Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the E uropean A lps

Y Vitasse, S Ursenbacher, G Klein… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots and provide a multitude of ecosystem services of
irreplaceable socio‐economic value. In the European Alps, air temperature has increased at …

Outstanding challenges in the transferability of ecological models

KL Yates, PJ Bouchet, MJ Caley, K Mengersen… - Trends in ecology & …, 2018 - cell.com
Predictive models are central to many scientific disciplines and vital for informing
management in a rapidly changing world. However, limited understanding of the accuracy …

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

D Leclère, M Obersteiner, M Barrett, SHM Butchart… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the
ecosystem services that it provides,. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as …

Uncertainty in ensembles of global biodiversity scenarios

W Thuiller, M Guéguen, J Renaud, DN Karger… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
While there is a clear demand for scenarios that provide alternative states in biodiversity with
respect to future emissions, a thorough analysis and communication of the associated …

Model averaging in ecology: A review of Bayesian, information‐theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference

CF Dormann, JM Calabrese… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In ecology, the true causal structure for a given problem is often not known, and several
plausible models and thus model predictions exist. It has been claimed that using weighted …

The science of the host–virus network

GF Albery, DJ Becker, L Brierley, CE Brook… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Better methods to predict and prevent the emergence of zoonotic viruses could support
future efforts to reduce the risk of epidemics. We propose a network science framework for …

Can species distribution models really predict the expansion of invasive species?

M Barbet-Massin, Q Rome, C Villemant, F Courchamp - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Predictive studies are of paramount importance for biological invasions, one of the biggest
threats for biodiversity. To help and better prioritize management strategies, species …

Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century

JB Bradford, DR Schlaepfer, WK Lauenroth… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dryland ecosystems may be especially vulnerable to expected 21st century increases in
temperature and aridity because they are tightly controlled by moisture availability. However …

A theory of pulse dynamics and disturbance in ecology

A Jentsch, P White - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We propose four postulates as the minimum set of logical propositions necessary for a
theory of pulse dynamics and disturbance in ecosystems:(1) resource dynamics …

Improving the forecast for biodiversity under climate change

MC Urban, G Bocedi, AP Hendry, JB Mihoub, G Pe'Er… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND As global climate change accelerates, one of the most urgent tasks for the
coming decades is to develop accurate predictions about biological responses to guide the …