Two hundred years of zooplankton vertical migration research

K Bandara, Ø Varpe, L Wijewardene… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vertical migration is a geographically and taxonomically widespread behaviour among
zooplankton that spans across diel and seasonal timescales. The shorter‐term diel vertical …

Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients

L Pellissier, C Albouy, J Bascompte… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge of species composition and their interactions, in the form of interaction networks,
is required to understand processes sha** their distribution over time and space. As such …

Climate warming restructures food webs and carbon flow in high-latitude ecosystems

PJ Manlick, NL Perryman, AM Koltz, JA Cook… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Rapid warming of high-latitude ecosystems is increasing microbial activity and accelerating
the decomposition of permafrost soils. This proliferation of microbial energy could restructure …

A molecular‐based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland

T Roslin, P Somervuo, M Pentinsaari… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge,
we need reference sequences annotated by Linnaean taxonomy. In this study, we (1) report …

What you need is what you eat? Prey selection by the bat Myotis daubentonii

EJ Vesterinen, L Ruokolainen, N Wahlberg… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Optimal foraging theory predicts that predators are selective when faced with abundant prey,
but become less picky when prey gets sparse. Insectivorous bats in temperate regions are …

Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling

AM Koltz, L Gough, JR McLaren - … of the New York Academy of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic terrestrial herbivores influence tundra carbon and nutrient dynamics through their
consumption of resources, waste production, and habitat‐modifying behaviors. The strength …

From feces to data: A metabarcoding method for analyzing consumed and available prey in a bird‐insect food web

S Rytkönen, EJ Vesterinen, C Westerduin… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Diets play a key role in understanding trophic interactions. Knowing the actual structure of
food webs contributes greatly to our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem …

Table for five, please: Dietary partitioning in boreal bats

EJ Vesterinen, AIE Puisto, AS Blomberg… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Differences in diet can explain resource partitioning in apparently similar, sympatric species.
Here, we analyzed 1,252 fecal drop**s from five species (Eptesicus nilssonii, Myotis …

DNA metabarcoding quantifies the relative biomass of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: Validation with camera‐recorded diets

YI Verkuil, M Nicolaus, R Ubels, MW Dietz… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological research is often hampered by the inability to quantify animal diets. Diet
composition can be tracked through DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples, but whether …

Phenological mismatch in Arctic‐breeding shorebirds: Impact of snowmelt and unpredictable weather conditions on food availability and chick growth

ST Saalfeld, DC McEwen, DC Kesler… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological consequences of climate change have been recognized in numerous
species, with perhaps phenology being the most well‐documented change. Phenological …