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View article: Biotic Mechanisms Strengthen Functional and Phylogenetic Convergence of Reef Fish Assemblages at Higher Latitudes
Biotic Mechanisms Strengthen Functional and Phylogenetic Convergence of Reef Fish Assemblages at Higher Latitudes Open
Aim How communities of organisms come together has long fascinated scientists, with renewed interest in using functional and evolutionary patterns to infer mechanisms of community assembly. Ecological theory predicts that biotic interactio…
View article: Two new species of stone loaches of the genus <i>Barbatula</i> (<scp>Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae</scp>) from <scp>Europe</scp> with a neotype designation of <i>B. barbatula</i> (<scp>Teleostei: Nemacheilidae</scp>)
Two new species of stone loaches of the genus <i>Barbatula</i> (<span>Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae</span>) from <span>Europe</span> with a neotype designation of <i>B. barbatula</i> (<span>Teleostei: Nemacheilidae</span>) Open
Ten species of Barbatula are recognised in Europe, west of the Urals: B. barbatula , B. caucasica , B. hispanica , B. leoparda , B. pironae , B. quignardi , B. sturanyi , B. taurica , B. vardarensis and B. zetensis , with B. caucasica and …
View article: Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox
Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox Open
Biodiversity is declining globally, and poverty rates are not improving, so sustainable development initiatives aim to jointly reduce biodiversity loss and alleviate poverty. These initiatives expect biodiverse ecosystems to benefit people…
View article: Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture
Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture Open
The exceptional diversity of shallow‐water marine fishes contributes to the nutrition of millions of people worldwide through coastal wild‐capture fisheries, with different species having diverse nutritional profiles. Fishes in ecosystems …
View article: Neglecting biodiversity baselines in longitudinal river connectivity restoration impacts priority setting
Neglecting biodiversity baselines in longitudinal river connectivity restoration impacts priority setting Open
River habitats are fragmented by barriers which impede the movement and dispersal of aquatic organisms. Restoring habitat connectivity is a primary objective of nature conservation plans with multiple efforts to strategically restore conne…
View article: Environmental DNA recovers fish composition turnover of the coral reefs of West Indian Ocean islands
Environmental DNA recovers fish composition turnover of the coral reefs of West Indian Ocean islands Open
Islands have been used as model systems to study ecological and evolutionary processes, and they provide an ideal set‐up for validating new biodiversity monitoring methods. The application of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring …
View article: Limited net poleward movement amongst Australian reef species over a decade of climate extremes.
Limited net poleward movement amongst Australian reef species over a decade of climate extremes. Open
Warming seas are expected to drive marine life poleward. However, few systematic observations can confirm movement among entire communities at both warm and cool range edges. We analysed two continent-scale reef monitoring datasets to quan…
View article: Shadow distributions: Deconstructing the geography of human impacts on species' natural distribution
Shadow distributions: Deconstructing the geography of human impacts on species' natural distribution Open
It remains unknown how species’ populations across their geographic range are constrained by multiple coincident natural and anthropogenic environmental gradients. Conservation actions are likely undermined without this knowledge because t…
View article: Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fish
Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fish Open
Background Biodiversity exists at different levels of organisation: e.g. genetic, individual, population, species, and community. These levels of organisation all exist within the same system, with diversity patterns emerging across organi…
View article: Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fish
Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fish Open
BackgroundBiodiversity exists at different levels of organisation: e.g., individual, population, species, and community. These levels of organisation all exist within the same system, with diversity patterns emerging across organisational …
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Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fishAbstractBackgroundBiodiversity exists at different levels of organisation: e.g., individual, population, species, and community…
View article: Ecological indices from environmental <scp>DNA</scp> to contrast coastal reefs under different anthropogenic pressures
Ecological indices from environmental <span>DNA</span> to contrast coastal reefs under different anthropogenic pressures Open
Human activities can degrade the quality of coral reefs and cause a decline in fish species richness and functional diversity and an erosion of the ecosystem services provided. Environmental DNA metabarcoding (eDNA) has been proposed as an…
View article: Ecological indices from environmental DNA to contrast coastal reefs under different anthropogenic pressures
Ecological indices from environmental DNA to contrast coastal reefs under different anthropogenic pressures Open
Human activities can degrade the quality of coral reefs, cause a decline in fish species richness and functional diversity and an erosion of the ecosystem services provided. Environmental DNA metabarcoding (eDNA) has been proposed as an al…
View article: A quantitative review of abundance‐based species distribution models
A quantitative review of abundance‐based species distribution models Open
The contributions of species to ecosystem functions or services depend not only on their presence but also on their local abundance. Progress in predictive spatial modelling has largely focused on species occurrence rather than abundance. …
View article: Long‐term changes in temperate marine fish assemblages are driven by a small subset of species
Long‐term changes in temperate marine fish assemblages are driven by a small subset of species Open
The species composition of plant and animal assemblages across the globe has changed substantially over the past century. How do the dynamics of individual species cause this change? We classified species into seven unique categories of te…
View article: How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs?
How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs? Open
Quantifying fish species diversity in rich tropical marine environments remains challenging. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to face this challenge through the filtering, amplification, and sequencing of DNA trac…
View article: How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs?
How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs? Open
Quantifying the diversity of species in rich tropical marine environments remains challenging. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to face this challenge through the filtering, amplification, and sequencing of DNA tr…
View article: A quantitative review of abundance-based species distribution models
A quantitative review of abundance-based species distribution models Open
The contributions of species to ecosystem functions or services depend not only on their presence in a given community, but also on their local abundance. Progress in predictive spatial modelling has largely focused on species occurrence, …
View article: Environmental DNA diffusion of reef fishes along a distance gradient from four isolated islands of the Western Indian Ocean
Environmental DNA diffusion of reef fishes along a distance gradient from four isolated islands of the Western Indian Ocean Open
Islands have traditionally served as model systems to study ecological and evolutionary processes (Warren et al. 2015) and could also represent a relevant system to study environmental DNA (eDNA). Isolated island reefs that are affected by…
View article: Data and code accompanying Waldock et al. (2021) A quantitative review of abundance-based species distribution models. Ecography.
Data and code accompanying Waldock et al. (2021) A quantitative review of abundance-based species distribution models. Ecography. Open
Accompanying data and code for Waldock et al. (2021) A quantitative review of abundance-based species distribution models. Ecography. 44: 1-18. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05694
View article: Insect occurrence in agricultural land‐uses depends on realized niche and geographic range properties
Insect occurrence in agricultural land‐uses depends on realized niche and geographic range properties Open
Geographic range size predicts species’ responses to land‐use change and intensification, but the reason why is not well established because many correlates of larger geographic ranges, such as realized niche breadth, may mediate species’ …
View article: Temperature-related biodiversity change across temperate marine and terrestrial systems
Temperature-related biodiversity change across temperate marine and terrestrial systems Open
Climate change is reshaping global biodiversity as species respond to changing temperatures. However, the net effects of climate-driven species redistribution on local assemblage diversity remain unknown. Here, we relate trends in species …