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Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Elgin Korkmazhan, Alexander R. Dunn
Summary: This study explores the stability of ecosystems using random matrix theory and reveals a nonmonotonic relationship between species diversity and stability. The research also investigates the impact of high-order correlations among species interactions and discusses how different types of next-to-nearest-neighbor correlations influence the stability of predator-prey networks compared to mutualist-competitive networks.
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Ecology
Daniela Pinto-Coelho, Marcio Martins, Paulo Roberto Guimaraes Junior
Summary: In ecological communities, larger predators consuming a wider resource range promote nestedness in networks, while predators with specific lifestyles consuming distinct resources promote modularity. The presence of certain species, such as the family Boidae, with specific traits can significantly influence the structure of interaction networks among consumers and resources at the community level.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Victor Parra-Tabla, Conchita Alonso, Tia-Lynn Ashman, Robert A. Raguso, Cristopher Albor, Paula Sosenski, Diego Carmona, Gerardo Arceo-Gomez
Summary: The study shows that HP transfer in invaded co-flowering communities is common, with native and alien species playing different roles within the HP transfer networks, regulated by different floral traits. Alien plants play a central role as HP donors and are more tolerant to HP receipt compared to natives, highlighting overlooked mechanisms facilitating alien plant invasion and success within native co-flowering communities.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Qiuxiang Tang, Jun Huang, Suyi Zhang, Hui Qin, Yi Dong, Chao Wang, Delin Li, Rongqing Zhou
Summary: This study explores the importance of species specificity and strains in the initial phase of microbial communities, showing how key microbial strains can be altered to affect the evolution of coexistence and functional realization of the community.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Felix L. Wascher, Nancy Stralis-Pavese, J. Mitchell McGrath, Britta Schulz, Heinz Himmelbauer, Juliane C. Dohm
Summary: The phylogeny of wild and cultivated beets is clarified using genomic analysis and it is found that Greece is the domestication site of sugar beet. This study provides comprehensive insights into the evolutionary relationships of beets.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Biology
Ting Tang, Naili Zhang, Franca J. Bongers, Michael Staab, Andreas Schuldt, Felix Fornoff, Hong Lin, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Andrew L. Hipp, Shan Li, Yu Liang, Baocai Han, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Helge Bruelheide, Walter Durka, Bernhard Schmid, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Liu
Summary: This study investigates the impact of plant genetic diversity on plant productivity, and finds that tree species diversity increases tree productivity through increased tree functional diversity and reduced soil fungal diversity. Additionally, in mixed tree species plantations, tree genetic diversity has a positive effect on productivity.
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Ecology
Georg Albert, Benoit Gauzens, Michel Loreau, Shaopeng Wang, Ulrich Brose
Summary: Resource-use complementarity and multi-trophic interactions interactively create diverse communities of complementary producer species, increasing their coexistence and realized complementarity. Animal-rich ecosystems with multi-trophic interactions facilitate producer coexistence by preventing competitive exclusion and increasing realized complementarity. The interdependence of food-webs and producer complementarity highlights the importance of adopting a multi-trophic perspective in understanding biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Michiel Stock, Laura Hoebeke, Bernard De Baets
Summary: Shannon's entropy measure is used to quantify ecological diversity, with a fundamental trade-off revealed between species abundance, specificity, and redundancy. The decomposition can be extended to analyze networks over time and space, leading to notions of alpha, beta, and gamma diversity. The work aims to provide an accessible introduction to ecologists, with code available in the EcologicalNetworks.jl package.
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Plant Sciences
Daniele De Luca, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Fabio Conti, Duilio Iamonico, Paolo Caputo
Summary: This paper provides a comprehensive study on the phylogenetic relationships within the genus Mcneillia through a multigene phylogeny. The results show extensive gene flow between taxa and demonstrate that Mcneillia is not monophyletic. The study also proposes new taxonomy for the genus, including the recognition of separate species and subspecies.
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Ecology
Karoline Ceron, Lilian P. P. Sales, Diego J. J. Santana, Mathias M. M. Pires
Summary: Biodiversity loss not only includes species loss, but also loss in functional, phylogenetic, and interaction diversity. However, each aspect of biodiversity may respond differently to extinctions. This study examines the impact of extinction driven by climate and land-use changes on different facets of diversity using empirical data, species distribution modeling, and extinction simulations. The results show a mismatch in the response of functional, phylogenetic, and interaction diversity to extinction, with stronger effects on interaction diversity. Assessing species interactions is necessary to understand how species loss translates into the loss of ecosystem functions.
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Entomology
Joh R. Henschel
Summary: Rainfall in the arid Namib Desert of Namibia is rare, but crucial for plant growth and the functioning of animal populations. Different species of darkling beetles in the Namib have varied feeding preferences, with some relying on litter, green grass, or moisture. Over 45 years, these beetles showed diverse population fluctuations in response to different rainfall patterns, challenging previous predictions and supporting high species diversity in the desert ecosystem.
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Biology
Joaquin Calatayud, Magnus Neuman, Alexis Rojas, Anton Eriksson, Martin Rosvall
Summary: The study developed a network-based framework to identify important climates worldwide based on realized niches of about 26,000 tetrapods. High-energy climates were found to be consistent across animal and plant classifications, while temperate climates differed across all groups. Integrating niche classifications with geographical information helps detect climatic transition zones.
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Biology
Yingnan Hou, Tengyu Xie, Liuqing He, Liang Tao, Jing Huang
Summary: The study revealed the presence of topological links in protein complexes predicted by AlphaFold-Multimer, highlighting the significance for protein structure prediction and the study of protein-protein interactions.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Biology
Andreas Novotny, Sara Zamora-Terol, Monika Winder
Summary: Alternative pathways of energy transfer are essential for guaranteeing functionality and productivity in marine food webs. The complexity of zooplankton interactions, particularly the diversity of trophic niches, is crucial for stabilizing food web efficiency. Small, rarely studied zooplankton species like rotifers and ciliates play significant roles in the Baltic Sea pelagic primary production pathways.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Ecology
Marlene Wall, Kristina K. Beck, Nur Garcia-Herrera, Gertraud M. Schmidt-Grieb, Juergen Laudien, Juan Hoefer, Guenter Foersterra, Christoph Held, Gernot Nehrke, Juan Pablo Espinoza, Matthias Woll, Martin Graeve, Claudio Richter
Summary: This study investigated the diet of benthic suspension feeders, such as corals, using fatty acid trophic markers. The research found that deep-water corals primarily feed on zooplankton, while shallow-water corals primarily feed on diatoms and flagellates. Furthermore, the study highlighted the limitations of using FATMs as diet tracers in limiting environmental conditions.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
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Ecology
Erik E. Osnas, Paul J. Hurtado, Andrew P. Dobson
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2015)
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Ecology
Nicholas A. Pardikes, Arthur M. Shapiro, Lee A. Dyer, Matthew L. Forister
Letter
Zoology
Katja C. Seltmann, Neil S. Cobb, Lawrence F. Gall, Charles R. Bartlett, M. Anne Basham, Isabelle Betancourt, Christy Bills, Benjamin Brandt, Richard L. Brown, Charles Bundy, Michael S. Caterino, Caitlin Chapman, Anthony Cognato, Julia Colby, Stephen P. Cook, Kathryn M. Daly, Lee A. Dyer, Nico M. Franz, Jon K. Gelhaus, Christopher C. Grinter, Charles E. Harp, Rachel L. Hawkins, Steve L. Heydon, Geena M. Hill, Stacey Huber, Norman Johnson, Akito Y. Kawahara, Lynn S. Kimsey, Boris C. Kondratieff, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Luc Leblanc, Sangmi Lee, Christopher J. Marshall, Lindsie M. McCabe, Joseph V. McHugh, Katrina L. Menard, Paul A. Opler, Nicole Palffy-Muhoray, Nick Pardikes, Merrill A. Peterson, Naomi E. Pierce, Andre Poremski, Derek S. Sikes, Jason D. Weintraub, David Wikle, Jennifer M. Zaspel, Gregory Zolnerowich
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicholas A. Pardikes, Joshua G. Harrison, Arthur M. Shapiro, Matthew L. Forister
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2017)
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Plant Sciences
Heather L. Slinn, Lora A. Richards, Lee A. Dyer, Paul J. Hurtado, Angela M. Smilanich
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2018)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lee A. Dyer, Casey S. Philbin, Kaitlin M. Ochsenrider, Lora A. Richards, Tara J. Massad, Angela M. Smilanich, Matthew L. Forister, Thomas L. Parchman, Lanie M. Calland, Paul J. Hurtado, Anne E. Espeset, Andrea E. Classmire, Joshua C. Harrison, Carmen Mo, Su'ad Yoon, Nicholas A. Pardikes, Nadya D. Muchoney, Joshua P. Jahner, Heather L. Slinn, Oren Shelef, Craig D. Dodson, Massuo J. Kato, Lydia F. Yamaguchi, Christopher S. Jeffrey
NATURE REVIEWS CHEMISTRY
(2018)
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Biology
Paul Hurtado
BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
(2008)
Article
Biology
Paul J. Hurtado
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
(2012)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew L. Forister, Vojtech Novotny, Anna K. Panorska, Leontine Baje, Yves Basset, Philip T. Butterill, Lukas Cizek, Phyllis D. Coley, Francesca Dem, Ivone R. Diniz, Pavel Drozd, Mark Fox, Andrea E. Glassmire, Rebecca Hazen, Jan Hrcek, Joshua P. Jahner, Ondrej Kaman, Tomasz J. Kozubowski, Thomas A. Kursar, Owen T. Lewis, John Lill, Robert J. Marquis, Scott E. Miller, Helena C. Morais, Masashi Murakami, Herbert Nickel, Nicholas A. Pardikes, Robert E. Ricklefs, Michael S. Singer, Angela M. Smilanich, John O. Stireman, Santiago Villamarin-Cortez, Stepan Vodka, Martin Volf, David L. Wagner, Thomas Walla, George D. Weiblen, Lee A. Dyer
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2015)
Article
Biology
Paul J. Hurtado, Adam S. Kirosingh
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Paul J. Hurtado, Cameron Richards
Summary: The well known linear chain trick (LCT) allows modellers to derive mean field ODEs that assume gamma (Erlang) distributed passage times, while the generalized linear chain trick (GLCT) extends this technique to the broader phase-type family of distributions. Phase-type distributions represent the absorption time distributions for finite-state, continuous time Markov chains (CTMCs) and GLCT can be utilized to efficiently build ODE models and illustrate model complexity through multiple examples.
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Nicholas A. Pardikes, Tomas A. Revilla, Chia-Hua Lue, Melanie Thierry, Daniel Souto-Vilaros, Jan Hrcek
Summary: Climate change alters the timing of species interactions, but community context can mitigate these effects. Warming shortens the window of interaction between parasitoids and fruit flies, but the presence of alternative host species can extend this window. However, warming also reduces parasitism rates and limits the ability of community context to manage temporal mismatches.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)