Comparing benthic assemblages between Nocomis nests and ambient substrate in South Carolina streams

R Moore, CD Denison, BK Peoples - Southeastern Naturalist, 2023 - BioOne
Ecosystem engineers modify instream habitat to the benefit or detriment of other species.
Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead Chub) is a widespread minnow (Actinopterygii …

Facilitation of benthic assemblages by Bluehead Chubs: Testing the stress‐gradient hypothesis in streams

IG Evelyn, JC Morse, BK Peoples - Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem engineers facilitate beneficiary species by ameliorating physical habitat. The
stress‐gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts the importance of facilitation in communities …

Species sensitivity and functional uniqueness determine the response of macroinvertebrate functional diversity to species loss in urban streams

J Gao, Z Peng, H Zang, Y Wang, N Ding… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use change, particularly urbanisation, has led to an unprecedented decline in species
and functional diversity worldwide. However, the mechanism through which such species …

Chinese Pangolin Changes Local Vertebrate Assemblages and Contributes to Their Interspecific Interactions by Burrowing and Revisitation

S Sun, R Mao, H Dou, H Gao, Y Wang… - Integrative …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The burrow microhabitats created by burrowing mammals, as a hotspot for biodiversity
distribution in ecosystems, provide multiple critical resources for many other sympatric …

Biodiversity connections—'ties that bind'

MC Freeman, D Elkins… - Ecology of Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity is a foundational concept in ecology and conservation and was the organising
theme for the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Fishes Council, a professional …