Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes

RJ Rolls, J Heino, DS Ryder, BC Chessman… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Of all ecosystems, freshwaters support the most dynamic and highly concentrated
biodiversity on Earth. These attributes of freshwater biodiversity along with increasing …

Revisiting “what do tadpoles really eat?” A 10‐year perspective

CG Montaña, SD Silva, D Hagyari, J Wager… - Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tadpoles are diverse and abundant consumers, and knowledge of their feeding ecology
and trophic status is essential in understanding their functional roles within aquatic habitats …

Variations in trophic niches of soil microarthropods with elevation in two distant mountain regions in Eurasia as indicated by stable isotopes (15N, 13C)

X Pan, Z **e, Z Zhou, X Sun, D Liu, D Wu… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge on the trophic niche of animal species is important for understanding
their coexistence and hence animal diversity. Trophic niches have been shown to vary with …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic pollution and nutrient enrichment shift the diet of freshwater macroinvertebrates

AM Rodríguez, P Kratina, JI Jones - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution poses a global threat to freshwater ecosystems, with laboratory
experiments indicating potential toxic impacts through chemical toxicity, physical abrasion …

Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA

KL Jorgenson, S Hotaling, LM Tronstad, DS Finn… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding biotic interactions and how they vary across habitats is important for
assessing the vulnerability of communities to climate change. Receding glaciers in high …

Invariant and vulnerable food web components after bullfrog invasion

N Gobel, G Laufer, I González-Bergonzoni… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Alien species introductions produce strong impacts on invaded communities, altering their
structure, diversity and functioning. These impacts are interrelated with changes in food web …

Using stable isotopes to study resource partitioning between red-eared slider and Rio Grande cooter in the Pecos River watershed

T Suriyamongkol, V Ortega-Berno… - Ichthyology & …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Aquatic turtles represent important biotic components of freshwater ecosystems. The Pecos
River watershed is inhabited by six freshwater turtle species, including the widespread …

Trophic isotopic carbon variation increases with pond's hydroperiod: evidence from an Austral ephemeral ecosystem

T Dalu, RJ Wasserman, PW Froneman, OLF Weyl - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Trophic variation in food web structure occurs among and within ecosystems. The
magnitude of variation, however, differs from system to system. In ephemeral pond …

How sensitive are temperate tadpoles to climate change? The use of thermal physiology and niche model tools to assess vulnerability

MG Perotti, MF Bonino, D Ferraro, FB Cruz - Zoology, 2018 - Elsevier
Ectotherms are vulnerable to climate change, given their dependence on temperature, and
amphibians are particularly interesting because of their complex life cycle. Tadpoles may …

Taxonomic and functional anuran beta diversity of a subtropical metacommunity respond differentially to environmental and spatial predictors

DA Dalmolin, AM Tozetti, MJ Ramos Pereira - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Anurans exhibit limited dispersion ability and have physiological and behavioural
characteristics that narrow their relationships with both environmental and spatial predictors …