Trait‐based inference of ecological network assembly: A conceptual framework and methodological toolbox

EL Marjakangas, G Muñoz, S Turney… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The study of ecological networks has progressively evolved from a mostly descriptive
science to one that attempts to elucidate the processes governing the emerging structure of …

Occurrence dynamics of mammals in protected tropical forests respond to human presence and activities

A Semper-Pascual, D Sheil, L Beaudrot… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) play a vital role in wildlife conservation. Nonetheless there is concern
and uncertainty regarding how and at what spatial scales anthropogenic stressors influence …

Consistent diel activity patterns of forest mammals among tropical regions

AF Vallejo-Vargas, D Sheil, A Semper-Pascual… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
An animal's daily use of time (their “diel activity”) reflects their adaptations, requirements,
and interactions, yet we know little about the underlying processes governing diel activity …

Human density modulates spatial associations among tropical forest terrestrial mammal species

D Gorczynski, C Hsieh, J Ahumada… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial aggregation of species pairs often increases with the ecological similarity of the
species involved. However, the way in which environmental conditions and anthropogenic …

Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis

A Semper-Pascual, R Bischof… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The structure of forest mammal communities appears surprisingly consistent across the
continental tropics, presumably due to convergent evolution in similar environments …

Climate change and thermoregulatory consequences of activity time in mammals

TC Bonebrake, EL Rezende… - The American …, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
Activity times structure the thermal environments experienced by organisms. In mammals,
species shift from being nocturnal to diurnal and vice versa, but the thermal consequences …

Do large‐scale associations in birds imply biotic interactions or environmental filtering?

M Elo, MH Kajanus, J Tolvanen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim There has been a wide interest in the effect of biotic interactions on species'
occurrences and abundances at large spatial scales, coupled with a vast development of the …

Does trait‐based joint species distribution modelling reveal the signature of competition in stream macroinvertebrate communities?

M Elo, J Jyrkänkallio‐Mikkola… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The occupancy and abundance of species are jointly driven by local factors, such as
environmental characteristics and biotic interactions, and regional‐scale factors, such as …

Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals

L Beaudrot, MA Acevedo, D Gorczynski, NC Harris - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding variation in food web structure over large spatial scales is an emerging
research agenda in food web ecology. The density of predator–prey links in a food web (ie …

Are tree plantations promoting homogenization of mammal assemblages between regions with contrasting environments?

ME Iezzi, C De Angelo, P Cruz, D Varela… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The expansion of agriculture is promoting the loss of natural environments and their
biotic homogenization. We aimed at understanding whether the replacement of forests and …