Ecological time lags in biodiversity response to habitat changes

X Chen, Q Wang, B Cui, G Chen, T ** ecological communities can vary over time following variations
of environmental conditions at different scales. Such temporal dynamism is exacerbated by …

A global perspective on the functional responses of stream communities to flow intermittence

J Crabot, CP Mondy, P Usseglio‐Polatera, KM Fritz… - …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The current erosion of biodiversity is a major concern that threatens the ecological integrity
of ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide. Due to global change, an …

Local and regional drivers influence how aquatic community diversity, resistance and resilience vary in response to drying

R Sarremejane, J England, CEM Sefton, S Parry… - Oikos, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Disturbance events govern how the biodiversity of ecological communities varies in both
space and time. In freshwater ecosystems, there is evidence that local and regional‐scale …

Drying in newly intermittent rivers leads to higher variability of invertebrate communities

J Crabot, M Polášek, B Launay, P Pařil… - Freshwater …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic invertebrate communities inhabiting intermittent rivers that are characterised by
recurrent drying events (flow cessation or complete disappearance of surface water) often …

[HTML][HTML] Drying niches of aquatic macroinvertebrates identify potential biomonitoring indicators in intermittent and ephemeral streams

R Arias-Real, C Gutiérrez-Cánovas, M Menéndez… - Ecological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) compose the majority of draining networks
on Earth, supporting a unique fraction of biodiversity. Despite their high ecological value …

Alpha and beta diversity and species co‐occurrence patterns in headwaters supporting rare intermittent‐stream specialists

T Aspin, A House - Freshwater Biology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent rivers are the focus of a burgeoning subdiscipline of freshwater science, driven
by mounting recognition of their ubiquity, biodiversity, and climate sensitivity. However, our …

Climatic aridity increases temporal nestedness of invertebrate communities in naturally drying rivers

R Vander Vorste, R Stubbington, V Acuña… - …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is altering the water cycle globally, increasing the frequency and magnitude
of floods and droughts. An outstanding question is whether biodiversity responses to …

Partitioning of beta‐diversity reveals distinct assembly mechanisms of plant and soil microbial communities in response to nitrogen enrichment

W Liu, X Yang, L Jiang, L Guo, Y Chen… - Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) deposition poses a serious threat to terrestrial biodiversity and alters plant and
soil microbial community composition. Species turnover and nestedness reflect the …

[PDF][PDF] National environment and assets

P Berry, I Brown - The third UK climate change risk assessment …, 2021‏ - pure.sruc.ac.uk
Climate change continues to affect the natural environment across the UK and so this
chapter has the same general scope as of Chapter 3 in CCRA2, and correspondingly …