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Revealing hidden diversity and community dynamics of land snails through DNA barcoding: implications for conservation and ecological studies Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Sima Mohammadi, Faraham Ahmadzadeh
IntroductionLand snails play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem sustainability within their habitats. Therefore, understanding the characteristics of their communities is vital for ecological studies and the development of effective conservation strategies. In this study, land snail communities inhabiting the Hyrcanian forest were identified and the variations in their community composition along
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When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus Coelodonta from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Jiao Ma, Shiqi Wang, Tao Deng
East Asia, being the evolutionary center of Coelodonta, offers a unique opportunity to explore the spatiotemporal paleoecologies of this genus. This study utilized bulk and serial stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses on the Coelodonta nihowanensis and other ungulates from the Longdan fauna as well as two modern goats in the Linxia Basin, aiming to explore the paleoecology of C. nihowanensis at
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Effects of short-term simulated acid rain and nitrogen deposition on soil nutrients and enzyme activities in Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Yong Ding, Lianhao Sun, Chong Li, Meiling Chen, Yuexiang Zhou, Miaojing Meng, Zhenghao Li, Jinchi Zhang, Xin Liu
Acid rain and nitrogen deposition are emerging as global scale environmental issues due to increasing industrial emissions and agricultural pollutants, which seriously impac t the sustainable development of global ecosystems. However, the specific effects both acid rain and nitrogen deposition interactions on forest soil ecosystems, particularly as relates to the soil nutrient content and enzyme activities
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Genetic infrapopulation sizes in blood parasites: a pilot quantification of the bottleneck in louse fly vectors Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Kai Fischer, Nayden Chakarov
IntroductionBottleneck events are crucial for the strength of genetic drift, selection and speed of evolution. They are believed to play a particularly prominent role for parasitic infrapopulations, inhabiting single host individuals, which are often established by very few parasite individuals during transmission. In vector-borne pathogens, the bottlenecking effects can even be serialized through
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Survival of red knots in the northern Gulf of Mexico Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 David J. Newstead, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Bart M. Ballard, Lawrence J. Niles, Joanna Burger
Highly migratory shorebirds are among the fastest declining avian guilds, so determining causes of mortality is critically important for their conservation. Most of these species depend on a specific geographic arrangement of suitable sites that reliably provide resources needed to fuel physiologically demanding life histories. Long-term mark-resight projects allow researchers to investigate specific
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Exploring the mechanisms behind swimming performance limits to ocean warming and acidification in the Atlantic king scallop, Pecten maximus Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Christian Bock, Sandra Götze, Hans O. Pörtner, Gisela Lannig
Recently, we could show that scallops show limitations of muscular performance like a reduced force under ocean warming and acidification. However, the underlying mechanisms at the cellular level are not completely understood. Metabolomics has become a valuable tool to evaluate the responses of marine organisms to various stressors. In the present study we therefore used a semi-targeted, multi tissue
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Prediction of the potential distribution area of Glycyrrhiza inflata in China using a MaxEnt model Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Zhen-zhu Du, Wen-bin Xu, Yu-xia Wang, Ping Yan, Zhan-cang Ma, Gang Huang, Hong-bin Li
Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin is an important medical plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza. It is one of the key protected plants in China, distributed in the desert areas of southern Xinjiang and Dunhuang of Gansu Province. It has a strong resistance to drought, heat, and salt stresses, and plays a pivotal role in sand fixtion in desert areas. In this study, based on 157 valid distribution records and eight
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Sampling the understory, midstory, and canopy is necessary to fully characterize native bee communities of temperate forests and their dynamic environmental relationships Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-05
IntroductionNative bee communities of temperate forests are conventionally sampled from the understory, yet there is growing evidence that bee assemblages in forest canopies are distinct from those in the understory. Therefore, conventional approaches to quantify forest bee–habitat relationships may not comprehensively characterize forest bee communities.MethodsTo examine this, we sampled bees 1–26
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Gross ecosystem product accounting in Miyun County: the supply and use of ecosystem services Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-05
The ability of an ecosystem to provide services differs from its actual consumption and use by human society. Overuse of ecosystems can degrade ecosystems. In order to evaluate the supply capacity and use status of the ecosystem in Miyun County, so as to better apply the ecosystem services to different policies and management, the supply and use of 10 types of ecosystem services in Miyun County were
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Sampling the understory, midstory, and canopy is necessary to fully characterize native bee communities of temperate forests and their dynamic environmental relationships Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Michael J. Cunningham-Minnick, H. Patrick Roberts, Joan Milam, David I. King
IntroductionNative bee communities of temperate forests are conventionally sampled from the understory, yet there is growing evidence that bee assemblages in forest canopies are distinct from those in the understory. Therefore, conventional approaches to quantify forest bee–habitat relationships may not comprehensively characterize forest bee communities.MethodsTo examine this, we sampled bees 1–26
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Gross ecosystem product accounting in Miyun County: the supply and use of ecosystem services Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Yu-qian Shen, Xiao Yi, Meng Chen, Zhi-yun Ouyang
The ability of an ecosystem to provide services differs from its actual consumption and use by human society. Overuse of ecosystems can degrade ecosystems. In order to evaluate the supply capacity and use status of the ecosystem in Miyun County, so as to better apply the ecosystem services to different policies and management, the supply and use of 10 types of ecosystem services in Miyun County were
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Patterns of morphological diversification are influenced by dietary evolution in a highly species-rich lizard radiation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04
The diversification of lineages is facilitated or constrained by the simultaneous evolution of multiple components of the phenotype that interact with each other during the course of speciation. When evolutionary radiations are adaptive, lineages proliferate via the emergence of multiple phenotypic optima that underlie diversification of species across multiple ecological niches. When radiations are
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Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) resource selection: trade-offs between forage and predation risk Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04
Ungulates commonly select habitat with higher forage biomass and or nutritional quality to improve body condition and fitness. However, predation risk can alter ungulate habitat selection and foraging behavior and may affect their nutritional condition. Ungulates often choose areas with lower predation risk, sometimes sacrificing higher quality forage. This forage–predation risk trade-off can be important
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Integrative framework of multiple processes to explain plant productivity–richness relationships Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04
Plant diversity and productivity, two crucial properties that sustain ecosystem structures, functions, and services, are intrinsically linked to numerous ecological fields, making productivity–richness relationships (PRR) a central ecological concern. Despite extensive research from the Darwinian era to the 21st century, the various shapes of PRR and their underlying theories have sparked ongoing debates
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Niche characteristics and dynamics of dominant species in arbor layer of 4hm2Pinus tabuliformis-Quercus wutaishansea mixed forest in Lingkong Mountain Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04
The ability of community species to adapt to the environment and use resources and the importance of species in the ecological system in time and space are generally represented by ecological niche. In order to study the niche characteristics and dynamic changes of the dominant species in the arbor layer of the 4hm2Pinus tabuliformis-Quercus wutaishansea mixed forest sample plot in Lingkong Mountain
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Niche characteristics and dynamics of dominant species in arbor layer of 4hm2Pinus tabuliformis-Quercus wutaishansea mixed forest in Lingkong Mountain Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Lu Ni, Donggang Guo, Quanxi Zhang, Yan Li, Xiuqin Hu, Yun Li, Senxia Feng
The ability of community species to adapt to the environment and use resources and the importance of species in the ecological system in time and space are generally represented by ecological niche. In order to study the niche characteristics and dynamic changes of the dominant species in the arbor layer of the 4hm2Pinus tabuliformis-Quercus wutaishansea mixed forest sample plot in Lingkong Mountain
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Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) resource selection: trade-offs between forage and predation risk Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 James W. Cain, Jacob H. Kay, Stewart G. Liley, Jay V. Gedir
Ungulates commonly select habitat with higher forage biomass and or nutritional quality to improve body condition and fitness. However, predation risk can alter ungulate habitat selection and foraging behavior and may affect their nutritional condition. Ungulates often choose areas with lower predation risk, sometimes sacrificing higher quality forage. This forage–predation risk trade-off can be important
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Integrative framework of multiple processes to explain plant productivity–richness relationships Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Zhenhong Wang, Juan Arratia, Ting Yan, Cong Zhang, Alessandro Chiarucci
Plant diversity and productivity, two crucial properties that sustain ecosystem structures, functions, and services, are intrinsically linked to numerous ecological fields, making productivity–richness relationships (PRR) a central ecological concern. Despite extensive research from the Darwinian era to the 21st century, the various shapes of PRR and their underlying theories have sparked ongoing debates
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Patterns of morphological diversification are influenced by dietary evolution in a highly species-rich lizard radiation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Mauricio Ocampo, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, Rodrigo S. Rios
The diversification of lineages is facilitated or constrained by the simultaneous evolution of multiple components of the phenotype that interact with each other during the course of speciation. When evolutionary radiations are adaptive, lineages proliferate via the emergence of multiple phenotypic optima that underlie diversification of species across multiple ecological niches. When radiations are
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Aquatic protected area system in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: establishment, challenges and prospects Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03
Conservation of wetlands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is vital to the ecological security of China and even all of Asia. In this study, we investigated the aquatic protected area system established by the Chinese government in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. In general, 9 categories of aquatic protected areas have been established in this area, linked to the International Union for Conservation of Nature
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StadtWildTiere – added value and impact of transnational urban wildlife community science projects Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03
We present and exemplify the potential of the long-term community science (= citizen science) project StadtWildTiere (German for ‘urban wildlife’) in a transnational context. StadtWildTiere gathers opportunistic sightings of urban wildlife to raise awareness of, increase knowledge of, and promote biodiversity in urban areas across Central Europe. Transnationally similar methodologies enable direct
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Analyzing the applicability of wetland ecological modes in the Minjiang Estuary wetland Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03
Wetlands are badly damaged in many parts of the world. The wetland management of Minjiang Estuary wetland has achieved remarkable results. This provides valuable experience for wetland management in other areas. Minjiang Estuary wetland can achieve the effect, mainly because of the adoption of the water quality management, ecological restoration, and ecological tourism development. However, different
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Phenotypic constraints at the top of the world: an Arctic songbird faces the cumulative cost of maintaining a winter-like phenotype during breeding Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03
Among birds, several body composition traits typically decrease in size or mass during breeding likely as a result of competing demands during this critical life history stage. However, a recent outdoor captive study in an Arctic-breeding cold-specialist songbird (snow buntings – Plectrophenax nivalis) demonstrated that these birds maintain winter cold acclimatization during the spring and summer,
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Phenotypic constraints at the top of the world: an Arctic songbird faces the cumulative cost of maintaining a winter-like phenotype during breeding Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Audrey Le Pogam, Ryan S. O’Connor, Oliver P. Love, Kevin G. Young, Justine Drolet, Lyette Régimbald, Gabrielle Roy, Francis Robitaille, Dominique Berteaux, Andrew Tam, François Vézina
Among birds, several body composition traits typically decrease in size or mass during breeding likely as a result of competing demands during this critical life history stage. However, a recent outdoor captive study in an Arctic-breeding cold-specialist songbird (snow buntings – Plectrophenax nivalis) demonstrated that these birds maintain winter cold acclimatization during the spring and summer,
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Analyzing the applicability of wetland ecological modes in the Minjiang Estuary wetland Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Yuntao Bai, Lan Wang
Wetlands are badly damaged in many parts of the world. The wetland management of Minjiang Estuary wetland has achieved remarkable results. This provides valuable experience for wetland management in other areas. Minjiang Estuary wetland can achieve the effect, mainly because of the adoption of the water quality management, ecological restoration, and ecological tourism development. However, different
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StadtWildTiere – added value and impact of transnational urban wildlife community science projects Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Madeleine Geiger, Anouk Lisa Taucher, Sandra Gloor, Mirco Lauper, Sarah Kiefer, Sophia E. Kimmig, Janette Siebert, Theresa Walter, Richard Zink, Fabio Bontadina, Daniel Hegglin
We present and exemplify the potential of the long-term community science (= citizen science) project StadtWildTiere (German for ‘urban wildlife’) in a transnational context. StadtWildTiere gathers opportunistic sightings of urban wildlife to raise awareness of, increase knowledge of, and promote biodiversity in urban areas across Central Europe. Transnationally similar methodologies enable direct
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Aquatic protected area system in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: establishment, challenges and prospects Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Haoran Li, Lu Tan, Xianfu Li, Qinghua Cai
Conservation of wetlands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is vital to the ecological security of China and even all of Asia. In this study, we investigated the aquatic protected area system established by the Chinese government in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. In general, 9 categories of aquatic protected areas have been established in this area, linked to the International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Over the hills and far away: phylogeography and demographic migration history of a dispersal-restricted primrose (Primula vulgaris) Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Ludwig Triest, Fabienne Van Rossum, Gábor Sramkó, Tim Sierens, Polina Volkova
IntroductionQuaternary glaciations, in particular the last glacial maximum (LGM), have shaped the contemporary distribution of many species. In Europe, survival of temperate species during range contractions was mainly associated with refugia in Mediterranean peninsulas, allowing south to north recolonization. Additionally, the Ponto-Caspian refugium provided an east to west migration route.MethodsHere
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Connecting stakeholder priorities and desired environmental attributes for wetland restoration using ecosystem services and a heat map analysis for communications Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Connie L. Hernandez, Leah M. Sharpe, Chloe A. Jackson, Matthew C. Harwell, Theodore H. DeWitt
Framing ecological restoration and monitoring goals from a human benefits perspective (i.e., ecosystem services) can help inform restoration planners, surrounding communities, and relevant stakeholders about the direct benefits they may obtain from a specific restoration project. We used a case study of tidal wetland restoration in the Tillamook River watershed in Oregon, USA, to demonstrate how to
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Metabarcoding clarifies the diet of the elusive and vulnerable Australian tjakura (Great Desert Skink, Liopholis kintorei) Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 David Thuo, Nicholas A. Macgregor, Samuel D. Merson, Dianne Scopel, J. Scott Keogh, Jeremy Kenny, Jessica L. Williams, Tracey Guest, Shaeleigh Swan, Steve McAlpin, Leo Joseph
IntroductionAccurately quantifying the diet of species has implications for our understanding of their ecology and conservation. Yet, determining the dietary composition of threatened and elusive species in the wild is often difficult.MethodsThis study presents the first dietary assessment of tjakura (Liopholis kintorei) using non-invasive sampling of scats and high-throughput sequencing techniques
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Vegetation cover change and its response to human activities in the southwestern karst region of China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Zhaopu Liu, Yushan Zhang
Vegetation to some extent can reflect the overall state of the ecological environment, and increasing vegetation cover can improve the quality of the ecological environment. The southwest karst region of China is a typical ecologically fragile area and an important ecological barrier. Against the backdrop of intensified human activities, the vegetation dynamics in the karst region have attracted widespread
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Establishment of terrestrial mammals on former reservoir beds following large dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Rebecca M. McCaffery, Sara J. Cendejas-Zarelli, Katy R. Goodwin, Patricia J. Happe, Kurt J. Jenkins, Kimberly A. Sager-Fradkin
Terrestrial wildlife species are important yet often overlooked taxa in the recovery of ecosystems following dam removal. Their presence can shape ecosystem recovery, signal restoration of ecosystem function, and influence food web dynamics and nutrient transfer. We used camera traps to examine seasonal use of two former reservoir beds and an upstream reference reach by the mammalian community following
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Spatial dynamic simulation of beetles in biodiversity hotspots Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Ping He, Ming Bai, Lulu Li, Yuanyuan Lu, Jing Li, Zihan Yan
IntroductionColeoptera is the most species-rich order of animals with the widest distribution area; however, little is known about its global suitability distribution, and a substantial number of species are experiencing silent extinction. Most of Earth’s biocommunities are concentrated in biodiversity hotspots, and these hotspots receive the largest investment of conservation funds. The survival of
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The threat of a major tree pathogen to forest soil mesofauna food webs and ecosystem functioning Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Marijke Struijk, Jamie R. Stavert, Rebecca J. Le Grice, Luitgard Schwendenmann, Poppy Joaquina Romera, Grace Mitchell, Marie Sünnemann, Jaynie Yang, Fredrik Hjelm, Andrew D. Barnes
Tree pathogens threaten the survival of many forest foundation tree species worldwide. However, there is limited knowledge of how dieback of foundation tree species may threaten other components of forest ecosystems, such as soil biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions. Kauri (Agathis australis), threatened by the root-borne pathogen Phytophthora agathidicida, are culturally and ecologically
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Forest types outpaced tree species in centroid-based range shifts under global change Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Akane O. Abbasi, Christopher W. Woodall, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Cang Hui, Nicolas Picard, Thomas Ochuodho, Sergio de-Miguel, Rajeev Sahay, Songlin Fei, Alain Paquette, Han Y. H. Chen, Ann Christine Catlin, Jingjing Liang
IntroductionMounting evidence suggests that geographic ranges of tree species worldwide are shifting under global environmental changes. Little is known, however, about if and how these species’ range shifts may trigger the range shifts of various types of forests. Markowitz’s portfolio theory of investment and its broad application in ecology suggest that the range shift of a forest type could differ
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Enhancing pest control interventions by linking species distribution model prediction and population density assessment of pine wilt disease vectors in South Korea Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Inyoo Kim, Youngwoo Nam, Sinyoung Park, Wonhee Cho, Kwanghun Choi, Dongwook W. Ko
Pine wilt disease caused by pinewood nematode is one of the most destructive forest diseases, and still spreading in South Korea despite the various control efforts. Japanese pine sawyer (JPS) and Sakhalin pine sawyer (SPS) are the main vectors of the disease. Understanding the distribution and density of the vectors is crucial since the control period is determined by the different emergence periods
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Advancing bee conservation in the US: gaps and opportunities in data collection and reporting Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Josée S. Rousseau, S. Hollis Woodard, Sarina Jepsen, Brianne Du Clos, Alison Johnston, Bryan N. Danforth, Amanda D. Rodewald
IntroductionBee conservation in the US is currently hindered by challenges associated with assessing the status and trends of a diverse group of >3000 species, many of which are rare, endemic to small areas, and/or exhibit high inter-annual variationin population size. Fundamental information about the distribution of most species across space and time, thus, is lacking yet urgently needed to assess
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Urban noise slows down the antipredator reaction of Eurasian Magpies Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Farah Abou-Zeid, Yanina Benedetti, Anastasiia Siretckaia, Federico Morelli
Urban areas are known to have high levels of noise pollution, which can impact an animal’s antipredator behavior. Noise can either distract the animal or mask the sounds of a predator, increasing the animal’s vulnerability to predation. However, the prey may increase vigilance in noisier environments, thus reducing energy and time spent on other activities. Alert Distance (AD) refers to the distance
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Scientific contributions and lessons learned from 30 years of ecological monitoring of the Bylot Island tundra ecosystem Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Gilles Gauthier, Dominique Berteaux, Joël Bêty, Pierre Legagneux, Dominique Fauteux, Dominique Gravel, Marie-Christine Cadieux
The Arctic tundra has a relatively low biodiversity but species living there have unique adaptations and are exposed to unprecedented rates of climate warming. Monitoring changes in Arctic biodiversity and identifying the driving forces is thus a pressing issue. Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic has one of the longest and most comprehensive monitoring programs of the tundra food web, spanning four
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Non-structural carbohydrate dynamics of Pinus yunnanensis seedlings under drought stress and re-watering Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Jiandong Xiao, Zhijuan Zhao, Xin Deng, Haocheng Hu, Yuanxi Liu, Jianli Sun, Xiaoyong Fu, Junwen Wu
Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) are an important “buffer” for maintaining plant physiological functions under drought conditions; however, our understanding of the dynamics of NSC at the organ level during sustained drought of varying intensities and re-watering remains poor. In this study, two-year-old Pinus yunnanensis seedlings were subjected to drought and re-watering trials. Plants were subjected
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ISSA-enhanced GRU-Transformer: integrating sports wisdom into the frontier exploration of carbon emission prediction Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Wei Jiang, Changjiang Liu, Qiang Qu, Zhen Wang, Liangnan Hu, Zhaofu Xie, Bokun Zhang, Jingzhou He
IntroductionCarbon neutrality has become a key strategy to combat global climate change. However, current methods for predicting carbon emissions are limited and require the development of more effective strategies to meet this challenge. This is especially true in the field of sports and competitions, where the energy intensity of major events and activities means that time series data is crucial
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Driving factors analysis and scenario prediction of CO2 emissions in power industries of key provinces along the Yellow River based on LMDI and BP neural network Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Chuanbao Wu, Shuang Sun, Yingying Cui, Shuangyin Xing
IntroductionPower industry is one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions in China. The Yellow River Basin plays a supportive role in guaranteeing the effective supply of electricity nationwide, with numerous power generation bases. Understanding the drivers and peak of CO2 emissions of power industry in the Yellow River Basin is vital for China to fulfill its commitment to reach carbon emissions peak
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Evaluation of ecological carrying capacity and construction of ecological security pattern in West Liaohe River Basin of China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ying Zheng, Pengcheng Tang, Lei Dong, Zhenyu Yao, Jianying Guo
The West Liaohe River Basin (WRLB) is a typical agro-pastoral interlaced zone in Northeast China where excessive economic development activities brought great pressure on the ecosystem and caused a series of ecological problems, having a negative effect on regional ecological carrying capacity (ECC). The rational construction of ecological security pattern (ESP) is an effective way to improve regional
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A historical contingency hypothesis for population ecology Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Sarah R. Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, John A. Vucetich
Assessments of historical contingency have advanced our understanding of adaptive radiation and community ecology, but little attention has been given to assessing the importance of historical contingency in population ecology. An obstacle has been the unmet need to conceptualize historical contingencies for populations in a manner that allows for their explanatory power to be assessed and quantified
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Promoting urban ecological resilience through the lens of avian biodiversity Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Michael W. D. McCloy, R. Keith Andringa, Terri J. Maness, Jennifer A. Smith, Jacquelyn K. Grace
The significance of urban landscapes in safeguarding biodiversity is often disregarded, even though a considerable amount of conservation focus is directed toward biodiversity hotspots where urban land conversion is happening at the fastest pace. Maintaining biodiversity in urban areas not only benefits the environment, but along with social, economic, and technological factors can increase the stability
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Coevolution and dependency influence resistance of mutualists to exploitation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Mayra C. Vidal, Renuka Agarwal, Kari A. Segraves
A long-standing problem in the study of mutualism is to understand the effects of non-mutualistic community members that exploit the benefits of mutualism without offering commodities in exchange (i.e., ‘exploiters’). Mutualisms are continually challenged by exploiters and their persistence may depend on the costliness of exploitation or on adaptations that allow mutualists to avoid the negative effects
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Time of year and weather influence departure decisions of sandhill cranes at a primary stopover Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Rachel A. Vanausdall, William L. Kendall, Daniel P. Collins, Quentin R. Hays
The Rocky Mountain Population (RMP) of greater sandhill cranes uses a key stopover area, the San Luis Valley (SLV) in Colorado. Parameters of migration phenology can differ between autumn and spring and are affected by weather and environmental factors. We hypothesized that sandhill cranes in the SLV would have a longer stopover duration in autumn than in spring, and that wind assistance, crosswinds
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Host–symbiont plasticity in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana: strobilation across symbiont genera Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Victoria Sharp, Allison H. Kerwin, Marta Mammone, Viridiana Avila-Magana, Kira Turnham, Aki Ohdera, Todd LaJeunesse, Mónica Medina
IntroductionIn the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea xamachana (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), the establishment of photosymbiosis with dinoflagellates (family Symbiodiniaceae) is necessary for the sessile polyp to undergo metamorphosis (strobilation) into a free-swimming adult. C. xamachana has the capacity to associate with a wide variety of dinoflagellate species and representatives of divergent genera. While
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Framework for multi-stressor physiological response evaluation in amphibian risk assessment and conservation Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jill A. Awkerman, Donna A. Glinski, W. Matthew Henderson, Robin Van Meter, S. Thomas Purucker
Controlled laboratory experiments are often performed on amphibians to establish causality between stressor presence and an adverse outcome. However, in the field, identification of lab-generated biomarkers from single stressors and the interactions of multiple impacts are difficult to discern in an ecological context. The ubiquity of some pesticides and anthropogenic contaminants results in potentially
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Nonlinear spatial impacts of the digital economy on urban ecological welfare performance: evidence from China Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sen Wang, Jinye Li
IntroductionWith the rapid development of digital technology and its deep integration with environmental and ecological fields, the digital economy has become an effective way to guide the transition of cities to an eco-friendly model. However, empirical studies on the nonlinear spatial effects between digital economy and ecological welfare performance are still insufficient.MethodsBased on the panel
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The influence of multiple variables on bipedal context in wild chimpanzees: implications for the evolution of bipedality in hominins Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Lauren Sarringhaus, Ryan Srivastava, Laura MacLatchy
Investigations into the role of selection in the origin of human bipedalism using ape models have relied heavily on behavioral frequency data. However, analysis of video of wild apes has the advantage of capturing the details of the entirety of each rare, brief bipedal bout witnessed, not just the moment detected in observational studies. We used video to explore the behavioral context and effects
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Adfluvial migration and passage of Steelhead before and after dam removal at a major Great Lakes tributary Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Christopher M. Bunt, Bailey Jacobson
Despite the importance of Great Lakes fisheries and the increasing popularity of dam removal as a method to restore river connectivity and increase fish passage, the adfluvial migration of Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) has been drastically understudied and only relatively few published studies have examined the impacts of dam removal on fish movement and timing. To help fill these knowledge gaps
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Plant interactions with arthropods and pathogens at Sanzenbacher Ranch, early Permian of Texas, and implications for herbivory evolution in Southwestern Euramerica Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Thamiris Barbosa Dos Santos, Conrad C. Labandeira, Esther Regina de Souza Pinheiro, Roberto Iannuzzi
IntroductionThe Sanzenbacher Ranch deposit represents an early Permian plant assemblage in north-central Texas predominantly composed of pteridosperms, of which callipterids are dominant. This study investigates the interactions of a taxonomically broad range of plant hosts with insects, mites, and pathogens to assess the richness and frequency of damage.MethodsWe used standard methods of the functional
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Five new species of Terebellides (Annelida, Polychaeta, Trichobranchidae) from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck and Solomon seas) Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Nicolas Lavesque, João M. M. Nogueira, Guillemine Daffe, Pat Hutchings
Five new species of Terebellides are described from coastal and deep waters of Papua New Guinea, using both morphology and molecular tools (for four species). Terebellides elenae n. sp. is characterized by the absence of both a glandular lateral region on TC3 and papillae on margins of the branchial lamellae and by the presence of partially fused branchial lobes with conspicuous fifth lobe and dorsal
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Detection and classification of Brandt’s vole burrow clusters utilizing GF-2 satellite imagery and faster R-CNN model Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Changqing Sun, Yulong Bao, Yuhai Bao, Battsengel Vandansambuu, Sainbuyan Bayarsaikhan, Byambakhuu Gantumur, Narantsetseg Chantsal, Quansheng Hai, Xiangguo Bai, Gesi Tang, Bu He, Kai Wu
Most small rodent populations worldwide exhibit fascinating population dynamics, capturing the attention of numerous scholars due to their multiyear cyclic fluctuations in population size and the astonishing amplitude of these fluctuations. Hulunbuir steppe stands as a crucial global hub for livestock production, yet in recent decades, the area has faced recurring challenges from steppes rodent invasions
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Sonotope patterns within a mountain beech forest of Northern Italy: a methodological and empirical approach Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Almo Farina, Timothy C. Mullet
According to the Sonotope Hypothesis, the heterogenous nature of the acoustically sensed, but not yet interpreted, environmental sounds (i.e., sonoscape) is created by the spatial and temporal conformation of sonic patches (sonotopes) as recently been described in a Mediterranean rural landscape. We investigated the Sonotope Hypothesis in a mountain beech forest of the Northern Apennines, Italy that
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Seasonal and long-term climate drivers of tree species phenology and litterfall in a Nothofagus cool temperate rainforest of Australia Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Nara O. Vogado, Michael J. Liddell, Ross J. Peacock
The cool temperate rainforests of eastern Australia are at risk from anthropogenic climate change with predicted changes in temperature, rainfall, severe weather, basal cloud layer, and droughts. Phenology and litter production are fundamental reproductive and growth processes to document in any ecosystem, yet very few long-term studies exist in Australian rainforests. In this study, long-term datasets
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Inequality of carbon emissions between urban and rural residents in China and emission reduction strategies: evidence from Shandong Province Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Qiang Wang, Ruxin Yang, Yawen Zhang, Yueling Yang, Aibo Hao, Yanshu Yin, Ye Li
China is actively heeding the call and striving for a low-carbon and environmentally friendly development route as part of the general trend toward a global low-carbon economy. The rapid economic development of our nation has brought to light the issue of carbon emissions resulting from the consumption habits of residents. This paper delves into the topic by conducting a thorough analysis of the carbon
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Lineage-level species distribution model to assess the impact of climate change on the habitat suitability of Boleophthalmus pectinirostris Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Zengman Wu, Hao Dong, Linjie Li, Linlin Zhao, Na Song
Global climate change has profound impacts on the habitats of marine organisms, and predicting the habitat changes of species under climate change conditions is crucial for species sustainability. Boleophthalmus pectinirostris is an intertidal fish species that holds significant ecological and economic value. To better protect and manage its resources, this study aimed to predict its current potential
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Composition and diversity of rhizosphere microorganisms of Suaeda salsa in the Yellow River Delta Front. Ecol. Evolut. (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Hui Xu, Na Li, Wenjuan Li, Hongguo Wang, Yan Shao, Jingmei Liu, Jiabo Zhang, Jun Wang, Shuai Shang
IntroductionSuaeda salsa is a typical wetland plant species in coastal areas that plays an important role in protecting the marine eco-environment. The rhizosphere microorganisms of S. salsa are responsible for its growth and development.MethodEighteen samples were collected from three areas, including the natural S. salsa-growing area (YDJ), artificial S. salsa restoration area (YDB), and nonrestoration