Heterogeneity in the isolation of patches may be essential for the action of metacommunity mechanisms

AI Borthagaray, D Cunillera-Montcusí, J Bou… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The spatial isolation gradient of communities and the gradient in the species dispersal ability
are recognized as determinants of biodiversity in metacommunities. In spite of this, mean …

Perturbation responses in co‐evolved model meta‐communities

GM Abernethy - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A spatially explicit eco‐evolutionary model assembles simulated meta‐communities which
are subjected to species and community perturbation experiments to determine factors …

Metacommunity robustness to invasion in mutualistic and antagonistic networks

X Liu, D Bearup, J Liao - Ecological Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the most significant threats to biodiversity is alien species invasion, and consequently
understanding and predicting biological invasions has become an important issue in …

Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning

M Rizzuto, SJ Leroux, OJ Schmitz, E Vander Wal… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organisms move across landscapes mediating nutrient, energy, and biomass exchanges.
Meta-ecosystem ecology offers a framework to study how these flows affect ecosystem …

Impact of different invasion methods of invasive species on omnivorous food webs

D Jiabu, W Li - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Biological invasion results in a lot of problems about ecosystem and human life. To explore
the mechanism of alien species invading a stable food web, a patch dynamic model is …

Juvenile Dungeness Face High Predation Risk from Green Crabs Across Increased Temperatures at Different Salinities

T Gelling - 2024 - pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu
Marine heatwaves, altered precipitation regimes, and other changing climate conditions are
altering the abiotic conditions of Oregon's estuaries. Furthermore, warmer water …