Empirical approaches to metacommunities: a review and comparison with theory
Metacommunity theory has advanced understanding of how spatial dynamics and local
interactions shape community structure and biodiversity. Here, we review empirical …
interactions shape community structure and biodiversity. Here, we review empirical …
Ecological novelty and the emergence of evolutionary traps
Human-induced rapid environmental change (HIREC; eg, climate change or exotic species)
has caused global species declines. Although behavioral plasticity has buffered some …
has caused global species declines. Although behavioral plasticity has buffered some …
Adaptive breeding-habitat selection: Is it for the birds?
AD Chalfoun, KA Schmidt - The Auk, 2012 - academic.oup.com
590—PERSPECTIVES IN ORNITHOLOGY— AUK, VOL. 129 of young fledged) metrics. We
focused on papers that assessed nest success with respect to nest predation and/or …
focused on papers that assessed nest success with respect to nest predation and/or …
Does dispersal ability affect the relative importance of environmental control and spatial structuring of littoral macroinvertebrate communities?
J Heino - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
Both spatial processes and environmental control may structure metacommunities, but their
relative importance may be contingent on the dispersal ability of organisms. I examined the …
relative importance may be contingent on the dispersal ability of organisms. I examined the …
Reducing the maladaptive attractiveness of solar panels to polarotactic insects
Human‐made objects (eg, buildings with glass surfaces) can reflect horizontally polarized
light so strongly that they appear to aquatic insects to be bodies of water. Insects that lay …
light so strongly that they appear to aquatic insects to be bodies of water. Insects that lay …
Habitat matching and spatial heterogeneity of phenotypes: implications for metapopulation and metacommunity functioning
Spatial heterogeneity in the distribution of phenotypes among populations is of major
importance for species evolution and ecosystem functioning. Dispersal has long been …
importance for species evolution and ecosystem functioning. Dispersal has long been …
Linking phenological shifts to species interactions through size‐mediated priority effects
NL Rasmussen, BG Van Allen… - Journal of Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Interannual variation in seasonal weather patterns causes shifts in the relative timing of
phenological events of species within communities, but we currently lack a mechanistic …
phenological events of species within communities, but we currently lack a mechanistic …
Seasonal changes in metacommunity assembly mechanisms of benthic macroinvertebrates in a subtropical river basin
Z Li, Y Xing, Z Liu, X Chen, X Jiang, Z Xie… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Unraveling the ecological factors that control variation in local community structure in space
and time is fundamental to metacommunity ecology. In this scenario, environmental filtering …
and time is fundamental to metacommunity ecology. In this scenario, environmental filtering …
Harnessing knowledge of animal behavior to improve habitat restoration outcomes
Restoring degraded habitat to increase biodiversity is a global challenge. While habitat
restoration for animals should lead to self‐sustaining breeding populations of target species …
restoration for animals should lead to self‐sustaining breeding populations of target species …
Local contagion and regional compression: habitat selection drives spatially explicit, multiscale dynamics of colonisation in experimental metacommunities
WJ Resetarits Jr, A Silberbush - Ecology letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat selection, including oviposition site choice, is an important driver of community
assembly in freshwater systems. Factors determining patch quality are assessed by many …
assembly in freshwater systems. Factors determining patch quality are assessed by many …