Outputs (98)

Effect of Canal Bank Engineering Disturbance on Plant Communities: Analysis of Taxonomic and Functional Beta Diversity (2023)
Journal Article
Pugh, B. E., & Field, R. (2023). Effect of Canal Bank Engineering Disturbance on Plant Communities: Analysis of Taxonomic and Functional Beta Diversity. Land, 12(5), Article 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051090

We aimed to determine how patterns of functional and taxonomic dissimilarities and their components differ between disturbed and undisturbed plant communities. Taxonomic (species) and functional (trait) diversity are key aspects of biodiversity, and... Read More about Effect of Canal Bank Engineering Disturbance on Plant Communities: Analysis of Taxonomic and Functional Beta Diversity.

The role of reservoir species in mediating plague's dynamic response to climate (2023)
Journal Article
Fell, H. G., Jones, M., Atkinson, S., Stenseth, N. C., & Algar, A. C. (2023). The role of reservoir species in mediating plague's dynamic response to climate. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), Article 230021. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230021

The distribution and transmission of Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, responds dynamically to climate, both within wildlife reservoirs and human populations. The exact mechanisms mediating plague's response to climate are still poorly... Read More about The role of reservoir species in mediating plague's dynamic response to climate.

Imputing missing data in plant traits: A guide to improve gap‐filling (2023)
Journal Article
Joswig, J. S., Kattge, J., Kraemer, G., Mahecha, M. D., Rüger, N., Schaepman, M. E., Schrodt, F., & Schuman, M. C. (2023). Imputing missing data in plant traits: A guide to improve gap‐filling. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(8), 1395-1408. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13695

Aim: Globally distributed plant trait data are increasingly used to understand relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem processes. However, global trait databases are sparse because they are compiled from many, mostly small databases. This sp... Read More about Imputing missing data in plant traits: A guide to improve gap‐filling.

Lianas, ecosystems and global change (2023)
Book
Van Der Heijden, G. M., Meunier, F., & Schnitzer, S. A. (Eds.). (2023). Lianas, ecosystems and global change. Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-83251-702-4

Understanding trait diversity: the role of geodiversity (2023)
Journal Article
Vernham, G., Bailey, J. J., Chase, J. M., Hjort, J., Field, R., & Schrodt, F. (2023). Understanding trait diversity: the role of geodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38(8), 736-748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.010

Geodiversity – the abiotic heterogeneity of Earth's (sub)surface – is gaining recognition for its ecological links to biodiversity. However, theoretical and conceptual knowledge of geodiversity–trait diversity relationships is currently lacking and c... Read More about Understanding trait diversity: the role of geodiversity.

Scenario set-up and forcing data for impact model evaluation and impact attribution within the third round of the Inter-Sectoral Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3a) (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Frieler, K., Volkholz, J., Lange, S., Schewe, J., Mengel, M., Rivas López, M. D. R., Otto, C., Reyer, C. P. O., Karger, D. N., Malle, J. T., Treu, S., Menz, C., Blanchard, J. L., Harrison, C. S., Petrik, C. M., Eddy, T. D., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Novaglio, C., Rousseau, Y., Watson, R. A., …Bechtold, M. Scenario set-up and forcing data for impact model evaluation and impact attribution within the third round of the Inter-Sectoral Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3a)

This paper describes the rationale and the protocol of the first component of the third simulation round of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3a, www.isimip.org) and the associated set of climate-related and direct human... Read More about Scenario set-up and forcing data for impact model evaluation and impact attribution within the third round of the Inter-Sectoral Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3a).

Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally (2023)
Journal Article
Engel, T., Bruelheide, H., Hoss, D., Sabatini, F. M., Altman, J., Arfin-Khan, M. A., Bergmeier, E., Černý, T., Chytrý, M., Dainese, M., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., Field, R., Fischer, F. M., Huygens, D., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jentsch, A., Karger, D. N., Kattge, J., …Pillar, V. (2023). Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(5), 695-706. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13644

Aim: Theoretical, experimental and observational studies have shown that biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships are influenced by functional community structure through two mutually non-exclusive mechanisms: (1) the dominance effect (... Read More about Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally.

Editorial: Lianas, ecosystems, and global change (2023)
Journal Article
van der Heijden, G. M., Schnitzer, S. A., & Meunier, F. (2023). Editorial: Lianas, ecosystems, and global change. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, Article 1079620. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1079620

Lianas (woody vines) are an abundant and diverse plant group in tropical ecosystems (Gentry, 1991; Dewalt et al., 2014). While they enhance forest canopy connectivity and provide food and shelter for tropical fauna (Yanoviak and Schnitzer, 2013; Schn... Read More about Editorial: Lianas, ecosystems, and global change.

Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia (2022)
Journal Article
Klunzinger, M. W., Whisson, C., Zieritz, A., Benson, J. A., Stewart, B. A., & Kirkendale, L. (2022). Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 20385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24767-5

The freshwater mussel Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) has long been considered the sole Westralunio species in Australia, limited to the Southwest and listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and under Australian legislation. Here, we used speci... Read More about Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia.

Storm chasing: Tracking Holocene storminess in southern Sweden using mineral proxies from inland and coastal peat bogs (2022)
Journal Article
Kylander, M. E., Martínez-Cortizas, A., Sjöström, J. K., Gåling, J., Gyllencreutz, R., Bindler, R., Alexanderson, H., Schenk, F., Reinardy, B. T., Chandler, B. M., & Gallagher, K. (2023). Storm chasing: Tracking Holocene storminess in southern Sweden using mineral proxies from inland and coastal peat bogs. Quaternary Science Reviews, 299, Article 107854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107854

Severe extratropical winter storms are a recurrent feature of the European climate and cause widespread socioeconomic losses. Due to insufficient long-term data, it remains unclear whether storminess has shown a notable response to changes in externa... Read More about Storm chasing: Tracking Holocene storminess in southern Sweden using mineral proxies from inland and coastal peat bogs.

Landscape-scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics (2022)
Journal Article
Waite, C. E., van der Heijden, G. M., Field, R., Burslem, D. F., Dalling, J. W., Nilus, R., Rodríguez-Ronderos, M. E., Marshall, A. R., & Boyd, D. S. (2023). Landscape-scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics. Journal of Ecology, 111(1), 77-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14015

Lianas (woody vines) are a key component of tropical forests, known to reduce forest carbon storage and sequestration and to be increasing in abundance. Analysing how and why lianas are distributed in forest canopies at landscape scales will help us... Read More about Landscape-scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics.

Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates (2022)
Journal Article
Correa, D. F., Stevenson, P. R., Umaña, M. N., Coelho, L. D. S., Lima Filho, D. D. A., Salomão, R. P., Amaral, I. L. D., Wittmann, F., Matos, F. D. D. A., Castilho, C. V., Phillips, O. L., Guevara, J. E., Carim, M. D. J. V., Magnusson, W. E., Sabatier, D., Molino, J., Irume, M. V., Martins, M. P., Guimarães, J. R. D. S., Bánki, O. S., …ter Steege, H. (2023). Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(1), 49-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13596

Aim: To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance... Read More about Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates.

Eutrophication has a greater influence on floodplain lake carbon cycling than dam installation across the middle Yangtze region (2022)
Journal Article
Zeng, L., McGowan, S., Swann, G. E., Leng, M. J., & Chen, X. (2022). Eutrophication has a greater influence on floodplain lake carbon cycling than dam installation across the middle Yangtze region. Journal of Hydrology, 614, Article 128510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128510

Carbon cycling in shallow floodplain lakes is complex due to variability in delivery of flood-derived allochthonous organic matter (OM). Human activities have potential to significantly modify the carbon balance of lakes by damming which restricts ex... Read More about Eutrophication has a greater influence on floodplain lake carbon cycling than dam installation across the middle Yangtze region.

Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset (2022)
Journal Article
Rocchini, D., Torresani, M., Beierkuhnlein, C., Feoli, E., Foody, G. M., Lenoir, J., Malavasi, M., Moudrý, V., Šímová, P., & Ricotta, C. (2022). Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset. Community Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-022-00113-7

In the light of unprecedented planetary changes in biodiversity, real-time and accurate ecosystem and biodiversity assessments are becoming increasingly essential for informing policy and sustainable development. Biodiversity monitoring is a challeng... Read More about Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset.

A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Sousa, R., Zając, T., Halabowski, D., Aksenova, O. V., Bespalaya, Y. V., Carvalho, F., Castro, P., Douda, K., da Silva, J. P., Ferreira-Rodríguez, N., Geist, J., Gumpinger, C., Labecka, A. M., Lajtner, J., Lewin, I., Lopes-Lima, M., Meira, A., Nakamura, K., Nogueira, J. G., Ondina, P., …Aldridge, D. C. (2023). A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe. Conservation Biology, 37(2), Article e13994. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13994

Europe has a long history of human pressure on freshwater ecosystems. As pressure continues to grow and new threats emerge, there is an urgent need for conservation of freshwater biodiversity and its ecosystem services. However, whilst some taxonomic... Read More about A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe.

Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity (2022)
Journal Article
Sabatini, F. M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Jandt, U., Chytrý, M., Field, R., Kessler, M., Lenoir, J., Schrodt, F., Wiser, S. K., Arfin Khan, M. A., Attorre, F., Cayuela, L., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Haider, S., Hatim, M. Z., Indreica, A., Jansen, F., Pauchard, A., Peet, R. K., …Bruelheide, H. (2022). Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 4683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z

Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain controversial. Using data on 170,272 georeferenced local plant assemblag... Read More about Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity.

Widespread occurrence of microplastics in marine bays with diverse drivers and environmental risk (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, D., Guo, Z. F., Xu, Y. Y., Ka Shun Chan, F., Xu, Y. Y., Johnson, M., & Zhu, Y. G. (2022). Widespread occurrence of microplastics in marine bays with diverse drivers and environmental risk. Environment International, 168, Article 107483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107483

Microplastic contamination in the sediment of marine bays has attracted widespread attention, whereas the distribution, sedimentation, morphology and risk of microplastics at regional scale remain poorly understood. By introducing a data mining frame... Read More about Widespread occurrence of microplastics in marine bays with diverse drivers and environmental risk.

Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project (2022)
Journal Article
Foody, G., Long, G., Schultz, M., & Olteanu-Raimond, A.-M. (2022). Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project. Geo-Spatial Information Science, 27(1), 16-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2022.2100285

The potential of citizens as a source of geographical information has been recognized for many years. Such activity has grown recently due to the proliferation of inexpensive location aware devices and an ability to share data over the internet. Rece... Read More about Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project.

Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes (2022)
Journal Article
Virkki, V., Alanärä, E., Porkka, M., Ahopelto, L., Gleeson, T., Mohan, C., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Flörke, M., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Müller Schmied, H., Wanders, N., & Kummu, M. (2022). Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(12), 3315-3336. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3315-2022

Human actions and climate change have drastically altered river flows across the world, resulting in adverse effects on riverine ecosystems. Environmental flows (EFs) have emerged as a prominent tool for safeguarding the riverine ecosystems, but at t... Read More about Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes.

A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs (2022)
Journal Article
Zieritz, A., Sousa, R., Aldridge, D. C., Douda, K., Esteves, E., Ferreira-Rodríguez, N., Mageroy, J. H., Nizzoli, D., Osterling, M., Reis, J., Riccardi, N., Daill, D., Gumpinger, C., & Vaz, A. S. (2022). A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs. Biological Reviews, 97(5), 1967-1998. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12878

Identification of ecosystem services, i.e. the contributions that ecosystems make to human well-being, has proven instrumental in galvanising public and political support for safeguarding biodiversity and its benefits to people. Here we synthesise th... Read More about A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs.