Article
Agronomy
Yawen Lu, Shilu Zheng, Kyle W. Tomlinson, Jiajia Liu
Summary: Plant herbivory and disease, which are essential for biodiversity and ecosystem function, are influenced by different processes and have different relationships in fragmented landscapes. We conducted a survey on 2,027 adult trees in 30 sites of 17 forest fragments in Xishuangbanna, China, and found that herbivory and disease were influenced by local and landscape environmental variables.
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Ecology
Bram Van Moorter, Ilkka Kivimaeki, Manuela Panzacchi, Santiago Saura, Bernardo Brandao Niebuhr, Olav Strand, Marco Saerens
Summary: Niche modeling is used to assess the effects of anthropogenic land use and climate change on species distributions and inform spatial conservation planning. The functional habitat framework integrates biotic, abiotic, and movement constraints in niche modeling using network theory, showing its superiority over traditional suitability. This framework opens up a wide range of applications in spatial conservation planning.
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Ecology
Guillaume Minard, Aapo Kahilainen, Arjen Biere, Hannu Pakkanen, Johanna Mappes, Marjo Saastamoinen
Summary: Many herbivores have developed strategies to cope with plant defenses, and gut microbiota may play a role in these adaptations. This study found that the history of plant use and microbiota may interact with plant defense adaptation. The gut microbiota were significantly impacted by both larval population origin and host plant defense compound levels.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexander Garcia-Anton, Vicente Garza, Juan Traba
Summary: The Dupont's Lark metapopulation in Spain consists of 24 populations, 100 subpopulations, and 294 potential stepping stones. Connectivity of the network is influenced by movement thresholds and the presence of stepping stones. Key nodes are located in the core of the metapopulation, facilitating connectivity among subpopulations, while peripheral populations require stepping stones or longer potential movement thresholds to join the network. The conservation of traditional grazing lands and identification of critical stepping stones are essential for the long-term preservation of Dupont's Lark in Spain.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Sonia G. Rabasa, Rut Sanchez de Dios, Francisco Jose Cabezas Fuentes, Maria Beatriz Pias Couso, Felipe Dominguez Lozano
Summary: Fragmentation and habitat loss pose significant threats to biodiversity. This study focuses on the effects of habitat fragmentation on the conservation of Euphorbia gaditana Coss., an endangered plant species in southern Spain. Using metapopulation modeling, the research evaluates various conservation management scenarios and threat scenarios to determine the species' risk of extinction. The findings can inform conservation decision-making and future reintroductions.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Dongbo Li, Christopher F. Clements, Isobel L. G. Shan, Jane Memmott
Summary: The quality of corridors positively impacts the probability of dispersal, net movement, and rate of change in population size. Corridor length and width affect the rate at which populations increase and the number of individuals dispersing.
Article
Entomology
Cleide Rosa Dias, Andre Costa Cardoso, Merijn R. Kant, Jussara Mencalha, Ana Maria Guimaraes Bernardo, Marcela Cristina Agustini Carneiro da Silveira, Renato Almeida Sarmento, Madelaine Venzon, Angelo Pallini, Arne Janssen
Summary: Herbivores choose host plants based on plant quality, the presence of predators and competitors. The spider mite Tetranychus evansi suppresses plant defences and benefits later-arriving herbivores. The web produced by T. evansi prevents other herbivores from settling on the plant and benefiting from the suppressed defences. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is negatively affected by the web of spider mites and prefers plants without the web.
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hyun Jun Park, Bo Eun Nam, Sun Young Moon, Sang-Gyu Kim, Youngsung Joo, Jae Geun Kim
Summary: The study shows that elevated CO2 and increased watering frequency have impacts on the growth and resistance responses of plants and herbivores. Specifically, elevated CO2 levels lead to increased plant resistance and decreased growth performance of herbivores.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Caio S. Ballarin, Felipe W. Amorim, David M. Watson, Francisco E. Fonturbel
Summary: Keystone plant species are important for restoring degraded terrestrial sites, but their demographic characteristics and interactions with other species need to be considered. Replanting at low densities can re-establish food webs, while high-density restoration may affect the establishment and survival of sympatric plant species.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Adam Kimberley, Danny Hooftman, James M. Bullock, Olivier Honnay, Patricia Krickl, Jessica Lindgren, Jan Plue, Peter Poschlod, Anna Traveset, Sara A. O. Cousins
Summary: Increasing landscape connecting elements cannot compensate for large-scale grassland area loss, leading to significant declines in both structural and functional connectivity. Generalist species are negatively affected by connectivity, with structural connectivity having the strongest impact, while functional connectivity determines the presence of grassland specialist species in focal grasslands.
Article
Entomology
Hao Liu, Xiao-Yun Su, Ze Sun, Chao Wang, Jin-Hua Shi, Caroline Ngichop Foba, Huanan Jin, Man-Qun Wang
Summary: The interactive effects of nitrogen input and pathogen infection on the behavior of rice plants, brown planthoppers, and their natural enemies were evaluated in this study. It was found that nitrogen application and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) infection influenced the preferences of brown planthoppers and their parasitoids for infected rice plants. Plant hormones JA and SA played important roles in regulating the composition of rice volatiles and altering the preferences of the insects. Xoo infection had a greater impact on plant volatiles and phytohormones than nitrogen fertilizer.
ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Claire E. Woods, Kara G. Leimberger, Adam S. Hadley, Sarah J. K. Frey, Matthew G. Betts
Summary: This study investigated the effects of climate and forest loss, fragmentation on pollination and reproduction of a tropical herb, Heliconia tortuosa. The results showed that wet years, small patches, and heavily forested landscapes had negative consequences for Heliconia reproduction.
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Plant Sciences
Kasey N. Kiesewetter, Leydiana Otano, Michelle E. Afkhami
Summary: Anthropogenic habitat fragmentation is a pervasive threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide. This fragmentation leads to the creation of a mosaic of native habitat patches embedded in human-modified habitat known as the 'matrix'. Despite the increasing threat of fragmentation, there is limited understanding of its effects on microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions in urban landscapes.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Eunice Karinho-Betancourt, Alejandra Vazquez-Lobo, Juan Nunez-Farfan
Summary: Macroevolutionary patterns in the association between plant species and their herbivores are influenced by ecological divergence driven by plant defenses, nutritional quality, and herbivore adaptations. This study examined the performance of two herbivores, Lema trilineata daturaphila, a specialist on Datura, and Spodoptera frugiperda, a generalist pest, when fed with different species of Datura. The results showed that Datura species varied in their suitability as food host for the two herbivores, with the specialist performing better overall. The herbivores' performance was associated with plant defenses, such as leaf trichomes and tropane alkaloids, as well as nutrient characteristics.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yongzhi Yan, Scott Jarvie, Qingfu Liu, Qing Zhang
Summary: This study evaluated the impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on grassland plant species richness in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China. The results showed that habitat loss had a negative effect on overall species richness and grassland specialist richness, but a positive effect on weed richness. Additionally, the increase in patch density caused by habitat loss had a positive effect on overall species richness and grassland specialist richness. These findings highlight the importance of adding habitat patches in fragmented landscapes for conserving habitat specialists.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Christine Fischer, Sophia Leimer, Christiane Roscher, Janneke Ravenek, Hans de Kroon, Yvonne Kreutziger, Jussi Baade, Holger Bessler, Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandra Weigelt, Liesje Mommer, Markus Lange, Gerd Gleixner, Wolfgang Wilcke, Boris Schroeder, Anke Hildebrandt
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Maike Heuner, Boris Schroeder, Uwe Schroeder, Brigit Kleinschmit
ECOHYDROLOGY & HYDROBIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Sina Wedekind-Grunert, Boris Schroeder, Dania Richter
ECOLOGICAL MODELLING
(2019)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Pedro J. Leitao, Carrie J. Andrew, Eva Katharina Engelhardt, Catherine H. Graham, Camille Martinez-Almoyna, Anne Mimet, Stefan Pinkert, Boris Schroeder, Alke Voskamp, Christian Hof, Susanne A. Fritz
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Antonio J. Perez-Sanchez, Anett Schibalski, Boris Schroeder, Sebastian Klimek, Jens Dauber
JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anne-Katrin Schneider, Michael W. Strohbach, Mario App, Boris Schroeder
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Damaris Zurell, Janet Franklin, Christian Koenig, Phil J. Bouchet, Carsten F. Dormann, Jane Elith, Guillermo Fandos, Xiao Feng, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, Antoine Guisan, Jose J. Lahoz-Monfort, Pedro J. Leitao, Daniel S. Park, A. Townsend Peterson, Giovanni Rapacciuolo, Dirk R. Schmatz, Boris Schroeder, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Wilfried Thuiller, Katherine L. Yates, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Cory Merow
Article
Ecology
Laura Grunwald, Anne-Kathrin Schneider, Boris Schroeder, Stephan Weber
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tommaso Pacetti, Giulio Castelli, Boris Schroeder, Elena Bresci, Enrica Caporali
Summary: This study aims to develop a methodology for analyzing both the supply and demand of Water-related Ecosystem Services (WES) associated with the agricultural sector by integrating hydrological modeling and Water Footprint (WF) analysis. Applied to a specific case study in the upstream part of the Arno river basin in Central Italy, the methodology evaluates the spatial distribution of WES demand and identifies critical areas in the catchment through the calculation of green, blue, and gray WESF using dedicated indicators.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Mario App, Michael W. Strohbach, Anne-Kathrin Schneider, Boris Schroeder
Summary: Preserving and expanding green infrastructure (GI) is crucial for biodiversity conservation in cities. Gardens, despite being able to support diverse wildlife communities, are often underutilized in GI plans. In this study, circuit theory-based modeling was used to quantify the contribution of private gardens and allotment gardens in Braunschweig, Germany, to urban connectivity. The results highlight the importance of gardens in providing habitat and connectivity, with private gardens playing the most significant role. The study demonstrates the potential of using circuit theory-based modeling in urban GI planning.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yusdiel Torres-Cambas, Yoandri S. Megna, Juan Carlos Salazar-Salina, Yander L. Diez, Alejandro Catala, Adrian D. Trapero-Quintana, Boris Schroeder, Sami Domisch
Summary: This study presents a database of georeferenced occurrence records of freshwater species in Cuba, including flatworms, insects, crabs and shrimps, and mollusks. The database was compiled from scientific literature, field records, museum collections, and online databases, and contains 6292 records of 457 species at 1075 unique localities. It serves as an important resource for better understanding the spatial distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Cuba.
Article
Ecology
Antonio J. Perez-Sanchez, Boris Schroeder, Jens Dauber, Niels Hellwig
Summary: Flower strips are commonly used in agricultural landscapes to promote pollinators and counteract biodiversity loss. This study conducted a systematic review of recent studies (2009-2020) and used a meta-analytic approach to analyze the effectiveness of flower strips for pollinators. The results showed that flower strips had a greater effect on pollinators when there was a higher contrast in habitat quality between flower strips and control treatments. This relationship was consistent across different pollinator taxa and levels of landscape complexity.
ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS AND EVIDENCE
(2023)
Article
Political Science
Malte Moeck, Colette S. Vogeler, Nils C. Bandelow, Boris Schroeder
Summary: This paper contributes to the integration of studying multiple spatial scales, resource systems, and points in time in natural resource governance by introducing the strategy of layering action situations. The approach of complementing established action situations with new ones derived from case evolution enables scholars to track institutional change within and beyond the initial action situation. An example of groundwater pollution in a German region of intensive livestock farming is used to illustrate this approach.
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Diana Giebels, Jana Carus, Maike Paul, Michael Kleyer, Bernd Siebenhuner, Arne Arns, Alexander Bartholoma, Vanessa Carlow, Jurgen Jensen, Britta Tietjen, Achim Wehrmann, Boris Schroeder
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michael W. Strohbach, Anneke O. Doering, Malte Moeck, Maycon Sedrez, Olaf Mumm, Anne-Kathrin Schneider, Stephan Webers, Boris Schroeder
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2019)