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Effects of spatial scale of sampling on food web structure
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 5 Số 17 - Trang 3769-3782 - 2015
AbstractThis study asks whether the spatial scale of sampling alters structural
properties of food webs and whether any differences are attributable to changes
in species richness and connectance with scale. Understanding how different
aspects of sampling effort affect ecological network structure is important for
both fundamental ecological knowledge and the application of network analysis in
con...
Scaling up functional traits for ecosystem services with remote sensing: concepts and methods
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 6 Số 13 - Trang 4359-4371 - 2016
AbstractEcosystem service‐based management requires an accurate understanding of
how human modification influences ecosystem processes and these relationships
are most accurate when based on functional traits. Although trait variation is
typically sampled at local scales, remote sensing methods can facilitate scaling
up trait variation to regional scales needed for ecosystem service management.
We...
The Urban Heat Island and its spatial scale dependent impact on survival and development in butterflies of different thermal sensitivity
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 6 Số 12 - Trang 4129-4140 - 2016
AbstractClimate alteration is one of the most cited ecological consequences of
urbanization. However, the magnitude of this impact is likely to vary with
spatial scale. We investigated how this alteration affects the biological
fitness of insects, which are especially sensitive to ambient conditions and
well‐suited organisms to study urbanization‐related changes in phenotypic
traits. We monitored ...
Landscape‐scale accessibility of livestock to tigers: implications of spatial grain for modeling predation risk to mitigate human–carnivore conflict
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 5 Số 6 - Trang 1354-1367 - 2015
AbstractInnovative conservation tools are greatly needed to reduce livelihood
losses and wildlife declines resulting from human–carnivore conflict. Spatial
risk modeling is an emerging method for assessing the spatial patterns of
predator–prey interactions, with applications for mitigating carnivore attacks
on livestock. Large carnivores that ambush prey attack and kill over small
areas, requiring...
Identification of human–carnivore conflict hotspots to prioritize mitigation efforts
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 7 Số 24 - Trang 10630-10639 - 2017
AbstractHuman–carnivore conflict is a primary driver of carnivore declines
worldwide and resolving these conflicts is a conservation priority. However,
resources to mitigate conflicts are limited and should be focused on areas of
highest priority. We conducted 820 semistructured interviews with community
members living within Kenya's Maasai Mara ecosystem. A multiscale analysis was
used to determi...
Toward accurate molecular identification of species in complex environmental samples: testing the performance of sequence filtering and clustering methods
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 5 Số 11 - Trang 2252-2266 - 2015
AbstractMetabarcoding has the potential to become a rapid, sensitive, and
effective approach for identifying species in complex environmental samples.
Accurate molecular identification of species depends on the ability to generate
operational taxonomic units (OTUs) that correspond to biological species. Due to
the sometimes enormous estimates of biodiversity using this method, there is a
great nee...
Differential responses of cryptic bat species to the urban landscape
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 6 Số 7 - Trang 2044-2052 - 2016
AbstractUrbanization is a key global driver in the modification of land use and
has been linked to population declines even in widespread and relatively common
species. Cities comprise a complex assortment of habitat types yet we know
relatively little about the effects of their composition and spatial
configuration on species distribution. Although many bat species exploit human
resources, the ma...
Ecobat: An online resource to facilitate transparent, evidence‐based interpretation of bat activity data
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 8 Số 2 - Trang 935-941 - 2018
AbstractAcoustic surveys of bats are one of the techniques most commonly used by
ecological practitioners. The results are used in Ecological Impact Assessments
to assess the likely impacts of future developments on species that are widely
protected in law, and to monitor developments’ postconstruction. However, there
is no standardized methodology for analyzing or interpreting these data, which
c...
Contemporary ocean warming and freshwater conditions are related to later sea age at maturity in Atlantic salmon spawning in Norwegian rivers
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 2 Số 9 - Trang 2192-2203 - 2012
AbstractAtlantic salmon populations are reported to be declining throughout its
range, raising major management concerns. Variation in adult fish abundance may
be due to variation in survival, growth, and timing of life history decisions.
Given the complex life history, utilizing highly divergent habitats, the reasons
for declines may be multiple and difficult to disentangle. Using recreational
an...
Functional traits, the phylogeny of function, and ecosystem service vulnerability
Ecology and Evolution - Tập 3 Số 9 - Trang 2958-2975 - 2013
AbstractPeople depend on benefits provided by ecological systems. Understanding
how these ecosystem services – and the ecosystem properties underpinning them –
respond to drivers of change is therefore an urgent priority. We address this
challenge through developing a novel risk‐assessment framework that integrates
ecological and evolutionary perspectives on functional traits to determine
species’...
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