Novel community data in ecology-properties and prospects

F Hartig, N Abrego, A Bush, JM Chase… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
New technologies for monitoring biodiversity such as environmental (e) DNA, passive
acoustic monitoring, and optical sensors promise to generate automated spatiotemporal …

Big data, big problems? How to circumvent problems in biodiversity mapping and ensure meaningful results

AC Hughes, JB Dorey, S Bossert, H Qiao, MC Orr - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge of biodiversity hinges on sufficient data, reliable methods, and realistic
models. Without an accurate assessment of species distributions, we cannot effectively …

Combining environmental DNA and remote sensing for efficient, fine-scale mapping of arthropod biodiversity

Y Li, C Devenish, MI Tosa, M Luo… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Arthropods contribute importantly to ecosystem functioning but remain understudied. This
undermines the validity of conservation decisions. Modern methods are now making …

Future trends of marine fish biomass distributions from the North Sea to the Barents Sea

C Gordó-Vilaseca, MJ Costello, M Coll… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Climate warming is one of the facets of anthropogenic global change predicted to increase
in the future, its magnitude depending on present-day decisions. The north Atlantic and …

Species associations in joint species distribution models: from missing variables to conditional predictions

C Vallé, G Poggiato, W Thuiller, F Jiguet… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The abundance and distribution of multiple species are interconnected through various
mechanisms (eg biotic interactions or common responses to the environment) shaping …

'How to adapt forests?'—Exploring the role of leaf trait diversity for long‐term forest biomass under new climate normals

M Billing, B Sakschewski, W von Bloh… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forests, critical components of global ecosystems, face unprecedented challenges due to
climate change. This study investigates the influence of functional diversity—as a …

Rethinking ecological niches and geographic distributions in face of pervasive human influence in the Anthropocene

X Feng, AT Peterson, LJ Aguirre‐López… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species are distributed in predictable ways in geographic spaces. The three principal factors
that determine geographic distributions of species are biotic interactions (B), abiotic …

Isolating interactions from co-occurrences

K Cazelles - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
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Leveraging relationships between species abundances to improve predictions and inform conservation

CL Scher, SM Roberts, KP Krause… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many management and conservation contexts can benefit from understanding relationships
between species abundances, which can be used to improve predictions of species …

Vegetation structure drives mosquito community composition in UK's largest managed lowland wetland

DC Smith, SM Schäfer, N Golding, MA Nunn… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The rising burden of mosquito-borne diseases in Europe extends beyond urban
areas, encompassing rural and semi-urban regions near managed and natural wetlands …