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Red fox cannibalism in a temperate forest ecosystem Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sandrina Muther, Joe Premier, Martin Gahbauer, Christian von Hoermann, Jörg Müller, Marco Heurich
Scavengers benefit from carrion and simultaneously provide essential ecosystem services. To assess benefits and risks that carrion might bring, it is crucial to understand ecosystem-specific scavenger communities. Carrion research has mostly focussed on ungulate carcasses and has rarely explored the effects of carnivore carcasses, which can be critical to understanding disease transmission pathways
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Bumblebee pollination ensures the stability of both yield and quality of the woody oil crop Paeonia ostii ‘Fengdan’ Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Kaiyue Zhang, Xiang Wang, Junyi Bao, Xiangnan He, Yang Lei, Chunling He, Xiaogai Hou
Oil tree peony is a unique woody oil crop found exclusively in China. Its seed oil is a highly nutritious edible vegetable oil. However, its seed production varies greatly and is often low. Oil tree peony is a plant that relies on insects for pollination, but inadequate pollination is a common occurrence. In this study, we focused on the ‘Fengdan’ species and conducted a five-year study (from 2017
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Soundscape for urban ecological security evaluation Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Jingyi Wang, Chunming Li, Ziyan Yao, Shenghui Cui
The security of the Earth system has been extensively discussed through the concept of planetary boundaries, which hypothesizes the Anthropocene as the crisis for pushing environmental variables beyond safe limits. Cities, as burgeoning population centers, warrant heightened attention to issues surrounding planetary boundaries and ecological security. While groundwork has been laid for environmental
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Home-and-away comparisons of life history traits indicate enemy release and founder effects of the solitary bee, Megachile sculpturalis Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Fornoff Felix, Lanner Julia, Orr Michael, Xie Tingting, Guo Shikun, Guariento Elia, Tuerlings Tina, Smagghe Guy, Parys Katherine, Ćetković Aleksandar, Bila Dubaić Jovana, Geslin Benoit, Scharnhorst Victor Sebastian, Pachinger Baerbel, Klein Alexandra-Maria, Meimberg Harald
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The positive plant diversity/consumer relationship is independent of grassland age Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 M. Bröcher, S.T. Meyer, N. Eisenhauer, A. Ebeling
Plant diversity is an important driver of many ecosystem processes within and among trophic levels. There is growing evidence that the strength of plant diversity effects depends on the biotic and abiotic environmental conditions. Plant and soil history may be underlying mechanisms of an observed strengthening of biodiversity effects in aging biodiversity experiments. Temporal changes in biodiversity-ecosystem
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Bees improve oil quality of oilseed rape Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Thomas Perrot, Vincent Bretagnolle, Niyazi Acar, Valérie Febvret, Annick Matejicek, Stéphane Grégoire, Sabrina Gaba
Global demand for vegetable oil is projected to expand to 28 Mt by 2028. Oilseed rape (OSR) is the predominant oilseed crop in Europe. Its nutritional value is determined by seed oil content and fatty acids (FAs) composition. Insect pollination increases seed oil content, however, its benefit on FAs composition remains unknown. In this study, we address this gap by investigating the variation of OSR
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Spatial analysis of the potential exposure of amphibians to plant protection products at the landscape scale Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Greg Churko, Erich Szerencsits, Annette Aldrich, Benedikt R. Schmidt
Plant protection products (PPPs) are among the many drivers that lead to the loss of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and they are a contributing factor to the global decline of amphibians. The aim of the present study is to estimate the potential exposure of amphibian population networks to PPPs. Specifically, our goal is to describe the spatial overlap of amphibian population networks with
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Distance- and density-dependent recruitment of common ragwort is not driven by plant-soil feedbacks Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Xiangyu Liu, Dong He, Klaas Vrieling, Suzanne T.E. Lommen, Chenguang Gao, T. Martijn Bezemer
Janzen-Connell effects state that the accumulation of host-specific natural enemies near parent plants can negatively affect their offspring. Negative plant-soil feedbacks can produce patterns of seedling performance predicted by Janzen-Connell effects and influence plant populations, but their relevance in field conditions remains unclear. Here, using spatial point-pattern analysis, we examine the
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Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Finn Rehling, Eelke Jongejans, Nina Farwig, Dana G. Schabo
Seeds removed by animals have one of two mutually exclusive fates – they are either predated or dispersed and still alive. The quality of seed dispersal by animals and the number of predated seeds will therefore determine net interaction outcomes for plants. Yet, it is poorly understood what proportion of removed seeds animals can predate before benefits of dispersal no longer outweigh costs of seed
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Comparing the performance of two camera trap-based methods to survey small mustelids Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Ana Luísa Barros, Margarida Marques, Sandra Alcobia, Darryl I. MacKenzie, Margarida Santos-Reis
Small mustelids are an understudied group partly due to the challenges in detecting and monitoring their populations. Despite the classification as Least Concern for several small mustelid species, some studies indicate a population decline in parts of their range. Therefore, efficient and group-specific methods are essential to support monitoring efforts. Camera traps are widely used, particularly
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Density-dependent performance of larval and juvenile toads: Implications for amphibian conservation Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Tobias Weber, Arpat Ozgul, Benedikt R. Schmidt
Density dependent carry-over effects from one life history stage to another can affect the dynamics of populations. Here we study such carry-over effects from the tadpole to the postmetamorphic juvenile stage in an endangered amphibian, the natterjack toad (). We raised tadpoles in outdoor aquatic mesocosms at four densities and assessed juvenile performance after metamorphosis in terrestrial mesocosms
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Impact of climate and management on coffee berry disease and yield in coffee's native range Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Biruk Ayalew, Kristoffer Hylander, Girma Adugna, Beyene Zewdie, Francesco Zignol, Ayco J.M. Tack
Climate change might increase plant diseases, reduce crop yields and threaten the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers globally. It is thus important to understand the relationships between climate, disease levels and yield to improve management strategies for sustainable agroforestry in a changing climate. One of the major threats to coffee production in Africa is the coffee berry disease
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Seedling recruitment of small-seeded and large-seeded species in forests and pastures in southern Ecuador Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Maciej K. Barczyk, Diana Carolina Acosta-Rojas, Carlos Iván Espinosa, Matthias Schleuning, Eike Lena Neuschulz
Seedling recruitment is a key process of plant regeneration that often depends on plant functional traits, such as seed size. To optimize forest restoration efforts, we need to better understand how seedling recruitment of different seed sizes varies along environmental gradients with strong variation in abiotic and biotic factors. To understand these interacting effects, we conducted a sowing experiment
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The role of non-volatile chemicals of floral rewards in plant-pollinator interactions Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Sara Diana Leonhardt, Shao Xiong Chui, Kenneth Kuba
The interaction between plants and pollinators has intrigued scientists for centuries. While it continues to be subject of ongoing research in basic and applied ecology, we tend to ignore that plant-pollinator interactions are largely driven by chemistry. For example, the amounts and composition of various chemical compounds determine flower colour, the attractiveness of scent and the nutritional value
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Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Felix Klaus, Manfred Ayasse, Alice Classen, Jens Dauber, Tim Diekötter, Jeroen Everaars, Felix Fornoff, Henri Greil, Harmen P. Hendriksma, Tobias Jütte, Alexandra Maria Klein, André Krahner, Sara D. Leonhardt, Dorothee J. Lüken, Robert J. Paxton, Christian Schmid-Egger, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jan Thiele, Teja Tscharntke, Silvio Erler, Jens Pistorius
Bees are the most important group of insect pollinators, but their populations are declining. To gain a better understanding of wild bee responses to different stressors (e.g. land-use change) and conservation measures, regional and national monitoring schemes are currently being established in Germany, which is used here as a model region, and in many other countries. We offer perspectives on how
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural systems: field to landscape-scale management for biodiversity-yield synergies Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Maria Kernecker, Maria Felipe-Lucia, Catrin Westphal, Annika Hass
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Environmental complexity and predator density mediate a stable earwig-woolly apple aphid interaction Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Robert Bischoff, Prayan Pokharel, Paul Miedtke, Hans-Peter Piepho, Georg Petschenka
Regulation of insect pests by predators is an integral component of biological pest control. However, predator-prey interactions often reach a stable state leading to coexistence, which can be problematic for plant protection if the persisting herbivores exceed a damage threshold. Consequently, understanding the factors mediating this stability is crucial for successful biocontrol. Here, we investigated
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Development of a new apparatus to partition ant body size reveals their respective functional role within ant communities Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Taylor A. Bogar, Sabine S. Nooten, Benoit Guénard
The rapid decline of biodiversity is directly threatening the maintenance of important ecosystem processes. Yet, biodiversity loss is not homogeneous, with species presenting specific traits being more prone to extinction. Ultimately this can lead to potential disruption of key ecosystem functions. Ants are ubiquitous and abundant in all terrestrial ecosystems. They provide a plethora of ecosystem
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Effects of phylogenetic associations on environmental and temporal niche partitioning among sympatric mammals Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Fredrik Dalerum, Mario Cipollone, Fabrizio Cordischi, Antonio Di Croce, Doriana Ferri, Silvia Giovannini, Filippo La Civita, Antonio Monaco, Gabriella Paglione, Chiara Paniccia, Bruno Petriccione, Mario Romano, Irene Shivij, Jan Niklas Trei, Carlo Meloro
Mammals have evolved to occupy spatial and temporal niches in order to optimize resource utilization and minimize predation risk or competition. Subsequently, niche partitioning may be influenced by phylogenetic associations, which could have substantial consequences for ecosystem structure and function. We use the output from occupancy models based on camera trapping data to construct a tri-partite
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Evaluating the potential of agri-environmental measures (AEM) in mitigating biodiversity loss due to land consolidation in China: Understanding the function of linear habitats Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Yi Zou
Semi-natural habitats (SNHs) surrounding agricultural fields contribute significantly to biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. SNHs can be divided into large habitat patches such as contiguous patches of forests, and smaller, interspersed linear habitat types such as grassy field margins. Traditional small-holder agricultural farmlands in China, replete with rich linear habitats, are notably beneficial
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Urbanisation reduced body size but potentially improved flight performance in bees and wasps Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Andrea Ferrari, Nicola Tommasi, Carlo Polidori
Urbanisation is a main driver of land-use change, leading to rising in temperatures and fragmentation and reduction of green areas. Bees and wasps, which are important insect groups due to the ecosystem services they provide, may respond to this disturbance via changes in morphological traits which are functionally relevant. To date, studies focusing on this aspect only investigated few social bee
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Artificial light at night impacts night-time activity but not day-time behaviour in a diurnal coral reef fish Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Demi Georgiou, Simon E. Reeves, Karen Burke da Silva, Emily K. Fobert
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Better red than dead: Plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Brett Seymoure, Tessa Parrish, Kaley Egan, Malcolm Furr, Danny Irwin, Cassie Brown, Morgan Crump, Jeremy White, Kevin Crooks, Lisa Angeloni
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Agricultural intensification affects birds' trait diversity across Europe Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Irene Guerrero, Diana Duque, Juan J. Oñate, Tomas Pärt, Jan Bengtsson, Teja Tscharntke, Jaan Liira, Tsipe Aavik, Mark Emmerson, Frank Berendse, Piotr Ceryngier, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Manuel B. Morales
Agricultural intensification reduces the taxonomic diversity of bird communities, but its influence on functional diversity has been less studied. Here, we analyze the response of functional diversity of different cereal farmland bird communities across Europe to a gradient of agricultural intensification. We collected bibliographical information on life history traits (i.e. body mass, brain size,
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Non-additive effects of multiple predators alter the biological control of the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella) Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Iris Saraeny Rivera-Salinas, Amarilys D. Irizarry, Koralis Reyes-Maldonado, Ivette Perfecto
Although most prey are attacked by multiple predators, much of the ecological theory on prey suppression focuses on the effects of a single predator. The presence of multiple predators can lead to complex interactions such as trait-mediated interactions (TMIIs) and intraguild predation which can influence the suppression of pest populations. Here we explore the effect of two predators, a native anole
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Plant functional composition as an effective surrogate for biodiversity conservation Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Ji-Zhong Wan, Loïc Pellissier, Chun-Jing Wang, Fei-Hai Yu, Mai-He Li
In biodiversity conservation frameworks, determining surrogates for biodiversity is crucial for improving the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation and management. As plant functional composition can indicate variations in ecosystem functions and services, it could be used as an effective surrogate in biodiversity conservation planning. However, to the best of our knowledge, this metric has been
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Increasing intraspecific diversity of wheat affects plant nutrient contents but not N recovery in the plant-soil system Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Thomas Bécu, Sébastien Barot, Jean-Christophe Lata, Xavier Le Roux, Jérôme Enjalbert, Audrey Niboyet
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Silicon application enhances wheat defence against Sitobion avenae F. by regulating plant physiological-biochemical responses Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Xiuxiu Qi, Xia Xue, Zhonghua Wang, Shaojian Li, Zelong Zhang, Yanlai Han, Yi Wang, Ying Jiang
Sitobion avenae F. is a highly prevalent and devastating pest in wheat crops, leading to significant yield losses. Silicon (Si) has been widely recognized as an effective inducer of plant resistance against aphids. Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms governing the physiological and biochemical responses of plants induced by Si defense against S. avenae F. remain incompletely understood. In this
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Artificial light at night alters predation on colour-polymorphic camouflaged prey Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Emma Moyse, Louise B. Firth, Tim Smyth, Svenja Tidau, Thomas W. Davies
Artificial light at night (ALAN) disrupts biological processes across taxa and at all levels of organisation. Despite growing interest in this globally pervasive sensory pollutant, its impact on colour-guided processes remains largely unexplored. This is especially concerning given the rapid transition in recent years away from narrow-spectrum lighting and towards broad-spectrum options such as white
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Light pollution from illuminated bridges as a potential barrier for migrating fish–Linking measurements with a proposal for a conceptual model Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Catherine Pérez Vega, Andreas Jechow, James A. Campbell, Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska, Franz Hölker
Illuminated bridges have become important assets to navigable aquatic systems. However, if artificial light at night (ALAN) from illuminated bridges reaches aquatic habitats, such as rivers, it can threaten the river's natural heterogeneity and alter the behavioural responses of migratory fish. Here, via a pilot study, we quantified levels of ALAN at illuminated bridges that cross a river and, propose
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Effects of heterogeneity on the ecological diversity and redundancy of forest fauna Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Lea Heidrich, Roland Brandl, Christian Ammer, Soyeon Bae, Claus Bässler, Inken Doerfler, Markus Fischer, Martin M. Gossner, Marco Heurich, Christoph Heibl, Kirsten Jung, Peter Krzystek, Shaun Levick, Paul Magdon, Peter Schall, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Sebastian Seibold, Nadja K. Simons, Simon Thorn, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Jörg Müller
Heterogeneity in forests might promote biodiversity not only through an increase in niche volume but also through other processes, such as an increase in resources and their spatial distribution. However, negative relationships between heterogeneity and biodiversity have also been observed, which may indicate that heterogeneity acts as a filter for some species. This study examined the effects of different
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Complexity of cacao production systems affects terrestrial ant assemblages Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Chloé Durot, Miguel Limachi, Kazuya Naoki, Marc Cotter, Natacha Bodenhausen, Luis Marconi, Laura Armengot
Given the rapid changes in tropical agricultural production, the evaluation of different management practices has gained interest to determine the effects of land-use change on biodiversity. The conversion of forests into agricultural land is one of the main drivers of diversity loss. Agroforestry systems have been shown as a promising option to provide suitable yields in addition to conserving biodiversity
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The importance of shrubland and local agroecological practices for pumpkin production in sub-Saharan smallholdings Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Cassandra Vogel, Tapiwa Mkandawire, Mwapi Mkandawire, Georg Küstner, Laifolo Dakishoni, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Aaron Iverson, Katja Poveda, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Land-use and local field management affect pollinators, pest damage and ultimately crop yields. Agroecology is implemented as a sustainable alternative to conventional agricultural practices, but little is known about its potential for pollination and pest management. Sub-Saharan Africa is underrepresented in studies investigating the relative importance of pests and pollinators for crop productivity
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Niche differentiation of arthropods and plants along small-scale gradients in temporary wetlands (kettle holes) Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Kolja Bergholz, Cathrina Balthasar, Anne-Marie Weiss, Jennifer Brunkhardt, Michael Ristow, Lina Weiss
Small temporary wetlands, like kettle holes, provide many valuable ecosystem functions and serve as refuge habitats in otherwise monotonous agricultural landscapes. However, the mechanisms that maintain biodiversity in these habitats are still poorly understood. In this study, we investigate how three taxa (vascular plants, ground beetles and spiders) respond to small-scale flooding and disturbance
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Radical By Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace, James T. Costa, Princeton University Press, Princeton (2022), 515 pages. € 44. ISBN 9780691233796 (hardcover) Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Carsten F. Dormann
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Glyphosate reduces the biodiversity of soil macrofauna and benefits exotic over native species in a tropical agroecosystem Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Meryem El jaouhari, Gaëlle Damour, Philippe Tixier, Mathieu Coulis
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Navigating the wildland-urban interface: Sensory pollution and infrastructure effects on mule deer behavior and connectivity Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Mark A. Ditmer, Neil H. Carter, Kent R. Hersey, Martin Leclerc, George Wittemyer, David C. Stoner
Climate and land-use change are modifying the availability of food and water resources, which is driving more wildlife to the wildland-urban interface. For many wildlife populations, use of these areas still requires habitat connectivity both within the interface and/or to wildland habitats. However, navigating these areas can be difficult due to human development and sensory pollutants, such as artificial
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A compendium of photopigment peak sensitivities and visual spectral response curves of terrestrial wildlife to guide design of outdoor nighttime lighting Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Travis Longcore
The presence and proportions of photopigments, which are responsible for the visual and physiological effects of light, vary between taxonomic groups. This leads to differing wavelength sensitivities ranging from ultraviolet (UV; <400 nm) to infrared (IR; >780 nm) and complicates the balancing of spectra used for outdoor lighting to maximize human visual performance while mitigating light pollution
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Drivers of cultivated and wild plant pollination in urban agroecosystems Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Hien Nguyen, Julia Schmack, Monika Egerer
Pollination is a vital ecosystem service in urban agriculture. Yet the environmental drivers of both crop and wild plant pollination in urban agroecosystems are still not well understood. Pollination experiments involve the manipulation of pollen transfer between plants, for instance, to study the effects of pollinators on fruit and seed production (pollination service). In this study, we conducted
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Human-Wildlife Conflicts Management: Prevention and Problem Solving, 2nd ed., Russell F. Reidinger, Jr. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland (2022). 272 pp., ISBN 978-1421445250, US$89.00 (Hardcover) Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Manisha Bhardwaj
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Providing evidence for the conservation of a rare forest butterfly: Results from a three-year capture-mark-recapture study Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Heiko Hinneberg, Ádám Kőrösi, Thomas Gottschalk
Species living in spatially structured populations require a network of interconnected habitat patches. Due to changes in forest management, this network of habitat patches has been lost for insect species inhabiting open spots within forests. We studied two of the last populations of the Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta) in Germany. The aim of our study was to provide information for the
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Agricultural drivers of field margin plant communities are scale-dependent Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Isis Poinas, Guillaume Fried, Laura Henckel, Christine N Meynard
In recent decades, agricultural intensification has led to a strong decline in biodiversity. Field margins act as shelters and dispersal corridors for biodiversity in highly disturbed landscapes, and are critical to the maintenance of ecosystem services. However, they are also impacted by agricultural practices in neighboring fields. Agricultural impacts are often studied at field to landscape scales
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Distribution patterns of lianas from subtropical to subboreal zones of the Japanese archipelago and the difference between climbing types Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Gen Kusakabe, Hideki Mori, Tsutom Hiura
Several factors related to liana abundance have been shown at broad scales, however, the information on factors affecting liana distribution in temperate zones is limited. Climbing types of lianas appear to be associated with interspecific variations of lianas and may be related to the broad-scale distribution and functions of lianas. We aimed to assess the environmental factors related to the abundance
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Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Kyle J. Haynes, Geoffrey D. Miller, Madaris C. Serrano-Perez, Melissa H. Hey, Lauren K. Emer
Most research on the effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on animal behaviour focuses on nocturnal species. In addition, there are few studies on the effects of ALAN on the feeding behaviour of herbivores or how such behavioural changes affect herbivore performance. In this study, we tested whether ALAN has direct effects on the feeding frequency and performance of the larvae of the monarch
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Predator and pollinator? An invasive hornet alters the pollination dynamics of a native plant Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Sandra V. Rojas-Nossa, Thomas A. O'Shea-Wheller, Juliette Poidatz, Salustiano Mato, Juliet Osborne, Josefina Garrido
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Plant diversity on islands in the Anthropocene: Integrating the effects of the theory of island biogeography and human activities Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Jinliang Liu, Tengteng Liu, Yuanyuan Zhou, Yi Chen, Lijing Lu, Xinjie Jin, Renyong Hu, Yongpu Zhang, Yonghua Zhang
Understanding how the complexities of biodiversity are maintained on islands has long been one of the central issues studied in conservation biology. With the global onset of anthropogenically driven biodiversity changes, the influence of anthropogenic activities challenges the applicability of the widely accepted Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography (ETIB). This study aimed to test how island
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Effects of uncut grass refuges on the plant community of extensively managed hay meadows Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Lucas Cyril Philibert Rossier, Cécile Auberson, Raphaël Arlettaz, Jean-Yves Humbert
Invertebrates inhabiting grasslands benefit from uncut grass refuges, yet effects on the plant community have not been properly quantified. We experimentally investigated the effects on the vegetation of two different types of refuges. While both consisted in not mowing 10–20% of a meadow area, they differed in their rotation frequency: (1) in within-year rotational refuges (WYRR), the location of
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Global patterns and mechanisms shaping dimensionality diversity in sharks Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Laura Barreto de Paula-Souza, Daisy Jorge Lima, Gabriel Nakamura, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
An adequate description of biodiversity patterns requires an integration of different biological dimensions, including phylogenetic, functional, and taxonomic patterns. In this sense, dimensionality is defined as the number of complementary dimensions represented by metrics necessary to describe diversity in a non-redundant and effective way, with a correlation component (Evenness of Eigenvalues- EE)
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Assessing ground predation by invertebrates in crops: Camera observations clarify the relevance of aphid cards and coleopteran sentinel prey Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Antoine Gardarin, Yvan Capowiez, Jean-Marc Teulé, Guillaume Wetzel, Mickaël Hedde
Redesigning cropping systems to promote natural pest control requires a sound understanding of the regulation potential of natural enemies. Sentinel preys are useful to quantify biological control, but the use of aphid cards (aphids glued to a sandpaper card) is controversial for their lack of realism. The objectives here were: (1) to compare aphid cards to non-fixed beetle larvae resembling coleopteran
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Spatio-temporal modelling of the effect of environmental and land-use factors on species-rich calcareous grasslands Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Christian Damgaard
The abundance of sensitive plant species in calcareous grasslands is threatened by agricultural intensification with nutrient addition and increased livestock densities as well as by land abandonment. The Hill-Shannon diversity is decreasing, and the species composition of Danish calcareous grassland is generally unstable and is expected to experience further change in the coming years. In order to
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Corrigendum to Traffic noise induces oxidative stress and phytohormone imbalance in two urban plant species, Basic and Applied Ecology Volume 60, May 2022, Pages 1-12 Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Zohreh Haghighi Kafash, Shahrzad Khoramnejadian, Ali Akbar Ghotbi-Ravandi, Somayeh Farhang Dehghan
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Prevalence of major pests and diseases in wild and cultivated coffee in Ethiopia Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Dinkissa Beche, Ayco J.M. Tack, Sileshi Nemomissa, Debissa Lemessa, Bikila Warkineh, Kristoffer Hylander
The study of pests and diseases on crops and crop relatives in the wild is valuable from both a theoretical and an applied point of view. Few studies have addressed multiple pests and diseases in such ecosystems. Our objectives were to (1) compare the prevalence of multiple pests and diseases on coffee in forests and more managed landscapes and (2) assess how spatial, environmental, host density and
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Influence of directional side of sagebrush canopies and interspaces on microhabitats Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Kirk W. Davies, Stella M. Copeland, Danielle R. Clenet, Lauren N. Svejcar, Jon D. Bates
Shrubs can contribute to spatial heterogeneity in plant communities by creating distinct microsites under their canopies compared to between their canopies (interspaces). This results in distinct microhabitats that differ in understory vegetation characteristics and ground cover. However, microhabitats may also differ under the north and south side of canopies because of differences in shading and
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Exploring relationships between time of day and pollinator activity in the context of pesticide use Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Arrian Karbassioon, Dara A. Stanley
Pesticide exposure can be harmful to insect pollinators and the ecosystem services they provide. As many pesticide guidelines warn against applying such products when pollinators are active, it is important to evaluate how pollinator activity changes with time of day to determine the most appropriate time to spray. We walked transects from sunrise to sunset in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) fields
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Within-bloom shift in abundance of a wild pollinator mediates pollen deposition rates to blueberry Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Ulrika Samnegård, Liam K. Kendall, Martin E. Brummell, Maurizio Rocchetti, Karen Cristine Bezerra da Silva Santos, Henrik G. Smith, Romina Rader
Intra-seasonal variation in abiotic and biotic conditions can have profound consequences for pollinator community compositions and foraging movement, with flow-on effects upon pollination services. Yet, few studies have related such variations to pollination services in crop systems. In a cultivated highbush blueberry system with two primary pollinators — the managed European honey bee and a wild stingless
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Partitioning pollination services to faba bean (Vicia faba L.) between managed honeybees and wild bees Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Ola Lundin
Animal pollination of crops is an important ecosystem service provided especially by managed honeybees and wild bees, but the relative importance of these taxa for crop pollination remains debated. Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a grain legume crop grown worldwide for food and feed which is partially dependent on insects for pollination. I determined the relative contribution of honeybees and wild bees
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Exploring the effect of landscape composition and agroecological practices on wild bees in horticultural farms Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Inés Gutiérrez-Briceño, Marina García-Llorente, Jorge J. Ortega-Marcos, Francisco M. Azcárate, Violeta Hevia
How farms and the surrounding landscape are managed locally substantially affects biodiversity, with consequent impacts on the supply of certain ecosystem services, such as pollination. Wild bees provide pollination services for small-scale horticultural farming, and are key to determining and improving farm production, as well as maintaining ecosystem-level diversity. Here, we investigated how landscape
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Why we need a Canonical Ecology Curriculum Basic Appl. Ecol. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Carsten F. Dormann, Marco A.R. Mello
As commonly perceived and pointed out, ecology is fragmented into many poorly integrated subdisciplines, resulting in recruiting, communication, and perspective meta-problems. To put together those fragments, solve those meta-problems, and integrate our efforts more efficiently we suggest a tentative Canonical Ecology Curriculum to be used for training the next generations of ecologists. Such a curriculum