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Facilitating macrosystem biology with organismal‐scale airborne remote sensing: Challenges and opportunities

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Emergent ecosystem properties, such as population and trait distributions, biodiversity and energy and water fluxes, occur because of the dynamic interactions of individuals in their environment.
Sarah J. Graves, Ritesh Chowdhry, Meilun Zhou, Ira Harmon, Ben Weinstein, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Alina Zare, Ethan P. White, Stephanie A. Bohlman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the influence of environmental conditions on sex determination in haplodiploid organisms. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Wittmann K, Klein AM, Pichler M, Staab M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seed dormancy explains plant response to mass mortality events

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Mass mortality events (MMEs) are large‐scale, rapid die‐offs resulting in extreme inputs of carrion biomass. Recent work demonstrates the effects of increasing carrion biomass on plant communities modulated by vertebrate scavengers and herbivores.
David S. Mason, Abby K. Jones, Brandon T. Barton, Mike Proctor, Stephen L. Webb, Marcus A. Lashley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat filtering, not dispersal limitation, drives ant and termite community assembly along a tropical forest regeneration gradient. [PDF]

Oecologia
Grella N, Donoso DA, Müller J, Falconí-López A, Busse A, Kriegel P, Püls M, Rabl D, Seibold S, Feldhaar H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bergmann's rule: Why does body size increase with latitude?

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Bergmann's rule describes the tendency for endothermic body size to increase with latitude, a pattern often attributed to climatic factors. However, the underlying developmental and evolutionary mechanisms remain debated.
Kurt M. Ongman, Carl G. Lundblad, Courtney J. Conway   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-copulatory competition in a social monogamy system: Sperm morphology correlates with components of reproductive success. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hawkins CE, Hahn TP, Malisch JL, Patricelli GL.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Elevation reverses the effects of forest structure on folivory and leaf asymmetry

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Centuries of timber production have homogenized many forests by reducing variation in canopy density and deadwood availability, with far‐reaching consequences for biodiversity and trophic interactions.
Soumen Mallick, Clara Wild, Adèle Kieffer, Jorge Salvador Torres Pineda, Kerstin Pierick, Julia Rothacher, Orsi Decker, Ludwig Lettenmaier, Oliver Mitesser, Nico Eisenhauer, Akira S. Mori, Christian Ammer, Bernhard Schuldt, Jörg Müller   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colonizers on the road: European bee-eaters shift nest-site selection to roadside habitats. [PDF]

Ecology
Román J, Blas J, Bastianelli G, Suárez-Couselo MA, Revilla E, D'Amico M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Differential effects of agricultural expansion on wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Pollinators, especially bees, are in global decline, threatening biodiversity and food security. While intensive agriculture is a primary driver, its impact on bee functional diversity—particularly in the diverse Mediterranean region—remains understudied.
Manuel López‐Aliste, Camila B. García, Pablo Díaz‐Siefer, Fernanda Montero‐Silva, Angela M. Vargas‐Daza, Juan F. Betancurt‐Grisales, Michael P. D. Garratt, Luis F. Flores‐Prado, Juan L. Celis‐Diez, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source