Grasslands, invertebrates, and precipitation: a review of the effects of climate change

KL Barnett, SL Facey - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Invertebrates are the main components of faunal diversity in grasslands, playing substantial
roles in ecosystem processes including nutrient cycling and pollination. Grassland …

Ecology of terrestrial arthropods in freshwater wetlands

DP Batzer, H Wu - Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The terrestrial arthropod fauna of wetlands has been largely ignored by scientists compared
to other ecological elements, yet these organisms are among the most important influences …

Simultaneous monitoring of vegetation dynamics and wildlife activity with camera traps to assess habitat change

C Sun, C Beirne, JM Burgar, T Howey… - Remote Sensing in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation phenology and productivity drive resource use by wildlife. Vegetation dynamics
also reveal patterns of habitat disturbance and recovery. Monitoring these fine‐scale …

Digital mapping of soil invertebrates using environmental attributes in a deciduous forest ecosystem

S Tajik, S Ayoubi, H Shirani, M Zeraatpisheh - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
The simultaneous effect of the environmental factors as determinants of soil invertebrate
community structures is little understood. This study was carried out at two depths (0–10, 10 …

Spring migration ecology of the mid‐continent sandhill crane population with an emphasis on use of the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska

GL Krapu, DA Brandt, PJ Kinzel… - Wildlife …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a 10‐year study (1998–2007) of the Mid‐Continent Population (MCP) of
sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) to identify spring‐migration corridors, locations of major …

Nutrient impoverishment and limitation of productivity after 20 years of conservation management in wet grasslands of north-western Germany

Y Oelmann, G Broll, N Hölzel, T Kleinebecker… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
European wet grasslands are characterized by high diversity of plant and animal species but
are threatened by intensive land use. Although preservation or restoration of species-rich …

The level of water in the river flowing through the breeding site shapes the body condition of a lekking bird—the Great Snipe Gallinago media

M Witkowska, P Pinchuk, W Meissner, N Karlionova… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The display of lekking Great Snipe males is an energetically demanding activity and
therefore, access to the rich feeding sites in the proximity of their leks is essential. During the …

Macroinvertebrate communities in restored and natural Platte River slough wetlands

CK Meyer, MR Whiles - Journal of the North American …, 2008 - journals.uchicago.edu
Wetlands in the central Platte River basin provide numerous ecosystem services but have
been diminished and degraded by agricultural practices and development. Wetland …

Dispersal of earthworms from the Rudny Altai (Kazakhstan) into Western Siberia

EV Golovanova, SY Kniazev, KA Babiy… - Ecologica …, 2021 - biotaxa.org
The aim of our study was to determine the current distribution, habitats, ecology, and
possible dispersal routes of three species of the Rudny Altai (East Kazakhstan): Eisenia …

Non-native earthworms in riparian soils increase nitrogen flux into adjacent aquatic ecosystems

DM Costello, GA Lamberti - Oecologia, 2008 - Springer
Riparian zones are an important transition between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and
they function in nutrient cycling and removal. Non-native earthworms invading earthworm …