The guild concept and the structure of ecological communities
A guild is defined as a group of species that exploit the same class of environmental
resources in a similar way. This term groups together species without regard to taxonomic …
resources in a similar way. This term groups together species without regard to taxonomic …
Impact of heavy metals and nanoparticles on aquatic biota
SK Kahlon, G Sharma, JM Julka, A Kumar… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Human activities such as industrialisation, urbanisation and agriculture have adversely
impacted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Water pollutants such as heavy metals and …
impacted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Water pollutants such as heavy metals and …
FUNGuild: an open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild
Fungi typically live in highly diverse communities composed of multiple ecological guilds.
Although high-throughput sequencing has greatly increased the ability to quantify the …
Although high-throughput sequencing has greatly increased the ability to quantify the …
Functional diversity (FD), species richness and community composition
Functional diversity is an important component of biodiversity, yet in comparison to
taxonomic diversity, methods of quantifying functional diversity are less well developed …
taxonomic diversity, methods of quantifying functional diversity are less well developed …
Landscape filters and species traits: towards mechanistic understanding and prediction in stream ecology
NLR Poff - Journal of the north american Benthological …, 1997 - journals.uchicago.edu
A heuristic framework for understanding and predicting the distribution and categorical
abundance of species in stream communities is presented. The framework requires that …
abundance of species in stream communities is presented. The framework requires that …
Global patterns of guild composition and functional diversity of spiders
The objectives of this work are:(1) to define spider guilds for all extant families worldwide;(2)
test if guilds defined at family level are good surrogates of species guilds;(3) compare the …
test if guilds defined at family level are good surrogates of species guilds;(3) compare the …
Multiple trophic levels of a forest stream linked to terrestrial litter inputs
The importance of terrestrial-aquatic linkages was evaluated by a large-scale, 3-year
exclusion of terrestrial leaf litter inputs to a forest stream. Exclusion of leaf litter had a strong …
exclusion of terrestrial leaf litter inputs to a forest stream. Exclusion of leaf litter had a strong …
The role of benthic invertebrate species in freshwater ecosystems: zoobenthic species influence energy flows and nutrient cycling
Small invertebrates are function-ally important in many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
(Wilson 1992, Freckman et al. 1997, Palmer et al. 1997, Postel and Carpenter 1997). In …
(Wilson 1992, Freckman et al. 1997, Palmer et al. 1997, Postel and Carpenter 1997). In …
[LIVRE][B] Insect ecology: an ecosystem approach
TD Schowalter - 2022 - books.google.com
Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fifth Edition provides the most updated and
comprehensive knowledge of the diversity of insect responses to environmental changes …
comprehensive knowledge of the diversity of insect responses to environmental changes …
Intraguild predation: the dynamics of complex trophic interactions
GA Polis, RD Holt - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1992 - cell.com
Although ubiquitous, IGP has historically been less well integrated into the conceptual
framework of ecology than competition and predation considered separately, except in …
framework of ecology than competition and predation considered separately, except in …