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Large parameter uncertainty persists in soil food web models integrating stoichiometry, respiration and assimilation

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Soil food web models are essential for linking animal diversity to carbon and nutrient cycling. However, it is unclear how soil animals regulate excess carbon when nutrient availability limits their growth and how to best represent animal respiration in these models. To
Robert W. Buchkowski, George G. Brown, Francesca Bosello, Wilian C. Demetrio, Miguel Cooper, Elisa Thébault, Carlos Barreto, Zoë Lindo, Jérôme Mathieu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stable Isotopes in Eye Lenses Record Patterns and Variation in Resource-Use Ontogeny of Three New Zealand Kelp Forest Fishes. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Curtis JS, McCarthy GJ, Durante LM, Chapple TM, Whittall SF, Dillingham PW, Wing SR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When is the bait worth the risk? A mechanistic model of a compensatory ecological trap in seabirds

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecological traps occur when organisms preferentially select habitats that reduce fitness. In seabird–fishery systems, fishery‐derived trophic subsidies can increase foraging success, reinforce habitat preference and indirectly enhance reproductive output or recruitment,
Cristóbal Anguita, Alejandro Simeone, Cristián F. Estades   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

DNA metabarcoding to estimate diet overlap between the introduced Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) and three native orb-weaving spiders. [PDF]

PLoS One
Grabarczyk EE, Schmidt JM.
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Beyond observed diversity: Community completeness negatively affects ecosystem invasibility across scales

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Charles Elton proposed that species‐rich communities are more resistant to invasion, yet a well‐known paradox persists: native diversity suppresses invasion at small scales while correlating positively with non‐native species diversity at broad scales.
Yanjie Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Regional species turnover and local host and forest stand characteristics jointly structure early foliar mycobiomes of Scots pine seedlings. [PDF]

FEMS Microbiol Ecol
Wahlman W, Velmala S, Sutela S, Terhonen E.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming climate, the knock‐on effects of a diminishing snowpack may reduce the hunting success of multiple large carnivore species.
Benjamin K. Sullender, Taylor R. Ganz, Ross Mower, Jessica D. Lundquist, Brian N. Kertson, Thomas M. Newsome, Aaron J. Wirsing, Laura R. Prugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabarcoding reveals the dietary diversity and food web structure of spider functional guilds in a highly diverse subtropical forest. [PDF]

Oecologia
Chen J, Wang M, Luo A, Zhao Z, Zhang F, Chesters D, Shi X, Schuldt A, Zhu C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rising temperature non‐additively alters how different dimensions of biodiversity affect ecosystem‐scale processes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
The authors distil how dimensions of biodiversity drive ecosystem processes with increasing temperature. Specifically, species physiology more greatly affected ecosystem primary production than did foraging behaviour, and physiology mediated non‐additive interactions with temperature.
Sean Pierce Richards, Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth, Jacob Edward Allgeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coral-associated denitrification is seasonally variable and species-specific. [PDF]

Commun Biol
Hill CEL, Tilstra A, El-Khaled YC, Garcias-Bonet N, Bonacker VA, Novoa-Lamprea A, Rich WA, Ostendarp M, Fox MD, Carvalho S, Peixoto RS, Wild C.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source