The relationships of plant species occupancy to niches and traits vary with spatial scale
Aim Support for different underlying mechanisms of species occupancy is inconsistent, yet this could be related to spatial scale. Since abiotic filtering typically acts at broader scales than biotic interactions, we hypothesise that occupancy could be more driven by species' abiotic niche (i.e. tole…
Predicting the South American invasion pathways of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum Linnaeus 1761 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) using species distribution model…
Cloeon dipterum is one of the rare exotic aquatic insect species found in the American continent. The species was recently introduced to Argentina. Apart from a few recent records concentrated in a small area in Argentina, there are no data available on its distribution on the continent. Using model…
A Modeling Framework to Frame a Biological Invasion: Impatiens glandulifera in North America
Biological invasions are a major component of global environmental change with severe ecological and economic consequences. Since eradicating biological invaders is costly and even futile in many cases, predicting the areas under risk to take preventive measures is crucial. Impatiens glandulifera is…
Landscape genetics of the Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) in the northeastern United States
Abstract Understanding how changes in landscape properties influence common species is relevant as it allows us to identify patterns that could be shared with co-distributed species that occupy the same landscapes. The northeastern United States (NE-USA: New York state and the six sta…
Species inventories from different data sources “shaping” slightly different avifauna diversity patterns
IntroductionSpecies inventories based on various data sources have been widely used in biodiversity research, conservation policy formulation, reserve designation and biodiversity resource management. In this paper, we explored the relationships of species inventories obtained from different sources…
Prediction of global potential suitable habitats of Nicotiana alata Link et Otto based on MaxEnt model
Nicotiana alata Link et Otto, widely used in landscaping, is not only of great ornamental value but also of high commercial and medical value. The global potential habitat of N. alata and the environmental factors affecting its distribution are not that clear at present. To provide a reference for t…
Predicting the distribution of European Hop Hornbeam: application of MaxEnt algorithm and climatic suitability models
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. (European Hop Hornbeam) is a native tree in Europe as a species of the Betulaceae family. European Hop Hornbeam has a significant value for the European flora, and assessing the effects of climate change on habitats of species is essential for its sustainability. With this …
Plant invasion risk inside and outside protected areas: Propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors definitively matter
Invasive alien species are among the main global drivers of biodiversity loss posing major challenges to nature conservation and to managers of protected areas.The present study applied a methodological framework that combined invasive Species Distribution Models, based on propagule pressure, abioti…
The effect of herbicides on morphological features of pollen grains in Prunus serotina Ehrh. in the context of elimination of this invasive species fr…
Prunus serotina Ehrh. is an alien invasive neophyte widespread in European forests. So far, no effective methods of its elimination have been developed. For this reason, the aim of our study was to determine how herbicides affect the morphological characteristics of pollen grains. This knowledge may…
A global approach for natural history museum collections
Integration of the world’s natural history collections can provide a resource for decision-makers
Climatic conditions affect shoot flammability by influencing flammability-related functional traits in non-fire-prone habitats
Plant flammability is an important driver of wildfires, and flammability itself is determined by several plant functional traits. While many plant traits are influenced by climatic conditions, the interaction between climatic conditions and plant flammability has rarely been investigated.Here, we ex…
Modeling global habitat suitability and environmental predictor of distribution of a Near Threatened avian scavenger at a high spatial resolution
Vultures are among the most vulnerable birds in the world. The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is among the threatened species of vultures and listed as Near Threatened. The species is widely distributed across the Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indomalayan regions. The species faces several thre…
Regional occupancy increases for widespread species but decreases for narrowly distributed species in metacommunity time series
While human activities are known to elicit rapid turnover in species composition through time, the properties of the species that increase or decrease their spatial occupancy underlying this turnover are less clear. Here, we used an extensive dataset of 238 metacommunity time series of multiple taxa…
The Eurasian beaver range expansion reveals uneven future trends and possible conservation issues: an European assessment
The Eurasian beaver is a keystone species and landscape-capable ecosystem engineer, which went close to extinction until the 19th century. Recently, thanks to legal protection and reintroduction programs, the species has recolonized much of its past range. However, in some countries this process did…
The Silk roads: Phylogeography of Central Asian dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae) shaped by rivers in deserts and mountain valleys
Influenced by rapid changes in climate and landscape features since the Miocene, widely distributed species provide suitable models to study the environmental impact on their evolution and current genetic diversity. The dice snake Natrix tessellata, widely distributed in the western Palearctic is on…
Niche Filling Dynamics of Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) during Global Invasion
Determining whether the climatic ecological niche of an invasive alien plant is similar to that of the niche occupied by its native population (ecological niche conservatism) is essential for predicting the plant invasion process. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) usually poses serious threats to…
Thermal tolerances of different life stages, sexes, and species of widow spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae)
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Beyond latitude: Temperature, productivity and thermal niche conservatism drive global body size variation in Odonata
Aim So far, latitudinal body size clines have been discussed primarily in the context of thermoregulation, sensu Bergmann. However, body size patterns are ambiguous in ectotherms, and this heterogeneity remains poorly understood. We tested whether Bergmann's rule and the resource availability rule, …
Weak reproductive isolation and extensive gene flow between Mimulus glaucescens and M. guttatus in northern California
Abstract Barriers to reproduction are often how progress in speciation is measured. Nonetheless, an unresolved question concerns the extent to which reproductive barriers diminish gene flow between incipient species. The Sierra Nevada foothill endemic Mimulus glaucescens and the wides…
A biome-dependent distribution gradient of tree species range edges is strongly dictated by climate spatial heterogeneity
Understanding the causes of the arrest of species distributions has been a fundamental question in ecology and evolution. These questions are of particular interest for trees owing to their long lifespan and sessile nature. A surge in data availability evokes a macro-ecological analysis to determine…
Including biotic interactions in species distribution models improves the understanding of species niche: a case of study with the brown bear in Europ…
Biotic interactions are expected to influence species responses to climate change, but they are usually not included when predicting future range shifts. We assessed the importance of biotic interactions to understand future consequences of climate and land use change for biodiversity using as a mod…
The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects
Motivation Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment and freshwater ecosystem health, as well as to test ecological hypotheses. Despite their importance, a comprehensive, global database of aquatic insect occur…
A global analysis of changes in invertebrate species richness with area: deriving global species-area relationships from ecoregional species richness …
Although invertebrate species are a major component of global biodiversity, they remain much less studied when compared to vertebrate species and plants. This research aims to increase the knowledge on patterns in the global spatial distribution of terrestrial invertebrate species by deriving specie…
Science paper or big data? Assessing invasion dynamics using observational data
Non-native species are spreading at an unprecedented rate over large spatial scales, with global environmental change and growth in commerce providing novel opportunities for range expansion. Assessing the pattern and rate of spread is key to the development of strategies for safeguarding against fu…
Interspecific interactions alter the metabolic costs of climate warming
Climate warming is expected to increase the energy demands of ectotherms by accelerating their metabolic rates exponentially. However, this prediction ignores environmental complexity such as species interactions. Here, to better understand the metabolic costs of climate change for ectotherms, we re…