Microbial biodiversity and plant functional trait interactions in multifunctional ecosystems

MM Nizamani, AC Hughes, S Qureshi, Q Zhang… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies have cast new light on the intricate interplay between microbial biodiversity
and plant functional traits, underscoring their pivotal roles in counteracting the adverse …

Biotic responses to climate extremes in terrestrial ecosystems

MP Thakur, AC Risch, WH van der Putten - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing the incidence of climate extremes.
Consequences of climate extremes on biodiversity can be highly detrimental, yet few studies …

The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis

L Halupka, D Arlt, J Tolvanen, A Millon… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change affects timing of reproduction in many bird species, but few studies have
investigated its influence on annual reproductive output. Here, we assess changes in the …

Local buffer mechanisms for population persistence

A Milles, T Banitz, M Bielcik, K Frank… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Assessing and predicting the persistence of populations is essential for the conservation
and control of species. Here, we argue that local mechanisms require a better conceptual …

Urban forest soils harbour distinct and more diverse communities of bacteria and fungi compared to less disturbed forest soils

T Scholier, A Lavrinienko, I Brila, E Tukalenko… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic changes to land use drive concomitant changes in biodiversity, including that
of the soil microbiota. However, it is not clear how increasing intensity of human disturbance …

Increasing fire frequency and severity will increase habitat loss for a boreal forest indicator species

EC Palm, MJ Suitor, K Joly, JD Herriges… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change will lead to more frequent and more severe fires in some areas of boreal
forests, affecting the distribution and availability of late‐successional forest communities …

Towards complex applications of active remote sensing for ecology and conservation

H Latifi, R Valbuena, CA Silva - Methods in Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Remote sensing (RS) and geospatial sciences already amount to a long history of fostering
research in topics related to ecology. Data and methods have mainly been subject to …

Multiple dimensions of extreme weather events and their impacts on biodiversity

JD González-Trujillo, RM Román-Cuesta… - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
Climate change is a multidimensional phenomenon. As such, no single metric can capture
all trajectories of change and associated impacts. While numerous metrics exist to measure …

Experience shapes wild boar spatial response to drive hunts

A Olejarz, E Augustsson, P Kjellander, M Ježek… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Human-induced disturbances of the environment are rapid and often unpredictable in space
and time, exposing wildlife to strong selection pressure favouring plasticity in specific traits …

HPAIV outbreak triggers short-term colony connectivity in a seabird metapopulation

JWE Jeglinski, JV Lane, SC Votier, RW Furness… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Disease outbreaks can drastically disturb the environment of surviving animals, but the
behavioural, ecological, and epidemiological consequences of disease-driven disturbance …