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Relative impacts of morphological alteration to shorelines and eutrophication on littoral macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean lakes [PDF]

, 2015
Development of effective methods for assessing the ecological status of lakes based on littoral benthic fauna has been hampered by the lack of quantitative data on the relative impacts of key pressures on the benthic community.
BAZZANTI, Marcello, Di Vito, Valentina, Frosali, Davide, Livretti, Francesco, MASTRANTUONO, Luciana, Pilotto, Francesca, Pusch, Martin T., Sena, Fabrizio, SOLIMINI, ANGELO GIUSEPPE   +8 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil bacterial and fungal community responses to nitrogen addition across soil depths and microhabitat in an arid shrubland

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Arid shrublands are stressful environments, typified by alkaline soils low in organic matter, with biologically-limiting extremes in water availability, temperature and UV radiation. The widely-spaced plants and interspace biological soil crusts in these
Rebecca C Mueller, Jayne eBelnap, Cheryl R Kuske   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strong violation of the competitive exclusion principle [PDF]

, 2011
Bacteria and plants are able to form population waves as a result of their consumer behaviour and propagation. A soliton-like interpenetration of colliding population waves was assumed but not proved earlier. Here we show how and why colliding population
Lev V. Kalmykov, Vyacheslav L. Kalmykov
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Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey, Geoffrey J. Cary, Teigan Cremona, Hugh F. Davies, Brett P. Murphy, Sam C. Banks   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatio‐Temporal Comparisons Between Microclimate Species Distribution Models and Mechanistic Models of Potential Surface Activity

Ecology and Evolution
With projected decreases in biodiversity looming due to changing environmental conditions, it is important for conservation managers to have accurate predictions of species' distributions.
Samuel FitzSimons Stickley, John A. Crawford, William E. Peterman, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strong and weak competitors can coexist in the same niche [PDF]

, 2012
The competitive exclusion principle postulates that two trophically identical but fitness different species can not stably coexist in the same niche. However, this principle contradicts the observed nature's species richness.
Lev V. Kalmykov, Vyacheslav L. Kalmykov
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The influence of forest regrowth, original canopy cover and tree size on saproxylic beetles associated with old oaks [PDF]

, 2000
Abandoned management has caused many sites with free-standing, large oaks (Quercus robur) to become more shaded. This study shows how forest regrowth affects beetle species associated with old oaks in south-eastern Sweden. Beetles were trapped by pitfall
Jansson, Nicklas, Ranius, Thomas
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Biomimetic chemical microhabitats enhance coral settlement

Trends in Biotechnology
Anthropogenic stressors pose substantial threats to the existence of coral reefs. Achieving successful coral recruitment stands as a bottleneck in reef restoration and hybrid reef engineering efforts. Here, we enhance coral settlement through the development of biomimetic microhabitats that replicate the chemical landscape of healthy reefs.
Kundu, Samapti, Potenti, Simone, Quinlan, Zachary A., Willard, Helena, Chen, Justin, Noritake, Timothy, Levy, Natalie, Karimi, Zahra, Jorissen, Hendrikje, Hancock, Joshua R., Drury, Crawford, Kelly, Linda Wegley, De Cola, Luisa, Chen, Shaochen, Wangpraseurt, Daniel   +14 more
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Host, vector, and parasite dynamics: exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping tick‐borne filarial nematode transmission

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tick‐borne filarial nematodes are a complex and understudied group of parasites that rely on ticks for transmission in vertebrates. This review examines how intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the successful transmission of filarial nematodes in tick vectors, drawing insights from extensively studied haematophagous dipteran vector ...
Oluwaseun D. Ajileye, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer, Guilherme G. Verocai, Jessica E. Light   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source