Weak population regulation in ecological time series.

abstract：:Ecological constraints on independent breeding are recognised as major drivers of cooperative breeding across diverse lineages. How the prevalence and degree of cooperative breeding relates to ecological variation remains unresolved. Using a large data set of cooperative nesting in Polistes wasps we demonstrate that d...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Sheehan MJ,Botero CA,Hendry TA,Sedio BE,Jandt JM,Weiner S,Toth AL,Tibbetts EA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pither & Aarssen (2005) propose a null model approach to assess the proportion of niche specialist taxa along ecological gradients. They apply this methodology to a large data set of lacustrine diatom assemblages and conclude that a majority of the taxa are generalists on a pH gradient. This conflicts with previous wo...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Telford RJ,Vandvik V,Birks HJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal hormones are important mediators of prenatal maternal effects. Although many experimental studies have demonstrated their potency in shaping offspring phenotypes, we know remarkably little about their adaptive value. Using long-term data on a wild collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) population, we show ...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Tschirren B,Postma E,Gustafsson L,Groothuis TG,Doligez B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Root systems are important for global models of below-ground carbon and nutrient cycling. Notoriously difficult sampling methods and the fractal distribution of root diameters in the soil make data being used in these models especially susceptible to error resulting from under-sampling. We applied the concept of speci...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Taylor BN,Beidler KV,Cooper ER,Strand AE,Pritchard SG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dams are recognised to impact aquatic biodiversity, but the effects and conclusions diverge across studies and locations. By using a meta-analytical approach, we quantified the effects of impoundment on fish communities distributed across three large biomes. The impacts of dams on richness and diversity differed acros...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Turgeon K,Turpin C,Gregory-Eaves I

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity budgets influence the expression of life history traits as well as population dynamics. For ectotherms, a major constraint on activity is environmental temperature. Nonetheless, we currently lack a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding thermal constraints on activity, which hinders our ability ...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Gunderson AR,Leal M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some microbial public goods can provide both individual and community-wide benefits, and are open to exploitation by non-producing species. One such example is the production of metal-detoxifying siderophores. Here, we investigate whether conflicting selection pressures on siderophore production by heavy metals - a de...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Hesse E,O'Brien S,Tromas N,Bayer F,Luján AM,van Veen EM,Hodgson DJ,Buckling A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although studies on biodiversity and ecosystem function are often framed within the context of anthropogenic change, a central question that remains is how important are direct vs. indirect (via changes in biodiversity) effects of anthropogenic stressors on ecosystem functions in multitrophic-level communities. Here, ...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： McMahon TA,Halstead NT,Johnson S,Raffel TR,Romansic JM,Crumrine PW,Rohr JR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersal is a key ecological process that is strongly influenced by both phenotype and environment. Here, we show that juvenile environment influences dispersal not only by shaping individual phenotypes, but also by changing the phenotypes of neighbouring conspecifics, which influence how individuals disperse. We use...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Endriss SB,Vahsen ML,Bitume EV,Grey Monroe J,Turner KG,Norton AP,Hufbauer RA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite nearly 100 years of edge studies, there has been little effort to document how edge responses 'cascade' to impact multi-trophic food webs. We examined changes within two, four-tiered food webs located on opposite sides of a habitat edge. Based on a 'bottom-up' resource-based model, we predicted plant resources...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Wimp GM,Murphy SM,Lewis D,Ries L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metacommunity concept has the potential to integrate local and regional dynamics within a general community ecology framework. To this end, the concept must move beyond the discrete archetypes that have largely defined it (e.g. neutral vs. species sorting) and better incorporate local scale species interactions an...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Thompson PL,Guzman LM,De Meester L,Horváth Z,Ptacnik R,Vanschoenwinkel B,Viana DS,Chase JM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual foraging specialisation has important ecological implications, but its causes in group-living species are unclear. One of the major consequences of group living is increased intragroup competition for resources. Foraging theory predicts that with increased competition, individuals should add new prey items ...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Sheppard CE,Inger R,McDonald RA,Barker S,Jackson AL,Thompson FJ,Vitikainen EIK,Cant MA,Marshall HH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many experimental studies have quantified how the effects of competition vary with habitat productivity, with the results often interpreted in terms of the ideas of Grime and Tilman. Unfortunately, these ideas are not relevant to many experiments, and so we develop an appropriate resource competition model and use thi...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Rees M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsic processes are assumed to underlie life history expression and trade-offs, but extrinsic inputs are theorised to shift trait expression and mask trade-offs within species. Here, we explore application of this theory across species. We do this based on parentally induced embryo temperature as an extrinsic inpu...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Martin TE,Ton R,Niklison A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual species are distributed inhomogeneously over space and time, yet, within large communities of species, aggregated patterns of biodiversity seem to display nearly universal behaviour. Neutral models assume that an individual's demographic prospects are independent of its species identity. They have successfu...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： O'Dwyer JP,Chisholm R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropogenic degradation of the world's ecosystems is leading to a widespread and accelerating loss of biodiversity. However, not all species respond equally to existing threats, raising the question: what makes a species more vulnerable to extinction? We propose that higher intraspecific variability may reduce the r...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： González-Suárez M,Revilla E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable focus on the impacts of environmental change on ecosystem function arising from changes in species richness. However, environmental change may affect ecosystem function without affecting richness, most notably by affecting population densities and community composition. Using a theoretical ...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Spaak JW,Baert JM,Baird DJ,Eisenhauer N,Maltby L,Pomati F,Radchuk V,Rohr JR,Van den Brink PJ,De Laender F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alien plant species are known to have a wide range of impacts on recipient communities, from resident species' exclusions to coexistence with resident species. It remains unclear; however, if this variety of impacts is due to different invader strategies, features of recipient communities or both. To test this, we exa...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Lai HR,Mayfield MM,Gay-des-Combes JM,Spiegelberger T,Dwyer JM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The future of tropical forest biodiversity depends more than ever on the effective management of human-modified landscapes, presenting a daunting challenge to conservation practitioners and land use managers. We provide a critical synthesis of the scientific insights that guide our understanding of patterns and proces...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Gardner TA,Barlow J,Chazdon R,Ewers RM,Harvey CA,Peres CA,Sodhi NS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Metabolic Theory of Ecology predicts that the slope of the rate-temperature relationship, E, remains consistent across traits and organisms, acting as a major determinant of large-scale ecological patterns. Although E has recently been shown to vary systematically, we have a poor understanding of its ecological si...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Nilsson-Örtman V,Stoks R,De Block M,Johansson H,Johansson F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative importance of contemporary and historical processes is central for understanding biodiversity patterns. While several studies show that past conditions can partly explain the current biodiversity patterns, the role of history remains elusive. We reconstructed palaeo-drainage basins under lower sea level c...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Dias MS,Oberdorff T,Hugueny B,Leprieur F,Jézéquel C,Cornu JF,Brosse S,Grenouillet G,Tedesco PA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, human appropriation of ecosystems is disrupting plant-pollinator communities and pollination function through habitat conversion and landscape homogenisation. Conversion to agriculture is destroying and degrading semi-natural ecosystems while conventional land-use intensification (e.g. industrial management...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Kovács-Hostyánszki A,Espíndola A,Vanbergen AJ,Settele J,Kremen C,Dicks LV

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Should I stay or should I go?' is a fundamental question facing any candidate for emigration, as emigrating without outside information has major costs. Most studies on this topic have concentrated on risk-reducing strategies (e.g. exploration) developed after leaving the natal habitat. The idea that information migh...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Cote J,Clobert J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global spread of non-native species profoundly changed the world biodiversity patterns, but how it translates into functional changes remains unanswered at the world scale. We here show that while in two centuries the number of fish species per river increased on average by 15% in 1569 basins worldwide, the diversity ...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Toussaint A,Charpin N,Beauchard O,Grenouillet G,Oberdorff T,Tedesco PA,Brosse S,Villéger S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apex predators can limit the abundance and behaviour of mesopredators, thereby reducing predation on smaller species. We know less about whether native apex predators are effective in suppressing invasive mesopredators, a major global driver of vertebrate extinctions. We use the severe disease-induced decline of an ap...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Cunningham CX,Johnson CN,Jones ME

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-evolving parasites may play a key role in host migration and population structure. Using co-evolving bacteria and viruses, we test general hypotheses as to how co-evolving parasites affect the success of passive host migration between habitats that can support different intensities of host-parasite interactions. Fi...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Zhang QG,Buckling A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated nitrogen (N) inputs into terrestrial ecosystems are causing major changes to the composition and functioning of ecosystems. Understanding these changes is challenging because there are complex interactions between 'direct' effects of N on plant physiology and soil biogeochemistry, and 'indirect' effects cause...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Manning P,Newington JE,Robson HR,Saunders M,Eggers T,Bradford MA,Bardgett RD,Bonkowski M,Ellis RJ,Gange AC,Grayston SJ,Kandeler E,Marhan S,Reid E,Tscherko D,Godfray HC,Rees M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss and fragmentation of natural habitats can lead to alterations of plant-animal interactions and ecosystems functioning. Insect herbivory, an important antagonistic interaction is expected to be influenced by habitat fragmentation through direct negative effects on herbivore community richness and indirect positive...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Rossetti MR,Tscharntke T,Aguilar R,Batáry P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murtaugh (2009) recently illustrated that all subsets variable selection is very similar to stepwise regression. This, however, does not necessarily mean both methods are useful. On the contrary, the same problems with overfitting should apply. Ecologists should, if model building is indeed necessary, consider more re...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Dahlgren JP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both plant diversity and vertebrate herbivores can impact plant fitness and ecosystem functioning, however their interactions have not been explicitly tested. We manipulated plant genotypic diversity of the native plant Oenothera biennis and monitored its survivorship and lifetime fitness with and without one of its m...

journal_title：Ecology letters

authors： Parker JD,Salminen JP,Agrawal AA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00