Does pollen-assemblage richness reflect floristic richness? A review of recent developments and future challenges
Current interest and debate on pollen-assemblage richness as a proxy for past plant
richness have prompted us to review recent developments in assessing whether modern …
richness have prompted us to review recent developments in assessing whether modern …
Trait‐based approaches as ecological time machines: Developing tools for reconstructing long‐term variation in ecosystems
KA Brown, MJ Bunting, F Carvalho… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Research over the past decade has shown that quantifying spatial variation in ecosystem
properties is an effective approach to investigating the effects of environmental change on …
properties is an effective approach to investigating the effects of environmental change on …
Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography
HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …
An unexpected role for mixotrophs in the response of peatland carbon cycling to climate warming
VEJ Jassey, C Signarbieux, S Hättenschwiler… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Mixotrophic protists are increasingly recognized for their significant contribution to carbon
(C) cycling. As phototrophs they contribute to photosynthetic C fixation, whilst as predators of …
(C) cycling. As phototrophs they contribute to photosynthetic C fixation, whilst as predators of …
Making sense of environmental sequencing data: ecologically important functional traits of the protistan groups Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria)
We have compiled a database of functional traits for two widespread and ecologically
important groups of protists, Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria). The functional traits of …
important groups of protists, Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria). The functional traits of …
Testate amoeba functional traits and their use in paleoecology
This review provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the morphological and functional
traits of testate amoebae, a polyphyletic group of protists commonly used as proxies of past …
traits of testate amoebae, a polyphyletic group of protists commonly used as proxies of past …
[HTML][HTML] Toward a common set of functional traits for soil protists
Protists are major actors of soil communities and play key roles in shaping food webs,
community assembly, and ecosystem processes, yet their functional diversity is …
community assembly, and ecosystem processes, yet their functional diversity is …
[HTML][HTML] Deconstructing Difflugia: The tangled evolution of lobose testate amoebae shells (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) illustrates the importance of convergent evolution …
Protists, the micro-eukaryotes that are neither plants, animals nor fungi build up the greatest
part of eukaryotic diversity on Earth. Yet, their evolutionary histories and patterns are still …
part of eukaryotic diversity on Earth. Yet, their evolutionary histories and patterns are still …
A novel testate amoebae trait-based approach to infer environmental disturbance in Sphagnum peatlands
Species' functional traits are closely related to ecosystem processes through evolutionary
adaptation, and are thus directly connected to environmental changes. Species' traits are not …
adaptation, and are thus directly connected to environmental changes. Species' traits are not …
Unveiling exceptional Baltic bog ecohydrology, autogenic succession and climate change during the last 2000 years in CE Europe using replicate cores, multi-proxy …
We present the results of high-resolution, multi-proxy palaeoecological investigations of two
parallel peat cores from the Baltic raised bog Mechacz Wielki in NE Poland. We aim to …
parallel peat cores from the Baltic raised bog Mechacz Wielki in NE Poland. We aim to …