Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Marta, Silvio Guerrieri, Alessia Cantera, Isabel Bonin, Aurélie Cauvy-Fraunié, Sophie Ambrosini, Roberto Caccianiga, Marco Anthelme, Fabien Azzoni, Roberto Sergio
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The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes, with new ecosystems developing from apparently barren substrates1–4. The study of these emerging ecosystems is critical to understanding how climate change interacts with microhabitat and biotic communities and determines the future of ice-free terrains1,...
Gopalakrishna, Trisha Ratnam, Jayashree Oliveras Menor, Imma Stevens, Nicola Malhi, Yadvinder
The distribution of forest and savanna biomes and the role of resources (climate and soil) and disturbances (fire and herbivory) in determining tree-grass dynamics remains elusive and variable across geographies. This is especially problematic in Indian savannas which have been historically misclassified as degraded forests and are targeted for tre...
Segura-Garcia, Carlota Bauman, David Oliveras Menor, Imma
Human activities and climate change are transforming fire regimes globally. The interaction between these two drivers is poorly understood, yet critical if we aim at predicting how biomes will respond to novel fire regimes. In the Brazilian Cerrado, altered fire regimes are threatening its unique biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Here, using ...
Lelièvre, Yann Motreuil, Sébastien Specq, Léa Marschal, Christian Dubois, Philippe Wauters, Lisa Guéné, Mathilde Saucède, Thomas
Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, the sub-Antarctic Crozet archipelago is located in a region facing significant environmental changes impacting a poorly known marine biodiversity. Underwater imagery constitutes a valuable non-invasive approach for gathering ecological data and improving our knowledge of ecosystems’ vulnerability. We her...
Auguin, Erwan Guinet, Christophe Mourier, Johann Clua, Eric Gasco, Nicolas Tixier, Paul
Abstract Intra‐population heterogeneity in the behavioural response of predators to changes in prey availability caused by human activities can have major evolutionary implications. Among these activities, fisheries, while extracting resources, also provide new feeding opportunities for marine top predators. However, heterogeneity in the extent to ...
Tobe, Alisa Sato, Yukuto Wachi, Nakatada Nakanishi, Nozomi Izawa, Masako
西表島のイリオモテヤマネコとカンムリワシ--2種の絶滅危惧種は限られた餌をうまく使い分けていた-- 京都大学プレスリリース. 2024-04-12. / Small islands tend to lack predators because species at higher trophic levels often cannot survive. However, two exceptional top predators—the Iriomote cat Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis, and the Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela perplexus—live on the small Iri...
Strauss, Alexander T Suh, Daniel C Galbraith, Kate Coker, Sarah M Schroeder, Katie Brandon, Christopher Warburton, Elizabeth M Yabsley, Michael J Cleveland, Christopher A
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Oecologia
Parasites can play key roles in ecosystems, especially when they infect common hosts that play important ecological roles. Daphnia are critical grazers in many lentic freshwater ecosystems and typically reach peak densities in early spring. Daphnia have also become prominent model host organisms for the field of disease ecology, although most well-...
ter Steege, Hans Barbier, Nicolas Slik, Ferry Sonké, Bonaventure Adu-Bredu, Stephen Affum-Baffoe, Kofi Aiba, Shin-Ichiro Alonso, Alfonso Andrade, Ana Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
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Abstract Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Her...
Cooper, Declan L. M. Lewis, Simon L. Sullivan, Martin J. P. Prado, Paulo I. ter Steege, Hans Barbier, Nicolas Slik, Ferry Sonké, Bonaventure Ewango, Corneille E. N. Adu-Bredu, Stephen
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Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we inve...
Vallet, Améline Dupuy, Stéphane Verlynde, Matthieu Gaetano, Raffaele
Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) maps are important tools for environmental planning and socialecological modeling, as they provide critical information for evaluating risks, managing natural resources, and facilitating effective decision-making. This study aimed to generate a very high spatial resolution (0.5 m) and detailed (21 classes) LULC map fo...