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The Relationship between Niche Breadth and Range Size of Beech (Fagus) Species Worldwide
(Wiley, 2021-04-27)
Aim: This work explores whether the commonly observed positive range size-niche breadth relationship exists for Fagus, one of the most dominant and widespread broad-leaved deciduous tree genera in temperate forests of the ...
TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access
(Wiley, 2020-01)
Plant traits-the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants-determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem ...
Environmental drivers and spatial scaling of species abundance distributions in Palaearctic grassland vegetation
(Wiley, 2022-08)
[EN] Species abundance distributions (SADs) link species richness with species abundances and are an important tool in the quantitative analysis of ecological communities. Niche-based and sample-based SAD models predict ...
A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities (ARMS-MBON)
(Frontiers Media, 2020-11-30)
Marine hard-bottom communities are undergoing severe change under the influence of multiple drivers, notably climate change, extraction of natural resources, pollution and eutrophication, habitat degradation, and invasive ...
Determining diet from faeces: Selection of metabarcoding primers for the insectivore Pyrenean desman ( Galemys pyrenaicus )
(Public Library Science, 2018-12-14)
Molecular techniques allow non-invasive dietary studies from faeces, providing an invaluable tool to unveil ecological requirements of endangered or elusive species. They contribute to progress on important issues such as ...
Priming of leaf litter decomposition by algae seems of minor importance in natural streams during autumn
(Public Library Science, 2018-09-07)
Allochthonous detritus of terrestrial origin is one of the main energy sources in forested headwater streams, but its poor nutritional quality makes it difficult to use by heterotrophs. It has been suggested that algae ...
Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-01)
[EN] Many inland waters exhibit complete or partial desiccation, or have vanished due to global
change, exposing sediments to the atmosphere. Yet, data on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
from these sediments are too scarce ...
Drying and Rainfall Shape the Structure and Functioning of Nitrifying Microbial Communities in Riverbed Sediments
(Frontiers Media, 2018-11-16)
Non-flow periods in fluvial ecosystems are a global phenomenon. Streambed drying and rewetting by sporadic rainfalls could drive considerable changes in the microbial communities that govern stream nitrogen (N) availability ...
Immediate and Legacy Effects of Urban Pollution on River Ecosystem Functioning: a Mesocosm Experiment
(Elsevier, 2019-03)
Effluents from urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) consist of complex mixtures of substances that can affect processes in the receiving ecosystems. Some of these substances (toxic contaminants) stress biological ...
Understanding the effects of predictability, duration, and spatial pattern of drying on benthic invertebrate assemblages in two contrasting intermittent streams
(Public Library Science, 2018-03-28)
In the present study, we examined the effects of different drying conditions on the composition, structure and function of benthic invertebrate assemblages. We approached this objective by comparing invertebrate assemblages ...