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Unraveling the role of environmental and anthropogenic drivers in shaping global patterns in mammal diversity

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Patterns in functional and phylogenetic diversity reflect ecological and evolutionary relationships among taxa, and thus can offer key insights into the mechanisms underlying species distributions. However, disentangling the relative influence of proximate environmental drivers versus biogeographic evolutionary history can be a challenge.
Carson P. Hedberg, Felisa A. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The conservation status of 644 freshwater invertebrate taxa, across five Phyla, 28 Orders and 75 Families, was assessed using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) criteria.
Collier, Kevin J.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Functional and phylogenetic convergence of winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Around the world, ecological communities are becoming more similar to one another in a process known as biotic homogenization – an increase in similarity among communities over time. While biotic homogenization has been widely studied among spatial communities, very little attention has been paid to beta diversity between seasonal communities ...
Peter J. Williams, Shannon R. Curley
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing benthos through predator stomach contents: spatiotemporal modeling of abundance and habitat use

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
In shelf ecosystems, benthic invertebrates facilitate nutrient recycling and the transfer of energy to higher trophic levels. However, large‐scale monitoring through direct sampling (e.g. using benthic grabs or bottom trawls) can be costly in terms of time and labor.
Jonathan C. P. Reum   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty years of dynamic occupancy models: a review of applications and look to the future

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Since their introduction over 20 years ago, dynamic occupancy models (DOMs) have become a powerful and flexible framework for estimating species occupancy across space and time while accounting for imperfect detection. As their popularity has increased and extensions have further expanded their capabilities, DOMs have been applied to increasingly ...
Saoirse Kelleher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seascape configuration determines spatial patterns of seabird‐vectored nutrient enrichment to coral reefs

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Pelagic‐feeding seabirds deliver nutrient subsidies that enhance the productivity, biodiversity, and resilience of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, particularly in nutrient‐poor tropical environments. However, the biogeophysical variables governing the fluxes of these nutrients within and among interconnected ecosystems remain poorly understood.
Courtney E. Stuart   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lateralization in Invertebrates

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter discusses the methods of studying behavioral lateralization in invertebrate animals. Although to date not a great deal is known about lateralized behavior and cognitive function in invertebrates, a number of studies have provided evidence of lateralization in a range of invertebrate species.
openaire   +2 more sources

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