Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data‐capable community

RC Nagy, JK Balch, EK Bissell, ME Cattau… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is a critical time to reflect on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) science
to date as well as envision what research can be done right now with NEON (and other) data …

A standardized assessment of forest mammal communities reveals consistent functional composition and vulnerability across the tropics

F Rovero, J Ahumada, PA Jansen, D Sheil… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The understanding of global diversity patterns has benefitted from a focus on functional traits
and how they relate to variation in environmental conditions among assemblages. Distant …

A unifying framework for quantifying and comparing n‐dimensional hypervolumes

M Lu, K Winner, W Jetz - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The quantification of Hutchinson's n‐dimensional hypervolume has enabled substantial
progress in community ecology, species niche analysis and beyond. However, most existing …

A solution to the challenges of interdisciplinary aggregation and use of specimen-level trait data

MA Balk, J Deck, KF Emery, RL Walls, D Reuter… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding variation of traits within and among species through time and across space is
central to many questions in biology. Many resources assemble species-level trait data, but …

Understanding drivers of variation and predicting variability across levels of biological organization

KD McEntire, M Gage, R Gawne… - Integrative and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Differences within a biological system are ubiquitous, creating variation in nature. Variation
underlies all evolutionary processes and allows persistence and resilience in changing …

Synergies among environmental science research and monitoring networks: a research agenda

JA Jones, PM Groffman, J Blair, FW Davis… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many research and monitoring networks in recent decades have provided publicly available
data documenting environmental and ecological change, but little is known about the status …

Global patterns and drivers of raptor phylogenetic and functional diversity

F Montaño‐Centellas, B Baiser… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Raptors, a highly threatened but ecologically important group of birds, have been
recognized as a good proxy for overall biodiversity in conservation planning. However …

Community stability is related to animal diversity change

MA Jarzyna, KEA Norman, JM LaMontagne… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the drivers of community stability in times of increasing anthropogenic
pressure is an urgent issue. Biodiversity is known to promote community stability, but studies …

Functional and phylogenetic diversity of sharks in the Northeastern Pacific

ZA Siders, LB Trotta, FP Caltabellotta… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The expansive spatial scale of pelagic communities and the difficulty in acquiring
pelagic species' functional traits have stymied an understanding of marine community …

Macrosystems revisited: challenges and successes in a new subdiscipline of ecology

WK Dodds, KC Rose, S Fei… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Macrosystems biology research has expanded and evolved over the past decade as the
scientific community grapples with ecological issues at regional to continental scales …