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View article: Axiomatic Community Ecology, Topology, and Dynamic Distance
Axiomatic Community Ecology, Topology, and Dynamic Distance Open
The super-organismal view of ecosystems has largely been superseded by the individualistic view. One consequence of the dominance of the individualistic view is that many modern ecologists treat ecosystems as nothing more than vectors of r…
View article: Political Will Has Been Critical for Protecting Forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia
Political Will Has Been Critical for Protecting Forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia Open
Deforestation remains a prominent contributor to climate change and biodiversity loss. Yet while 76 million hectares of primary tropical forest have been lost since 2000, two thirds of tropical forests remain. What factors have been most i…
View article: Antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and end-stage kidney disease
Antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and end-stage kidney disease Open
Objective: To summarize antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in the setting of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Design: Cross-sectional analysis. Methods: Descriptive analysis of ART regimens and dose of nucleoside/nucleotide reverse-transcrip…
View article: What factors protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia? A Delphi study
What factors protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia? A Delphi study Open
What factors have been most important for protecting the two-thirds of tropical forests that remain standing? Qualitative factors like politics and governance are challenging to assess using existing statistical methods. To address this ga…
View article: What factors protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia? A Delphi study
What factors protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia? A Delphi study Open
What factors have been most important for protecting the two-thirds of tropical forests that remain standing? Qualitative factors like politics and governance are challenging to assess using existing statistical methods. To address this ga…
View article: What Is the Future of the Atlantic Surfclam ( <scp> <i>Spisula solidissima</i> </scp> ) Fishery Under Climate‐Induced Warming on the Mid‐Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf: A Multidecadal Assessment
What Is the Future of the Atlantic Surfclam ( <span> <i>Spisula solidissima</i> </span> ) Fishery Under Climate‐Induced Warming on the Mid‐Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf: A Multidecadal Assessment Open
The Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima supports a lucrative commercial fishery in the Mid‐Atlantic Bight (MAB) worth roughly $30 million in revenue per year. Rapid climate change is expected to modify the geographic range of the Atlant…
View article: Responses of intraspecific metabolic scaling to temperature and activity differ between water‐ and air‐breathing ectothermic vertebrates
Responses of intraspecific metabolic scaling to temperature and activity differ between water‐ and air‐breathing ectothermic vertebrates Open
Metabolism underpins all life‐sustaining processes and varies profoundly with body size, temperature and locomotor activity. A current theory explains some of the size‐dependence of metabolic rate (its mass exponent, b ) through changes in…
View article: Interspecific competition between ants and African honeybees ( <scp> <i>Apis mellifera scutellata</i> </scp> ) may undermine the effectiveness of elephant beehive–deterrents in Africa
Interspecific competition between ants and African honeybees ( <span> <i>Apis mellifera scutellata</i> </span> ) may undermine the effectiveness of elephant beehive–deterrents in Africa Open
Beehive deterrents are commonly used to mitigate human–elephant conflict and protect woody vegetation. To ensure hive activity, reduce abscondment risks, and maintain deterrent effectiveness, resident bee colonies require supplementary fee…
View article: High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts
High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts Open
Anthropogenic impacts are typically detrimental to tropical coral reefs, but the effect of increasing environmental stress and variability on the size structure of coral communities remains poorly understood. This limits our ability to eff…
View article: Responses of intraspecific metabolic scaling to temperature and activity differ between water- and air-breathing ectothermic vertebrates
Responses of intraspecific metabolic scaling to temperature and activity differ between water- and air-breathing ectothermic vertebrates Open
Metabolism underpins all life-sustaining processes and varies profoundly with body size, temperature, and locomotor activity. Explaining variation in metabolic rates is crucial in ecology. Current theory explains the variation in body mass…
View article: High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch
High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch Open
Floating life (obligate neuston) is a core component of the ocean surface food web. However, only 1 region of high neustonic abundance is known so far, the Sargasso Sea in the Subtropical North Atlantic gyre, where floating life provides c…
View article: Peer Review #2 of "Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (v0.1)"
Peer Review #2 of "Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (v0.1)" Open
The open ocean beyond national jurisdiction covers nearly half of Earth's surface and is largely unexplored.It is also an emerging frontier for new types of human activity.Understanding how new activities interact with high seas ecosystems…
View article: Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems
Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems Open
The open ocean beyond national jurisdiction covers nearly half of Earth’s surface and is largely unexplored. It is also an emerging frontier for new types of human activity. Understanding how new activities interact with high seas ecosyste…
View article: Peer Review #1 of "Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (v0.1)"
Peer Review #1 of "Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (v0.1)" Open
The open ocean beyond national jurisdiction covers nearly half of Earth's surface and is largely unexplored.It is also an emerging frontier for new types of human activity.Understanding how new activities interact with high seas ecosystems…
View article: The impact of the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 lockdowns on wildlife–vehicle collisions in the <scp>UK</scp>
The impact of the <span>COVID</span>‐19 lockdowns on wildlife–vehicle collisions in the <span>UK</span> Open
Wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVCs) cause millions of vertebrate mortalities globally, threatening population viability and influencing wildlife behaviour and survival. Traffic volume and speed can influence wildlife mortality on roads, but…
View article: High-latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts
High-latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts Open
Anthropogenic impacts are typically detrimental to tropical coral reefs, but the effect of increasing environmental stress and variability on the size structure of coral communities remains poorly understood. This limits our ability to eff…
View article: Peer Review #2 of "Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities (v0.1)"
Peer Review #2 of "Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities (v0.1)" Open
Sessile marine invertebrates on hard substrates are one of the two canonical examples of communities structured by competition, but some aspects of their dynamics remain poorly understood.Jellyfish polyps are an important but under-studied…
View article: Peer Review #2 of "Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities (v0.2)"
Peer Review #2 of "Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities (v0.2)" Open
Sessile marine invertebrates on hard substrates are one of the two canonical examples of communities structured by competition, but some aspects of their dynamics remain poorly understood.Jellyfish polyps are an important but under-studied…
View article: Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities
Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities Open
Sessile marine invertebrates on hard substrates are one of the two canonical examples of communities structured by competition, but some aspects of their dynamics remain poorly understood. Jellyfish polyps are an important but under-studie…
View article: Raw data for: "High Concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch"
Raw data for: "High Concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch" Open
These raw data include images that were used in our analysis and processed images form JMicroVision v1.3.2.
View article: High-latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts
High-latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts Open
Aim Despite the awareness that climate change impacts are typically detrimental to tropical coral reefs, the effect of increasing environmental stress and variability on the population size structure of coral species remains poorly underst…
View article: Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities
Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities Open
Sessile marine invertebrates on hard substrates are one of the two canonical examples of communities structured by competition, but some aspects of their dynamics remain poorly understood. Jellyfish polyps are an important but under-studie…
View article: High Concentrations of floating life in the North Pacific Garbage Patch
High Concentrations of floating life in the North Pacific Garbage Patch Open
Floating life (obligate neuston) is a core component of the ocean surface food web. However, only one region of high neustonic abundance is known so far, the Sargasso Sea in the Subtropical North Atlantic, where floating life provides crit…
View article: Developing hierarchical density‐structured models to study the national‐scale dynamics of an arable weed
Developing hierarchical density‐structured models to study the national‐scale dynamics of an arable weed Open
Population dynamics can be highly variable in the face of environmental heterogeneity, and understanding this variation is central in the study of ecology. Robust management decisions require that we understand how populations respond to m…
View article: Empirical Models of Transitions between Coral Reef States: Effects of Region, Protection, and Environmental Change
Empirical Models of Transitions between Coral Reef States: Effects of Region, Protection, and Environmental Change Open
There has been substantial recent change in coral reef communities. To date, most analyses have focussed on static patterns or changes in single variables such as coral cover. However, little is known about how community-level changes occu…