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Plant invasion in mountain ecosystems reduces soil micro‐food web complexity at higher elevations

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Anthropogenic activities have accelerated plant invasions in mountain ecosystems, impacting the structure and functions of native plant communities. Changes in above‐ground vegetation can drive shifts in below‐ground biota, yet the effects of plant invasions on soil ...
Runjie Jiao, Yunjian Xu, Xiao Xu, Yi Wang, Jihua Wu, Xiaoli Cheng, Rongzhen Liu, Bo Li, Yupeng Geng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fractal Indices as Estimators of the Complexity of Ephemeroptera Nymph Movement in a Thermal Stress Experiment. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Machuca-Sepúlveda J, Zamorano M, Farías JG.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond thermoregulation: Active behavioural regulation of ultraviolet light exposure by a free‐ranging lizard

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study provides a clear demonstration of active ultraviolet (UV) regulation in free‐ranging lizards and supports that microhabitat choice likely constrains UV regulation more than thermoregulation. Overall, it serves to establish UV as a parallel regulatory axis of physiological homeostasis and expand the range of testable hypotheses in animal ...
Matthew S. Lattanzio
wiley   +1 more source

Life on UNESCO Heritage: Modelling Lichen Colonization on an Armenian Cross-Stone (Khachkar). [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Nimis PL, Dose S, Pittao E, Sargsyan N, Muggia L, Gasparyan A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rapid loss, and slow recovery, of coral reef structural complexity resulting from a prolonged marine heatwave

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Using Structure‐from‐Motion photogrammetry in a longitudinal study, we show that although coral reef habitat complexity had declined significantly by the end of the most prolonged tropical marine heatwave on record, no further losses were detected and 3 years later the reef had begun to recover this critical ecosystem function.
Kevin A. Bruce, John H. R. Burns, Dominique G. Maucieri, Kailey Pascoe, Julia K. Baum   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of Body Temperature in Nose-Horned Viper (<i>Vipera ammodytes</i>) Across Different Populations. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Zadravec M, Cesarec R, Smutni B, Zadravec M, Gojak T, Glogoški M, Lisičić D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evidence of parental care as a newly identified reproductive isolating barrier

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Behavioural variation can contribute to reproductive isolation and can be an important driver of speciation. Here, we show that a previously undescribed mechanism, parental care, can function as a postzygotic reproductive isolating barrier when dysregulated in hybrids.
Colby Behrens, Meghan F. Maciejewski, Alexandra Sumarli, Gina Lucas, German Lagunas‐Robles, Kieran Samuk, Alison M. Bell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spider Web Architecture and Rainfall Damage: Observational and Manipulative Studies Along a Precipitation Gradient on the Tropical Andes. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Lin YH, Brescovit AD, Avilés L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Paler within the city: Carotenoid‐based colouration covaries negatively with the proportion of impervious surface in great tit (Parus major) territories across Europe

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Across six European cities, great tits in more impervious territories had paler carotenoid‐based plumage, but not lower brightness or UV chroma. This suggests that urban habitat imperviousness is associated specifically with lower carotenoid pigment deposition, rather than broad changes in feather reflectance or structural quality.
Nicolas Bekka, Lisa Sandmeyer, Nitha Chardine, Marcel Eens, Tapio Eeva, Arnaud Gregoire, Andrea S. Grunst, Melissa L. Grunst, Caroline Isaksson, Katarzyna Janas, Pablo Salmón, Marta Szulkin, Clotilde Biard   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

In A Class of Their Own: Multiclass Random Forests Reveal Distinct Habitat Needs of Fledglings Relative to Adults in Two Grassland Birds. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Bernath-Plaisted JS, Sanders NA, Ruskin KJ, Olsen BJ, Panjabi AO, Correll MD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source