The contribution of geographically common and rare species to the spatial distribution of biodiversity

HJ White, CM McKeon, RJ Pakeman… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation and aim Mapping the spatial distribution of biodiversity is critical for
understanding its fundamental drivers (eg speciation, environmental filtering) as well as for …

Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism

B Lenzner, G Latombe, A Schertler… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The redistribution of alien species across the globe accelerated with the start of European
colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental …

Temporal β diversity—A macroecological perspective

AE Magurran, M Dornelas, F Moyes… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Issue Biodiversity change, that is how the taxonomic identities and abundances of species in
ecological systems are changing over time, has two facets: temporal α diversity and …

Cultural Divergence in popular music: the increasing diversity of music consumption on Spotify across countries

P Bello, D Garcia - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2021 - nature.com
The digitization of music has changed how we consume, produce, and distribute music. In
this paper, we explore the effects of digitization and streaming on the globalization of …

Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed

G Wood, PD Steinberg, AH Campbell… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between hosts and their microbiota are vital to the functioning and resilience of
macro‐organisms. Critically, for hosts that play foundational roles in communities …

Soil bacterial communities exhibit strong biogeographic patterns at fine taxonomic resolution

SK Bay, MA McGeoch, O Gillor, N Wieler, DJ Palmer… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria have been inferred to exhibit relatively weak biogeographic patterns. To what
extent such findings reflect true biological phenomena or methodological artifacts remains …

Environmental DNA in a global biodiversity hotspot: Lessons from coral reef fish diversity across the Indonesian archipelago

ON Marwayana, Z Gold, CP Meyer… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Indonesia is the heart of the Coral Triangle, the world's most diverse marine ecosystem.
Preserving the biological and economic value of this marine biodiversity requires efficient …

Uncovering the determinants of biodiversity hotspots in China: Evidence from the drivers of multiple diversity metrics on insect assemblages and implications for …

T Liu, H Liu, Y Yang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding large-scale biodiversity patterns and underlying mechanisms during the
formation process is essential for guiding conservation efforts. However, previous studies on …

Understanding the metabolome and metagenome as extended phenotypes: The next frontier in macroalgae domestication and improvement

KJ DeWeese, MG Osborne - Journal of the World Aquaculture …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract “Omics” techniques (including genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics,
proteomics, and metagenomics) have been employed with huge success in the …

Climate-induced forest dieback drives compositional changes in insect communities that are more pronounced for rare species

L Sire, PS Yáñez, C Wang, A Bézier, B Courtial… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Species richness, abundance and biomass of insects have recently undergone marked
declines in Europe. We metabarcoded 211 Malaise-trap samples to investigate whether …