Increasing human environmental footprint does not lead to biotic homogenization of forest bird communities in northern USA
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10015
Abstract: Abstract Studies have shown negative impacts of increased human pressures on biodiversity at local (alpha‐diversity) and regional (gamma‐diversity) scales. However, the diversity between local sites (beta‐diversity) has received less attention. This is an important shortcoming… read more here.
Keywords: biotic homogenization; diversity; bird communities; beta diversity ... See more keywords
Scale‐dependent influences of environmental, historical, and spatial processes on taxonomic and functional beta diversity of Japanese bat assemblages
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11277
Abstract: Abstract This study investigated the relative influences of environmental, spatial, and historical factors, including the island‐specific history of land connectivity, on bat assemblages in the Japanese Archipelago. We collected bat distribution data from 1408 studies… read more here.
Keywords: beta diversity; bat; taxonomic functional; bat assemblages ... See more keywords
Moderate patchiness optimizes heterogeneity, stability, and beta diversity in mesic grassland
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4081
Abstract: Abstract Heterogeneous disturbance patterns are fundamental to rangeland conservation and management because heterogeneity creates patchy vegetation, broadens niche availability, increases compositional dissimilarity, and enhances temporal stability of aboveground biomass production. Pyrodiversity is a popular concept… read more here.
Keywords: stability; beta diversity; heterogeneity; variability ... See more keywords
Different roles of elevational and local environmental factors on abundance‐based beta diversity of the soil Enchytraeidae on the Changbai Mountain
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4913
Abstract: Abstract The elevational alpha biodiversity gradient in mountain regions is one of the well‐known ecological patterns, but its beta diversity pattern remains poorly known. Examining the beta diversity and its components could enhance the understanding… read more here.
Keywords: beta diversity; mountain; diversity; abundance based ... See more keywords
Exploring patterns of beta‐diversity to test the consistency of biogeographical boundaries: A case study across forest plant communities of Italy
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5669
Abstract: Abstract Aim To date, despite their great potential biogeographical regionalization models have been mostly developed on descriptive and empirical bases. This paper aims at applying the beta‐diversity framework on a statistically representative data set to… read more here.
Keywords: forest plant; beta diversity; biogeographical regionalization; consistency biogeographical ... See more keywords
Degrees of compositional shift in tree communities vary along a gradient of temperature change rates over one decade: Application of an individual‐based temporal beta‐diversity concept
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6579
Abstract: Abstract Temporal patterns in communities have gained widespread attention recently, to the extent that temporal changes in community composition are now termed “temporal beta‐diversity.” Previous studies of beta‐diversity have made use of two classes of… read more here.
Keywords: beta diversity; temperature; temporal beta; diversity ... See more keywords
Species turnover and functional nestedness constitute the geographic patterns of stream diatoms in the Three Parallel Rivers region, China
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70010
Abstract: Abstract Unraveling biodiversity patterns and their driving processes is paramount in ecology and biogeography. However, there remains a limited understanding regarding the underlying mechanisms of community assembly, particularly in alpine streams where significant elevation gradients… read more here.
Keywords: parallel rivers; beta diversity; diversity; ecology ... See more keywords
Patterns and drivers of Nothobranchius killifish diversity in lowland Tanzania
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8990
Abstract: Abstract Temporary pools are seasonal wetland habitats with specifically adapted biota, including annual Nothobranchius killifishes that survive habitat desiccation as diapausing eggs encased in dry sediment. To understand the patterns in the structure of Nothobranchius… read more here.
Keywords: nothobranchius assemblages; tanzania; region; diversity ... See more keywords
Drivers of species richness and beta diversity of fishes in an Afrotropical intermittent river system
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9659
Abstract: Abstract Tropical freshwater ecosystems are some of the most threatened systems yet remain understudied relative to temperate systems. Here, we look at the drivers of community structure of fishes in a tropical and intermittent system… read more here.
Keywords: intermittent; system; drivers species; diversity ... See more keywords
Effects of warming on the structure of aquatic communities in tropical bromeliad microecosystems
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9824
Abstract: Abstract Freshwaters are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to climate warming, with projected temperature increases over the coming decades leading to significant losses of aquatic biodiversity. Experimental studies that directly warm entire natural ecosystems in… read more here.
Keywords: water volume; density; effects warming; aquatic communities ... See more keywords
Geographic drivers more important than landscape composition in predicting bee beta diversity and community structure
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4819
Abstract: The importance of microhabitat traits such as floral availability is well known; however, forest bee spatial dynamics have been variably studied across local to broad geographic scales. Past literature suggests that landscape factors from proximate… read more here.
Keywords: beta diversity; community; composition; bee community ... See more keywords