boreal forest, the red‐backed
Charles J. KREBS +3 more
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