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View article: Arthropods on native versus alien woody plants: understanding variation across host plant taxonomy and geography
Arthropods on native versus alien woody plants: understanding variation across host plant taxonomy and geography Open
Alien plants have generally been shown to support reduced arthropod abundance, biomass, and diversity, but inferences have typically come from studies limited in taxonomic and geographic scope. Here, we make use of data from a unique citiz…
View article: Potential for bird–insect phenological mismatch in a tri‐trophic system
Potential for bird–insect phenological mismatch in a tri‐trophic system Open
Climate change is altering the seasonal timing of biological events across the tree of life. Phenological asynchrony has the potential to hasten population declines and disrupt ecosystem function. However, we lack broad comparisons of the …
View article: High voltinism, late-emerging butterflies are sensitive to interannual variation in spring temperature in North Carolina
High voltinism, late-emerging butterflies are sensitive to interannual variation in spring temperature in North Carolina Open
Climate change has been repeatedly linked to phenological shifts in many taxa, but the factors that drive variation in phenological sensitivity remain unclear. For example, relatively little is known about phenological responses in areas t…
View article: High voltinism, late-emerging butterflies are sensitive to interannual variation in spring temperature in North Carolina
High voltinism, late-emerging butterflies are sensitive to interannual variation in spring temperature in North Carolina Open
Climate change has been repeatedly linked to phenological shifts in many taxa, but the factors that drive variation in phenological sensitivity remain unclear. For example, relatively little is known about phenological responses in areas t…
View article: Arthropod community composition in urban landscapes is shaped by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation
Arthropod community composition in urban landscapes is shaped by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation Open
We assessed the relative importance of environmental filtering and dispersal limitation in structuring foliage- and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in central North Carolina. We hypothesized that differences in both local environment…
View article: Arthropod community composition in urban landscapes is shaped by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation
Arthropod community composition in urban landscapes is shaped by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation Open
We assessed the relative importance of environmental filtering and dispersal limitation in structuring foliage- and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in central North Carolina. We hypothesized that differences in both local environment…
View article: Bringing Global Ecological Research to Undergraduate Students Through Citizen Science
Bringing Global Ecological Research to Undergraduate Students Through Citizen Science Open
Research integrated into higher education curricula has been shown by numerous studies to be beneficial to undergraduate students. Citizen science provides an alternative to research performed in a lab and is gaining traction as a good cho…
View article: Bringing Global Ecological Research to Undergraduate Students Through Citizen Science
Bringing Global Ecological Research to Undergraduate Students Through Citizen Science Open
Research integrated into higher education curricula has been shown by numerous studies to be beneficial to undergraduate students. Citizen science provides an alternative to research performed in a lab and is gaining traction as a good cho…
View article: Arthropod community composition in urban landscapes is shaped by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation
Arthropod community composition in urban landscapes is shaped by both environmental filtering and dispersal limitation Open
We assessed the relative importance of environmental filtering and dispersal limitation in structuring foliage- and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in central North Carolina. We hypothesized that both the local environment and the di…
View article: Demographic consequences of phenological asynchrony for North American songbirds
Demographic consequences of phenological asynchrony for North American songbirds Open
Changes in phenology in response to ongoing climate change have been observed in numerous taxa around the world. Differing rates of phenological shifts across trophic levels have led to concerns that ecological interactions may become incr…
View article: Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin
Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin Open
Golden-winged Warblers ( Vermivora chrysoptera , Parulidae) are declining migrant songbirds that breed in the Great Lakes and Appalachian regions of North America. Within their breeding range, Golden-winged Warblers are found in early succ…
View article: Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin
Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin Open
Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera, Parulidae) are declining migrant songbirds that breed in the Great Lakes and Appalachian regions of North America. Within their breeding range, Golden-winged Warblers are found in early succes…
View article: Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin
Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin Open
Golden-winged Warblers ( Vermivora chrysoptera , Parulidae) are declining migrant songbirds that breed in the Great Lakes and Appalachian regions of North America. Within their breeding range, Golden-winged Warblers are found in early succ…
View article: Multiple dimensions of niche specialization explain changes in species’ range area, occupancy, and population size
Multiple dimensions of niche specialization explain changes in species’ range area, occupancy, and population size Open
In response to environmental change, species may decrease or increase in population size across their range, expand or contract their range limits, or alter how sites are occupied within their existing range. Shifts in range limits and wid…
View article: Phylogenetic climatic niche conservatism in sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) and their relatives
Phylogenetic climatic niche conservatism in sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) and their relatives Open
Phylogenetic niche conservatism is a pattern in which closely related species are more similar than distant relatives in their niche-related traits. Species in the family Psychodidae show notable diversity in climatic niche, and present an…
View article: Phenology in adult and larval Lepidoptera from structured and unstructured surveys across eastern North America
Phenology in adult and larval Lepidoptera from structured and unstructured surveys across eastern North America Open
Caterpillars (larval Lepidoptera) are an essential link in trophic networks of forest ecosystems, as they serve as herbivores of vegetation and a food source for many organisms. Phenological mismatches between caterpillars, host plants, or…
View article: Climatic niche conservatism in a clade of disease vectors (Diptera: Phlebotominae)
Climatic niche conservatism in a clade of disease vectors (Diptera: Phlebotominae) Open
Sandflies of the family Psychodidae show notable diversity in both disease vector status and climatic niche. Some species (in the subfamily Phlebotominae) transmit Leishmania parasites, responsible for the disease leishmaniasis. Other Psyc…
View article: Multiple dimensions of niche specialization explain changes in species’ range area, occupancy, and population size
Multiple dimensions of niche specialization explain changes in species’ range area, occupancy, and population size Open
In response to environmental change, species may decrease or increase in population size across their range, expand or contract their range limits, or alter how sites are occupied within their existing range. Shifts in range limits and wid…
View article: Using Citizen Science to Incorporate Research into Introductory Biology Courses at Multiple Universities
Using Citizen Science to Incorporate Research into Introductory Biology Courses at Multiple Universities Open
Although participation in citizen science has been hypothesized to have many educational benefits for undergraduates, little work has been published on this topic. We asked whether biology content knowledge and increased undergraduate enga…
View article: Citizen Science in Postsecondary Education: Current Practices and Knowledge Gaps
Citizen Science in Postsecondary Education: Current Practices and Knowledge Gaps Open
Citizen science involves the public in science to investigate research questions. Although citizen science facilitates learning in informal educational settings, little is known about its use or effects in postsecondary (college or univers…
View article: Characterizing avian survival along a rural-to-urban land use gradient
Characterizing avian survival along a rural-to-urban land use gradient Open
Many avian species persist in human-dominated landscapes; however, little is known about the demographic consequences of urbanization in these populations. Given that urban habitats introduce novel benefits (e.g., anthropogenic resources) …
View article: Scale dependence in species turnover reflects variance in species occupancy
Scale dependence in species turnover reflects variance in species occupancy Open
Patterns of species turnover may reflect the processes driving community dynamics across scales. While the majority of studies on species turnover have examined pairwise comparison metrics (e.g., the average Jaccard dissimilarity), it has …
View article: The Avian Diet Database as a source of quantitative information on bird diets
The Avian Diet Database as a source of quantitative information on bird diets Open
View article: Species Richness at Continental Scales Is Dominated by Ecological Limits
Species Richness at Continental Scales Is Dominated by Ecological Limits Open
Explaining variation in species richness among provinces and other large geographic regions remains one of the most challenging problems at the intersection of ecology and evolution. Here we argue that empirical evidence supports a model w…
View article: Using temporal occupancy to predict avian species distributions
Using temporal occupancy to predict avian species distributions Open
Aim Species distribution models (SDMs) are ubiquitous in ecology to predict species occurrence throughout their range. Typically, SDMs are created using presence‐only or presence–absence data. We hypothesize that the continuous metric of t…
View article: A simulation study of the use of temporal occupancy for identifying core and transient species
A simulation study of the use of temporal occupancy for identifying core and transient species Open
Transient species, which do not maintain self-sustaining populations in a system where they are observed, are ubiquitous in nature and their presence often impacts the interpretation of ecological patterns and processes. Identifying transi…
View article: A simulation study of the use of temporal occupancy for identifying core and transient species
A simulation study of the use of temporal occupancy for identifying core and transient species Open
Transient species, which do not maintain self-sustaining populations in a system where they are observed, are ubiquitous in nature and their presence often impacts the interpretation of ecological patterns and processes. Identifying transi…
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View article: How the effects of latitude on daylight availability may have influenced the evolution of migration and photoperiodism
How the effects of latitude on daylight availability may have influenced the evolution of migration and photoperiodism Open
Date and latitude interact to determine photoperiod, the daily period of daylight. This interaction has important implications for latitudinal migrants for whom daylight may be a resource or for whom photoperiod regulates annual transition…
View article: Genetic Diversity and Thermal Performance in Invasive and Native Populations of African Fig Flies
Genetic Diversity and Thermal Performance in Invasive and Native Populations of African Fig Flies Open
During biological invasions, invasive populations can suffer losses of genetic diversity that are predicted to negatively impact their fitness/performance. Despite examples of invasive populations harboring lower diversity than conspecific…