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Environmental and local habitat variables as predictors of trophic interactions in subtidal rocky reefs along the SE Pacific coast

Ecography, EarlyView.
Temperature generally drives latitudinal patterns in the strength of trophic interactions, including consumption rates. However, local community and other environmental conditions might also affect consumption, disrupting latitudinal gradients, which results in complex large‐scale patterns.
Catalina A. Musrri, Alistair G. B. Poore, Oscar Pino, Nicolás Riquelme, Wolfgang B. Stotz, Fadia Tala, Martin Thiel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a macroecology for human‐altered ecosystems

Ecography, EarlyView.
Although anthropogenically‐induced ecological disruptions are fundamentally important in defining ecosystem properties, they are largely overlooked by macroecological theory. Anthropogenic disruptions and their effects are generally not comparable to one another, nor to disturbances that are part of natural disturbance regimes.
Erica A. Newman, Mark Q. Wilber, Alexandre Génin, Oriana E. Chafe, Henry F. Houskeeper, Steven Lee, Eric L. Berlow, John Harte   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Satellite hindcasts of foliar traits reveal a subtle but consistent relaxation of conservativeness in a biodiverse mountain grassland over the last four decades

Ecography, EarlyView.
Projected warming and drying raise concerns about the resilience of stress‐adapted ecosystems, including the Brazilian Campo Rupestre, an exceptionally biodiverse mountaintop grassland mosaic on ancient, nutrient‐poor substrates. Here, we combine field‐based trait data and long‐term remote sensing to assess the functional structure and temporal ...
Renata Maia, Milton Barbosa, Daniel Negreiros, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Yadvinder Malhi, Jesus Aguirre‐Gutiérrez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal shifts in kelp forest structure and distribution largely reflect recent ocean warming trends

Ecography, EarlyView.
Ocean warming is driving the redistribution of species at a global scale. Biogeographic transition zones are hotspots of species range shifts, as both warm‐ and cold‐adapted species are found toward contrasting range edges. While anecdotal evidence suggests some distributional shifts have occurred in the northeast Atlantic, the empirical evidence base ...
Nora Salland, Catherine M. Wilding, Cristina Galobart, Kathryn E. Smith, Nathan G. King, Michael T. Burrows, Dan A. Smale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fragmentation Increases Impact of Wind Disturbance on Forest Structure and Carbon Stocks in a Western Amazonian Landscape [PDF]

Tropical second-growth forests could help mitigate climate change, but the degree to which their carbon potential is achieved will depend on exposure to disturbance.
Bedka, Kristopher M., DeFries, Ruth, Fernandes, Katia, Gutiérrez-Vélez, Victor, Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel A., Schwartz, Naomi B., Uriarte, María   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Hot spots or hot moments? Contextualizing the spatio‐temporal scale of research on animal inputs

Ecography, EarlyView.
Mammals play important roles in redistributing elements across ecosystems, concentrating biogeochemical inputs across both space and time. However, research on zoogeochemical inputs is often constrained by logistical considerations, potentially limiting our knowledge of mammals' impacts on biogeochemical patterns and processes.
Kristy M. Ferraro, Elizabeth S. Forbes, Andrew J. Abraham, Julia D. Monk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biogeography of intertidal invertebrates is influenced by latitude along the west coast of Australia

Ecography, EarlyView.
Along the west coast of Australia, intertidal rock platforms support high invertebrate diversities that provide vital ecosystem services, yet patterns in diversity are not well understood. Here, we document and examine the invertebrate assemblages on intertidal rock platforms in Western Australia and delineate ecoregions according to assemblage ...
Matilda Murley, Renae K. Hovey, Jane Prince   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A NOTE ON HIGH DISCOUNT RATES AND DEPLETION OF PRIMARY FORESTS [PDF]

Conventional wisdom implies that high discount rates accelerate depletion of tropical forests. As shown in this article, this result does not necessarily hold in a two-state variable model that distinguishes between primary and secondary forest stocks ...
Bulte, Erwin H., van Soest, Daan P.
core   +1 more source

Tracing the origins and evolution of nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera) in the Atlantic Forest

Ecography, EarlyView.
Understanding the relative roles of diversification and dispersal is key to explaining large‐scale biogeographical patterns. Although both processes are known to shape biodiversity, their relative contributions remain understudied for many organisms. Here, we examine how these processes have jointly contributed to the exceptional diversity and endemism
Mar Repullés, Nicolas Chazot, Leidys Murillo‐ Ramos, Marianne Espeland, Karina Lucas Silva‐ Brandão, Alexandre Antonelli, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Pável Matos‐Maraví   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS IN TROPICAL FORESTS OF MEXICO

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2010
Biomass stocks and their spatial distribution remain poorly understood in tropical forests and reliable estimations are critical in the calculations of carbon stocks and fluxes.
Jose de Jesus Navar Chaidez
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