Studies of insect temporal trends must account for the complex sampling histories inherent to many long-term monitoring efforts

EAR Welti, A Joern, AM Ellison, DC Lightfoot… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Conclusion We have thus far been able to confirm issues with data from 8 of the 13 LTER
sites (comprising 60% of Table 1's 'time trends') included in Crossley et al. We note that this …

Small mammal associations with habitat composition, configuration, and management in tallgrass prairies: a review

EG Rowland‐Schaefer, O Koehn, HP Jones - Mammal Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tallgrass prairie is among the most threatened ecosystems but is often fragmented and
surrounded by human‐modified landscapes. Small mammals are integral components of …

A test of the loose‐equilibrium concept with long‐lived organisms: Evaluating temporal change in freshwater mussel assemblages

GW Hopper, EJ Miller, WR Haag… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The loose‐equilibrium concept (LEC) predicts that ecological assemblages change
transiently but return towards an earlier or average structure. The LEC framework can help …

Identifying managerial legacies within conservation corridors using remote sensing and grasshoppers as bioindicators

KJ Theron, JS Pryke, MJ Samways - Ecological Applications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity conservation under global change requires effective management of key
biodiversity areas, even areas not under formal protection. Natural grassland conservation …

Twenty years of tallgrass prairie restoration in northern Illinois, USA

EM Bach, BP Kleiman - Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Twenty years of tallgrass prairie restoration in northern Illinois, USA Page 1
Received: 15 March 2021 Accepted: 1 September 2021 DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12101 …

Effect of grazing exclusion on plant communities varies over time in a Tibetan alpine meadow

T Lian, Y Li, X Wang, S Xiang, Y Liu, S Sun - Ecological Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Fencing is an important and common grassland management strategy for restoring areas
degraded by grazing. However, experimental evidence regarding the differences between …

Salty, mild, and low plant biomass grasslands increase top‐heaviness of invertebrate trophic pyramids

EAR Welti, L Kuczynski, KA Marske… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Multiple hypotheses predict how gradients of nutrient availability, plant biomass, and
temperature shape trophic pyramids. We aim to disentangle the simultaneous influence of …

Simple statistical models can be sufficient for testing hypotheses with population time‐series data

SJ Wenger, ES Stowe, KB Gido… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐series data offer wide‐ranging opportunities to test hypotheses about the physical and
biological factors that influence species abundances. Although sophisticated models have …

Quantifying prescribed‐fire smoke exposure using low‐cost sensors and satellites: Springtime burning in Eastern Kansas

O Sablan, B Ford, E Gargulinski, MS Hammer… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Prescribed fires (fires intentionally set for mitigation purposes) produce pollutants, which
have negative effects on human and animal health. One of the pollutants produced from fires …

Not singing in the rain: Linking migratory songbird declines with increasing precipitation and brood parasitism vulnerability

KM Rosamond, S Goded, A Soultan… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Few empirical studies have quantified relationships between changing weather and
migratory songbirds, but such studies are vital in a time of rapid climate change. Climate …