Advancing biological invasion hypothesis testing using functional diversity indices

D Renault, MCM Hess, J Braschi, RN Cuthbert… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pioneering investigations on the effects of introduced populations on community structure,
ecosystem functioning and services have focused on the effects of invaders on taxonomic …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

Postglacial species arrival and diversity buildup of northern ecosystems took millennia

IG Alsos, DP Rijal, D Ehrich, DN Karger, NG Yoccoz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
What drives ecosystem buildup, diversity, and stability? We assess species arrival and
ecosystem changes across 16 millennia by combining regional-scale plant sedimentary …

Functional diversity of sharks and rays is highly vulnerable and supported by unique species and locations worldwide

C Pimiento, C Albouy, D Silvestro, TL Mouton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) are among the most threatened marine
vertebrates, yet their global functional diversity remains largely unknown. Here, we use a …

Understanding the chemodiversity of plants: Quantification, variation and ecological function

H Petrén, RA Anaia, KS Aragam… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plants produce a great number of phytochemicals serving a variety of different functions.
Recently, the chemodiversity of these compounds (ie, the diversity of compounds produced …

Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming

L Benedetti-Cecchi, AE Bates, G Strona… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protection from direct human impacts can safeguard marine life, yet ocean warming crosses
marine protected area boundaries. Here, we test whether protection offers resilience to …

Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity

F Hua, W Wang, S Nakagawa, S Liu, X Miao… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
The biodiversity impacts of agricultural deforestation vary widely across regions. Previous
efforts to explain this variation have focused exclusively on the landscape features and …

Alien species and climate change drive shifts in a riverine fish community and trait compositions over 35 years

G Le Hen, P Balzani, P Haase, A Kouba, C Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alien fish substantially impact aquatic communities. However, their effects on trait
composition remain poorly understood, especially at large spatiotemporal scales. Here, we …

Collections of small urban parks consistently support higher species richness but not higher phylogenetic or functional diversity

FA La Sorte, JAG Clark… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
When prioritizing regions for conservation protection, decisions are often based on the
principle that a single large reserve should support more species than several small …

Seabird diversity and biomass enhance cross-ecosystem nutrient subsidies

CE Benkwitt, P Carr, SK Wilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mobile consumers are key vectors of cross-ecosystem nutrients, yet have experienced
population declines which threaten their ability to fill this role. Despite their importance and …