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The macroecology of island floras [PDF]

Frontiers of Biogeography, 2015
Islands are key model systems in biogeography and ecology. However, standardized data on environmental characteristics of the large number of islands worldwide have so far been lacking, and the effects of these characteristics on island ecology and ...
Patrick Weigelt
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Integrating plot-based methods for monitoring biodiversity in island habitats under the scope of BIODIVERSA + project BioMonI: Tree monitoring in Terceira, Tenerife and Réunion Islands [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
Oceanic islands are globally recognised for their exceptional levels of biodiversity and endemism, often resulting from unique evolutionary processes in isolated environments.
Paulo Borges, Leila Morgado, Rosalina Gabriel, Rui Elias, Mirana Gauche, Claudine Ah-Peng, Rüdiger Otto, Lea de Nascimento, Dominique Strasberg, Nathaly Guerrero-Ramírez, Holger Kreft, José María Fernández-Palacios   +11 more
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Ecological similarities and dissimilarities between donor and recipient regions shape global plant naturalizations [PDF]

Nature Communications
A central question in ecology is why alien species naturalize successfully in some regions but not in others. While some hypotheses suggest aliens are more likely to naturalize in environments similar to donor regions, others suggest they thrive in ...
Shu-ya Fan, Trevor S. Fristoe, Shao-peng Li, Patrick Weigelt, Holger Kreft, Wayne Dawson, Marten Winter, Petr Pyšek, Jan Pergl, Franz Essl, Amy J. S. Davis, Mark van Kleunen   +11 more
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Evolutionary drivers of the hump-shaped latitudinal gradient of benthic polychaete species richness along the Southeastern Pacific coast [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Latitudinal diversity gradients (LDG) and their explanatory factors are among the most challenging topics in macroecology and biogeography. Despite of its apparent generality, a growing body of evidence shows that ‘anomalous’ LDG (i.e., inverse or hump ...
Rodrigo A. Moreno, Fabio A. Labra, Darko D. Cotoras, Patricio A. Camus, Dimitri Gutiérrez, Luis Aguirre, Nicolás Rozbaczylo, Elie Poulin, Nelson A. Lagos, Daniel Zamorano, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira   +10 more
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Development of novel temporal beta-diversity indices for assessing community compositional shifts accounting for changes in the properties of individuals

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Revealing the patterns of temporal biodiversity changes and deciphering the connection between individual life histories and large-scale ecological patterns is essential for improving the mechanistic understanding of macroecology.
Ryosuke Nakadai
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Differences in the occurrence and abundance of batoids across an oceanic archipelago using complementary data sources: Implications for conservation

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Batoids, distributed from shallow to abyssal depths, are considerably vulnerable to anthropogenic threats. Data deficiencies on the distribution patterns of batoids, however, challenge their effective management and conservation.
Fernando Tuya, Ricardo Aguilar, Fernando Espino, Nestor E. Bosch, Eva K. M. Meyers, David Jiménez‐Alvarado, Jose J. Castro, Francisco Otero‐Ferrer, Ricardo Haroun   +8 more
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The Utility of Macroecological Rules for Microbial Biogeography

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Macroecological rules have been developed for plants and animals that describe large-scale distributional patterns and attempt to explain the underlying physiological and ecological processes behind them.
Jonathan R. Dickey, Rachel A. Swenie, Sophia C. Turner, Claire C. Winfrey, Daniela Yaffar, Daniela Yaffar, Anchal Padukone, Kendall K. Beals, Kimberly S. Sheldon, Stephanie N. Kivlin   +9 more
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Community assembly on isolated islands: macroecology meets evolution [PDF]

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2015
AbstractAimUnderstanding how ecological and evolutionary processes together determine patterns of biodiversity remains a central aim in biology. Guided by ecological theory, we use data from multiple arthropod lineages across the Hawaiian archipelago to explore the interplay between ecological (population dynamics, dispersal, trophic interactions) and ...
A. J. Rominger, K. R. Goodman, J. Y. Lim, E. E. Armstrong, L. E. Becking, G. M Bennett, M. S. Brewer, D. D. Cotoras, C. P. Ewing, J. Harte, N. D. Martinez, P. M. O'Grady, D. M. Percy, D. K. Price, G. K. Roderick, K. L. Shaw, F. S. Valdovinos, D. S. Gruner, R. G. Gillespie   +18 more
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Scientists’ warning – The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Despite islands contributing only 6.7% of land surface area, they harbor ~20% of the Earth’s biodiversity, but unfortunately also ~50% of the threatened species and 75% of the known extinctions since the European expansion around the globe.
José María Fernández-Palacios, Holger Kreft, Severin D.H. Irl, Sietze Norder, Claudine Ah-Peng, Paulo A.V. Borges, Kevin C. Burns, Lea de Nascimento, Jean-Yves Meyer, Elba Montes, Donald R. Drake   +10 more
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Perspectives on the use of lakes and ponds as model systems for macroecological research

Journal of Limnology, 2014
Macroecology studies large-scale patterns aiming to identify the effects of general ecological processes. Although lakes (and ponds) are particularly suited for macroecological research due to their discrete nature and non geographically-structured ...
Joaquín Hortal, João C. Nabout, Joaquín Calatayud, Fernanda M. Carneiro, André Padial, Ana M. C. Santos, Tadeu Siqueira, Folmer Bokma, L. Mauricio Bini, Marc Ventura   +9 more
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