[HTML][HTML] The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation

Y Malhi, T Lander, E le Roux, N Stevens… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Two major environmental challenges of our time are responding to climate change and
reversing biodiversity decline. Interventions that simultaneously tackle both challenges are …

The structure of ecological networks across levels of organization

PR Guimaraes Jr - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Interactions connect the units of ecological systems, forming networks. Individual-based
networks characterize variation in niches among individuals within populations. These …

Cascading impacts of seed disperser loss on plant communities and ecosystems

HS Rogers, I Donoso, A Traveset… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

Loss of functional diversity through anthropogenic extinctions of island birds is not offset by biotic invasions

F Sayol, RSC Cooke, AL Pigot, TM Blackburn… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Human impacts reshape ecological communities through the extinction and introduction of
species. The combined impact of these factors depends on whether non-native species fill …

Functional diversity metrics can perform well with highly incomplete data sets

K Stewart, CP Carmona, C Clements… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Characterising changes in functional diversity at large spatial scales provides insight into the
impact of human activity on ecosystem structure and function. However, the approach is …

The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks

LP Martins, D Garcia-Callejas, HR Lai… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Despite the development of network science, we lack clear heuristics for how far different
disturbance types propagate within and across species interaction networks. We discuss the …

A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification

M Neyret, G Le Provost, AL Boesing… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow-to fast-growing organisms, in
response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However …

Plant-frugivore network simplification under habitat fragmentation leaves a small core of interacting generalists

W Li, C Zhu, I Grass, DP Vázquez, D Wang… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Habitat fragmentation impacts seed dispersal processes that are important in maintaining
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, it is still unclear how habitat fragmentation …

Anthropogenic impacts on plant-animal mutualisms: A global synthesis for pollination and seed dispersal

AL Teixido, LF Fuzessy, CS Souza, IN Gomes… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global anthropogenic changes cause major impacts on species interactions, with cascading
effects on ecosystem functioning. Animal-mediated pollination and seed dispersal are major …

Common seed dispersers contribute most to the persistence of a fleshy-fruited tree

F Rehling, E Jongejans, J Schlautmann… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Mutualistic interactions are by definition beneficial for each contributing partner. However, it
is insufficiently understood how mutualistic interactions influence partners throughout their …