Modelling dynamics between free‐living amoebae and bacteria

M Ali, CA Rice, AW Byrne, PE Paré… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐living amoebae (FLA) serve as hosts for a variety of endosymbionts, which are
microorganisms that reside and multiply within the FLA. Some of these endosymbionts pose …

The role of plasticity and stochasticity in coexistence

A Kalirad, RJ Sommer - Ecology Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species coexistence in ecological communities is a central feature of biodiversity. Different
concepts, ie, contemporary niche theory, modern coexistence theory, and the unified neutral …

Altered litter stoichiometry drives energy dynamics of food webs through changing multiple facets of soil biodiversity

B Wan, AD Barnes, A Potapov, J Yang, M Zhu… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global change in organismal stoichiometry and biodiversity is often correlated with energy
dynamics in ecological networks that underpin the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and …

Interactions and migration rescuing ecological diversity

G Garcia Lorenzana, A Altieri, G Biroli - PRX Life, 2024 - APS
How diversity is maintained in natural ecosystems is a long-standing question in Theoretical
Ecology. By studying a system that combines ecological dynamics, heterogeneous …

Functional traits data for testate amoebae of Northern Holarctic realm

J Su, YA Mazei, AN Tsyganov, VA Chernyshov… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
The functional traits of soil protists have been employed in ecological research to enhance
comprehension of the underlying mechanisms of ecological processes. Among the …

Generalised likelihood profiles for models with intractable likelihoods

DJ Warne, OJ Maclaren, EJ Carr, MJ Simpson… - Statistics and …, 2024 - Springer
Likelihood profiling is an efficient and powerful frequentist approach for parameter
estimation, uncertainty quantification and practical identifiablity analysis. Unfortunately …

Enhanced but highly variable biodiversity outcomes from coastal restoration: A global synthesis

M Sievers, RM Connolly, KA Finlayson… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Coastal ecosystems are being restored to combat environmental degradation and
biodiversity loss. Colonization of restored sites by non-habitat-forming animals improves …

Environmental filtering governs consistent vertical zonation in sedimentary microbial communities across disconnected mountain lakes

JM Von Eggers, NI Wisnoski, JW Calder… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Subsurface microorganisms make up the majority of Earth's microbial biomass, but
ecological processes governing surface communities may not explain community patterns at …

The contribution of nearshore oceanography to temporal variation in larval dispersal

KA Catalano, EJ Drenkard, EN Curchitser… - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns of population connectivity shape ecological and evolutionary phenomena from
population persistence to local adaptation and can inform conservation strategy …

Building pondscapes for amphibian metapopulations

H Moor, A Bergamini, C Vorburger… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The success of ponds constructed to restore ecological infrastructure for pond‐breeding
amphibians and benefit aquatic biodiversity depends on where and how they are built. We …