Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: a review and perspective

ES Bakker, KA Wood, JF Pagès, GFC Veen… - Aquatic Botany, 2016 - Elsevier
Until the 1990s, herbivory on aquatic vascular plants was considered to be of minor
importance, and the predominant view was that freshwater and marine macrophytes did not …

Macroecology of macrophytes in the freshwater realm: Patterns, mechanisms and implications

J Alahuhta, M Lindholm, L Baastrup-Spohr… - Aquatic Botany, 2021 - Elsevier
Broad-scale studies of species distributions and diversity have contributed to the emergence
of general macroecological rules. These rules are typically founded on research using well …

A meta‐analysis of nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity across organisms and ecosystems

J Soininen, J Heino, J Wang - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The number of studies investigating the nestedness and turnover components of beta
diversity has increased substantially, but our general understanding of the drivers of …

Soil fungal assemblage complexity is dependent on soil fertility and dominated by deterministic processes

J Guo, N Ling, Z Chen, C Xue, L Li, L Liu… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the processes controlling ecosystem fertility, fungi are increasingly acknowledged as key
drivers. However, our understanding of the rules behind fungal community assembly …

Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude

J Alahuhta, S Kosten, M Akasaka… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We studied global variation in beta diversity patterns of lake macrophytes using regional
data from across the world. Specifically, we examined (1) how beta diversity of aquatic …

Beta diversity of diatom species and ecological guilds: Response to environmental and spatial mechanisms along the stream watercourse

A Jamoneau, SI Passy, J Soininen… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the mechanisms that drive beta diversity (ie β‐diversity), an important aspect
of regional biodiversity, remains a priority for ecological research. β‐diversity and its …

Effects of dispersal mode on the environmental and spatial correlates of nestedness and species turnover in pond communities

MJ Hill, J Heino, I Thornhill, DB Ryves, PJ Wood - Oikos, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in metacommunity theory have made a significant contribution to understanding
the drivers of variation in biological communities. However, there has been limited empirical …

Metacommunity ecology meets biogeography: effects of geographical region, spatial dynamics and environmental filtering on community structure in aquatic …

J Heino, J Soininen, J Alahuhta, J Lappalainen… - Oecologia, 2017 - Springer
Metacommunity patterns and underlying processes in aquatic organisms have typically
been studied within a drainage basin. We examined variation in the composition of six …

Using null models to compare bacterial and microeukaryotic metacommunity assembly under shifting environmental conditions

M Vass, AJ Székely, ES Lindström, S Langenheder - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Temporal variations in microbial metacommunity structure and assembly processes in
response to shifts in environmental conditions are poorly understood. Hence, we conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity of aquatic angiosperms in China

YD Zhou, H Qian, Y Jin, KY Xiao, X Yan, QF Wang - Plant Diversity, 2023 - Elsevier
China covers a vast territory harbouring a large number of aquatic plants. Although there are
many studies on the β-diversity of total, herbaceous or woody plants in China and …