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Scientist engagement and the knowledge–action gap Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Léonard Dupont, Staffan Jacob, Hervé Philippe
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Transgenerational effects of mycorrhiza are stronger in sexual than in clonal offspring of Fragaria vesca and are partly adaptive J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Vít Latzel, Danej Mizgur‐Hribar, Iris Sammarco, Martina Janoušková
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Plant neighbors differentially alter a focal species' biotic interactions through changes to resource allocation Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Sophia C. Turner, Jennifer A. Schweitzer
Plant resource allocation strategies are thought to be largely a consequence of changing abiotic conditions and evolutionary history. However, biotic interactions also influence how a plant allocates resources. As a result, plants mediate indirect interactions between organisms above‐ and belowground through resource allocation. Neighboring plants can influence plant fitness directly through competition
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Population continuity and change in Africa’s far south Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Peter Mitchell
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9,000 years of genetic continuity in southernmost Africa demonstrated at Oakhurst rockshelter Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Joscha Gretzinger, Victoria E. Gibbon, Sandra E. Penske, Judith C. Sealy, Adam B. Rohrlach, Domingo C. Salazar-García, Johannes Krause, Stephan Schiffels
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(Sub‐)Antarctic endemic cyanobacteria from benthic mats are rare and have restricted geographic distributions Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Benoit Durieu, Valentina Savaglia, Yannick Lara, Alexandre Lambion, Igor S. Pessi, Wim Vyverman, Elie Verleyen, Annick Wilmotte
The Antarctic terrestrial macrobiota are highly endemic and biogeographically structured, but whether this also holds true for microbial groups remains poorly understood. We studied the biogeographic patterns of Antarctic cyanobacteria from benthic microbial mats sampled in 84 lakes from two sub‐Antarctic islands, as well as from eight Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions (ACBRs) which were
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Budworms, beetles and wildfire: Disturbance interactions influence the likelihood of insect‐caused disturbances at a subcontinental scale J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Michael Howe, Sarah J. Hart, Amy M. Trowbridge
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Evolution alters ecological resilience Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 P. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza
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Growth rate as a link between microbial diversity and soil biogeochemistry Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Megan M. Foley, Bram W. G. Stone, Tristan A. Caro, Noah W. Sokol, Benjamin J. Koch, Steven J. Blazewicz, Paul Dijkstra, Michaela Hayer, Kirsten Hofmockel, Brianna K. Finley, Michelle Mack, Jane Marks, Rebecca L. Mau, Victoria Monsaint-Queeney, Ember Morrissey, Jeffrey Propster, Alicia Purcell, Egbert Schwartz, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Noah Fierer, Bruce A. Hungate
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Migratory lifestyle carries no added overall energy cost in a partial migratory songbird Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Nils Linek, Scott W. Yanco, Tamara Volkmer, Daniel Zuñiga, Martin Wikelski, Jesko Partecke
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Evolutionary shift of a tipping point can precipitate, or forestall, collapse in a microbial community Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Christopher Blake, Jake N. Barber, Tim Connallon, Michael J. McDonald
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Cross‐validation matters in species distribution models: a case study with goatfish species Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Hongwei Huang, Zhixin Zhang, Ákos Bede-Fazekas, Stefano Mammola, Jiqi Gu, Jinxin Zhou, Junmei Qu, Qiang Lin
In an era of ongoing biodiversity, it is critical to map biodiversity patterns in space and time for better‐informing conservation and management. Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely applied in various types of such biodiversity assessments. Cross‐validation represents a prevalent approach to assess the discrimination capacity of a target SDM algorithm and determine its optimal parameters
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FRUGIVORY CAMTRAP: A dataset of plant–animal interactions recorded with camera traps Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Pablo Villalva, Blanca Arroyo‐Correa, Gemma Calvo, Pablo Homet, Jorge Isla, Irene Mendoza, Eva Moracho, Elena Quintero, Francisco Rodríguez‐Sánchez, Pedro Jordano
Ecological interactions are a key component of biodiversity, essential for understanding ecosystem services and functioning. Recording and quantifying ecological interactions is challenging, frequently requiring complex logistics and substantial effort in the field. Camera traps are routinely used in ecology for various applications, and have proven to be an excellent method for passive and non‐invasive
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Modeling cheatgrass distribution, abundance, and response to climate change as a function of soil microclimate Ecol. Appl. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Tyson J. Terry, Stuart P. Hardegree, Peter B. Adler
Exotic annual grass invasions in water‐limited systems cause degradation of native plant and animal communities and increased fire risk. The life history of invasive annual grasses allows for high sensitivity to interannual variability in weather. Current distribution and abundance models derived from remote sensing, however, provide only a coarse understanding of how species respond to weather, making
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Variation of magnesium drives plant adaption to heterogeneous environments by regulating efficiency in photosynthesis on a large scale J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Chaolian Jiao, Jiahui Zhang, Haili Yu, Nianpeng He
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Lake-centred sedentary lifestyle of early Tibetan Plateau Indigenous populations at high elevation 4,400 years ago Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Xiaoyan Yang, Yu Gao, Shargan Wangdue, Jingkun Ran, Qing Wang, Songtao Chen, Jishuai Yang, Tianyi Wang, Zhengquan Gu, Ying Zhang, Peng Cao, Qingyan Dai, Shungang Chen, Yan Tong, Nihanxue Jia, Qingli Sun, Yunzhe Huang, Linda Perry, Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, Xu Han, Feng Liu, Xiaotian Feng, Qi Yang, Yunming Wang, Shihua Hu, Yaofei Tian, Jianglong Guo, Xinwei Liang, Ting You, Yazhong Li, Yunan Zhang, Zhenhua
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Soil microbial influences over coexistence potential in multispecies plant communities in a subtropical forest Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Weitao Wang, Hangyu Wu, Tingting Wu, Zijing Luo, Wei Lin, Hanlun Liu, Junli Xiao, Wenqi Luo, Yuanzhi Li, Youshi Wang, Chuliang Song, Gaurav Kandlikar, Chengjin Chu
Soil microbes have long been recognized to substantially affect the coexistence of pairwise plant species across terrestrial ecosystems. However, projecting their impacts on the coexistence of multispecies plant systems remains a pressing challenge. To address this challenge, we conducted a greenhouse experiment with 540 seedlings of five tree species in a subtropical forest in China and evaluated
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Evolution of evolvability in rapidly adapting populations Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 James T. Ferrare, Benjamin H. Good
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David Penny (1938–2024) Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Matthew J. Phillips, Anthony M. Poole, Patricia A. McLenachan, Peter J. Lockhart, Michael D. Hendy
Theoretical biologist who ‘tamed’ mathematicians and tested the theory of evolution.
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Predation risk in a migratory butterfly increases southward along a latitudinal gradient Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Constanti Stefanescu, Clàudia Pla‐Narbona, Andreu Ubach, Crinan Jarrett, Justinn Renelies‐Hamilton, Pau Colom
In migratory insects performing multigenerational migration, such as the painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui, successive generations face a wide variety of predator communities and may be subject to different predation risks. Here, we analyze the pattern of wing damage of over 2000 butterflies to investigate, for the first time, the risk of predation of adult painted ladies across a latitudinal range
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Shallow coverage in shallow waters: the incompleteness of intertidal species inventories in biodiversity database records Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Jakob Thyrring, Lloyd S. Peck, Mikael K. Sejr, Jan Marcin Węsławski, Christopher D. G. Harley, André Menegotto
The availability of online biodiversity data has increased in recent decades, aiding our understanding of diversity patterns and species richness–environment relationships across temporal and spatial scales. However, even the most exhaustive databases are prone to sampling biases, which create knowledge gaps in species distributions and increase uncertainty in model predictions. Regarding marine environments
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Analysis of resting status reveals distinct elevational variation in metabolisms of lizards Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Zhong‐Wen Jiang, Liang Ma, Shi‐ang Tao, Cheng Wenda, Chuyu Cheng, Dan‐yang Wu, Wei‐Guo Du
Animals spend a considerable proportion of their life span at rest. However, resting status has often been overlooked when investigating how species respond to environmental conditions. This may induce a large bias in understanding the local adaptation of species across environmental gradients and their vulnerability to potential environmental change. Here, we conducted an empirical study on montane
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Ecological success of no‐take marine protected areas: Using population dynamics theory to inform a global meta‐analysis Ecol. Appl. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Jess K. Hopf, Victoria Quennessen, Jacob Ridgway, Caren Barceló, Fabio Prior Caltabellotta, Sarah Farnsworth Hayroyan, Derek Garcia, Montana McLeod, Sarah E. Lester, Kerry Nickols, Mallarie Yeager, J. Wilson White
Adaptively managing marine protected areas (MPAs) requires accurately assessing whether established MPAs are achieving their goals of protecting and conserving biomass, especially for harvested populations. Ecological MPA assessments commonly compare inside of the MPA to a reference point outside of and/or before implementation (i.e., calculating “response ratios”). Yet, MPAs are not simple ecological
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Fertility and tillage intensity affect weed community diversity and functional structure in long‐term organic systems Ecol. Appl. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Jake Allen, Uriel D. Menalled, Guillaume Adeux, Christopher J. Pelzer, Sandra Wayman, Ashley B. Jernigan, Stéphane Cordeau, Antonio DiTommaso, Matthew R. Ryan
Knowledge of how agricultural management interacts with weed seed banks and emergent weed communities is crucial for proactive weed management. Though studies have detailed how differences in disturbance and nutrient applications between organic and conventional herbicide‐based systems affect weed communities, few have focused on these same factors in contrasting organic systems. This study assessed
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Root and biomass allocation traits predict changes in plant species and communities over four decades of global change Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Julie Messier, Antoine Becker‐Scarpitta, Yuanzhi Li, Cyrille Violle, Mark Vellend
Global change is affecting the distribution and population dynamics of plant species across the planet, leading to trends such as shifts in distribution toward the poles and to higher elevations. Yet, we poorly understand why individual species respond differently to warming and other environmental changes, or how the trait composition of communities responds. Here we ask two questions regarding plant
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Parasitic plants regulate C and N distribution among common mycorrhizal networks linking host and neighboring plants Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Yongge Yuan, Cheng Han, Jiani Wang, Junmin Li
Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) can link multiple plants and distribute nutrients among them. However, how parasitic plants regulate the carbon and nutrient exchange between CMNs and the linked plants is unknown. Thus, we conducted a container experiment with two Trifolium pratense grown in two plastic cores and connected only by CMNs using a 25‐μm nylon fabric in each container. Host T. pratense
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Thinning followed by slash burning enhances growth and reduces vulnerability to drought for Pinus nigra Ecol. Appl. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Lena Vilà‐Vilardell, Teresa Valor, Rebecca Hood‐Nowotny, Katharina Schott, Míriam Piqué, Pere Casals
Increasingly frequent severe drought events are pushing Mediterranean forests to unprecedented responses. Lack of management leads to dense forests that are highly susceptible to drought stress, potentially resulting in extensive dieback and increased vulnerability to other disturbances. Forest treatments like thinning and slash burning reduce competition for resources and have the potential to enhance
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International wildlife trade quotas are characterized by high compliance and coverage but insufficient adaptive management Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Oscar Morton, Vincent Nijman, David P. Edwards
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi equalize differences in plant fitness and facilitate plant species coexistence through niche differentiation Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Claire E. Willing, Joe Wan, Jay J. Yeam, Alex M. Cessna, Kabir G. Peay
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Minimum habitat size required to detect new rare species Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Youhua Chen, Tsung‐Jen Shen
Conservation of species requires the protection of the associated suitable habitat. However, it is usually not known how much habitat is required to detect a single rare species. This problem is important, and it is related directly to the success and optimization of conservation planning. However, to date, no statistical methods have been developed to address this problem adequately. In this study
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Temperature dependence of leaf breakdown in streams differs between organismal groups and leaf species Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Carolyn S. Cummins, Amy D. Rosemond, Nathan J. Tomczyk, Seth J. Wenger, Phillip M. Bumpers, Vladislav Gulis, Ashley M. Helton, Jonathan P. Benstead
Increased temperatures are altering rates of organic matter (OM) breakdown in stream ecosystems with implications for carbon (C) cycling in the face of global change. The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) provides a framework for predicting temperature effects on OM breakdown, but differences in the temperature dependence of breakdown driven by different organismal groups (i.e., microorganisms vs.
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An unbalanced history misrepresents the study of human evolution Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Agustín Fuentes
The Invention of Prehistory: Empires, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins Stefanos GeroulanosLIVERIGHT PRESS: 2024. 512 pp. £22.99 The study of the human past matters for an array of positive and negative reasons. A new book from historian Stefanos Geroulanos promises to explore those reasons — but also to question the worth of studying human origins altogether — by reviewing the histories
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Five lessons for avoiding failure when scaling in conservation Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Thomas Pienkowski, Arundhati Jagadish, Willow Battista, Gloria Christelle Blaise, Alec Philip Christie, Matt Clark, Antony Philip Emenyu, Abha Joglekar, Kristian Steensen Nielsen, Tom Powell, Thomas White, Morena Mills
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Latitudinal gradients in seed predation persist in urbanized environments Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Anna L. Hargreaves, John Ensing, Olivia Rahn, Fernanda M. P. Oliveira, Jérôme Burkiewicz, Joëlle Lafond, Sybille Haeussler, M. Brooke Byerley-Best, Kira Lazda, Heather L. Slinn, Ella Martin, Matthew L. Carlson, Todd L. Sformo, Emma Dawson-Glass, Mariana C. Chiuffo, Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez, Carlos I. García-Jiménez, Inácio J. M. T. Gomes, Sandra Klemet-N’Guessan, Lucas Paolucci, Simon Joly, Klaus
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Islands are engines of language diversity Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Lindell Bromham, Keaghan J. Yaxley, Marcel Cardillo
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What controls forest litter decomposition? A coordinated distributed teabag experiment across ten mountains Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Shiyu Ma, Shengbin Chen, Yi Ding, Zhongsheng He, Gang Hu, Jie Liu, Ya‐huang Luo, Kun Song, Yongchuan Yang, Xiaolei Huang, Meixiang Gao, Lan Liu, Bo Chen, Xianjin He, Xiaorong Lu, Bingwei Lv, Liang‐Liang Ma, Yani Meng, Zhongping Tian, Hong‐wei Zhang, Xijin Zhang, Yansong Zhang, Zhaochen Zhang, Shaopeng Li, Jian Zhang
Litter decomposition in mountainous forest ecosystems is an essential process that affects carbon and nutrient cycling. However, the contribution of litter decomposition to terrestrial ecosystems is difficult to estimate accurately because of the limited comparability of different studies and limited data on local microclimatic and non‐climatic factors. Here, we designed a coordinated experiment within
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Regional processes shape the structure of rumen microbial co‐occurrence networks Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Geut Galai, Dafna Arbel, Keren Klass, Ido Grinshpan, Itzhak Mizrahi, Shai Pilosof
Co‐occurrence networks offer insights into the complexity of microbial interactions, particularly in highly diverse environments where direct observation is challenging. However, identifying the scale at which local and non‐local processes structure co‐occurrence networks remains challenging because it requires simultaneously analyzing network structure within and between local networks. In this context
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Complex temporal dynamics of insect metacommunities along a tropical elevational gradient Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Frederico S. Neves, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Flávio Camarota, Cássio Alencar Nunes, Joaquín Hortal, Flávio S. de Castro, Marina Beirão, Letícia Ramos, Ricardo Solar, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Unraveling the spatiotemporal dynamics of communities is critical to understand how biodiversity responds to global changes. However, this task is not trivial, as these dynamics are quite complex, and most studies are limited to few taxa at small local and temporal scales. Tropical mountains are ideal indicators of biodiversity response since these endangered and complex ecosystems include many distinct
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Testing food web theory in a large lake: The role of body size in habitat coupling in Lake Michigan Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Bryan M. Maitland, Harvey A. Bootsma, Charles R. Bronte, David B. Bunnell, Zachary S. Feiner, Kari H. Fenske, William W. Fetzer, Carolyn J. Foley, Brandon S. Gerig, Austin Happel, Tomas O. Höök, Friedrich W. Keppeler, Matthew S. Kornis, Ryan F. Lepak, A. Scott McNaught, Brian M. Roth, Benjamin A. Turschak, Joel C. Hoffman, Olaf P. Jensen
The landscape theory of food web architecture (LTFWA) describes relationships among body size, trophic position, mobility, and energy channels that serve to couple heterogenous habitats, which in turn promotes long‐term system stability. However, empirical tests of the LTFWA are rare and support differs among terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems. Further, it is unclear whether the theory applies
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American mistletoes: A dataset of Phoradendron species and their hosts across their distribution range Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Eurídice Tinoco‐Domínguez, M. Socorro González‐Elizondo, Andrés Lira‐Noriega
Parasite–host systems are a good study model for answering ecological and evolutionary questions. In this regard, mistletoes have been increasingly studied in recent decades in both temperate and tropical zones. The genus Phoradendron is a group of American mistletoes that has been studied from different evolutionary and ecological approaches as a model of parasite–host systems. Currently, however
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Quantifying the impact of habitat modifications on species behavior and mortality: A case study of tropical tuna Ecol. Appl. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Amaël Dupaix, Laurent Dagorn, Jean‐Louis Deneubourg, Manuela Capello
Ecosystems and biodiversity across the world are being altered by human activities. Habitat modification and degradation are among the most important drivers of biodiversity loss. These modifications can have an impact on species behavior, which can, in turn, impact their mortality. While several studies have investigated the impacts of habitat degradation and fragmentation on terrestrial species,
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Phenology varies with phylogeny but not by trophic level with climate change Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Deirdre Loughnan, Simon Joly, Geoffrey Legault, Heather M. Kharouba, Michael Betancourt, E. M. Wolkovich
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Publisher Correction: Soil health is associated with higher primary productivity across Europe. Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Ferran Romero,Maëva Labouyrie,Alberto Orgiazzi,Cristiano Ballabio,Panos Panagos,Arwyn Jones,Leho Tedersoo,Mohammad Bahram,Carlos A Guerra,Nico Eisenhauer,Dongxue Tao,Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo,Pablo García-Palacios,Marcel G A van der Heijden
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The productivity–stability trade-off in global food systems Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Marie Gutgesell, Kevin McCann, Reilly O’Connor, Krishna KC, Evan D. G. Fraser, John C. Moore, Bailey McMeans, Ian Donohue, Carling Bieg, Charlotte Ward, Brett Pauli, Alexa Scott, William Gillam, Ze’ev Gedalof, Robert H. Hanner, Tyler Tunney, Neil Rooney
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Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Qingqing Chen, Shaopeng Wang, Eric W. Seabloom, Forest Isbell, Elizabeth T. Borer, Jonathan D. Bakker, Siddharth Bharath, Christiane Roscher, Pablo Luis Peri, Sally A. Power, Ian Donohue, Carly Stevens, Anne Ebeling, Carla Nogueira, Maria C. Caldeira, Andrew S. MacDougall, Joslin L. Moore, Sumanta Bagchi, Anke Jentsch, Michelle Tedder, Kevin Kirkman, Juan Alberti, Yann Hautier
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Cover Image Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-03
COVER PHOTO: Mulla et al. (this issue; Article e4368; doi:10.1002/ecy.4368) performed annual monitoring to assess the recovery of coral populations which led to the emergence of a Pocillopora‐dominated reef at Orchid Island (also called Lanyu), Taiwan, pictured on the cover. Their demographic data collection from 2012 to 2020 tracks individual corals after Typhoon Morakot severely impacted the region
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Navigating the landscape of fear: Fruit flies exhibit distinct antipredator and antiparasite defensive behaviors Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Colin D. MacLeod, Lien T. Luong
Most organisms are at risk of being consumed by a predator or getting infected by a parasite at some point in their life. Theoretical constructs such as the landscape of fear (perception of risk) and nonconsumptive effects (NCEs, costly responses sans predation or infection) have been proposed to describe and quantify antipredator and antiparasite responses. How prey/host species identify and respond
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Advances in breeding phenology outpace latitudinal and elevational shifts for North American birds tracking temperature Nat. Ecol. Evol. (IF 13.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg, Benjamin A. Tonelli, Morgan W. Tingley
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Large grazers suppress a foundational plant and reduce soil carbon concentration in eastern US saltmarshes J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 S. J. Sharp, K. E. Davidson, C. Angelini, H. S. Fischman, S. Pennings, M. S. Fowler, J. N. Griffin
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The association of argonauts with gelatinous plankton and other substrates Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Roger Villanueva, Fernando Ángel Fernández‐Álvarez, Josep‐Maria Gili
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Invasive plant species support each other's growth in low‐nutrient conditions but compete when nutrients are abundant Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Ayub M. O. Oduor, Han Yu, Yanjie Liu
Globally, numerous ecosystems have been co‐invaded by multiple exotic plant species that can have competitive or facilitative interactions with each other and with native plants. Invaded ecosystems often exhibit spatial heterogeneity in soil moisture and nutrient levels, with some habitats having more nutrient‐rich and moist soils than others. The stress‐gradient hypothesis predicts that plants are
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Risk versus reward: Burmese python mothers select precarious oviposition sites Ecology (IF 4.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Samantha N. Smith, Joli Stavish, Shannon Glosenger‐Thrasher, George Gale, Surachit Waengsothorn
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Scale‐dependent population drivers inform avian management in a declining saline lake ecosystem Ecol. Appl. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Aimee M. Van Tatenhove, John Neill, Russell E. Norvell, Erica F. Stuber, Clark S. Rushing
Shrinking saline lakes provide irreplaceable habitat for waterbird species globally. Disentangling the effects of wetland habitat loss from other drivers of waterbird population dynamics is critical for protecting these species in the face of unprecedented changes to saline lake ecosystems, ideally through decision‐making frameworks that identify effective management options and their potential outcomes
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Diversity effects and compensatory dynamics drive productivity and stability in temperate old-growth forests J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Jiri Dolezal, Pavel Fibich, Jan Altman, Koichi Takahashi, Toshihiko Hara
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Differential responses of community‐level functional traits to mid‐ and late‐season experimental drought in a temperate grassland J. Ecol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 E. Fenollosa, P. Fernandes, A. Hector, H. King, C. S. Lawson, J. Jackson, R. Salguero‐Gómez
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Precipitation and temperature primarily determine the reptile distributions in China Ecography (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Chunrong Mi, Xingzhi Han, Zhongwen Jiang, Zhigao Zeng, Weiguo Du, Baojun Sun
Reptiles make up one‐third of tetrapods, however they are often omitted from global conservation analyses. Understanding the determinants of reptile distribution is the foundation for reptile conservation research. We assembled a dataset on the distribution of 231 reptile species (nearly 50% of recorded species in China). We then investigated the association of species range filling (the proportion