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A global initiative for ecological and evolutionary hologenomics
Leonard, Aoife; Abalos, Javier; Adhola, Titus; Aguirre, Windsor; Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Ali, Shahzad; Andreone, Franco; Aubret, FabienThe Earth Hologenome Initiative (EHI) is a global collaboration to generate and analyse hologenomic data from wild animals and associated microorganisms using standardised methodologies underpinned by open and inclusive research principles. Initially focused on vertebrates, it aims to re-examine ecological and evolutionary questions by studying host–microbiota interactions from a systemic perspective.
Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we...
Burrascano, Sabina; Chianucci, Francesco; Trentanovi, Giovanni; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Sitzia, Tommaso; Tinya, Flóra; Doerfler, Inken; Paillet, YoanThe European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a rese...
AVONET : morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds
Tobias, Joseph A.; Sheard, Catherine; Pigot, Alex L.; Devenish, Adam J. M.; Yang, Jingyi; Sayol, Ferran; Neate‐Clegg, Montague H. C.; Alioravainen, NicoFunctional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional traits to drive theoretical advances and refine models of global change can only be fully realised when species-level information is complete. Here we present the AVONET dataset containing comprehensive functional trait data for al...
Potential for invasion of traded birds under climate and land‐cover change
Naimi, Babak; Capinha, César; Ribeiro, Joana; Rahbek, Carsten; Strubbe, Diederik; Reino, Luís; Araújo, Miguel B.Humans have moved species away from their native ranges since the Neolithic, but globalization accelerated the rate at which species are being moved. We fitted more than half million distribution models for 610 traded bird species on the CITES list to examine the separate and joint effects of global climate and land-cover change on their potential end-of-century distributions. We found that climate-induced suit...
Potential for invasion of traded birds under climate and land-cover change
Naimi, Babak; Capinha, César; Ribeiro, Joana; Rahbek, Carsten; Strubbe, Diederik; Reino, Luís; Araújo, Miguel B.Humans have moved species away from their native ranges since the Neolithic, but globalization accelerated the rate at which species are being moved. We fitted more than half million distribution models for 610 traded bird species on the CITES list to examine the separate and joint effects of global climate and land-cover change on their potential end-of- century distributions. We found that climate-induced sui...
The integration of alien plants in mutualistic plant-hummingbird networks acros...
Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi; Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson; Sonne, Jesper; Martín González, Ana M.; Schleuning, Matthias; Araujo, Andréa Cardoso deAim: To investigate the role of alien plants in mutualistic plant-hummingbird networks, assessing the importance of species traits, floral abundance and insularity on alien plant integration. Location: Mainland and insular Americas. Methods: We used species-level network indices to assess the role of alien plants in 21 quantitative plant-hummingbird networks where alien plants occur. We then evaluated whether p...
High proportion of smaller ranged hummingbird species coincides with ecological...
Sonne, Jesper; Martín González, Ana M.; Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi; Sandel, Brody S.; Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson; Schleuning, Matthias; Abrahamczyk, StefanEcological communities that experience stable climate conditions have been speculated to preserve more specialized interspecific associations and have higher proportions of smaller ranged species (SRS). Thus, areas with disproportionally large numbers of SRS are expected to coincide geographically with a high degree of community-level ecological specialization, but this suggestion remains poorly supported with ...
Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments
Araújo, Miguel B.; Anderson, Robert P.; Barbosa, A. M.; Beale, Colin M.; Dormann, Carsten F.; Early, Regan; Garcia, Raquel A.; Guisan, AntoineDemand for models in biodiversity assessments is rising, but which models are adequate for the task? We propose a set of best-practice standards and detailed guidelines enabling scoring of studies based on species distribution models for use in biodiversity assessments. We reviewed and scored 400 modeling studies over the past 20 years using the proposed standards and guidelines. We detected low model adequacy ...
Determinants of bird species richness, endemism, and island network roles in Wa...
Dalsgaard, Bo; Carstensen, Daniel W. [UNESP]; Fjeldsa, Jon; Maruyama, Pietro K.; Rahbek, Carsten; Sandel, Brody; Sonne, Jesper; Svenning, Jens-ChristianMade available in DSpace on 2015-03-18T15:52:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-11-01Bitstream added on 2015-03-18T16:29:28Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 WOS000344476500012.pdf: 1197331 bytes, checksum: bc084f306396871f48167363b5b8b10d (MD5); Carlsberg Foundation; Danish Research Council \ Natural Sciences; Weis-Fogh fund at Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge; Faculty of Science and...
Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial ...
Bini, L. Mauricio; Diniz-Filho, J. Alexandre F.; Rangel, Thiago F. L. V. B.; Akre, Thomas S. B.; Albaladejo, Rafael G.; Albuquerque, Fabio S.A major focus of geographical ecology and macro ecology is to understand the causes of spatially structured ecological patterns. However, achieving this understanding can be complicated when using multiple regressions, because the relative importance of explanatory variables, as measured by regression coefficients, can shift depending on whether spatially explicit or non-spatial modelling is used. However, the ...