Merging theory and experiments to predict and understand coextinctions

DN Morton, A Keyes, AK Barner, LE Dee - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
In an era of mass extinction, predicting the consequences of species loss has become a
priority for ecologists. Extinction of one species can trigger the loss of dependent species …

The marine fish food web is globally connected

C Albouy, P Archambault, W Appeltans… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
The productivity of marine ecosystems and the services they provide to humans are largely
dependent on complex interactions between prey and predators. These are embedded in a …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning through the lens of complex adaptive systems

AM Correia, LF Lopes - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is
essential to comprehend the impacts of biodiversity changes on ecosystem functioning. This …

Will a large complex system be productive?

S Nie, J Zheng, M Luo, M Loreau, D Gravel… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While the relationship between food web complexity and stability has been well
documented, how complexity affects productivity remains elusive. In this study, we combine …

Using plant, microbe, and soil fauna traits to improve the predictive power of biogeochemical models

EL Fry, JR De Long, L Álvarez Garrido… - Methods in ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Process‐based models describing biogeochemical cycling are crucial tools to
understanding long‐term nutrient dynamics, especially in the context of perturbations, such …

Green vs brown food web: Effects of habitat type on multidimensional stability proxies for a highly-resolved Antarctic food web

G Cordone, V Salinas, TI Marina, SR Doyle, F Pasotti… - Food Webs, 2020 - Elsevier
Food web analyses are powerful tools to understand the structure, dynamics and stability of
communities. Potter Cove (25 de Mayo/King George Island) is one of the most biodiverse …

Spatial Heterogeneity of Food Webs in A River-Lake Ecotone under Flow Regulation–A Case Study in Northern China.

W Yang, XT Fu, XX Li, BS Cui… - Journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
The river–lake ecotone supports diverse aquatic life, but its food web structure and topology
are poorly understood. Baiyangdian Lake, northern China's largest shallow lake, depends …

[HTML][HTML] Stable isotope analysis of food web structure and the contribution of carbon sources in the sea adjacent to the Miaodao Archipelago (China)

Y Zhao, T Yang, X Shan, X Jin, G Teng, C Wei - Fishes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The littoral zones around archipelagos are highly productive coastal habitats that serve as
biodiversity hotspots and provide valuable ecosystem services that are different from those …

[HTML][HTML] 应用稳定同位素技术研究江苏近海食物网营养结构的季节性变化

陆亚楠, 张瑞, 张虎, 张硕, 高世科 - 海洋学报, 2022 - hyxbocean.cn
本研究基于稳定同位素技术对江苏近海春, 夏, 秋季采集的不同生物类群(鱼类, 甲壳类,
头足类和底栖动物等) 进行稳定同位素的分析, 利用SIBER 模型计算不同季节消费者的营养生态 …

[HTML][HTML] Trophic redundancy in benthic fish food webs increases with scarcity of prey items, in the Southern Baltic Sea

C de la Vega, M Paar, L Köhler… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bottom trawling is one of the main pressures on benthic ecosystems, directly impacting the
targeted species and physically disturbing the seabed and the benthic invertebrate …