Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Olivia K. Bates, Cleo Bertelsmeier
Summary: Studies on niche conservatism assumptions in predicting biological invasions have shown contradictory results, revealing uncertainties in the frequency of niche shifts, potential biases towards conservatism, and the need for a new focus on trends or relative degrees of niche change. Additional experimental studies and computational analyses are recommended to address the mechanisms of niche shifts.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xavier Arnan, Elena Angulo, Raphael Boulay, Roberto Molowny-Horas, Xim Cerda, Javier Retana
Summary: This study aimed to examine the climatic niche similarity in native and introduced ant species in Europe, and found a strong phylogenetic signal in the optimal climatic niches of the most common ant species in Europe. Introduced species occupied different climatic niches in Europe compared to their native ranges, and their European climatic niches did not resemble those of their closest relative species in Europe.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yanlan Liu, Olivia Flournoy, Quan Zhang, Kimberly A. Novick, Randal D. Koster, Alexandra G. Konings
Summary: This study investigates the spatial variation of unstressed stomatal conductance and emphasizes the importance of plant-environment interactions in shaping stomatal traits.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Thomas F. Carlin, Jennifer L. Bufford, Philip E. Hulme, William K. Godsoe
Summary: In this study, climatic niche shifts of three weed species were compared between their native range and three introduced ranges. The presence and direction of climatic niche shifts were found to be inconsistent between the introduced ranges for each species. However, niche shifts within an introduced range were qualitatively similar among species.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Ales Lisner, Meelis Partel, Aveliina Helm, Elisabeth Prangel, Jan Leps
Summary: The study demonstrates a strong relationship between intraspecific trait variability and local species performance within communities, with plant height and specific leaf area explaining the biggest proportion of variation in species abundance. The impact of intraspecific trait variability on species abundance patterns is more significant compared to environmental conditions and trait differences from community-weighted mean values.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Brenda J. J. Grewell, Blanca Gallego-Tevar, Gael Barcenas-Moreno, Christine R. R. Whitcraft, Karen M. M. Thorne, Kevin J. J. Buffington, Jesus M. Castillo
Summary: Tidal wetlands are heavily affected by climate change and the invasion of alien plant species. A study on Iris pseudacorus showed that the invasive plants have stronger growth and better adaptation to environmental stresses induced by rising sea level than the native plants. This knowledge can be applied to improve risk assessments and conservation strategies.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Meifang Zhao, Shihong Tian, Yu Zhu, Zhiqiang Li, Suping Zeng, Shuguang Liu
Summary: Chinese trees display unique height-diameter allometries compared to trees in other continental forests worldwide, showing flexible phenotypic responses to heterogeneous light conditions.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Robert J. J. Griffin-Nolan, Brody Sandel
Summary: Plant traits play an important role in predicting species' response to environmental change and understanding their influence on ecosystems. This study examined the variation of traits within and across species in response to climate across different regions. The results showed that climate significantly influenced intraspecific trait variation, and this variation was related to species' form and function.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Alley Andreoni, Claudio Augugliaro, Rudy Zozzoli, Fabio Dartora, Emiliano Mori
Summary: Differential temporal behavior facilitates the coexistence of similar species by reducing interspecific competition. The study found that Siberian chipmunks and Eurasian red squirrels show moderate temporal overlap in activity patterns, suggesting limited temporal partitioning among these rodents. The results indicate that there may not be direct competition between native Eurasian red squirrels and invasive Siberian chipmunks in Europe.
ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jitka Klimesova, Ondrej Mudrak, Jana Martinkova, Ales Lisner, Jan Leps, Arinawa Liz Filartiga, Gianluigi Ottaviani
Summary: This study is the first attempt to integrate belowground clonal and aboveground traits to predict biomass allocation and soil carbon. Findings indicate that the ability of plant functional traits in predicting ecosystem functioning is highly context dependent, varying greatly even within the same community type. Only SLA and, to a lesser extent, persistence of rhizome consistently predicted root biomass in the two regions.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jason Pither, Brian J. Pickles, Suzanne W. Simard, Alejandro Ordonez, John W. Williams
Article
Ecology
Gang Feng, Ziyu Ma, Brody Sandel, Lingfeng Mao, Signe Normand, Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Clarke A. Knight, Jessica L. Blois, Benjamin Blonder, Marc Macias-Fauria, Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Biology
Kevin D. Burke, John W. Williams, Simon Brewer, Walter Finsinger, Thomas Giesecke, David J. Lorenz, Alejandro Ordonez
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Timo Conradi, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning
Editorial Material
Biodiversity Conservation
Alejandro Ordonez
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wu-Bing Xu, Jens-Christian Svenning, Guo-Ke Chen, Ming-Gang Zhang, Ji-Hong Huang, Bin Chen, Alejandro Ordonez, Ke-Ping Ma
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Constantin M. Zohner, Lidong Mo, Susanne S. Renner, Jens-Christian Svenning, Yann Vitasse, Blas M. Benito, Alejandro Ordonez, Frederik Baumgarten, Jean-Francois Bastin, Veronica Sebald, Peter B. Reich, Jingjing Liang, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Sergio de-Miguel, Giorgio Alberti, Clara Anton-Fernandez, Radomir Balazy, Urs-Beat Braendli, Han Y. H. Chen, Chelsea Chisholm, Emil Cienciala, Selvadurai Dayanandan, Tom M. Fayle, Lorenzo Frizzera, Damiano Gianelle, Andrzej M. Jagodzinski, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Tommaso Jucker, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Mohammed Latif Khan, Hyun Seok Kim, Henn Korjus, Vivian Kvist Johannsen, Diana Laarmann, Mait Lang, Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki, Pascal A. Niklaus, Alain Paquette, Hans Pretzsch, Purabi Saikia, Peter Schall, Vladimir Seben, Miroslav Svoboda, Elena Tikhonova, Helder Viana, Chunyu Zhang, Xiuhai Zhao, Thomas W. Crowther
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
Review
Ecology
Hannah J. White, Lupe Leon-Sanchez, Victoria J. Burton, Erin K. Cameron, Tancredi Caruso, Luis Cunha, Tara Dirilgen, Stephanie D. Jurburg, Ruth Kelly, Deepak Kumaresan, Raul Ochoa-Hueso, Alejandro Ordonez, Helen R. P. Phillips, Ivan Prieto, Olaf Schmidt, Paul Caplat
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Houjuan Song, Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning, Hong Qian, Xue Yin, Lingfeng Mao, Tao Deng, Jian Zhang
Summary: The study found that plant species from eastern Asia and eastern North America are facing varying levels of threats from climate and land cover changes, depending on their sensitivity and the regional pressures of climate and land cover. The research highlights the importance of region-specific conservation and restoration policies in response to the intensifying global changes.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Ecology
John W. Williams, Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning
Summary: The text outlines a conceptual framework of climate-driven fast, slow, and abrupt ecological change, arguing that the focus of ecological management should shift from managing states to managing rates of change. It differentiates between fast, slow, and abrupt ecological responses to climate change, emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressing the distinct risks associated with each type of ecological dynamics. Additionally, the text suggests that a rates-focused framework can broaden the strategic options for managing ecological systems and help reduce mismatch between climate and ecological rates of change.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Evan C. Fricke, Alejandro Ordonez, Haldre S. Rogers, Jens-Christian Svenning
Summary: Half of all plant species rely on animals for seed dispersal. Defaunation and novel community assembly affect plant adaptation to climate change through migration. Predicting pairwise interactions and dispersal function for fleshy-fruited plants globally can help forecast their assembly and functioning. Mammal and bird defaunation has already reduced the capacity of plants to track climate change by 60% globally, showing a synergy between defaunation and climate change that undermines vegetation resilience.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alejandro Ordonez, Felix Riede
Summary: Population dynamics provide the framework for human genetic and cultural evolution. For hunter-gatherers, population and environmental changes are closely correlated, although the causal relations between different environmental variables and human responses through time and space may vary.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Irena Simova, Alejandro Ordonez, David Storch
Summary: The study found that the temporal diversity-energy relationship only appears when energy levels rapidly change, while the spatial diversity-energy relationship is pronounced only when these levels stabilize. Current rapid climate changes can disrupt spatially consistent diversity-energy relationships. To understand diversity dynamics, it is crucial to simultaneously consider both the spatial and temporal dimensions of diversity variation.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)