Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures

MJ Osland, PW Stevens, MM Lamont… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropicalization is a term used to describe the transformation of temperate ecosystems by
poleward‐moving tropical organisms in response to warming temperatures. In North …

Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

JCZ Woinarski, AA Burbidge, PL Harrison - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - pnas.org
The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an
extraordinary rate of extinction (> 10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last∼ …

Current global risks to marine mammals: taking stock of the threats

IC Avila, K Kaschner, CF Dormann - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine mammals are impacted by many anthropogenic activities and mitigating these
impacts requires knowledge about the geographic occurrence of threats. Here, we …

Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

GC Hays, LC Ferreira, AMM Sequeira… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities
for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on …

Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon

SE Nelms, J Alfaro-Shigueto, JPY Arnould… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
Marine mammals can play important ecological roles in aquatic ecosystems, and their
presence can be key to community structure and function. Consequently, marine mammals …

Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae

JE Duffy, L Benedetti-Cecchi, J Trinanes… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In coastal waters around the world, the dominant primary producers are benthic
macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, that provide habitat structure and food …

[BOK][B] Great barrier reef outlook report 2019

GBRMP Authority - 2019 - elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au
8.1 Background Resilience, in the broadest sense, is the capacity of a system to absorb
disturbance and reorganise so as to retain essentially the same structure, function, identity …

The role of vegetated coastal wetlands for marine megafauna conservation

M Sievers, CJ Brown, VJD Tulloch, RM Pearson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Habitat loss is accelerating a global extinction crisis. Conservation requires understanding
links between species and habitats. Emerging research is revealing important associations …

Seagrass ecosystem contributions to people's quality of life in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories

S Andréfouet, A Hughes, M Rota, C Shaw… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - archimer.ifremer.fr
seagrass ecosystems provide critical contributions (goods and perceived benefits or
detriments) for the livelihoods and wellbeing of pacific islander peoples. through in-depth …

Accelerating tropicalization and the transformation of temperate seagrass meadows

GA Hyndes, KL Heck Jr, A Vergés, ES Harvey… - Bioscience, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Climate-driven changes are altering production and functioning of biotic assemblages in
terrestrial and aquatic environments. In temperate coastal waters, rising sea temperatures …