The Late‐Quaternary Extinctions Gave Rise to Functionally Novel Herbivore Assemblages

Authors: Simon D. Schowanek, Matt Davis, Erick J. Lundgren, Owen Middleton, John Rowan, Daniel Ramp, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning

Source: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 15, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2025)

Subject Terms: biome shifts, ecological novelty, functional ecology, large herbivore, megafauna extinctions, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-7758

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The 'guild' concept in riparian ecology: Use, limitations and prospects for improving the reproducibility and transferability of results

Authors: Philippe Janssen

Source: Ecological Indicators, Vol 171, Iss , Pp 113152- (2025)

Subject Terms: Functional ecology, Guild, Traits based-approach, Riparian ecology, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X25000810; https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160X

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Effects of functional diversity on ecosystem services in cocoa agroforestry systems in Costa Rica

Authors: Cassio Pinheiro Edelstein, Marney E. Isaac, Luis Orozco-Aguilar, Felipe Peguero, Diego Delgado-Rodríguez, Rolando H. Cerda

Source: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 8 (2025)

Subject Terms: shade trees, theobroma cacao, functional ecology, functional traits, agroecosystems, carbon sequestration, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641, Food processing and manufacture, TP368-456

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1507555/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2571-581X

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Morphological and biochemical characteristics of wild red-fleshed apples (Malus sieversii f. niedzwetzkyana) in the North and Northeast of Iran

Authors: Majid Jalali, Mehdi Abedi, Mehdi Tabarsa, Diego A. Moreno

Source: BMC Plant Biology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2024)

Subject Terms: Morphological trait, Biochemical traits, Flavonoid, Anthocyanin, Functional ecology, Antioxidant activity, Botany, QK1-989

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2229

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Putting earthworm conservation on the map: Shortfalls and solutions for developing earthworm conservation

Authors: Gérard, Sylvain ^{a, b, c, ⁎}, Decaëns, Thibaud ^{b, c}, Butt, Kevin R. ^{c, d}, Briones, Maria J.I. ^{c, e}, Capowiez, Yvan ^f, Cluzeau, Daniel ^{c, g}, Hoeffner, Kevin ^{c, g}, Le Bayon, Renée-Claire ^{c, h}, Marchán, Daniel F. ⁱ, Marsden, Claire ^a, Muys, Bart ^{c, j}, Pelosi, Céline ^{c, f}, Pérès, Guénola ^{c, k}, Phillips, Helen R.P. ^{c, l}, Santini, Luca ^{c, m}, Thuiller, Wilfried ^{c, n}, Hedde, Mickaël ^{a, c}

Source: In Biological Conservation February 2025 302

The Interplay Between Visual Traits and Forest in Bumblebee Communities Across Sweden

Authors: Pierre Tichit, Liam Kendall, Peter Olsson, Gavin Taylor, Christoph Rau, Paul Caplat, Henrik G. Smith, Emily Baird

Source: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 14, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)

Subject Terms: animal senses, community assembly, compound eyes, functional ecology, X‐ray microtomography, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-7758

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Trait concepts, categories, and databases in soil invertebrate ecology – ordering the mess

Authors: Sophie Joimel, Anton Potapov, Benjamin Pey, Jonathan Bonfanti, Jérôme Cortet, Tania De Almeida, Sara Di Lonardo, Davorka K. Hackenberger, Paul Henning Krogh, Ryszard Laskowski, Susana Loureiro, Mickael Hedde

Source: Soil Organisms, Vol 96, Iss 3 (2024)

Subject Terms: functional traits, soil fauna, functional ecology, community ecology, terminology, Microbiology, QR1-502, Zoology, QL1-991

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Relation: https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/431; https://doaj.org/toc/1864-6417; https://doaj.org/toc/2509-9523

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Functional structure of the natural enemy community of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda in the Americas

Authors: Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Komivi S. Akutse, Divina M. Amalin, Salah-Eddin Araj, Gloria Barrera, Marie Joy B. Beltran, Ibtissem Ben Fekih, Paul-André Calatayud, Lizette Cicero, Marcellin C. Cokola, Yelitza C. Colmenarez, Kenza Dessauvages, Thomas Dubois, Léna Durocher-Granger, Carlos Espinel, José L. Fernández-Triana, Frederic Francis, Juliana Gómez, Khalid Haddi, Rhett D. Harrison, Muhammad Haseeb, Natasha S.A. Iwanicki, Lara R. Jaber, Fathiya M. Khamis, Jesusa C. Legaspi, Refugio J. Lomeli-Flores, Rogerio B. Lopes, Baoqian Lyu, James Montoya-Lerma, Tung D. Nguyen, Ihsan Nurkomar, Jermaine D. Perier, Gabor Pozsgai, Ricardo Ramírez-Romero, Annmarie S. Robinson-Baker, Francisco J. Sanchez-Garcia, Luis C. Silveira, Larisner Simeon, Leellen F. Solter, Oscar F. Santos-Amaya, Wagner de Souza Tavares, Rogelio Trabanino, Carlos Vásquez, Zhenying Wang, Ana P.G.S. Wengrat, Lian-Sheng Zang, Wei Zhang, Kennedy J. Zimba, Kongming Wu, Maged Elkahky

Source: Biological Control, Vol 198, Iss , Pp 105640- (2024)

Subject Terms: Biodiversity conservation, Agroecology, Ecological intensification, Functional ecology, Species richness, Biodiversity – ecosystem functioning, Agriculture, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964424002056; https://doaj.org/toc/1049-9644

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Unveiling marine plastic degraders through DNA-stable isotope probing

Authors: Odobel, C. ^a, Jacquin, J. ^a, Saint Picq, C. ^a, Hingant, M. ^a, Lemechko, P. ^b, Thomas, T. ^b, Eyheraguibel, B. ^c, Cébron, A. ^d, ter Halle, A. ^e, Barbe, V. ^f, Bruzaud, S. ^b, Ghiglione, JF ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Hazardous Materials 15 June 2025 490

Surviving in a Warmer Marine World: A Study on the Impact of Thermal Effluent on Posidonia oceanica Meadows and Associated Fish Assemblages in the Maltese Islands

Authors: Alessio Marrone, Alessandro Rinaldi, Valeria Montalto, Adam Gauci, Francesca Ape, Henri Ringeard, Marco Spoto, Marco Martinez, Emanuela Claudia La Marca, Simone Mirto, Alan Deidun

Source: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 475 (2025)

Subject Terms: climate change, thermal pollution, functional ecology, seagrass, fish community, Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering, VM1-989, Oceanography, GC1-1581

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/3/475; https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1312

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A novel framework to generate plant functional groups for ecological modelling

Authors: M. Calbi, G. Boenisch, I. Boulangeat, D. Bunker, J.A. Catford, A. Changenet, V. Culshaw, A.S. Dias, T. Hauck, J. Joschinski, J. Kattge, A. Mimet, M. Pianta, P. Poschlod, W.W. Weisser, E. Roccotiello

Source: Ecological Indicators, Vol 166, Iss , Pp 112370- (2024)

Subject Terms: Functional ecology, Ecological niche, Hybrid dynamic models, Plant functional types, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X24008276; https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160X

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Stable body sizes in soil nematodes across altitudes: The role of intrageneric variation in community assembly

Authors: Teng Li, Xianping Li, Lingyun Zheng, Huixin Li

Source: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 14, Iss 7, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)

Subject Terms: altitude gradient, body size, community assembly, functional ecology, intraspecific variability, soil nematodes, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Changes in functional plant groups on burned abandoned agricultural fields in the Mediterranean environment (Croatia)

Authors: Ivana VITASOVIĆ-KOSIĆ, Željka ZGORELEC, Josip JURAČAK, Ivica KISIĆ

Source: Journal of Central European Agriculture, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 255-274 (2024)

Subject Terms: functional ecology, induced fire, sustainable agriculture, mediterranean region, biodiversity, Agriculture

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Relation: https://jcea.agr.hr/articles/771718_Changes_in_functional_plant_groups_on_burned_abandoned_agricultural_fields_in_the_Mediterranean_environment_(Croatia)_en.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1332-9049

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Herbivorous Reef Fish Interaction with the Habitat and Physicochemical Variables in Coral Ecosystems in the Mexican Tropical Pacific

Authors: Diana Morales-de-Anda, Amílcar Leví Cupul-Magaña, Consuelo María Aguilar-Betancourt, Gaspar González-Sansón, Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez-Zaragoza, Alma Paola Rodríguez-Troncoso

Source: Oceans, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 21-37 (2024)

Subject Terms: traits, functional ecology, RLQ, reefs, Oceanography, GC1-1581

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-1924/5/1/2; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-1924

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Bootstrapping outperforms community‐weighted approaches for estimating the shapes of phenotypic distributions

Authors: Brian S. Maitner, Aud H. Halbritter, Richard J. Telford, Tanya Strydom, Julia Chacon, Christine Lamanna, Lindsey L. Sloat, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Julie Messier, Nick Rasmussen, Francesco Pomati, Ewa Merz, Vigdis Vandvik, Brian J. Enquist

Source: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 14, Iss 10, Pp 2592-2610 (2023)

Subject Terms: body size, community ecology, community‐weighted mean, functional ecology, functional traits, nonparametric bootstrapping, Ecology, QH540-549.5, Evolution, QH359-425

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2041-210X

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Marine protected areas are a useful tool to protect coral reef fishes but not representative to conserve their functional role

Authors: Hernández-Andreu, Ramón ^{a, b, c, ∗}, Félix-Hackradt, Fabiana C. ^a, Schiavetti, Alexandre ^c, S. Texeira, Jessyca L. ^{a, b, 1}, Hackradt, Carlos W. ^a

Source: In Journal of Environmental Management February 2024 351

Assembly processes and functional diversity of marine protists and their rare biosphere

Authors: Pierre Ramond, Raffaele Siano, Marc Sourisseau, Ramiro Logares

Source: Environmental Microbiome, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)

Subject Terms: Community assembly, Rare biosphere, Marine protists, Community ecology, Functional ecology, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2524-6372

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Planting density and mechanical site preparation effects on understory composition, functional diversity and planted black spruce growth in boreal forests

Authors: Amira Fetouab, Nicole J. Fenton, Nelson Thiffault, Martin Barrette

Source: Silva Fennica, Vol 58, Iss 2 (2024)

Subject Terms: silviculture, paludification, reforestation, plantation establishment, community ecology, functional ecology, Forestry, SD1-669.5

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Relation: https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/23029; https://doaj.org/toc/2242-4075

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Fire reduces taxonomic and functional diversity in Neotropical moist seasonally flooded forests

Authors: María Constanza Meza, Josep María Espelta, Tania Marisol González, Dolors Armenteras

Source: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 101-111 (2023)

Subject Terms: Biodiversity loss, Forest resilience, Wildfire, Functional Ecology, Orinoco basin, Ecology, QH540-549.5, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, QH1-199.5

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064423000275; https://doaj.org/toc/2530-0644

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Functional diversity of shredders, not species richness, drives the decomposition rate of leaf litter in ponds

Authors: Vladimíra Dekanová, Milan Novikmec, Ivana Svitková, Marek Svitok

Source: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11 (2023)

Subject Terms: breakdown rate, functional ecology, body size, detritivore diversity, Alnus glutinosa, Evolution, QH359-425, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1286672/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-701X

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