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Coexistence, crossover and extirpation in coalescent communities and ecotones

Oikos, EarlyView.
When two ecological communities come into contact, the strength of their mixing determines whether species coexist, extirpate, or extend their ranges. We present analytical formulas and simulations describing these transitions. Specifically, we derive abundance shifts upon community coalescence, identify the critical mixing strength leading to first ...
Martin Heidelman, Dervis Can Vural
wiley   +1 more source

Degradation of fish food webs in the Anthropocene. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Carvajal-Quintero JD, Dornelas M, Comte L, Herrera-Pérez J, Tedesco PA, Giam X, Brose U, Chase JM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Continental accumulation of fads2 copy numbers allows sticklebacks to thrive across a diversity of nutritional landscapes

Oikos, EarlyView.
Nutrients, including vital organic compounds, vary in availability across ecosystems, with the potential to act as a source of selection for traits that increase nutrient acquisition and biosynthesis. Compared to freshwaters, marine ecosystems are richer in the omega‐3 long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (n‐3 LC‐PUFA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA ...
Cornelia W. Twining, Cameron M. Hudson, Jernej Bravničar, Antonella Carosi, Gaël P. J. Denys, Philine G. D. Feulner, Žiga Fišer, Hanna Rosinger, Verena Saladin, Linda Zanella, Davor Zanella, Catherine L. Peichel, Blake Matthews   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant Functional Group Removal Shifts Soil Nematode Community and Decreases Soil Particulate Organic Carbon in an Alpine Meadow. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Huang L, Ye L, Zhou X, Guo H, Zuo J, Wang P, Zheng Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The niche variation hypothesis predicts hunting returns across human cultures

Oikos, EarlyView.
The niche variation hypothesis (NVH) proposes that a broader population niche arises from greater individual specialization. Despite decades of empirical testing, research remains constrained to non‐human foragers, and the generality of NVH may extend beyond wildlife. The analysis of > 8000 hunting records from 12 human societies across four continents
Raul Costa‐Pereira
wiley   +1 more source

Mammal Community Responses to Increasing Puma Activity in a Suburban Preserve. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Sonawane C, Leempoel K, Nova N, Meyer JM, Hébert T, Zuckerwise A, Dirzo R, Hadly EA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multitrophic alpha and beta diversity of lake plankton across Canada

Oikos, EarlyView.
Anthropogenic environmental changes impact freshwater biodiversity globally. While biodiversity assessments in freshwater environments have traditionally focused on individual groups of organisms or trophic levels, considering patterns of ‘multitrophic biodiversity' across the food web provides a more comprehensive view of anthropogenic impacts and ...
Vincent Fugère, Cindy Paquette, Gillian K. Martin, Rebecca E. Garner, Yannick Huot, David A. Walsh, Beatrix E. Beisner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of soil nematode communities in Stipa baicalensis meadow steppe to mowing frequencies. [PDF]

BMC Ecol Evol
Wu R, Wu Z, Zhang Y, Ye H, Yang D, Hong M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Urban‐driven homogenization of aquatic subsidy size structure cascades to riparian predator communities

Oikos, EarlyView.
The export of emergent aquatic insects is a critical energy subsidy for terrestrial food webs. While urbanization is known to alter stream communities, its effects on the size structure of these insect subsidies and the subsequent consequences for riparian predators remain poorly understood.
Charles Gagnon, Louis‐Philippe Beauchamp, Eric Harvey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source