Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning

M Scherer-Lorenzen, MO Gessner, BE Beisner… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
The biodiversity–ecosystem functioning concept asserts that processes in ecosystems are
markedly influenced by species richness and other facets of biodiversity. However …

Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research: Brief history, major trends and perspectives

A Ali - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Since Grime's 1973 study on the competitive exclusion of herbaceous plants, ecologists
have intensively debated the Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning (BEF) relationships for …

Unfolding the dynamics of ecosystems undergoing alternating wet‐dry transitional states

R Arias‐Real, M Delgado‐Baquerizo… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A significant fraction of Earth's ecosystems undergoes periodic wet‐dry alternating
transitional states. These globally distributed water‐driven transitional ecosystems, such as …

How resilient are waterways of the Asian Himalayas? Finding adaptive measures for future sustainability

GR Kattel, A Paszkowski, Y Pokhrel… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The high‐mountain system, a storehouse of major waterways that support important
ecosystem services to about 1.5 billion people in the Himalaya, is facing unprecedented …

[HTML][HTML] A spatial fingerprint of land-water linkage of biodiversity uncovered by remote sensing and environmental DNA

H Zhang, E Mächler, F Morsdorf, PA Niklaus… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are tightly connected via spatial flows of organisms and
resources. Such land-water linkages integrate biodiversity across ecosystems and suggest a …

Water in the city: visitation of animal wildlife to garden water sources and urban lakes

EK Gibbons, PG Close, BE Van Helden, NJ Rooney - Urban Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Providing garden water sources (eg, ponds, bird baths) has become a popular and strongly
promoted form of wildlife-friendly gardening, yet evidence of their use by animals is scarce …

Connecting distinct realms along multiple dimensions: A meta-ecosystem resilience perspective

DG Angeler, J Heino, J Rubio-Ríos, JJ Casas - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Resilience research is central to confront the sustainability challenges to ecosystems and
human societies in a rapidly changing world. Given that social-ecological problems span the …

[PDF][PDF] Life stage dependent predator–prey reversal between a frog (Litoria aurea) and a dragonfly (Anax papuensis)

CT Beranek, J Clulow, M Mahony - Ecology, 2023 - researchgate.net
There are many documented instances of “predator–prey reversal,” which is a biological
interaction where an organism that is typically thought of as prey in a pairwise predator–prey …

Scientific literature on freshwater ecosystem services: trends, biases, and future directions

JC Nabout, KB Machado, ACM David, LBG Mendonça… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the scientific literature on aquatic
ecosystem services. We used the Web of Science database for our research. We found a …

Macroinvertebrate diversity and ecosystem functioning across the eutrophication gradients of the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River lakes (China)

Y Cai, R Dong, G Kattel, Y Zhang, K Peng… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity, which strengthens ecosystem stability, ecosystem function, and ecosystem
services, is threatened by anthropogenic perturbation and climate change worldwide …