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The Role of Behavioral Dynamics in Determining the Patch Distributions of Interacting Species [PDF]

, 2007
The effect of the behavioral dynamics of movement on the population dynamics of interacting species in multipatch systems is studied. The behavioral dynamics of habitat choice used in a range of previous models are reviewed.
Abrams, Peter A., Cressman, Ross, Křivan, Vlastimil   +2 more
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Migration rate, timing of sex, and resident genetic diversity jointly shape effective gene flow during rotifer colonization

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Dispersal is a complex process that affects all living organisms, with the settlement phase being particularly critical. This phase depends on the interaction between the environmental conditions of the new habitat and the biological traits of both resident and immigrant populations.
Cristina Arenas‐Sánchez, Raquel Ortells, María José Carmona, Eduardo M. García‐Roger, Javier Montero‐Pau   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anisotropic community turn‐over at habitat edges informs on assembly drivers: simulation and empirical test on soil macrofauna

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
Biodiversity dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes is the result of a complex interplay between movement processes of organisms within and between habitat patches, and niche filtering processes due to spatially varying environmental conditions. Disentangling the relative influences of these different processes on community assembly and dynamics is a ...
Gwenaelle Auger, Julien Pottier, Laurence Andanson, Pauline Bonnal, Sandrine Revaillot, Marilyn Roncoroni, Franck Jabot   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

General relationships between consumer dispersal, resource dispersal and metacommunity diversity

, 2014
One of the central questions of metacommunity theory is how dispersal of organisms affects species diversity. Here we show that the diversity-dispersal relationship should not be studied in isolation of other abiotic and biotic flows in the metacommunity.
Haegeman, Bart, Loreau, Michel
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Microbial Similarity between Students in a Common Dormitory Environment Reveals the Forensic Potential of Individual Microbial Signatures. [PDF]

, 2019
The microbiota of the built environment is an amalgamation of both human and environmental sources. While human sources have been examined within single-family households or in public environments, it is unclear what effect a large number of cohabitating
Gilbert, Jack A, Gottel, Neil, Lax, Simon, Richardson, Miles   +3 more
core   +1 more source

On traits matching and the modular organization of food web and occurrence networks

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 5, Page 837-850, May 2026.
What mechanisms shape ecological networks? In Paraná River piscivores, species traits and abundance scaling promote modular structures. Our findings reveal how communities self‐organize and highlight the conditions needed to sustain them. Abstract Modularity and nestedness have been observed recurrently across different ecological networks, including ...
Dalmiro Borzone Mas, Pablo A. Scarabotti, Pablo A. Vaschetto, Patricio Alvarenga, Martin Vazquez, Matías Arim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and spatial controls of macroinvertebrate functional assemblages in seagrass ecosystems along the Pacific coast of northern Japan

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2014
The relative contributions of environmental and spatial processes in macroinvertebrate community structure (i.e.,  β-diversity) for three functional groups classified on the basis of dispersal ability and microhabitat selection (seagrass-associated [SA],
Katsumasa Yamada, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Takuya Era, Masahiro Nakaoka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organic farms as refuges for small mammal biodiversity in agro ecosystems [PDF]

, 2011
Habitat fragmentation, the process by which relatively continuous habitats is broken into smaller pieces, occurs in natural systems but is to a high degree also human-induced through landscape use.
Hansen, Tine Sussi, Jensen, Thomas Secher, Olsen, Kent   +2 more
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Functional diversity and community assembly of river invertebrates show globally consistent responses to decreasing glacier cover [PDF]

, 2017
Global change threatens invertebrate biodiversity and its central role in numerous ecosystem functions and services. Functional trait analyses have been advocated to uncover global mechanisms behind biodiversity responses to environmental change, but the
Blaen, Phillip, Brittain, John, Brown, Lee, Carrivick, Jonathan L, Fell, Sarah, Friberg, Nikolai, Füreder, Leopold, Gislason, Gisli M., Hainie, Sarah, Hannah, David M., James, William, H, Khamis, Kieran, Lencioni, Valeria, Milner, Alexander, Olafsson, Jon S., Robinson, Christopher, Saltveit, Svein J., Thompson, Craig, Wilkes, Martin   +18 more
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The Dairy Ruminant Gut Microbiome: Profile, Responsiveness to Seasonality and Impact on Milk Quality

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 28, Issue 5, May 2026.
The dairy ruminant gut microbiome that is shaped by host and diet is affected by seasonality and rearing. These factors can impact dairy productivity and milk quality potentially through the gut microbiota. ABSTRACT The gut microbiome (GM) and particularly the rumen microbiome (RM) affect the ruminant health and they are associated with milk quality ...
Alexandra Ntemiri, Adamantini Kyriacou, Myrsini Kakagianni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source