abstract：:It has been proposed that plant biodiversity may increase the erosion resistance of soils, yet direct evidence for any such relationship is lacking. We conducted a mesocosm experiment with eight species of riparian herbaceous plants, and found evidence that plant biodiversity significantly reduced fluvial erosion rate...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Allen DC,Cardinale BJ,Wynn-Thompson T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual variation in movement can have important consequences for spatial population dynamics. For instance, individual variation increases leptokurtosis in dispersal distance, such that more individuals move very short and very long distances relative to a homogeneous population. We quantified individual variation...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Brown LM,Crone EE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lianas are a common plant growth form in tropical forests, where they compete intensely with trees, decreasing tree recruitment, growth, and survival. If the detrimental effects of lianas vary significantly with tree species identity, as is often assumed, then lianas may influence tree species diversity and community ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Martínez-Izquierdo L,García MM,Powers JS,Schnitzer SA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature imposes a constraint on the rates and outcomes of ecological processes that determine community- and ecosystem-level patterns. The application of metabolic scaling theory has advanced our understanding of the influence of temperature on pattern and process in marine communities. Metabolic scaling theory us...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bruno JF,Carr LA,O'Connor MI

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The curvature of generalized Holling type functional response curves is controlled by a shape parameter b yielding hyperbolic type II (b = 1) to increasingly sigmoid type III (b > 1) responses. Empirical estimates of b vary considerably across taxa. Larger consumer-resource body mass ratios have been suggested to gene...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Uszko W,Diehl S,Pitsch N,Lengfellner K,Müller T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations generally alter element stoichiometry in plants. However, a comprehensive evaluation of the elevated CO2 impact on plant nitrogen: phosphorus (N:P) ratios and the underlying mechanism has not been conducted. We synthesized the results from 112 previously published studies usin...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Deng Q,Hui D,Luo Y,Elser J,Wang YP,Loladze I,Zhang Q,Dennis S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most taxa show consistent individual differences in behavior, a phenomenon often referred to as animal "personalities." While the links between individual personality and fitness have received considerable attention, little information is available on how animal personality impacts higher-order ecological processes, s...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Royauté R,Pruitt JN

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring to detect population declines is widespread, but also costly. There is, consequently, a need to optimize monitoring to maximize cost-effectiveness. Here we develop a quantitative decision analysis framework for how to optimally allocate resources for monitoring among species. By keeping the framework simple...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Wilson HB,Rhodes JR,Possingham HP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple factors complicate the analysis of animal telemetry location data. Recent advancements address issues such as temporal autocorrelation and telemetry measurement error, but additional challenges remain. Difficulties introduced by complicated error structures or barriers to animal movement can weaken inference....

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Brost BM,Hooten MB,Hanks EM,Small RJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competitive interactions among species with similar ecological niches are known to regulate the assembly of biological communities. However, it is not clear whether such forms of competition can predict the collapse of communities and associated shifts in ecosystem function in the face of environmental change. Here, w...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bregman TP,Lees AC,Seddon N,Macgregor HE,Darski B,Aleixo A,Bonsall MB,Tobias JA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of fresh carbon input into soil is experiencing substantial changes under global change. It is unclear what will be the consequences of such input changes on native soil carbon decomposition across ecosystems. By synthesizing data from 143 experimental comparisons, we show that, on average, fresh carbon inp...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Luo Z,Wang E,Smith C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Density dependence could maintain diversity in forests, but studies continue to disagree on its role. Part of the disagreement results from the fact that different studies have evaluated different responses (survival, recruitment, or growth) of different stages (seeds, seedlings, or adults) to different inputs (densit...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Zhu K,Woodall CW,Monteiro JV,Clark JS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the relative strength of evolution and the environment on a phenotype is required to predict species responses to environmental change and decide where to source plant material for ecological restoration. This information is critically needed for dominant species that largely determine the productivity of...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Mendola ML,Baer SG,Johnson LC,Maricle BR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although invasive species can have substantial impacts on animal communities, cases of invasive species facilitating native species by removing their predators have rarely been demonstrated across vertebrate trophic linkages. The predictable spread of the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina), however, offered a unique...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Doody JS,Soanes R,Castellano CM,Rhind D,Green B,McHenry CR,Clulow S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predation risk can strongly influence community dynamics through its effects on prey foraging decisions that often involve habitat shifts (i.e., from risky to refuge habitats). Although the within-generation effects of risk on prey are well appreciated, the effects of parental experience with risk on offspring decisio...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Donelan SC,Trussell GC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bottom-up and top-down effects act together to exert strong control over plant growth and reproduction, but how physical stress modifies those interactive forces remains unclear. Even though empirical evidence is scarce, theory predicts that the importance of both top-down- and bottom-up forces may decrease as physica...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Daleo P,Alberti J,Bruschetti CM,Pascual J,Iribarne O,Silliman BR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting ecosystem function from environmental conditions is a central goal of ecosystem ecology. However, many traditional ecosystem models are tailored for specific regions or ecosystem types, requiring several regional models to predict the same function. Alternatively, trait-based approaches have been effectivel...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Zwart JA,Solomon CT,Jones SE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract. Physical attributes of rivers control the quantity and quality of energy sources available to consumers, but it remains untested whether geomorphic conditions of whole watersheds affect the assimilation of different resources by stream organisms. We compared the fatty acid (FA) compositions of two invertebra...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Smits AP,Schindler DE,Brett MT

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Habitat fragmentation produces small, spatially isolated populations that promote inbreeding. Remnant populations often contain inbred and outbred individuals, but it is unclear how inbreeding relative to outbreeding affects the expression of functional traits and biotic interactions such as herbivory. We measured a s...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Kittelson PM,Wagenius S,Nielsen R,Qazi S,Howe M,Kiefer G,Shaw RG

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms drive biogeochemical processes, but linking these processes to real changes in microbial communities under field conditions is not trivial. Here, we present a model-based approach to estimate independent contributions of microbial community shifts to ecosystem properties. The approach was tested empiric...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Powell JR,Welsh A,Hallin S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals vary in their phenotype and propensity for growth and survival, but the demographic consequences of this remain poorly understood. We extend previous theoretical work on benthic marine populations and formulate a new model to evaluate how demographic heterogeneity among newly settled reef fish affects popu...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Noonburg EG,Chen A,Shima JS,Swearer SE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many terrestrial plant and marine benthic communities involve intense competition for space as a means to survive and reproduce. Superior competitors can dominate other species numerically with high reproductive rates, indirectly with high growth rates that facilitate space acquisition, or directly with competitive ov...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lord J,Whitlatch R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of how population genetic structure is shaped by attributes of the environment is a central scientific pursuit in ecology and conservation. But limited resources may prohibit landscape genetics studies for many threatened species, particularly given the pace of current environmental change. Understanding the...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Mims MC,Phillipsen IC,Lytle DA,Kirk EE,Olden JD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological research is increasingly concentrated at particular locations or sites. This trend reflects a variety of advantages of intensive, site-based research, but also raises important questions about the nature of such spatially delimited research: how well does site based research represent broader areas, and doe...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Fahey TJ,Templer PH,Anderson BT,Battles JJ,Campbell JL,Driscoll CT,Fusco AR,Green MB,Kassam KA,Rodenhouse NL,Rustad L,Schaberg PG,Vadeboncoeur MA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary animal-plant interactions such as herbivory are widely understood to be shaped by evolutionary history. Yet questions remain about the role of plant phylogenetic diversity in generating and maintaining herbivore diversity, and whether evolutionary relatedness of producers might predict the composition of ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lind EM,Vincent JB,Weiblen GD,Cavender-Bares J,Borer ET

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant biomass or productivity and the species richness of birds are associated across a range of spatial scales. Species-energy theory is generally assumed to explain these correlations. If true, bird richness should also track productivity temporally, and there should be spatial and temporal relationships between pro...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Dobson LL,La Sorte FA,Manne LL,Hawkins BA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive nature of sociality has long been a central question in ecology and evolution. However, the relative importance of social behavior for fitness, compared to morphology and environment, remains largely unknown. We assessed the importance of sociality for fitness (lamb production and survival) in a populatio...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Vander Wal E,Festa-Bianchet M,Réale D,Coltman DW,Pelletier F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pest species exhibit huge fluctuations in population abundance. Understanding their large-scale and long-term dynamics is necessary to develop effective control and management strategies. Occupancy models represent a promising approach to unravel interactions between environmental factors and spatiotemporal dynam...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Veran S,Simpson SJ,Sword GA,Deveson E,Piry S,Hines JE,Berthier K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kelps often live in a harsh hydrodynamic environment where wave-driven dislodgement of individuals can alter the biodiversity and functioning of reef systems, and increase production in coastal ecosystems adjacent to reefs. The current paradigm is that winter storms tear kelps from reefs once hydrodynamic forces excee...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： De Bettignies T,Wernberg T,Lavery PS,Vanderklift MA,Gunson JR,Symonds G,Collier N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:River systems form dendritic ecological networks that influence the spatial structure of riverine communities. Few empirical studies have evaluated how regional, dispersal-related processes and local habitat factors interact to govern network patterns of species composition. We explore such interactions in a boreal wa...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Kuglerová L,Jansson R,Sponseller RA,Laudon H,Malm-Renöfält B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predation pressure can alter the morphology, physiology, life history, and behavior of prey; each of these in turn can change how surviving prey interact with parasites. These trait-mediated indirect effects may change in direction or intensity during growth or, in sexually dimorphic species, between the sexes. The Tr...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Stephenson JF,van Oosterhout C,Mohammed RS,Cable J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interference competition may lead to a tragedy of the commons in which individuals driven by self-interest reduce the fitness of the entire group. We investigated this hypothesis in Allenby's gerbils, Gerbillus andersoni allenbyi, by comparing foraging behaviors of single vs. pairs of gerbils. We recorded strong inter...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Berger-Tal O,Embar K,Kotler BP,Saltz D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kecent studies cemonstrate that microorganisms are sensitive to environmental change, and that their community composition influences ecosystem functioning. However, it is unknown whether microbial composition interacts with the environment to affect the response of ecosystem processes to changing abiotic conditions. ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Matulich KL,Martiny JB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the extent and causes of recent quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) recruitment in northern Yellowstone National Park, we measured browsing intensity and height of young aspen in 87 randomly selected aspen stands in 2012, and compared our results to similar data collected in 1997-1998. We also examined ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Painter LE,Beschta RL,Larsen EJ,Ripple WJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measures of body condition, immune function, and hematological health are widely used in ecological studies of vertebrate populations, predicated on the assumption that these traits are linked to fitness. However, compelling evidence that these traits actually predict long-term survival and reproductive success among ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bowers EK,Hodges CJ,Forsman AM,Vogel LA,Masters BS,Johnson BG,Johnson LS,Thompson CF,Sakaluk SK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carry-over effects have major implications for individual fitness and population and evolutionary dynamics. The strength of these effects is dependent on an individual's intrinsic performance and the environmental conditions it experiences. However, understanding the relative importance of environmental and intrinsic ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Daunt F,Reed TE,Newell M,Burthe S,Phillips RA,Lewis S,Wanless S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What determines the seasonal and interannual variation of growth rates in trees in a tropical forest? We explore this question with a novel four-year high-temporal-resolution data set of carbon allocation from two forest plots in the Bolivian Amazon. The forests show strong seasonal variation in tree wood growth rates...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Doughty CE,Malhi Y,Araujo-Murakami A,Metcalfe DB,Silva-Espejo JE,Arroyo L,Heredia JP,Pardo-Toledo E,Mendizabal LM,Rojas-Landivar VD,Vega-Martinez M,Flores-Valencia M,Sibler-Rivero R,Moreno-Vare L,Viscarra LJ,Chuviru-Castro

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theory of invasion ecology indicates that the number of invading individuals (propagule size) and the timing of invasion are important for invasion success. Propagule size affects establishment success due to an Allee effect and the effect of demographic stochasticity, whereas the timing of invasion does so via niche ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Yamamichi M,Yoshida T,Sasaki A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed predation is an important biotic filter that can influence abundance and spatial distributions of native species through differential effects on recruitment. This filter may also influence the relative abundance of nonnative plants within habitats and the communities' susceptibility to invasion via differences in...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Connolly BM,Pearson DE,Mack RN

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites are integral members of natural communities, but large-scale determinants of their abundance and diversity, including the importance of biotic and abiotic factors, both natural and anthropogenic, are often not well understood. Here, we examine which factors best predict larval trematode communities in the mu...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Altman I,Byers JE

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00