Major shifts in biogeographic regions of freshwater fishes as evidence of the Anthropocene epoch

B Leroy, C Bellard, MS Dias, B Hugueny… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Animals and plants worldwide are structured in global biogeographic regions, which were
shaped by major geologic forces during Earth history. Recently, humans have changed the …

Could non-native species boost their chances of invasion success by socializing with natives?

M Camacho-Cervantes… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most invasions start with the introduction of a few individuals and the majority fail to establish
and become invasive populations. A possible explanation for this is that some species are …

Freshwater Mollusca of the Circumpolar Arctic: a review on their taxonomy, diversity and biogeography

MV Vinarski, IN Bolotov, OV Aksenova, ES Babushkin… - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Since the end of the 19th century, the circumpolar fauna of freshwater Mollusca has not
been reviewed despite the substantial increase of knowledge on this subject. A review of the …

The global loss of floristic uniqueness

Q Yang, P Weigelt, TS Fristoe, Z Zhang, H Kreft… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Regional species assemblages have been shaped by colonization, speciation and
extinction over millions of years. Humans have altered biogeography by introducing species …

Mammal population densities at a global scale are higher in human‐modified areas

MA Tucker, L Santini, C Carbone, T Mueller - Ecography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global landscapes are changing due to human activities with consequences for both
biodiversity and ecosystems. For single species, terrestrial mammal population densities …

Large‐scale changes in macrobenthic biodiversity driven by mangrove afforestation

G Chen, X Gu, C Capinha, SY Lee, B Cui… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale anthropogenic mangroves have been constructed in coastal regions worldwide
but our understanding of their ecological effects is limited. In particular, the question of …

Animals, protists and bacteria share marine biogeographic patterns

LE Holman, M De Bruyn, S Creer, G Carvalho… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Over millennia, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms have shaped macroecological
patterns across the tree of life. Research describing these patterns at both regional and …

Tracking the Near Eastern origins and European dispersal of the western house mouse

T Cucchi, K Papayianni, S Cersoy, L Aznar-Cormano… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The house mouse (Mus musculus) represents the extreme of globalization of invasive
mammals. However, the timing and basis of its origin and early phases of dispersal remain …

Ecosystem effects of the world's largest invasive animal

JB Shurin, N Aranguren-Riaño, D Duque Negro… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The keystone roles of mega‐fauna in many terrestrial ecosystems have been lost to
defaunation. Large predators and herbivores often play keystone roles in their native …

Brazilian marine biogeography: A multi-taxa approach for outlining sectorization

I Cord, LT Nunes, CX Barroso, AS Freire, OBF Gadig… - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
Species distribution patterns in the Brazilian Marine Province (BMP) are extensively
debated, nevertheless no study used a multi-taxa approach to investigate possible biotic …