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Trade‐offs between soil biodiversity and agricultural expansion: Evidence from litter decomposition dynamics in Madagascar

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Home‐Field Advantage (HFA) theory—positing that litter decomposes faster at its site of origin—allows us to disentangle the respective influences of litter quality, soil biota composition, and microclimate on shifts in litter decomposition following land use conversion.
Marie Sauvadet, Seydina Mohamad Ba, Malalatiana Razafindrakoto, Tantely Maminiaina Razafimbelo, Marie‐Paule Razafimanantsoa, Jean‐Marc Bouvet, Jean‐Michel Leong Pock Tsy, Jean Trap, Jean‐Pierre Bouillet   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional responses of aquatic insect feeding groups in permanent semi-arid and arid wadis of Algeria. [PDF]

Biodivers Data J
Meradi K, Benzina I, Meradi S, Si Bachir A, Kalbaza AY, Bounar R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microclimate Characterization of a Low-Tech Greenhouse During a Tomato Crop (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.) Production Cycle in Chaltura, Imbabura. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Albuja-Illescas LM, Gómez-Cabezas M, Jácome-Aguirre G, Aragón-Suárez JP, Jiménez-Lao R, Peña-Fernández A, Lao MT.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From steps to home ranges: How habitat disturbance influences the movement drivers of an arboreal primate

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Challenging the narrative about howler monkeys' high resilience to anthropogenic changes, our multiscale analysis reveals the costs of habitat disturbance to their movement ecology. We identify thermal limitations, reduced travel efficiency, and significant spatial saturation.
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete, Sarie Van Belle, Ulises Lara‐García, Manuel Guzmán‐Aguilar, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fine-scale predictive modeling of Aedes mosquito abundance and dengue risk indicators using machine learning algorithms with microclimatic variables. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dom NC, Abdullah NAMH, Dapari R, Salleh SA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Digging into dirt: Rewilding with threatened mammals shapes soil‐emerging insect assemblages

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
By comparing insect communities across treatments at two time points, we show that reintroduced digging mammals shape soil‐emerging insect assemblages. This provides empirical evidence that restoring ecosystem engineers may drive broader community‐level change in semi‐arid ecosystems. Abstract Digging mammals function as ecosystem engineers by altering
Lucy G. Johanson, Peter Contos, Romina Rader, Heloise Gibb   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microclimate refugia shape microclimatic niches and predict individual variability in post-breeding migration in a partially migratory species. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Ramos RF, Zalewska K, Gilroy JJ, Silva JP, Franco AMA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape‐scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite increasing species turnover

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
In a large‐scale German forest experiment, habitat heterogeneity increased spider turnover but reduced local alpha diversity through habitat filtering. Together, these effects lowered landscape‐scale spider diversity. As such, the study shows whether environmental heterogeneity increases or decreases biodiversity depends on the balance between habitat ...
Jean‐Léonard Stör, Julia Rothacher, Marc W. Cadotte, Anne Chao, Maike Huszarik, Michael Junginger, Lisa Köstler‐Albert, Oliver Mitesser, Akira S. Mori, Clara Wild, Jörg Müller   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bushland, Texas, alfalfa, soybean, sunflower, and winter wheat evapotranspiration, growth, and yield dataset collections. [PDF]

Sci Data
Evett SR, Marek GW, Colaizzi PD, Copeland KS, Ruthardt BB.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source