The effect of urbanization on freshwater macroinvertebrates–knowledge gaps and future research directions

B Gál, I Szivák, J Heino, D Schmera - Ecological indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the effects of urbanization on the diversity of freshwater macroinvertebrates
is an important topic of biodiversity research and has direct conservation relevance. The …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of trait-based ecology: from theory to R tools

F De Bello, CP Carmona, ATC Dias, L Götzenberger… - 2021 - books.google.com
Functional ecology is the branch of ecology that focuses on various functions that species
play in the community or ecosystem in which they occur. This accessible guide offers the …

Enhancing rice production sustainability and resilience via reactivating small water bodies for irrigation and drainage

S Li, Y Zhuang, H Liu, Z Wang, F Zhang, M Lv… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rice farming threatens freshwater resources, while also being increasingly vulnerable to
drought due to climate change. Rice farming needs to become more sustainable and …

Resilience of aquatic systems: review and management implications

MC Pelletier, J Ebersole, K Mulvaney, B Rashleigh… - Aquatic sciences, 2020 - Springer
Our understanding of how ecosystems function has changed from an equilibria-based view
to one that recognizes the dynamic, fluctuating, nonlinear nature of aquatic systems. This …

Response trait diversity and species asynchrony underlie the diversity–stability relationship in Romanian bird communities

HJ White, JJ Bailey, C Bogdan… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity–stability relationships have frequently been studied in ecology, with the recent
integration of traits to explain community stability over time. Classical theory underlying the …

How to measure response diversity

SRPJ Ross, OL Petchey, T Sasaki… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The insurance effect of biodiversity—that diversity stabilises aggregate ecosystem properties—
is mechanistically underlain by inter‐and intraspecific trait variation in organismal responses …

Environmental factors are primary determinants of different facets of pond macroinvertebrate alpha and beta diversity in a human-modified landscape

MJ Hill, J Heino, JC White, DB Ryves, PJ Wood - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the spatial patterns and environmental drivers of freshwater diversity and
community structure is a key challenge in biogeography and conservation biology. However …

Landscape transformation alters functional diversity in coastal seascapes

CJ Henderson, BL Gilby, TA Schlacher… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological impacts of landscape modification and urbanisation have transformed the
composition of plant and animal assemblages, and altered the condition of ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of land use and environmental gradients on the taxonomic and functional diversity of rotifer assemblages in lakes along the Yangtze River, China

Q Wang, K Feng, X Du, J Yuan, J Liu, Z Li - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pressures are the main drivers of freshwater biodiversity loss. Lakes can act
as sentinels of both local and regional changes and experience increased anthropogenic …

Multiple anthropogenic pressures and local environmental gradients in ponds governing the taxonomic and functional diversity of epiphytic macroinvertebrates

O Stamenković, M Stojković Piperac, D Milošević… - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities alter community composition, diversity and functioning of
macroinvertebrate communities in freshwater ecosystems. Especially threatened are pond …