Interactive range‐limit theory (iRLT): An extension for predicting range shifts

APK Sirén, TL Morelli - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A central theme of range‐limit theory (RLT) posits that abiotic factors form high‐
latitude/altitude limits, whereas biotic interactions create lower limits. This hypothesis, often …

Climate at ecologically relevant scales: A new temperature and soil moisture logger for long-term microclimate measurement

J Wild, M Kopecký, M Macek, M Šanda… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate measurements are needed at a scale at which organisms live and die. Currently
available climate sensors, however, are not well suited for long-term field measurements at …

Influence of climate, soil, and land cover on plant species distribution in the European Alps

Y Chauvier, W Thuiller, P Brun… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of edaphic factors and habitat structure for plant growth and
survival is known, both are often neglected in favor of climatic drivers when investigating the …

Fungal communities along a small-scale elevational gradient in an alpine tundra are determined by soil carbon nitrogen ratios

Y Ni, T Yang, K Zhang, C Shen, H Chu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Elevational gradients are associated not only with variations in temperature and
precipitation, but also with shifts in vegetation types and changes in soil physicochemical …

Plant-symbiotic fungal diversity tracks variation in vegetation and the abiotic environment along an extended elevational gradient in the Himalayas

I Hiiesalu, J Schweichhart, R Angel… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can benefit plants under environmental stress, and
influence plant adaptation to warmer climates. However, very little is known about the …

On the use of global DEMs in ecological modelling and the accuracy of new bare-earth DEMs

V Moudrý, V Lecours, K Gdulová, L Gábor, L Moudrá… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is now widely acknowledged that the increasing availability of remotely sensed data
facilitates ecological modelling. Digital elevation models (DEMs) are arguably one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Species distribution models affected by positional uncertainty in species occurrences can still be ecologically interpretable

L Gábor, W Jetz, A Zarzo‐Arias, K Winner, S Yanco… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) have become a common tool in studies of species–
environment relationships but can be negatively affected by positional uncertainty of …

Prey resources are equally important as climatic conditions for predicting the distribution of a broad‐ranged apex predator

LJ Sutton, DL Anderson, M Franco… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A current biogeographic paradigm states that climate regulates species distributions at
continental scales and that biotic interactions are undetectable at coarse‐grain extents …

Fungal root symbionts of high-altitude vascular plants in the Himalayas

M Kotilínek, I Hiiesalu, J Košnar, M Šmilauerová… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate endophytes (DSE) form symbiotic
relationships with plants influencing their productivity, diversity and ecosystem functions …

Temporal changes in the spatial distribution of carabid beetles around arable field-woodlot boundaries

M Knapp, M Seidl, J Knappová, M Macek, P Saska - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Carabids are considered beneficial arthropods in agroecosystems, where they prey on crop
pests or consume weed seeds. Therefore, knowledge of the spatial distribution of carabids …