Ecosystem decay exacerbates biodiversity loss with habitat loss

JM Chase, SA Blowes, TM Knight, K Gerstner, F May - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Although habitat loss is the predominant factor leading to biodiversity loss in the
Anthropocene,, exactly how this loss manifests—and at which scales—remains a central …

A temporal beta‐diversity index to identify sites that have changed in exceptional ways in space–time surveys

P Legendre - Ecology and evolution, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim This paper presents the statistical bases for temporal beta‐diversity analysis, a method
to study changes in community composition through time from repeated surveys at several …

Protected areas support more species than unprotected areas in Great Britain, but lose them equally rapidly

R Cooke, F Mancini, RJ Boyd, KL Evans, A Shaw… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Protected areas are a key conservation tool, yet their effectiveness at maintaining
biodiversity through time is rarely quantified. Here, we assess protected area effectiveness …

Abundant and rare bacteria possess different diversity and function in crop monoculture and rotation systems across regional farmland

Z Zhou, Y Zhang, F Zhang - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Revealing regional distribution and diversity of abundant and rare bacterial communities in
different crop** systems are crucial to predict trends of microbial changes in farmlands …

Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe

J Courtin, KR Stoof-Leichsenring, S Lisovski… - Nature …, 2025‏ - nature.com
Abstract During the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, the dominant mammoth steppe
ecosystem across northern Eurasia vanished, in parallel with megafauna extinctions …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial patterns of site and species contributions to β diversity in riverine fish assemblages

Z **a, J Heino, F Yu, Y He, F Liu, J Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the patterns and ecological determinants of β diversity in freshwater
ecosystems is fundamental to biogeography, conservation biology, and environmental …

Characterization of the Wood Mycobiome of Vitis vinifera in a Vineyard Affected by Esca. Spatial Distribution of Fungal Communities and Their Putative Relation With …

G Del Frari, A Gobbi, MR Aggerbeck… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Esca is a disease complex belonging to the grapevine trunk diseases cluster. It comprises
five syndromes, three main fungal pathogenic agents and several symptoms, both internal …

What drives zooplankton taxonomic and functional β diversity? A review of Brazilian rivers

G de Souza Santos, LP Diniz, EEC Silva, TLT de Paula… - Hydrobiologia, 2024‏ - Springer
We carried out a literature review to investigate the taxonomic and functional β diversity of
zooplankton and its species replacement (βrepl) and richness difference (βrich) components …

[HTML][HTML] Scales matter: Regional environment factors affect α diversity but local factors affect β diversity of macroinvertebrates in Thousand Islands Lake catchment …

Z Lin, G Liu, K Guo, K Wang, L Wijewardene, N Wu - Ecological Indicators, 2024‏ - Elsevier
A more profound comprehension of various facets of biodiversity is essential for advancing
sustainable governance of biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services. In this study …

Flow alterations by dams shaped fish assemblage dynamics in the complex Mekong-3S river system

PB Ngor, P Legendre, T Oberdorff, S Lek - Ecological Indicators, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Mekong, Sekong, Sesan, and Srepok (Mekong-3S) river system, a Ramsar
wetlands of international importance and critical fish migration routes, is altered by dams that …