The Role of Local and Upstream Colonisation in Determining Stream Periphyton Metacommunity Assemblages
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70850
Abstract: ABSTRACT Stream periphyton is an ideal study system for explaining how dispersal shapes community patterns. Few studies have tried to investigate periphyton metacommunities at the reach scale, and studies comparing local versus upstream periphyton propagule… read more here.
Keywords: stream periphyton; local upstream; metacommunity; colonisation ... See more keywords
Native forest metacommunity structures in Uruguay shaped by novel land‐use types in their surroundings
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8700
Abstract: Abstract We explore the effect of land‐use change from extensively used grasslands to intensified silvi‐ and agricultural monocultures on metacommunity structure of native forests in Uruguay. We integrated methods from metacommunity studies, remote sensing, and… read more here.
Keywords: metacommunity; ecology; native forest; land ... See more keywords
In a niche‐neutral continuum, a set of theoretical models in a metacommunity operates simultaneously in patchy habitats
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9754
Abstract: Abstract This study investigated the origins and maintenance of biodiversity by integrating ecological and evolutionary mechanisms into a spatially‐explicit synthesis between niche‐based processes and neutral dynamics (ND). An individual‐based model on a two‐dimensional grid with… read more here.
Keywords: metacommunity; simultaneously patchy; neutral continuum; patchy habitats ... See more keywords
Genomic variation among populations provides insight into the causes of metacommunity survival.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3182
Abstract: Predators and prey interact at small spatial scales, but during their lifetime disperse at much larger spatial scales. Trophic metacommunity theory proposes that dispersal is a critical processes that determines food webs structure at small… read more here.
Keywords: among populations; populations provides; metacommunity; provides insight ... See more keywords
Accounting for temporal change in multiple biodiversity patterns improves the inference of metacommunity processes.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3683
Abstract: In metacommunity ecology, a major focus has been on combining observational and analytical approaches to identify the role of critical assembly processes, such as dispersal limitation and environmental filtering, this work has largely ignored temporal… read more here.
Keywords: time; summary statistics; metacommunity; accounting temporal ... See more keywords
A patch-dynamic metacommunity perspective on the persistence of mutualistic and antagonistic bipartite networks.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3686
Abstract: The structure of interactions between species within a community plays a key role in maintaining biodiversity. Previous studies have found that the effects of these structures might substantially differ depending on interaction type, for example,… read more here.
Keywords: patch dynamic; metacommunity; dynamic metacommunity; mutualistic antagonistic ... See more keywords
Floral diversity increases butterfly diversity in a multitrophic metacommunity.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3735
Abstract: The impact of multitrophic interactions on metacommunity structure, despite extensive theory and modelling/manipulative studies, has remained largely unexplored within naturally occurring metacommunities. We investigated the impacts of mutualistic partners and predators on a butterfly metacommunity,… read more here.
Keywords: metacommunity; diversity; butterfly diversity; diversity richness ... See more keywords
Long-term supratidal rockpool invertebrate community, Discovery Bay, Jamaica.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4013
Abstract: The rockpool cluster offers unique characteristics making it a model system for general questions in ecology: (a) all rockpools share biotic history (any species can reach any rockpool); (b) they form a strong gradient of… read more here.
Keywords: metacommunity; bay jamaica; discovery bay; ecology ... See more keywords
Niche partitioning in a periphyton metacommunity peaks at intermediate species richness in midsized rivers
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4524
Abstract: Abstract The trait‐based partitioning of species plays a critical role in biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships. This niche partitioning drives and depends on community structure, yet this link remains elusive in the context of a metacommunity, where… read more here.
Keywords: structure; niche partitioning; metacommunity; community ... See more keywords
A metacommunity ecological approach to understanding the community organization of fish in artificial ponds of the Mamoré River floodplain in the Amazonian lowlands of Bolivia
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DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0780-9
Abstract: The origin and maintenance of biodiversity and the influence of human activities on biodiversity are issues of central interest to scientists as well as policymakers. We conceptualized the integration of metacommunity paradigms across space and… read more here.
Keywords: metacommunity; organization fish; community organization; river ... See more keywords
Effects of spatial distance, physical barriers, and habitat on a stream fish metacommunity
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DOI: 10.1007/s10750-020-04309-8
Abstract: Metacommunity structure depends on environmental and spatial factors. Stream fishes are constrained to disperse within dendritic networks and waterfalls and other barriers add resistance to species dispersal. We evaluated the importance of environmental and spatial… read more here.
Keywords: stream fish; metacommunity; distance; physical barriers ... See more keywords