Biodiversity conservation through the lens of metacommunity ecology

JM Chase, A Jeliazkov, E Ladouceur… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Metacommunity ecology combines local (eg, environmental filtering and biotic interactions)
and regional (eg, dispersal and heterogeneity) processes to understand patterns of species …

The application of metacommunity theory to the management of riverine ecosystems

CJ Patrick, KE Anderson, BL Brown… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
River managers strive to use the best available science to sustain biodiversity and
ecosystem function. To achieve this goal requires consideration of processes at different …

From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene

N Cid, T Erős, J Heino, G Singer… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regional‐scale ecological processes, such as the spatial flows of material, energy, and
organisms, are fundamental for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in river …

Chemical mixtures and multiple stressors: same but different?

RB Schäfer, M Jackson… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems are strongly influenced by multiple anthropogenic stressors, including a wide
range of chemicals and their mixtures. Studies on the effects of multiple stressors have …

The internal structure of metacommunities

MA Leibold, FJ Rudolph, FG Blanchet, L De Meester… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Current analyses of metacommunity data largely focus on global attributes across the entire
metacommunity, such as mean alpha, beta, and gamma diversity, as well as the partitioning …

Navigating through space and time: A methodological approach to quantify spatiotemporal connectivity using stream flow data as a case study

D Cunillera‐Montcusí… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The growing interest in combining spatial and temporal patterns in nature has been fostered
by the current availability of high‐frequency measurements. However, we still lack a …

Movement with meaning: integrating information into meta‐ecology

CJ Little, M Rizzuto, TM Luhring, JD Monk, RJ Nowicki… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluxes of matter, energy and information over space and time contribute to ecosystems'
functioning and stability. The meta‐ecosystem framework addresses the dynamics of …

Reshaping our understanding of species' roles in landscape‐scale networks

TD Hackett, AMC Sauve, N Davies, D Montoya… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In network ecology, landscape‐scale processes are often overlooked, yet there is increasing
evidence that species and interactions spill over between habitats, calling for further study of …

People Needs Country: the symbiotic effects of landcare and wellbeing for Aboriginal peoples and their countries

RL Taylor-Bragge, T Whyman, L Jobson - Australian Psychologist, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective An innate connection to traditional land is often central to Australian Aboriginal
culture. The aim of this study was to explore the symbiotic links between the health of …

A Humboldtian approach to mountain conservation and freshwater ecosystem services

M Callisto, R Solar, FAO Silveira, VS Saito… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tackling complex environmental issues requires transdisciplinary solutions that cannot be
achieved, unless we integrate scientific disciplines and communicate science directly with …