The ecological and evolutionary consequences of tropicalisation

KM Zarzyczny, M Rius, ST Williams… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Tropicalisation is a marine phenomenon arising from contemporary climate change, and is
characterised by the range expansion of tropical/subtropical species and the retraction of …

Geographic gradients in species interactions: from latitudinal patterns to ecological mechanisms

AL Hargreaves - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The idea that species interactions are more ecologically and evolutionarily important toward
lower latitudes underpins seminal theories in ecology and evolution. Recent global studies …

Temperate species underfill their tropical thermal potentials on land

NA Moore, I Morales-Castilla, AL Hargreaves… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how temperature determines the distribution of life is necessary to assess
species' sensitivities to contemporary climate change. Here, we test the importance of …

Relationships of temperature and biodiversity with stability of natural aquatic food webs

Q Zhao, PJ Van den Brink, C Xu, S Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Temperature and biodiversity changes occur in concert, but their joint effects on ecological
stability of natural food webs are unknown. Here, we assess these relationships in 19 …

Predator responses to prey camouflage strategies: a meta-analysis

JV de Alcantara Viana, C Vieira… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although numerous studies about camouflage have been conducted in the last few
decades, there is still a significant gap in our knowledge about the magnitude of protective …

Evolution of large eyes in Stromboidea (Gastropoda): impact of photic environment and life history traits

AR Irwin, NW Roberts, EE Strong, Y Kano… - Systematic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Eyes within the marine gastropod superfamily Stromboidea range widely in size, from 0.2 to
2.3 mm—the largest eyes known in any gastropod. Despite this interesting variation, the …

How plastic litter sunk by biofouling recovers buoyancy-The role of benthic predation

J Pinochet, M Thiel, M Urbina - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimates suggest that the amount of plastic litter discarded in the ocean is several times
greater than what remains floating at the sea surface, raising questions about the fate of this …

Clay larvae do not accurately measure biogeographic patterns in predation

A Rodriguez‐Campbell, O Rahn… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Spatial variation in predation can shape geographic patterns in ecology and evolution,
but testing how predation varies across ecosystems is challenging as differing species …

Examining the diversity, stability and functioning of marine fish communities across a latitudinal gradient

HF Yan, JM Casey, N Knowlton… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim As anthropogenic stressors on the biosphere intensify, understanding how communities
respond to disturbances is critical. Biodiversity is often thought to promote the stability of …

Testing differences of marine non-indigenous species diversity across Macaronesia using a standardised approach

N Castro, I Gestoso, P Ramalhosa, E Lopes… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The introduction of non-indigenous species (NIS) induces severe impacts on marine
biodiversity and ecosystems. Macaronesia is an ecologically relevant region where several …