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Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota : experimental evidence from a wild passerine [PDF]

, 2020
Urban sprawl increasingly affects the ecology of natural populations, including host-microbiota interactions, with observed differences in the gut microbiota between urban and rural hosts.
De Neve, Liesbeth, Lens, Luc, Matthysen, Erik, Salleh Hudin, Noraine, Teyssier, Aimeric, White, Joël   +5 more
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Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity [PDF]

, 2017
Conservation priorities that are based on species distribution, endemism, and vulnerability may underrepresent biologically unique species as well as their functional roles and evolutionary histories.
Brum, F. T., Costa, G. C., Davidson, A. D., Graham, C. H., Hedges, S. B., Loyola, R., Penone, C., Radeloff, V. C., Rondinini, C.   +8 more
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Fire disturbance effects on plant taxonomic and functional β‐diversity mediated by topographic exposure

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Although the diversity–disturbance relationship has been extensively studied, the differences in responses of taxonomic vs. functional diversity to natural disturbances (i.e., fire) call for an improved understanding of this relationship.
Mehdi Abedi, Reza Omidipour, Seyed Vrya Hosseini, Khadijeh Bahalkeh, Nicolas Gross   +4 more
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Incongruent Spatial Distribution of Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Functional Diversity in Neotropical Cocosoid Palms

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Biodiversity can be quantified by taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity. Current evidence points to a lack of congruence between the spatial distribution of these facets due to evolutionary and ecological constraints.
Cintia Freitas, Fernanda T. Brum, Cibele Cássia-Silva, Leandro Maracahipes, Marcos B. Carlucci, Rosane G. Collevatti, Christine D. Bacon, Christine D. Bacon   +7 more
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Taxonomy of anaerobic digestion microbiome reveals biases associated with the applied high throughput sequencing strategies [PDF]

, 2018
In the past few years, many studies investigated the anaerobic digestion microbiome by means of 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Results obtained from these studies were compared to each other without taking into consideration the followed procedure for ...
Angelidaki, Irini, Campanaro, Stefano, Kougias, Panagiotis G., Treu, Laura, Zhu, Xinyu   +4 more
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Anthropogenic Disturbances Influenced the Island Effect on Both Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Diversity on Subtropical Islands, Pingtan, China

Plants
The investigation of taxonomic diversity within island plant communities stands as a central focus in the field of island biogeography. Phylogenetic diversity is crucial for unraveling the evolutionary history, ecological functions, and species ...
Bo Chen, Denghong Xue, Zhihui Li, Lan Jiang, Yu Tian, Jing Zhu, Xing Jin, Jingjing Yang, Chaofa Huang, Jurong Liu, Hai Liu, Jinfu Liu, Zhongsheng He   +12 more
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Determinants of species richness patterns in the Netherlands across multiple taxonomic groups [PDF]

, 2009
We examined the species richness patterns of five different species groups (mosses, reptiles and amphibians, grasshoppers and crickets, dragonflies, and hoverflies) in the Netherlands (41,500 km2) using sampling units of 5 × 5 km. We compared the spatial
Barendrecht, A., Kleukers, R., Schouten, M.A., Verweij, P.A.   +3 more
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Community vertical stratification drives temporal taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity in a mixed broadleaf-conifer forest

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Temporal change of beta diversity provides a better understanding of the extent and consequences of species composition in forest communities with the ongoing global climate change.
Pengtao Chai, Jiajie Xie, Lisheng Yang, Rong Zheng, Yuxuan Bian, Jiaqin Fu, Yunquan Wang, Yunquan Wang, Jianhua Chen   +8 more
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Energetic and Environmental Constraints on the Community Structure of Benthic Microbial Mats in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. [PDF]

, 2020
Ecological communities are regulated by the flow of energy through environments. Energy flow is typically limited by access to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and oxygen concentration (O2).
Dillon, Megan L, Doran, Peter T, Eisen, Jonathan A, Hawes, Ian, Jungblut, Anne D, Mackey, Tyler J, Sumner, Dawn Y   +6 more
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Taxonomic and functional β-diversity of Collembola across elevational and seasonal gradients on a temperate mountain

Geoderma
Understanding seasonal variations in community composition and species distribution along elevation gradients is a core task in biogeography and ecology but remains poorly studied, particularly in soil animal communities.
Zhijing Xie, Jian Zhang, Yuhao Zhao, Dingliang Xing, Yunga Wu, Johannes Lux, Liang Chang, Kangle Lu, Xin Sun, Donghui Wu, Stefan Scheu   +10 more
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