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Biodiversity Conservation
Bi Wei Low, Yiwen Zeng, Heok Hui Tan, Darren C. J. Yeo
Summary: The study demonstrates that using simpler predictor datasets can produce more accurate models than comprehensive bioclimatic datasets when detailed biological knowledge of focal species is lacking. Additionally, tuning models for optimal regularization parameters and feature-class combinations leads to the greatest increases in transferability and geographic niche conservatism. The findings suggest a delicate balance between model transferability and AICc, cautioning against the indiscriminate use of AICc as an estimate of model parsimony for stable model performance.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Catherine G. Haase, Anni Yang, Kristina M. McNyset, Jason K. Blackburn
Summary: GARPTools aims to provide tools for preparing data and evaluating models for GARP rule-set prediction, as well as summarizing environmental coverages. It helps users with data preparation, model evaluation, without the need for complex software programming.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Lilian P. Sales, Raoni Reboucas, Luis Felipe Toledo
Summary: The study found that non-native occurrences improved model accuracy and increased total potential distribution area for both invasive amphibian species. Additionally, these invasive amphibians occupied locations with more extreme climatic conditions than those found in their native ranges.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2021)
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Forestry
Katarina Pastircakova, Katarina Adamcikova, Kamila Bacigalova, Miroslav Cabon, Petra Mikusova, Dusan Senko, Marek Svitok, Slavomir Adamcik
Summary: Two different Phyllactinia species are associated with powdery mildew on ash trees in Eurasia, but they have different distributions in Europe and Southeast Asia. The Asian species P. fraxinicola is not adapted to most of the environmental conditions in Europe, suggesting it does not pose an invasive threat to the continent as a whole. Models of potential distribution show no overlap in Europe, with some susceptibility to invasion by P. fraxinicola in the northwest.
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Agronomy
Elizabeth A. Finch, Tim Beale, Mani Chellappan, Georg Goergen, Basana Gowda Gadratagi, Mohammed Abul Monjur Khan, Abdul Rehman, Ivan Rwomushana, Arup Kumar Sarma, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Darren J. Kriticos
Summary: By modeling the potential distribution of the papaya mealybug and combining the model with spatial data on irrigation and cropping patterns, the study identified areas at high risk of invasion by the pest, providing valuable information for pest control and management strategies.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Xiaoqing Xian, Haoxiang Zhao, Rui Wang, Huijie Qiao, Jianyang Guo, Guifen Zhang, Wanxue Liu, Fanghao Wan
Summary: This study predicts the potential distribution and estimates the invasive risk of Rapistrum rugosum in China based on distribution records and environmental variables. It found that ecological niche shifts strongly affect the potential invasive risk of the species, with temperature variables being the most important. The suitable habitat for R. rugosum covers a large area in Southwest, Southeast, and Central China.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Ecology
Scott Jarvie, Travis Ingram, David G. Chapple, Rodney A. Hitchmough, Stuart Nielsen, Joanne M. Monks
Summary: This study assessed the vulnerability of New Zealand lizards to climate change based on their taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships. The research found that most lizard species' ranges will decrease under future climate change, highlighting the importance of prioritizing protection for these vulnerable species. Managed relocation could be considered for species that will lose suitable climatic space within their current range.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Ecology
Liliana Benitez, Amy E. Kendig, Ashish Adhikari, Keith Clay, Philip F. Harmon, Robert D. Holt, Erica M. Goss, S. Luke Flory
Summary: Plant litter and its pathogens negatively impact competition with native plants, favoring invasive species and increasing disease incidence on native species.
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Forestry
Markus Sallmannshofer, Debojyoti Chakraborty, Harald Vacik, Gabor Illes, Markus Loew, Andreas Rechenmacher, Katharina Lapin, Sophie Ette, Dejan Stojanovic, Andrej Kobler, Silvio Schueler
Summary: The study compared global and regional models of native riparian tree species in central to south-eastern Europe, highlighting the importance of soil predictors over bioclimatic variables. The results showed most species are predicted to decrease in future occurrence probability, potentially leading to significant loss for economically and ecologically important tree species.
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Forestry
Qian Zhao, Yuan Zhang, Wen-Na Li, Bang-Wen Hu, Jia-Bin Zou, Shi-Qiang Wang, Jun-Feng Niu, Zhe-Zhi Wang
Summary: This study used an optimized maximum entropy model to predict the potential distribution and changes of suitable regions for Coptis chinensis in China. The results showed that these areas cover 12.54% of China's territory and are predicted to shrink over time. The study also revealed a trend of centroid transfer towards the northwest and high-altitude areas.
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Environmental Sciences
Adam T. Cross, Hongtao Zhong, Hans Lambers
Summary: The study found that in semi-arid Western Australia, establishing four substrate cover composition treatments on a dry-stacked magnetite tailings storage facility can promote the growth of native plant species and improve seed germination rates. This was mainly achieved by increasing the heterogeneity of surface covers to create more opportunities for seed germination.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
N. A. Aravind, Maanya Uma Shaanker, Poorna H. N. Bhat, Bipin Charles, Uma R. Shaanker, Manzoor A. Shah, G. Ravikanth
Summary: This study analyzes the niche shifts of 33 of the world's top invasive species and finds that 90% of them have largely stayed within similar habitats rather than moving to completely new ones. This indicates the potential inertia that species may face when leaving their fundamental niche and suggests that niche conservatism may play a role in dampening the rates of invasion.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
QiSheng Li, ZhongPing Xiong, Bin Lu, YingWen Pu, Yuan Li, YaJun Zhang, YuBao Duan
Summary: This study investigates the interactions between invasive bullfrogs and native pond frogs in urban ecosystems. The results show that there is competition between the two species, but bullfrogs have a wider trophic niche compared to pond frogs. This suggests that both species have similar ecological functions and experience intense interspecific competition.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
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Zoology
Zhenhua Luo, Monica A. Mowery, Xinlan Cheng, Qing Yang, Junhua Hu, Maydianne C. B. Andrade
Summary: The study found that the realized niche of the Australian redback spider differs between its native and invasive ranges, with human impact and climatic factors playing important roles. Human disturbance may provide shelters from unsuitable climatic conditions and extreme stresses, facilitating the establishment of the species in invasive areas.
FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Gregory F. Grether, Ann E. Finneran, Jonathan P. Drury
Summary: Understanding species distributions and predicting range shifts require considering all relevant abiotic factors and biotic interactions. This study used ecological niche models to evaluate if differences in the distribution range of rubyspot damselfly species can be explained by niche differentiation. Evidence for climatic niche differentiation was found, providing support for the hypothesis that reproductive interference limits range expansion.
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Ecology
Adriano S. Melo, Claudio G. Froehlich
Summary: Ecological communities are dynamic systems that can vary within and across years. Disturbance by spates and the emergence of adult insects during the rainy summer can generate distinct community states, while stable conditions in the dry winter can lead to characteristic community states associated with seasons. However, demographic stochasticity and the legacies of previous spates may hinder the full attainment of these states.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Diane S. Srivastava, A. Andrew M. MacDonald, Valerio D. Pillar, Pavel Kratina, Vanderlei J. Debastiani, Laura Melissa Guzman, Mark Kurtis Trzcinski, Olivier Dezerald, Ignacio M. Barberis, Paula M. de Omena, Gustavo Q. Romero, Fabiola Ospina-Bautista, Nicholas A. C. Marino, Celine Leroy, Vinicius F. Farjalla, Barbara A. Richardson, Ana Z. Goncalves, Bruno Corbara, Jana S. Petermann, Michael J. Richardson, Michael C. Melnychuk, Merlijn Jocque, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Stanislas Talaga, Gustavo C. O. Piccoli, Guillermo Montero, Kathryn R. Kirby, Brian M. Starzomski, Regis Cereghino
Summary: This study examines the influence of environmental gradients on species composition and trait-based assembly patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrates in tropical bromeliads.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Karine Borges Machado, Luis Mauricio Bini, Adriano Sanches Melo, Ariany Tavares de Andrade, Marcela Fernandes de Almeida, Priscilla Carvalho, Fabricio Barreto Teresa, Fabio de Oliveira Roque, Jascieli Carla Bortolini, Andre Andrian Padial, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, Renato Bolson Dala-Corte, Tadeu Siqueira, Leandro Juen, Murilo Sversut Dias, Watson Arantes Gama Junior, Renato Tavares Martins, Joao Carlos Nabout
Summary: This study investigated the effects of eutrophication on aquatic biodiversity and identified early indicators of eutrophication. The results showed that eutrophication increased phytoplankton density and chlorophyll concentration while decreasing community diversity.
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Ecology
Fabiana Schneck, Luis M. Bini, Adriano S. Melo, Danielle K. Petsch, Victor S. Saito, Simone Wengrat, Tadeu Siqueira
Summary: Local communities and individual species contribute to the overall beta diversity in metacommunities. This study investigated the local contribution (LCBD) and species contribution (SCBD) of stream benthic diatoms and insects along a gradient of land use intensification in southeast subtropical Brazil. The results showed that LCBD was negatively related to forest cover and positively related to environmental and land use uniqueness. Additionally, SCBD was partly explained by species traits and taxonomic relatedness and exhibited different relationships with forest cover for diatoms and insects.
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Environmental Sciences
Priscila Lemes, Fabiana G. Barbosa, Babak Naimi, Miguel B. Araujo
Summary: Scientists examined how animal-plant interactions and dispersal limitations might impact the responses of Brazil nut-dependent frogs to climate change. Their findings suggest that suitable habitats for these frogs are projected to decrease, which could have implications for their survival. However, it is crucial that these species maintain their own dispersal abilities in order to preserve ecological and evolutionary processes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Nicolas Caram, Felipe Casalas, Marcelo O. Wallau, Pablo Soca, Valerio D. Pillar, Monica Cadenazzi, Pablo Boggiano
Summary: This study investigated the impact of spatial and temporal variation in above-ground biomass on leaf traits and functional groups in grasslands, and found that the variation in above-ground biomass is associated with functional composition and diversity. The results suggest that grazing management practices can be used to enhance biodiversity conservation and livestock production in native grasslands.
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Milan Chytry, Valerio D. Pillar, Jodi N. Price, Viktoria Wagner, Susan K. Wiser, David Zeleny
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Bruna Claudia S. Jorge, Bruna Raquel Winck, Luciana da Silva Menezes, Bruno C. Bellini, Valerio D. Pillar, Luciana Regina Podgaiski
Summary: The afforestation of subtropical grasslands with Eucalyptus significantly decreased plant richness, soil pH, and soil temperature. It also negatively affected microbial biomass, soil basal respiration, and enzyme activities. Grassland afforestation altered the taxonomic and functional composition of Collembola communities.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Viktoria Wagner, Valerio D. Pillar, Jodi N. Price, Milan Chytry
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Afroditi Grigoropoulou, Suhaila Ab Hamid, Raul Acosta, Emmanuel Olusegun Akindele, Salman A. Al-Shami, Florian Altermatt, Giuseppe Amatulli, David G. Angeler, Francis O. Arimoro, Jukka Aroviita, Anna Astorga-Roine, Rafael Costa Bastos, Nuria Bonada, Nikos Boukas, Cecilia Brand, Vanessa Bremerich, Alex Bush, Qinghua Cai, Marcos Callisto, Kai Chen, Paulo Vilela Cruz, Olivier Dangles, Russell Death, Xiling Deng, Eduardo Dominguez, David G. Dudgeon, Tor Erik Eriksen, Ana Paula J. Faria, Maria Joao Feio, Camino Fernandez-Alaez, Mathieu Floury, Francisco Garcia-Criado, Jorge Garcia-Giron, Wolfram Graf, Mira Groenroos, Peter Haase, Neusa Hamada, Fengzhi He, Jani Heino, Ralph Holzenthal, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Dean Jacobsen, Sonja C. Jaehnig, Walter Jetz, Richard K. Johnson, Leandro Juen, Vincent Kalkman, Vassiliki Kati, Unique N. Keke, Ricardo Koroiva, Mathias Kuemmerlen, Simone Daniela Langhans, Raphael Ligeiro, Kris Van Looy, Alain Maasri, Richard K. Marchant, Jaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez, Renato T. Martins, Adriano S. Melo, Leon Metzeling, Maria Laura Miserendino, S. Jannicke Moe, Carlos Molineri, Timo Muotka, Kaisa-Riikka Mustonen, Heikki Mykrae, Jeane Marcelle Cavalcante do Nascimento, Francisco Valente-Neto, Peter J. Neu, Carolina Nieto, Steffen U. Pauls, Dennis R. Paulson, Blanca Rios-Touma, Marciel Elio Rodrigues, Fabio de Oliveira Roque, Juan Carlos Salazar Salina, Denes Schmera, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Deep Narayan Shah, John P. Simaika, Tadeu Siqueira, Ram Devi Tachamo-Shah, Guenther Theischinger, Ross Thompson, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Yusdiel Torres-Cambas, Colin Townsend, Eren Turak, Laura Twardochleb, Beixin Wang, Liubov Yanygina, Carmen Zamora-Munoz, Sami Domisch
Summary: This article introduces a global database of aquatic insects, providing information on their geographical locations and other relevant details. It serves as an important resource for studying freshwater biodiversity and freshwater ecosystem health.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Thore Engel, Helge Bruelheide, Daniela Hoss, Francesco M. Sabatini, Jan Altman, Mohammed A. S. Arfin-Khan, Erwin Bergmeier, Tomas Cerny, Milan Chytry, Matteo Dainese, Juergen Dengler, Jiri Dolezal, Richard Field, Felicia M. Fischer, Dries Huygens, Ute Jandt, Florian Jansen, Anke Jentsch, Dirk N. Karger, Jens Kattge, Jonathan Lenoir, Frederic Lens, Jaqueline Loos, Ulo Niinemets, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Wim A. Ozinga, Josep Penuelas, Gwendolyn Peyre, Oliver Phillips, Peter B. Reich, Christine Roemermann, Brody Sandel, Marco Schmidt, Franziska Schrodt, Eduardo Velez-Martin, Cyrille Violle, Valerio Pillar
Summary: This study evaluates the effects of dominance and niche partitioning on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships in grassland systems worldwide. The results indicate that dominance effects, related to the traits of the dominant species, have a significant impact on BEF relationships, while functional diversity (FD) does not affect primary productivity (NDVI).
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Pedro Henrique Francisco Oliveira, Karine Borges Machado, Fabricio Barreto Teresa, Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho, Manuel Eduardo Ferreira, Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro, Priscilla Carvalho, Carla Ferragut, Adriano Sanches Melo, Joao Carlos Nabout
Summary: In this study, the relative importance of local environment, regional landscape, and spatial distance on the periphytic community in Cerrado stream sites was assessed. The results showed that spatial distance had a significant impact on species richness, total density, and species composition. However, local environment and regional landscape did not have a significant effect on the community.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wu-Bing Xu, Wen-Yong Guo, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Franziska Schrodt, Wolf L. Eiserhardt, Brian J. Enquist, Brian S. Maitner, Cory Merow, Cyrille Violle, Madhur Anand, Michael Belluau, Hans Henrik Bruun, Chaeho Byun, Jane A. Catford, Bruno E. L. Cerabolini, Eduardo Chacon-Madrigal, Daniela Ciccarelli, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Anh Tuan Dang-Le, Angel de Frutos, Arildo S. Dias, Aelton B. Giroldo, Alvaro G. Gutierrez, Wesley Hattingh, Tianhua He, Peter Hietz, Nate Hough-Snee, Steven Jansen, Jens Kattge, Benjamin Komac, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Koen Kramer, Sandra Lavorel, Christopher H. Lusk, Adam R. Martin, Ke-Ping Ma, Maurizio Mencuccini, Sean T. Michaletz, Vanessa Minden, Akira S. Mori, Uelo Niinemets, Yusuke Onoda, Renske E. Onstein, Josep Penuelas, Valerio D. Pillar, Jan Pisek, Matthew J. Pound, Bjorn J. M. Robroek, Brandon Schamp, Martijn Slot, Miao Sun, Enio E. Sosinski Jr, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Nelson Thiffault, Peter M. van Bodegom, Fons van der Plas, Jingming Zheng, Jens-Christian Svenning, Alejandro Ordonez
Summary: Studying the impacts of past climate change on biodiversity helps to understand the risks from future climate change. This study found that larger glacial-interglacial temperature change was associated with lower species replacements and higher richness changes in beta-diversity. Furthermore, regions with large temperature change showed lower phylogenetic and functional turnover and higher nestedness than expected, indicating selective processes during glacial-interglacial oscillations. These findings suggest that future human-driven climate change could lead to local homogenization and reduction in angiosperm tree diversity.
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Fisheries
Breno Laio Medeiros de Rezende, Renato Bolson Dala-Corte, Adriano S. Melo
Summary: Freshwater fish metacommunities in river networks are influenced by environmental predictors and dispersal costs. Dams and terrain slope are important dispersal costs that restrict fish movement. Environmental predictors have a greater impact on fish dissimilarity than dispersal costs. Dam heights have the most significant effect on species turnover. Dams increase overall dissimilarity and reduce nestedness in native fish communities.
ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Luciana S. Menezes, Cleusa Ely, Diober B. Lucas, Graziela H. Minervini-Silva, Eduardo Velez-Martin, Heinrich Hasenack, Rafael Trevisan, Ilsi Iob Boldrini, Valerio D. Pillar, Gerhard E. Overbeck
Summary: This study provides a detailed description of plant communities in the South Brazilian grasslands and identifies clear differences in community composition across different regions. By investigating the relationship between plant communities and environmental features, reference values for richness and diversity are established, suggesting the best strategy for protecting plant diversity in the region.
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2022)