Understanding environmental change through the lens of trait-based, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems

J Alahuhta, T Erős, OM Kärnä, J Soininen… - Environmental …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
In the era of the Anthropocene, environmental change is accelerating biodiversity loss
across ecosystems on Earth, among which freshwaters are likely the most threatened …

Systematics of damselfishes

KL Tang, MLJ Stiassny, RL Mayden… - Ichthyology & …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
The family Pomacentridae is a species-rich group of primarily marine fishes. The
phylogenetic relationships of the damselfishes are examined herein using sequence data …

Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes

G Litsios, CA Sims, RO Wüest, PB Pearman… - BMC evolutionary …, 2012 - Springer
Background Adaptive radiation is the process by which a single ancestral species diversifies
into many descendants adapted to exploit a wide range of habitats. The appearance of …

Measurement errors should always be incorporated in phylogenetic comparative analysis

D Silvestro, A Kostikova, G Litsios… - Methods in Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of continuous traits is the central component of comparative analyses in
phylogenetics, and the comparison of alternative models of trait evolution has greatly …

Isolation drives taxonomic and functional nestedness in tropical reef fish faunas

MG Bender, F Leprieur, D Mouillot, M Kulbicki… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Taxonomic nestedness, the degree to which the taxonomic composition of species‐poor
assemblages represents a subset of richer sites, commonly occurs in habitat fragments and …

Temperature‐related variation in growth rate, size, maturation and life span in a marine herbivorous fish over a latitudinal gradient

ED L. Trip, KD Clements… - Journal of Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In ectotherms, growth rate, body size and maturation rate covary with temperature, with the
direction and magnitude of variation predicted by the Temperature‐Size Rule (TSR) …

The influence of various reef sounds on coral‐fish larvae behaviour

E Parmentier, L Berten, P Rigo, F Aubrun… - Journal of Fish …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The swimming behaviour of coral‐reef fish larvae from 20 species of 10 different families
was tested under natural and artificial sound conditions. Underwater sounds from reef …

Contrasting evidence of phylogenetic trophic niche conservatism in mammals worldwide

MÁ Olalla‐Tárraga, M González‐Suárez… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC), a pattern of closely related species retaining
ancestral niche‐related traits over evolutionary time, is well documented for abiotic …

Environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in coral reef fish community structure

NP Zamani, MF Zuhdi, H Madduppa - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2022 - Springer
Coral reef fish populations are declining due to multiple factors including habitat destruction,
overfishing, and climate change. While these can include seasonal impact, seasonal …

Trophic ecology of damselfishes

B Frederich, D Olivier, L Gajdzik… - Biology of …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Resources (eg, food and habitat) partitioning may be viewed as one of the key factors in the
diversifying process, promoting the coexistence of closely related and ecologically …