The ecological and evolutionary consequences of tropicalisation

KM Zarzyczny, M Rius, ST Williams… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Tropicalisation is a marine phenomenon arising from contemporary climate change, and is
characterised by the range expansion of tropical/subtropical species and the retraction of …

The planetary role of seagrass conservation

RKF Unsworth, LC Cullen-Unsworth, BLH Jones… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Seagrasses are remarkable plants that have adapted to live in a marine environment. They
form extensive meadows found globally that bioengineer their local environments and …

Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude

GV Ashton, AL Freestone, JE Duffy, ME Torchin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Early naturalists suggested that predation intensity increases toward the tropics, affecting
fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes by latitude, but empirical support is still …

Improving quantitative synthesis to achieve generality in ecology

R Spake, RE O'dea, S Nakagawa… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Synthesis of primary ecological data is often assumed to achieve a notion of 'generality',
through the quantification of overall effect sizes and consistency among studies, and has …

Geographic gradients in species interactions: from latitudinal patterns to ecological mechanisms

AL Hargreaves - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The idea that species interactions are more ecologically and evolutionarily important toward
lower latitudes underpins seminal theories in ecology and evolution. Recent global studies …

The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes

I Nagelkerken, BJM Allan, DJ Booth, JM Donelson… - PLOS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Ocean warming and acidification are set to reshuffle life on Earth and alter ecological
processes that underpin the biodiversity, health, productivity, and resilience of ecosystems …

Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics

AL Freestone, ME Torchin, LJ Jurgens, M Bonfim… - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis that biotic interactions strengthen toward lower latitudes provides a
framework for linking community‐scale processes with the macroecological scales that …

Impact of deoxygenation and warming on global marine species in the 21st century

AL Morée, TM Clarke, WWL Cheung… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Ocean temperature and dissolved oxygen shape marine habitats in an interplay with
species' physiological characteristics. Therefore, the observed and projected warming and …

Persistent thermally driven shift in the functional trait structure of herbivorous fishes: Evidence of top‐down control on the rebound potential of temperate seaweed …

NE Bosch, M McLean, S Zarco‐Perello… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme climatic events can reshape the functional structure of ecological communities,
potentially altering ecological interactions and ecosystem functioning. While these shifts …

Geographic variation in salt marsh structure and function for nekton: a guide to finding commonality across multiple scales

SL Ziegler, R Baker, SC Crosby, DD Colombano… - Estuaries and …, 2021 - Springer
Coastal salt marshes are distributed widely across the globe and are considered essential
habitat for many fish and crustacean species. Yet, the literature on fishery support by salt …