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Macrosystems ecology: Understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales [PDF]
, 2014 Macrosystems ecology is the study of diverse ecological phenomena at the scale of regions to continents and their interactions with phenomena at other scales.
Adrian V Rocha +26 more
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Predicting ecosystem shifts requires new approaches that integrate the effects of climate change across entire systems. [PDF]
, 2011 Most studies that forecast the ecological consequences of climate change target a single species and a single life stage. Depending on climatic impacts on other life stages and on interacting species, however, the results from simple experiments may not ...
Connell, SD +6 more
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Movement Ecology, 2017 Background For most Afro-Palearctic migrants, particularly small songbirds, spatiotemporal migration schedules and migratory connectivity remain poorly understood.
Mathilde Lerche-Jørgensen +4 more
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Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change [PDF]
, 2014 The late Quaternary megafauna extinction was a severe global-scale event. Two factors, climate change and modern humans, have received broad support as the primary drivers, but their absolute and relative importance remains controversial.
Boslough M +11 more
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Biology Letters, 2012 The symposium ‘What is Macroecology?’ was held in London on 20 June 2012. The event was the inaugural meeting of the Macroecology Special Interest Group of the British Ecological Society and was attended by nearly 100 scientists from 11 countries. The meeting reviewed the recent development of the macroecological agenda.
Keith, Sally A. +10 more
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Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves [PDF]
, 2018 Individual processes shaping geographical patterns of biodiversity are increasingly understood, but their complex interactions on broad spatial and temporal scales remain beyond the reach of analytical models and traditional experiments.
Cassemiro, Fernanda A. S. +9 more
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Who Benefits from Recreational Use of Protected Areas?
Ecology and Society, 2010 Public support for protected areas depends, in part, upon clear demonstrations of the importance of the ecosystem services provided by these areas. However, only a limited number of studies have examined the value of protected areas in providing these ...
Josephine E. Booth +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Plankton biodiversity is a key component of marine pelagic ecosystems. They are at the base of the food web, control the productivity of marine ecosystems, and provide many provisioning and regulating ecological services.
Loïck Kléparski +2 more
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Expansion of the geographic range of Cyatta abscondita Sosa-Calvo et al., 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
, 2016 The presence of the recently described fungus-farming ant genus and species Cyatta abscondita is reported in the northwestern region of Misiones Province in Argentina. A single worker of C.
Filloy, Julieta +4 more
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Areal sizes of high, intermediate, low and total suitable habitats are correlated to the global extinction risk for mammals [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2014 The relationships between areal sizes of high, intermediate, low, and total sum of habitats with low, intermediate and high suitability habitat ranges, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) threatened status of global ...
Chen You-Hua
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