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Integrating large mammalian herbivores into Dynamic Global Vegetation Models: Status and next steps

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Zoogeochemistry, the study of how animals influence elemental cycling within ecosystems, bridges the fields of zoology, ecology and biogeochemistry. Yet, most terrestrial ecosystem models, especially Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs), remain largely plant‐centric
Yue Cheng, Joanne Alice O'Keeffe, Andrew J. Abraham, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Frederik Nygaard Philipsen, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Fabio Berzaghi, Carsten W. Mueller, Lars Vesterdal, Jeppe A. Kristensen, Elizabeth Le Roux   +10 more
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Cold-water coral mounds and reefs off Mauritania and associated megafauna

Frontiers in Marine Science
This study presents the megafauna related to coral mounds (coral remains) and cold-water coral (CWC) reefs off Mauritania. The mound-specific megafauna was documented by comparing 47 trawl catches from coral mounds with 47 catches from off-mound areas ...
Hammoud El Vadhel, Hammoud El Vadhel, Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Mohamed El Khalil Med Mahmoud, Yeslem El Vally, Beyah Meissa, François Le Loc’h, Lenaick Menot   +7 more
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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea, Fuensanta García‐Orenes, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Moisés Gonzálvez, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Marcos Moleón, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Evan A. N. Marks, Minerva García‐Carmona, Victoria Arcenegui, José Carlos Huerta‐del‐Bosque, Adrián Orihuela‐Torres, Santiago Soliveres, Sofia Albolafio, Esther Sebastián‐González, José Antonio Sánchez‐Zapata   +15 more
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Freshwater megafauna diversity: Patterns, status and threats [PDF]

, 2018
Aim: Freshwater megafauna remain underrepresented in research and conservation, despite a disproportionately high risk of extinction due to multiple human threats.
Simone D. Langhans, Bremerich, V., Klement Tockner, Langhans, S.D., Geldmann, J., Vanessa Bremerich, Fengzhi He, Zarfl, C., Darwall, W., Jonathan N. W. David, Jonas Geldmann, David, J.N.W., William Darwall, Sonja C. Jähnig, Tockner, K., He, F., Jähnig, S.C., Christiane Zarfl   +17 more
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The development of agriculture in the Americas: an ecological perspective

Ecosphere, 2010
Agriculture began independently in both North and South America ∼10,000 years before present (YBP), within a few thousand years of the arrival of humans in the Americas. This contrasts with the thousands of years that people were present in the old world
Christopher E. Doughty
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Assessing the Causes Behind the Late Quaternary Extinction of Horses in South America Using Species Distribution Models

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
At the end of the Pleistocene, South America witnessed the loss of an 83% of all megafaunal genera that inhabited the continent at that time. Among the taxa that disappeared were all the representatives of the Equidae family, including several species of
Natalia A. Villavicencio, Natalia A. Villavicencio, Derek Corcoran, Derek Corcoran, Pablo A. Marquet, Pablo A. Marquet, Pablo A. Marquet, Pablo A. Marquet, Pablo A. Marquet   +8 more
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Fishing Activity Affected Odontocete Cetacean Distribution in a Marine Protected Area in the East China Sea

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Spatiotemporal distribution of odontocete cetaceans within China's Jiushan Archipelago National Nature Reserve was investigated. Fishing vessels significantly reduced both cetacean acoustic detections and feeding activity, whereas gillnets selectively suppressed cetacean feeding behavior without affecting overall cetacean detection rates.
Yifan Liu, Zitong Zhou, Peng Ding, Yu Pan, Zhi Yang, Haochi Wang, Fangqiao Wang, Tianshi Wei, Pengxiang Duan, Tomonari Akamatsu, Zhitao Wang   +10 more
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Detecting the Effects of Deep-Seabed Nodule Mining: Simulations Using Megafaunal Data From the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is in the process of preparing exploitation regulations for deep-seabed mining (DSM). DSM has the potential to disturb the seabed over wide areas, yet there is little information on the ecological consequences ...
Jeff A. Ardron, Jeff A. Ardron, Erik Simon-Lledó, Daniel O. B. Jones, Henry A. Ruhl, Henry A. Ruhl   +5 more
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From fluke to fragment: A multifaceted method for molecular sex identification and mitochondrial haplotyping from environmental DNA samples

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses have become a powerful tool for non‐invasive biodiversity monitoring, yet the applicability of population‐genetic approaches to environmental samples remains largely unexplored. Even when genetic traces originate from a single individual, low target DNA concentrations and amplification or sequencing artefacts ...
Lauren Kelly Rodriguez, Sandra Schallhart, Philipp Hobmeier, Thomas G. Curran, Sergi Pérez‐Jorge, Rui Prieto, Cláudia Oliveira, Mónica A. Silva, Bettina Thalinger   +8 more
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Bubble blasts! An adaptation for buoyancy regulation in shallow foraging gray whales

Ecology and Evolution
Foraging efficiency is key to animal fitness. Consequently, animals evolved a variety of kinematic, morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations for efficient locomotion to reduce energy expenditure while moving to find, capture, and consume ...
Clara N. Bird, Enrico Pirotta, Leslie New, K. C. Bierlich, Lisa Hildebrand, Alejandro Fernandez Ajó, Leigh G. Torres   +6 more
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