The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks

LP Martins, D Garcia-Callejas, HR Lai… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Despite the development of network science, we lack clear heuristics for how far different
disturbance types propagate within and across species interaction networks. We discuss the …

Using ecological networks to answer questions in global biogeography and ecology

FM Windsor, J van den Hoogen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological networks have classically been studied at site and landscape scales, yet recent
efforts have been made to collate these data into global repositories. This offers an …

Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits

LP Martins, DB Stouffer, PG Blendinger… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Animals can adjust their diet to maximize energy or nutritional intake. For example, birds
often target fruits that match their beak size because those fruits can be consumed more …

Common seed dispersers contribute most to the persistence of a fleshy-fruited tree

F Rehling, E Jongejans, J Schlautmann… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Mutualistic interactions are by definition beneficial for each contributing partner. However, it
is insufficiently understood how mutualistic interactions influence partners throughout their …

Patterns of regional site index across a North American boreal forest gradient

PM Montesano, CSR Neigh… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Forest structure—the height, cover, vertical complexity, and spatial patterns of trees—is a
key indicator of productivity variation across forested extents. During the 2017 and 2019 …

Spatially explicit predictions of food web structure from regional-level data

G Dansereau, C Barros… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Knowledge about how ecological networks vary across global scales is currently limited
given the complexity of acquiring repeated spatial data for species interactions. Yet, recent …

Biodiversity on the line: life cycle impact assessment of power lines on birds and mammals in Norway

D Gilad, J Borgelt, R May… - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The global shift towards renewable energy plays an important role in fighting climate
change. To facilitate the global growth of renewable energy production, the expansion of the …

Species‐level drivers of avian centrality within seed‐dispersal networks across different levels of organisation

GM Moulatlet, W Dáttilo… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bird–plant seed‐dispersal networks are structural components of ecosystems. The role of
bird species in seed‐dispersal networks (from less [peripheral] to more connected [central]) …

Associating the structure of Lepidoptera‐plant interaction networks across clades and life stages to environmental gradients

HC Ho, F Altermatt - Journal of Biogeography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The spatial‐structural patterns of plant‐insect interaction networks, particularly their
associations with landscape‐scale environmental factors, remain poorly understood. We …

Colour polymorphism is prevalent on islands but shows no association with range size in web-building spiders

FC Salgado-Roa, D Stuart-Fox… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
One of the most evident sources of phenotypic diversity within a population is colouration, as
exemplified by colour polymorphism. This is relevant to a greater extent in animals with …