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Stringer EJ, Gruber B, Sarre SD, Wardle GM, Edwards SV, Dickman CR, Greenville AC, Duncan RP. Boom-bust population dynamics drive rapid genetic change. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2320590121. [PMID: 38621118 PMCID: PMC11067018 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320590121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Increasing environmental threats and more extreme environmental perturbations place species at risk of population declines, with associated loss of genetic diversity and evolutionary potential. While theory shows that rapid population declines can cause loss of genetic diversity, populations in some environments, like Australia's arid zone, are repeatedly subject to major population fluctuations yet persist and appear able to maintain genetic diversity. Here, we use repeated population sampling over 13 y and genotype-by-sequencing of 1903 individuals to investigate the genetic consequences of repeated population fluctuations in two small mammals in the Australian arid zone. The sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis) experiences marked boom-bust population dynamics in response to the highly variable desert environment. We show that heterozygosity levels declined, and population differentiation (FST) increased, during bust periods when populations became small and isolated, but that heterozygosity was rapidly restored during episodic population booms. In contrast, the lesser hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni), a desert marsupial that maintains relatively stable population sizes, showed no linear declines in heterozygosity. These results reveal two contrasting ways in which genetic diversity is maintained in highly variable environments. In one species, diversity is conserved through the maintenance of stable population sizes across time. In the other species, diversity is conserved through rapid genetic mixing during population booms that restores heterozygosity lost during population busts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Emily J. Stringer
- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, CanberraACT2617, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, CanberraACT2617, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, CanberraACT2617, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, SydneyNSW2006, Australia
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, SydneyNSW2006, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, SydneyNSW2006, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, CanberraACT2617, Australia
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Eldridge DJ, Ding J, Dorrough J, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Sala O, Gross N, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Mallen-Cooper M, Saiz H, Asensio S, Ochoa V, Gozalo B, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Martínez-Valderrama J, Plaza C, Abedi M, Ahmadian N, Ahumada RJ, Alcántara JM, Amghar F, Azevedo L, Ben Salem F, Berdugo M, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker M, Bran D, Bu C, Canessa R, Castillo-Monroy AP, Castro I, Castro-Quezada P, Cesarz S, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Davila YC, Deák B, Díaz-Martínez P, Donoso DA, Dougill AD, Durán J, Eisenhauer N, Ejtehadi H, Espinosa CI, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Foronda A, Franzese J, Fraser LH, Gaitán J, Geissler K, Gonzalez SL, Gusman-Montalvan E, Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Hughes FM, Jadan O, Jentsch A, Ju M, Kaseke KF, Köbel M, Lehmann A, Liancourt P, Linstädter A, Louw MA, Ma Q, Mabaso M, Maggs-Kölling G, Makhalanyane TP, Issa OM, Marais E, McClaran M, Mendoza B, Mokoka V, Mora JP, Moreno G, Munson S, Nunes A, Oliva G, Oñatibia GR, Osborne B, Peter G, Pierre M, Pueyo Y, Emiliano Quiroga R, Reed S, Rey A, Rey P, Gómez VMR, Rolo V, Rillig MC, le Roux PC, Ruppert JC, Salah A, Sebei PJ, Sharkhuu A, Stavi I, Stephens C, Teixido AL, Thomas AD, Tielbörger K, Robles ST, Travers S, Valkó O, van den Brink L, Velbert F, von Heßberg A, Wamiti W, Wang D, Wang L, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Zaady E, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Maestre FT. Author Correction: Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nat Plants 2024:10.1038/s41477-024-01708-w. [PMID: 38689079 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01708-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- David J Eldridge
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Planning and Environment, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
- Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Schools of Life Sciences, School of Sustainability, and Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Ecosystème Prairial, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería y Morfología del Terreno, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA), CSIC, Campus UAL, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Valle Viejo, Argentina
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra de Andalucía, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité, Biotechnologie, Environnement et Développement Durable (Biodev), Université M'hamed Bougara de Boumerdès, Boumerdès, Algeria
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Eremology and Combating Desertification (LR16IRA01), IRA, Institut des Régions Arides Medenine, Medenine, Tunisia
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- Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, China
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Evolutiva en los Trópicos-EETROP- Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos (IDECYT), Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Ecología Forestal y Agroecosistemas, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carrera de Agronomía, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Laboratory of Eremology and Combating Desertification (LR16IRA01), IRA, Institut des Régions Arides Medenine, Medenine, Tunisia
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- HUN-REN 'Lendület' Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Evolutiva en los Trópicos-EETROP- Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Pontevedra, Spain
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3), Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Veterinary Faculty, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Investigaciones de Ecología en Ambientes Antropizados, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Universidad Nacional de Luján-CONICET, Luján, Argentina
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina
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- Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos (IDECYT), Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Grupo de Ecología Forestal y Agroecosistemas, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carrera de Agronomía, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, China
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, SU/IRD/CNRS/INRAE/UPEC, Bondy, France
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- Gobabeb - Namib Research Institute, Walvis Bay, Namibia
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre, University of Limpopo, Mankweng, South Africa
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3), Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- INDEHESA, Forestry School, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Moab, UT, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Atlántica, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), CONICET, Viedma, Argentina
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- Normandie Universite, Unirouen, Inrae, Ecodiv, Rouen, France
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE, CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Valle Viejo, Argentina
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, USA
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra de Andalucía, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- INDEHESA, Forestry School, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Mara Research Station, Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Makhado, South Africa
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- Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Yotvata, Israel
- Eilat Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat, Israel
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geography and Earth Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Atlántica, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), CONICET, Viedma, Argentina
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- HUN-REN 'Lendület' Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indiana University Indianapolis (IUI), Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Natural Resources, Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Plant Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Kaye College of Education, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Eldridge DJ, Ding J, Dorrough J, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Sala O, Gross N, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Mallen-Cooper M, Saiz H, Asensio S, Ochoa V, Gozalo B, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Martínez-Valderrama J, Plaza C, Abedi M, Ahmadian N, Ahumada RJ, Alcántara JM, Amghar F, Azevedo L, Ben Salem F, Berdugo M, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker M, Bran D, Bu C, Canessa R, Castillo-Monroy AP, Castro I, Castro-Quezada P, Cesarz S, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Davila YC, Deák B, Díaz-Martínez P, Donoso DA, Dougill AD, Durán J, Eisenhauer N, Ejtehadi H, Espinosa CI, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Foronda A, Franzese J, Fraser LH, Gaitán J, Geissler K, Gonzalez SL, Gusman-Montalvan E, Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Hughes FM, Jadan O, Jentsch A, Ju M, Kaseke KF, Köbel M, Lehmann A, Liancourt P, Linstädter A, Louw MA, Ma Q, Mabaso M, Maggs-Kölling G, Makhalanyane TP, Issa OM, Marais E, McClaran M, Mendoza B, Mokoka V, Mora JP, Moreno G, Munson S, Nunes A, Oliva G, Oñatibia GR, Osborne B, Peter G, Pierre M, Pueyo Y, Emiliano Quiroga R, Reed S, Rey A, Rey P, Gómez VMR, Rolo V, Rillig MC, le Roux PC, Ruppert JC, Salah A, Sebei PJ, Sharkhuu A, Stavi I, Stephens C, Teixido AL, Thomas AD, Tielbörger K, Robles ST, Travers S, Valkó O, van den Brink L, Velbert F, von Heßberg A, Wamiti W, Wang D, Wang L, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Zaady E, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Maestre FT. Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nat Plants 2024:10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7. [PMID: 38609675 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
Abstract
Perennial plants create productive and biodiverse hotspots, known as fertile islands, beneath their canopies. These hotspots largely determine the structure and functioning of drylands worldwide. Despite their ubiquity, the factors controlling fertile islands under conditions of contrasting grazing by livestock, the most prevalent land use in drylands, remain virtually unknown. Here we evaluated the relative importance of grazing pressure and herbivore type, climate and plant functional traits on 24 soil physical and chemical attributes that represent proxies of key ecosystem services related to decomposition, soil fertility, and soil and water conservation. To do this, we conducted a standardized global survey of 288 plots at 88 sites in 25 countries worldwide. We show that aridity and plant traits are the major factors associated with the magnitude of plant effects on fertile islands in grazed drylands worldwide. Grazing pressure had little influence on the capacity of plants to support fertile islands. Taller and wider shrubs and grasses supported stronger island effects. Stable and functional soils tended to be linked to species-rich sites with taller plants. Together, our findings dispel the notion that grazing pressure or herbivore type are linked to the formation or intensification of fertile islands in drylands. Rather, our study suggests that changes in aridity, and processes that alter island identity and therefore plant traits, will have marked effects on how perennial plants support and maintain the functioning of drylands in a more arid and grazed world.
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Affiliation(s)
- David J Eldridge
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
| | - Josh Dorrough
- Department of Planning and Environment, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
- Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Schools of Life Sciences, School of Sustainability, and Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Ecosystème Prairial, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería y Morfología del Terreno, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA), CSIC, Campus UAL, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Valle Viejo, Argentina
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra de Andalucía, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité, Biotechnologie, Environnement et Développement Durable (Biodev), Université M'hamed Bougara de Boumerdès, Boumerdès, Algeria
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Eremology and Combating Desertification (LR16IRA01), IRA, Institut des Régions Arides Medenine, Medenine, Tunisia
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- Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, China
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Evolutiva en los Trópicos-EETROP- Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos (IDECYT), Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Ecología Forestal y Agroecosistemas, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carrera de Agronomía, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Laboratory of Eremology and Combating Desertification (LR16IRA01), IRA, Institut des Régions Arides Medenine, Medenine, Tunisia
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- HUN-REN 'Lendület' Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Evolutiva en los Trópicos-EETROP- Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Pontevedra, Spain
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3), Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Veterinary Faculty, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Investigaciones de Ecología en Ambientes Antropizados, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Universidad Nacional de Luján-CONICET, Luján, Argentina
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina
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- Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos (IDECYT), Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Grupo de Ecología Forestal y Agroecosistemas, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carrera de Agronomía, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, China
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, SU/IRD/CNRS/INRAE/UPEC, Bondy, France
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- Gobabeb - Namib Research Institute, Walvis Bay, Namibia
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre, University of Limpopo, Mankweng, South Africa
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3), Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- INDEHESA, Forestry School, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Moab, UT, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Atlántica, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), CONICET, Viedma, Argentina
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- Normandie Universite, Unirouen, Inrae, Ecodiv, Rouen, France
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE, CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Valle Viejo, Argentina
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, USA
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra de Andalucía, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- INDEHESA, Forestry School, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Mara Research Station, Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Makhado, South Africa
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- Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Yotvata, Israel
- Eilat Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat, Israel
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geography and Earth Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Atlántica, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), CONICET, Viedma, Argentina
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- HUN-REN 'Lendület' Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indiana University Indianapolis (IUI), Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Natural Resources, Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Plant Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Kaye College of Education, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dinnage R, Sarre SD, Duncan RP, Dickman CR, Edwards SV, Greenville AC, Wardle GM, Gruber B. slimr: An R package for tailor-made integrations of data in population genomic simulations over space and time. Mol Ecol Resour 2024; 24:e13916. [PMID: 38124500 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
Abstract
Software for realistically simulating complex population genomic processes is revolutionizing our understanding of evolutionary processes, and providing novel opportunities for integrating empirical data with simulations. However, the integration between standalone simulation software and R is currently not well developed. Here, we present slimr, an R package designed to create a seamless link between standalone software SLiM >3.0, one of the most powerful population genomic simulation frameworks, and the R development environment, with its powerful data manipulation and analysis tools. We show how slimr facilitates smooth integration between genetic data, ecological data and simulation in a single environment. The package enables pipelines that begin with data reading, cleaning and manipulation, proceed to constructing empirically based parameters and initial conditions for simulations, then to running numerical simulations and finally to retrieving simulation results in a format suitable for comparisons with empirical data - aided by advanced analysis and visualization tools provided by R. We demonstrate the use of slimr with an example from our own work on the landscape population genomics of desert mammals, highlighting the advantage of having a single integrated tool for both data analysis and simulation. slimr makes the powerful simulation ability of SLiM directly accessible to R users, allowing integrated simulation projects that incorporate empirical data without the need to switch between software environments. This should provide more opportunities for evolutionary biologists and ecologists to use realistic simulations to better understand the interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes.
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- Russell Dinnage
- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Smith MD, Wilkins KD, Holdrege MC, Wilfahrt P, Collins SL, Knapp AK, Sala OE, Dukes JS, Phillips RP, Yahdjian L, Gherardi LA, Ohlert T, Beier C, Fraser LH, Jentsch A, Loik ME, Maestre FT, Power SA, Yu Q, Felton AJ, Munson SM, Luo Y, Abdoli H, Abedi M, Alados CL, Alberti J, Alon M, An H, Anacker B, Anderson M, Auge H, Bachle S, Bahalkeh K, Bahn M, Batbaatar A, Bauerle T, Beard KH, Behn K, Beil I, Biancari L, Blindow I, Bondaruk VF, Borer ET, Bork EW, Bruschetti CM, Byrne KM, Cahill Jr. JF, Calvo DA, Carbognani M, Cardoni A, Carlyle CN, Castillo-Garcia M, Chang SX, Chieppa J, Cianciaruso MV, Cohen O, Cordeiro AL, Cusack DF, Dahlke S, Daleo P, D'Antonio CM, Dietterich LH, S. Doherty T, Dubbert M, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Fischer FM, Forte TGW, Gebauer T, Gozalo B, Greenville AC, Guidoni-Martins KG, Hannusch HJ, Vatsø Haugum S, Hautier Y, Hefting M, Henry HAL, Hoss D, Ingrisch J, Iribarne O, Isbell F, Johnson Y, Jordan S, Kelly EF, Kimmel K, Kreyling J, Kröel-Dulay G, Kröpfl A, Kübert A, Kulmatiski A, Lamb EG, Larsen KS, Larson J, Lawson J, Leder CV, Linstädter A, Liu J, Liu S, Lodge AG, Longo G, Loydi A, Luan J, Curtis Lubbe F, Macfarlane C, Mackie-Haas K, Malyshev AV, Maturano-Ruiz A, Merchant T, Metcalfe DB, Mori AS, Mudongo E, Newman GS, Nielsen UN, Nimmo D, Niu Y, Nobre P, O'Connor RC, Ogaya R, Oñatibia GR, Orbán I, Osborne B, Otfinowski R, Pärtel M, Penuelas J, Peri PL, Peter G, Petraglia A, Picon-Cochard C, Pillar VD, Piñeiro-Guerra JM, Ploughe LW, Plowes RM, Portales-Reyes C, Prober SM, Pueyo Y, Reed SC, Ritchie EG, Rodríguez DA, Rogers WE, Roscher C, Sánchez AM, Santos BA, Cecilia Scarfó M, Seabloom EW, Shi B, Souza L, Stampfli A, Standish RJ, Sternberg M, Sun W, Sünnemann M, Tedder M, Thorvaldsen P, Tian D, Tielbörger K, Valdecantos A, van den Brink L, Vandvik V, Vankoughnett MR, Guri Velle L, Wang C, Wang Y, Wardle GM, Werner C, Wei C, Wiehl G, Williams JL, Wolf AA, Zeiter M, Zhang F, Zhu J, Zong N, Zuo X. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2309881120. [PMID: 38190514 PMCID: PMC10823251 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309881120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of short-term (~1 y) drought events-the most common duration of drought-globally. Yet the impact of this intensification of drought on ecosystem functioning remains poorly resolved. This is due in part to the widely disparate approaches ecologists have employed to study drought, variation in the severity and duration of drought studied, and differences among ecosystems in vegetation, edaphic and climatic attributes that can mediate drought impacts. To overcome these problems and better identify the factors that modulate drought responses, we used a coordinated distributed experiment to quantify the impact of short-term drought on grassland and shrubland ecosystems. With a standardized approach, we imposed ~a single year of drought at 100 sites on six continents. Here we show that loss of a foundational ecosystem function-aboveground net primary production (ANPP)-was 60% greater at sites that experienced statistically extreme drought (1-in-100-y event) vs. those sites where drought was nominal (historically more common) in magnitude (35% vs. 21%, respectively). This reduction in a key carbon cycle process with a single year of extreme drought greatly exceeds previously reported losses for grasslands and shrublands. Our global experiment also revealed high variability in drought response but that relative reductions in ANPP were greater in drier ecosystems and those with fewer plant species. Overall, our results demonstrate with unprecedented rigor that the global impacts of projected increases in drought severity have been significantly underestimated and that drier and less diverse sites are likely to be most vulnerable to extreme drought.
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- Melinda D. Smith
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
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- Department of Wildland Resource and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT84322
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN55108
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM87131
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
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- School of Life Sciences, Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85281
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- Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA94305
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresC1417DSE, Argentina
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C1958, Denmark
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BCV2C 0C8, Canada
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- Department of Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth95447, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA95064
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW2751, Australia
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- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing100083, China
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- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT59717
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ86001
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- Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor46417-76489, Iran
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor46417-76489, Iran
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza50059, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del PlataB7600WAG, Argentina
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv69978, Israel
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan750021, China
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- City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Boulder, CO80301
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN55108
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- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle06120, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig04103, Germany
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS66506
- LI-COR Biosciences, 4647 Superior Street, Lincoln, NE68505
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor46417-76489, Iran
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck6020, Austria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2E9, Canada
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2P5, Canada
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- Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853
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- Department of Wildland Resource and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT84322
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Department of Plant Nutrition, University of Bonn, Bonn53115, Germany
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- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, University of Greifswald, GreifswaldD-17498, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresC1417DSE, Argentina
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- Biological Station of Hiddensee, Department of Biology, University of Greifswald, KlosterD-18565, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresC1417DSE, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN55108
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2P5, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del PlataB7600WAG, Argentina
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA95521
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2E9, Canada
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), Sede Atlántica–CONICET, Viedma8500, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, ParmaI-43124, Italy
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del PlataB7600WAG, Argentina
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2P5, Canada
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza50059, Spain
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2E3, Canada
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW2751, Australia
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv69978, Israel
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
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- Biological Station of Hiddensee, Department of Biology, University of Greifswald, KlosterD-18565, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del PlataB7600WAG, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA93106
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS39180
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW2006, Australia
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- Isotope Biogeochemistry and GasFluxes, Leibniz-Zentrum fürAgrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF), Müncheberg15374, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena07743, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig04103, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig04103, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig04103, Germany
- Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universitat Valencia (UV) - Generalitat Valenciana (GV),Valencia46113, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, ParmaI-43124, Italy
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- Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, FreiburgD-79104, Germany
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW2006, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX77843
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen5007, Norway
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CH, Netherlands
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CH, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ONN6A 5B7, Canada
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig04103, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig04103, Germany
- Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre91501-970, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck6020, Austria
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del PlataB7600WAG, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN55108
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA95814
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- School of Life Sciences, Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85281
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523
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- Global Water Security Center, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL35487
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- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, University of Greifswald, GreifswaldD-17498, Germany
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- Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót2163, Hungary
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- Departamento de Gestión Agropecuaria, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Centro Universitario Regional Zona Atlántica, Viedma85009, Argentina
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- Ecosystem Physiology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg, Freiburg79110, Germany
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- Department of Wildland Resource and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT84322
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SKS7N5A8, Canada
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C1958, Denmark
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- Range and Meadow Forage Management Research, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Agricultural Research Service, Burns, OR97720
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- Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX78747
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), Sede Atlántica–CONICET, Viedma8500, Argentina
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- Department of Biodiversity Research and Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam14469, Germany
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- Prataculture Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haerbin150086, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing100091, China
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX77843
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- Programa de Posgrado en Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente–Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB58051-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida–CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur,Bahía Blanca8000FTN, Argentina
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- Institute of Resources and Environment, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration and Beijing for Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology, Beijing100102, China
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Environment, Wembley, WA6913, Australia
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences,Zollikofen3052, Switzerland
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- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, University of Greifswald, GreifswaldD-17498, Germany
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado,Boulder, CO80309
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, UmeåS-901 87, Sweden
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo,Meguro, Tokyo153-8904, Japan
- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama240-8501, Japan
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- Conservancy-Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, Seronga00000, Botswana
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK73019
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW2751, Australia
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- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW2640, Australia
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- Department of Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth95447, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO74690-900, Brazil
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- Range and Meadow Forage Management Research, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Agricultural Research Service, Burns, OR97720
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- Global Ecology Unit Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)-National Research Council (CSIC)-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), National Research Council (CSIC), Bellaterra, Catalonia08194, Spain
- Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia08193, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresC1417DSE, Argentina
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- Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót2163, Hungary
- Department of Biodiversity Research and Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam14469, Germany
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- Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Moab, UT84532
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- Department of Biology, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MBR3B 2E9, Canada
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, TartuEE50409, Estonia
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- Global Ecology Unit Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)-National Research Council (CSIC)-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), National Research Council (CSIC), Bellaterra, Catalonia08194, Spain
- Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia08193, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria–Universidad Nacional d ela Patagonia Austral–CONICET, Río Gallegos, Caleta OliviaZ9011, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), Sede Atlántica–CONICET, Viedma8500, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, ParmaI-43124, Italy
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, VetAgro Sup, Research Unit for Grassland Ecosystems, Clermont-Ferrand63000, France
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- Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre91501-970, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresC1417DSE, Argentina
- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada e Conservação, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB58051-900, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN47907
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- Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX78747
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Environment, Wembley, WA6913, Australia
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza50059, Spain
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT84532
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC3125, Australia
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida–CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur,Bahía Blanca8000FTN, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX77843
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig04103, Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig04318, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid28032, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB58051-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida–CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur,Bahía Blanca8000FTN, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN55108
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun130024, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK73019
- Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK73019
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences,Zollikofen3052, Switzerland
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern3013, Switzerland
- Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern3012, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern3013, Switzerland
- Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University,Murdoch, WA6150, Australia
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv69978, Israel
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun130024, China
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig04103, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig04103, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg3201, South Africa
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- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Department of Landscape and Biodiversity, Tjøtta8860, Norway
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100101, China
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen72076, Germany
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
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- Plant Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen72076, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen5007, Norway
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- Nova Scotia Community College, Annapolis Valley Campus, Applied Research, Middleton,NSB0S 1P0, Canada
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- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong030801, China
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- Institute of Resources and Environment, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration and Beijing for Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology, Beijing100102, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW2006, Australia
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- Ecosystem Physiology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg, Freiburg79110, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100093, China
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Environment, Wembley, WA6913, Australia
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- Department of Geography and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BCV6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences,Zollikofen3052, Switzerland
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern3013, Switzerland
- Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern3012, Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai810008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100101, China
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- Urat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou730000, China
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Hill P, Dickman CR, Dinnage R, Duncan RP, Edwards SV, Greenville A, Sarre SD, Stringer EJ, Wardle GM, Gruber B. Episodic population fragmentation and gene flow reveal a trade-off between heterozygosity and allelic richness. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:6766-6776. [PMID: 37873908 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
In episodic environments like deserts, populations of some animal species exhibit irregular fluctuations such that populations are alternately large and connected or small and isolated. Such dynamics are typically driven by periodic resource pulses due, for example, to large but infrequent rainfall events. The repeated population bottlenecks resulting from fragmentation should lower genetic diversity over time, yet species undergoing these fluctuations appear to maintain high levels of genetic diversity. To resolve this apparent paradox, we simulated a metapopulation of constant size undergoing repeat episodes of fragmentation and change in gene flow to mimic outcomes experienced by mammals in an Australian desert. We show that episodic fragmentation and gene flow have contrasting effects on two measures of genetic diversity: heterozygosity and allelic richness. Specifically, fragmentation into many, small subpopulations, coupled with periods of infrequent gene flow, preserves allelic richness at the expense of heterozygosity. In contrast, fragmentation into a few, large subpopulations maintains heterozygosity at the expense of allelic richness. The strength of the trade-off between heterozygosity and allelic richness depends on the amount of gene flow and the frequency of gene flow events. Our results imply that the type of genetic diversity maintained among species living in strongly fluctuating environments will depend on the way populations fragment, with our results highlighting different mechanisms for maintaining allelic richness and heterozygosity in small, fragmented populations.
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- Peta Hill
- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Tulloch AIT, Healy A, Silcock J, Wardle GM, Dickman CR, Frank ASK, Aubault H, Barton K, Greenville AC. Long-term livestock exclusion increases plant richness and reproductive capacity in arid woodlands. Ecol Appl 2023; 33:e2909. [PMID: 37602895 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Abstract
Herbivore exclusion is implemented globally to recover ecosystems from grazing by introduced and native herbivores, but evidence for large-scale biodiversity benefits is inconsistent in arid ecosystems. We examined the effects of livestock exclusion on dryland plant richness and reproductive capacity. We collected data on plant species richness and seeding (reproductive capacity), rainfall, vegetation productivity and cover, soil strength and herbivore grazing intensity from 68 sites across 6500 km2 of arid Georgina gidgee (Acacia georginae) woodlands in central Australia between 2018 and 2020. Sites were on an actively grazed cattle station and two destocked conservation reserves. We used structural equation modeling to examine indirect (via soil or vegetation modification) versus direct (herbivory) effects of grazing intensity by two introduced herbivores (cattle, camels) and a native herbivore (red kangaroo), on seasonal plant species richness and seeding of all plants, and the richness and seeding of four plant groups (native grasses, forbs, annual chenopod shrubs, and palatable perennial shrubs). Non-native herbivores had a strong indirect effect on plant richness and seeding by reducing vegetative ground cover, resulting in decreased richness and seeding of native grasses and forbs. Herbivores also had small but negative direct impacts on plant richness and seeding. This direct effect was explained by reductions in annual chenopod and palatable perennial shrub richness under grazing activity. Responses to grazing were herbivore-dependent; introduced herbivore grazing reduced native plant richness and seeding, while native herbivore grazing had no significant effect on richness or seeding of different plant functional groups. Soil strength decreased under grazing by cattle but not camels or kangaroos. Cattle had direct effects on palatable perennial shrub richness and seeding, whereas camels had indirect effects, reducing richness and seeding by reducing the abundance of shrubs. We show that considering indirect pathways improves evaluations of the effects of disturbances on biodiversity, as focusing only on direct effects can mask critical mechanisms of change. Our results indicate substantial biodiversity benefits from excluding livestock and controlling camels in drylands. Reducing introduced herbivore impacts will improve soil and vegetation condition, ensure reproduction and seasonal persistence of species, and protect native plant diversity.
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- Ayesha I T Tulloch
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Biology and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Pilungah Reserve, Bush Heritage Australia, Boulia, Queensland, Australia
- School of Agriculture, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
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- Ethabuka Reserve, Bush Heritage Australia, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia
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- Ethabuka Reserve, Bush Heritage Australia, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Maestre FT, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Eldridge DJ, Saiz H, Berdugo M, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Gaitán JJ, Asensio S, Mendoza BJ, Plaza C, Díaz-Martínez P, Rey A, Hu HW, He JZ, Wang JT, Lehmann A, Rillig MC, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Martínez-Valderrama J, Moreno-Jiménez E, Sala O, Abedi M, Ahmadian N, Alados CL, Aramayo V, Amghar F, Arredondo T, Ahumada RJ, Bahalkeh K, Ben Salem F, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker MA, Bran D, Bu C, Canessa R, Castillo-Monroy AP, Castro H, Castro I, Castro-Quezada P, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Currier CM, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Deák B, Donoso DA, Dougill AJ, Durán J, Erdenetsetseg B, Espinosa CI, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Ferrante D, Frank ASK, Fraser LH, Gherardi LA, Greenville AC, Guerra CA, Gusmán-Montalvan E, Hernández-Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Huber-Sannwald E, Hughes FM, Jadán-Maza O, Jeltsch F, Jentsch A, Kaseke KF, Köbel M, Koopman JE, Leder CV, Linstädter A, le Roux PC, Li X, Liancourt P, Liu J, Louw MA, Maggs-Kölling G, Makhalanyane TP, Issa OM, Manzaneda AJ, Marais E, Mora JP, Moreno G, Munson SM, Nunes A, Oliva G, Oñatibia GR, Peter G, Pivari MOD, Pueyo Y, Quiroga RE, Rahmanian S, Reed SC, Rey PJ, Richard B, Rodríguez A, Rolo V, Rubalcaba JG, Ruppert JC, Salah A, Schuchardt MA, Spann S, Stavi I, Stephens CRA, Swemmer AM, Teixido AL, Thomas AD, Throop HL, Tielbörger K, Travers S, Val J, Valkó O, van den Brink L, Ayuso SV, Velbert F, Wamiti W, Wang D, Wang L, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Zaady E, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Singh BK, Gross N. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science 2022; 378:915-920. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abq4062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and species-poor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fernando T. Maestre
- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef,” Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
- Unidad Asociada CSIC-UPO (BioFun), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Planning and Environment, c/o Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institut de Biología Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef,” Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef,” Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef,” Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería y Morfología del Terreno, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Instituto de Suelos-CNIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de Luján, Departamento de Tecnología, Luján, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef,” Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef,” Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran Province, Iran
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran Province, Iran
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche, Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Laboratoire de Recherche: Biodiversité, Biotechnologie, Environnement et Développement Durable (BioDev), Faculté des Sciences, Université M’hamed Bougara de Boumerdès, Boumerdès, Algérie
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- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C., San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina
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- Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran Province, Iran
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- Laboratory of Range Ecology, Institut des Régions Arides (IRA), Médenine, Tunisia
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- University of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche, Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Ecological Plant Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Plant Ecology Group, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez (UNESR), Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos (IDECYT), Centro de Estudios de Agroecología Tropical (CEDAT), Miranda, Venezuela
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- Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica, Grupo de Agroforestería, Manejo y Conservación del paisaje, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Laboratory of Range Ecology, Institut des Régions Arides (IRA), Médenine, Tunisia
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- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Bahia, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Departamento de Biología, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Misión Biolóxica de Galicia, CSIC, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3), Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Department of Range and Watershed Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria EEA Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
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- School of Agriculture, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin-Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez (UNESR), Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos (IDECYT), Centro de Estudios de Agroecología Tropical (CEDAT), Miranda, Venezuela
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Bahia, Brazil
- Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA), Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica, Grupo de Agroforestería, Manejo y Conservación del paisaje, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
- University of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Microbiome@UP, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Atlántica, CEANPa, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany Group, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Plant Ecology Group, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
- Botany Department, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Microbiome@UP, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institut d’Écologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris (iEES-Paris), Sorbonne Université, IRD, CNRS, INRAE, Université Paris Est Creteil, Université de Paris, Centre IRD de France Nord, Bondy, France
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Gobabeb-Namib Research Institute, Walvis Bay, Namibia
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3), Vicerrectoría Académica, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Forestry School, INDEHESA, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria EEA Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Atlántica, CEANPa, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE, CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina
- Cátedra de Manejo de Pastizales Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina
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- Department of Range and Watershed Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Forest Engineering, Forest Management Planning and Terrestrial Measurements, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, USA
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Forestry School, INDEHESA, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- Plant Ecology Group, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Yotvata, Israel
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Phalaborwa, Kruger National Park, South Africa
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- Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
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- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Science Division, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, New South Wales Government, Buronga, New South Wales, Australia
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- Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Natural Resources, Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Plant Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Mobile Post Negev, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Ecosystème Prairial, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Verhoeven E, Wardle GM, Roth GW, Greenville AC. Characterising the spatiotemporal dynamics of drought and wet events in Australia. Sci Total Environ 2022; 846:157480. [PMID: 35868391 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Global climate change has altered precipitation patterns and disrupted the characteristics of drought and rainfall events. Climate projections confirm that more frequent, intense, and extreme droughts and rainfall events will continue. However, knowledge around how drought and wet events move dynamically through space and time is limited, especially in the southern hemisphere. Australia is the driest inhabited continent, renowned as the land of droughts and flooding rains, but recent climate-driven changes to the severity of wildfires and floods have garnered global attention. Here we used S-TRACK, a novel method for spatial drought tracking, to build pathways for past drought and wet events in Australia to examine their spatiotemporal dynamics. Characteristics such as duration, severity, and intensity were obtained from these pathways, and modified Mann-Kendall tests and Sen's slope were used to detect significant trends in characteristics over time. Drought conditions in southern Australia have intensified, particularly in the southwest of Australia and Tasmania, while the north of the country is experiencing longer, more severe, and more intense wet conditions. We also found that the location of drought and wet hotspots has clearly shifted in response to precipitation changes since the 1970's. Finally, pathways for the most extreme events show peak severity is reached in the middle to late stages of pathways, and that the largest drought and wet areas of a pathway have moved further west in recent times. The findings in this study provide the necessary knowledge to improve preparedness for extreme precipitation events as they become more common and to inform predictions for agricultural output or the extent of other climate events such as wildfires and flooding.
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- Elise Verhoeven
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Ladouceur E, Blowes SA, Chase JM, Clark AT, Garbowski M, Alberti J, Arnillas CA, Bakker JD, Barrio IC, Bharath S, Borer ET, Brudvig LA, Cadotte MW, Chen Q, Collins SL, Dickman CR, Donohue I, Du G, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Fay PA, Hagenah N, Hautier Y, Jentsch A, Jónsdóttir IS, Komatsu K, MacDougall A, Martina JP, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Peri PL, Power S, Ren Z, Risch AC, Roscher C, Schuchardt M, Seabloom EW, Stevens CJ, Veen G(C, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wilfahrt PA, Harpole WS. Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:2699-2712. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.14126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Emma Ladouceur
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig Germany
- Department of Biology University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Computer Science Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Computer Science Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Computer Science Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Biology Karl‐Franzens University of Graz Styria Austria
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig Germany
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Mar del Plata Argentina
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough Toronto Ontario Canada
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences Agricultural University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science Peking University Beijing China
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- Department of Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico USA
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Zoology Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland
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- School of Life Sciences Lanzhou University Gansu China
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution Friedrich‐Schiller University Jena Jena Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Biology Martin Luther University Halle—Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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- USDA‐ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Lab Temple Texas USA
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Edgewater Maryland USA
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- Dept of Integrative Biology University of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biology Texas State University San Marcos Texas USA
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- Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Heidelberg Victoria Australia
- School of Biological Sciences Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria Australia
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- National Institute of Agricultural Research (INTA) Southern Patagonia National University (UNPA) CONICET Santa Cruz Argentina
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith New South Wales Australia
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- School of Life Sciences Lanzhou University Gansu China
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Community Ecology Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig Germany
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- Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota USA
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen the Netherlands
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Leipzig‐Halle‐Jena Leipzig Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Biology Martin Luther University Halle—Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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Gibb H, Wardle GM, Greenville AC, Grossman BF, Dickman CR. Top-down response to spatial variation in productivity and bottom-up response to temporal variation in productivity in a long-term study of desert ants. Biol Lett 2022; 18:20220314. [PMID: 36102012 PMCID: PMC9471271 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Under the Ecosystem Exploitation Hypothesis ecosystem productivity predicts trophic complexity, but it is unclear if spatial and temporal drivers of productivity have similar impacts. Long-term studies are necessary to capture temporal impacts on trophic structure in variable ecosystems such as deserts. We sampled ants and measured plant resources in the Simpson Desert, central Australia over a 22-year period, during which rainfall varied 10-fold. We sampled dune swales (higher nutrient) and crests (lower nutrient) to account for spatial variation in productivity. We asked how temporal and spatial variation in productivity affects the abundance of ant trophic guilds. Precipitation increased vegetation cover, with the difference more pronounced on dune crests; seeding and flowering also increased with precipitation. Generalist activity increased over time, irrespective of productivity. Predators were more active in more productive (swale) habitat, i.e. spatial impacts of productivity were greatest at the highest trophic level. By contrast, herbivores (seed harvesters and sugar feeders) increased with long-term rainfall; seed harvesters also increased as seeding increased. Temporal impacts of productivity were therefore greatest for low trophic levels. Whether productivity variation leads to top-down or bottom-up structured ecosystems thus depends on the scale and dimension (spatial or temporal) of productivity.
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- Heloise Gibb
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution and Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences A08, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences A08, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution and Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences A08, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Lewis ASL, Rollinson CR, Allyn AJ, Ashander J, Brodie S, Brookson CB, Collins E, Dietze MC, Gallinat AS, Juvigny‐Khenafou N, Koren G, McGlinn DJ, Moustahfid H, Peters JA, Record NR, Robbins CJ, Tonkin J, Wardle GM. The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory. Methods Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Patuxent Research Refuge Laurel MD USA
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- Institute of Marine Science University of California Santa Cruz Monterey CA USA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monterey CA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton AB Canada
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- Center for Geospatial Analytics North Carolina State University Raleigh NC USA
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- Department of Earth & Environment Boston University Boston MA United States
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- iES—Institute for Environmental Sciences University of Koblenz‐Landau Landau i. d. Pfalz Germany
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research Baylor University Waco TX USA
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
- Te Pūnaha Matatini, Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems New Zealand
- Bioprotection Aotearoa, Centre of Research Excellence New Zealand
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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van Etten EJB, Brooks ML, Greenville AC, Wardle GM. Editorial: Fire regimes in desert ecosystems: Drivers, impacts and changes. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.968031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Price JN, Sitters J, Ohlert T, Tognetti PM, Brown CS, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Prober SM, Bakker ES, MacDougall AS, Yahdjian L, Gruner DS, Olde Venterink H, Barrio IC, Graff P, Bagchi S, Arnillas CA, Bakker JD, Blumenthal DM, Boughton EH, Brudvig LA, Bugalho MN, Cadotte MW, Caldeira MC, Dickman CR, Donohue I, Grégory S, Hautier Y, Jónsdóttir IS, Lannes LS, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Power SA, Risch AC, Schütz M, Standish R, Stevens CJ, Veen GF, Virtanen R, Wardle GM. Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nat Ecol Evol 2022; 6:1290-1298. [PMID: 35879541 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01809-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Ecological models predict that the effects of mammalian herbivore exclusion on plant diversity depend on resource availability and plant exposure to ungulate grazing over evolutionary time. Using an experiment replicated in 57 grasslands on six continents, with contrasting evolutionary history of grazing, we tested how resources (mean annual precipitation and soil nutrients) determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity, richness and evenness. Here we show that at sites with a long history of ungulate grazing, herbivore exclusion reduced plant diversity by reducing both richness and evenness and the responses of richness and diversity to herbivore exclusion decreased with mean annual precipitation. At sites with a short history of grazing, the effects of herbivore exclusion were not related to precipitation but differed for native and exotic plant richness. Thus, plant species' evolutionary history of grazing continues to shape the response of the world's grasslands to changing mammalian herbivory.
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- Jodi N Price
- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Ecology and Biodiversity, Department Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. .,Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Agricultural Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Ecology and Biodiversity, Department Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto-Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Rangeland Resources & Systems Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Centre for Applied Ecology 'Prof. Baeta Neves' (CEABN-InBIO), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto-Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Archbold Biological Station, Buck Island Ranch, Lake Placid, FL, USA
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biology and Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University-UNESP, Ilha Solteira, Brazil
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Community Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Community Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Radujković D, Verbruggen E, Seabloom EW, Bahn M, Biederman LA, Borer ET, Boughton EH, Catford JA, Campioli M, Donohue I, Ebeling A, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Hansart A, Knops JMH, MacDougall AS, Ohlert T, Olde Venterink H, Raynaud X, Risch AC, Roscher C, Schütz M, Silveira ML, Stevens CJ, Van Sundert K, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wragg PD, Vicca S. Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients? Ecol Lett 2021; 24:2713-2725. [PMID: 34617374 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Fertilisation experiments have demonstrated that nutrient availability is a key determinant of biomass production and carbon sequestration in grasslands. However, the influence of nutrients in explaining spatial variation in grassland biomass production has rarely been assessed. Using a global dataset comprising 72 sites on six continents, we investigated which of 16 soil factors that shape nutrient availability associate most strongly with variation in grassland aboveground biomass. Climate and N deposition were also considered. Based on theory-driven structural equation modelling, we found that soil micronutrients (particularly Zn and Fe) were important predictors of biomass and, together with soil physicochemical properties and C:N, they explained more unique variation (32%) than climate and N deposition (24%). However, the association between micronutrients and biomass was absent in grasslands limited by NP. These results highlight soil properties as key predictors of global grassland biomass production and point to serial co-limitation by NP and micronutrients.
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- Dajana Radujković
- Department of Biology, Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Archbold Biological Station, Buck Island Ranch Agroecology Program, Lake Placid, Florida, USA
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- Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biology, Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Physiological Diversity, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Leipzig-Jena, Leipzig, Germany.,Ecology & Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, Texas, USA
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- Département de biologie, CNRS, UMS 3194, Centre de recherche en écologie expérimentale et prédictive (CEREEP-Ecotron IleDeFrance), Ecole normale supérieure, PSL University, Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, France
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- Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xián Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, 1 University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- UPEC, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences-Paris, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Physiological Diversity, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Leipzig-Jena, Leipzig, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Range Cattle Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Ona, Florida, USA
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Biology, Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biology, Plants and Ecosystems, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Villellas J, Ehrlén J, Crone EE, Csergő AM, Garcia MB, Laine AL, Roach DA, Salguero-Gómez R, Wardle GM, Childs DZ, Elderd BD, Finn A, Munné-Bosch S, Bachelot B, Bódis J, Bucharova A, Caruso CM, Catford JA, Coghill M, Compagnoni A, Duncan RP, Dwyer JM, Ferguson A, Fraser LH, Griffoul E, Groenteman R, Hamre LN, Helm A, Kelly R, Laanisto L, Lonati M, Münzbergová Z, Nuche P, Olsen SL, Oprea A, Pärtel M, Petry WK, Ramula S, Rasmussen PU, Enri SR, Roeder A, Roscher C, Schultz C, Skarpaas O, Smith AL, Tack AJM, Töpper JP, Vesk PA, Vose GE, Wandrag E, Wingler A, Buckley YM. PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY MASKS RANGE-WIDE GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION FOR VEGETATIVE BUT NOT REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS IN A SHORT-LIVED PLANT. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:2378-2393. [PMID: 34355467 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity jointly shape intraspecific trait variation, but their roles differ among traits. In short-lived plants, reproductive traits may be more genetically determined due to their impact on fitness, whereas vegetative traits may show higher plasticity to buffer short-term perturbations. Combining a multi-treatment greenhouse experiment with observational field data throughout the range of a widespread short-lived herb, Plantago lanceolata, we (1) disentangled genetic and plastic responses of functional traits to a set of environmental drivers and (2) assessed how genetic differentiation and plasticity shape observational trait-environment relationships. Reproductive traits showed distinct genetic differentiation that largely determined observational patterns, but only when correcting traits for differences in biomass. Vegetative traits showed higher plasticity and opposite genetic and plastic responses, masking the genetic component underlying field-observed trait variation. Our study suggests that genetic differentiation may be inferred from observational data only for the traits most closely related to fitness.
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- Jesus Villellas
- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Botany and Soroksár Botanical Garden, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Organismal & Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary
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- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group, Institut of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany.,Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Institut of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK.,Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.,CSIRO Land & Water, EcoSciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Botanic Garden "Anastasie Fatu", University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi, Romania
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.,Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK
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- School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences and Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Bergstrom DM, Wienecke BC, van den Hoff J, Hughes L, Lindenmayer DB, Ainsworth TD, Baker CM, Bland L, Bowman DMJS, Brooks ST, Canadell JG, Constable AJ, Dafforn KA, Depledge MH, Dickson CR, Duke NC, Helmstedt KJ, Holz A, Johnson CR, McGeoch MA, Melbourne-Thomas J, Morgain R, Nicholson E, Prober SM, Raymond B, Ritchie EG, Robinson SA, Ruthrof KX, Setterfield SA, Sgrò CM, Stark JS, Travers T, Trebilco R, Ward DFL, Wardle GM, Williams KJ, Zylstra PJ, Shaw JD. Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic. Glob Chang Biol 2021; 27:1692-1703. [PMID: 33629799 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Globally, collapse of ecosystems-potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure, composition and function-imperils biodiversity, human health and well-being. We examine the current state and recent trajectories of 19 ecosystems, spanning 58° of latitude across 7.7 M km2 , from Australia's coral reefs to terrestrial Antarctica. Pressures from global climate change and regional human impacts, occurring as chronic 'presses' and/or acute 'pulses', drive ecosystem collapse. Ecosystem responses to 5-17 pressures were categorised as four collapse profiles-abrupt, smooth, stepped and fluctuating. The manifestation of widespread ecosystem collapse is a stark warning of the necessity to take action. We present a three-step assessment and management framework (3As Pathway Awareness, Anticipation and Action) to aid strategic and effective mitigation to alleviate further degradation to help secure our future.
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- Dana M Bergstrom
- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tas., Australia
- Global Challenges Program, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tas., Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tas., Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia
- Melbourne Centre for Data Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia
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- Eureka Publishing, Thornbury, Vic., Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas., Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Black Mountain, ACT, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Department of Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Oceans and Atmosphere, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic., Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Land and Water, Wembley, WA, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tas., Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic., Australia
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- Global Challenges Program, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kensington, WA, Australia
- Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tas., Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Oceans and Atmosphere, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Tas., Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia
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Hautier Y, Zhang P, Loreau M, Wilcox KR, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Byrnes JEK, Koerner SE, Komatsu KJ, Lefcheck JS, Hector A, Adler PB, Alberti J, Arnillas CA, Bakker JD, Brudvig LA, Bugalho MN, Cadotte M, Caldeira MC, Carroll O, Crawley M, Collins SL, Daleo P, Dee LE, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Gilbert B, Hansar A, Isbell F, Knops JMH, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Mori AS, Peri PL, Pos ET, Power SA, Price JN, Reich PB, Risch AC, Roscher C, Sankaran M, Schütz M, Smith M, Stevens C, Tognetti PM, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wilfahrt PA, Wang S. Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nat Commun 2021; 12:630. [PMID: 33479239 PMCID: PMC7820221 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-20997-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Yann Hautier
- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics of Shandong University, 266237, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.,Ministry of Justice Hub for Research & Practice in Eco-Environmental Forensics, 266237, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, 2 route du CNRS, 09200, Moulis, France
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of MN, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of MN, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
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- Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, 21037, USA
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- University of Oxford Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN, UNMdP-CONICET, CC 1260 Correo Central, B7600WAG, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-4115, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Centre for Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves" (CEABN-InBIO), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada
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- Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UK
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN, UNMdP-CONICET, CC 1260 Correo Central, B7600WAG, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO, 80309-0450, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- USDA-ARS Grassland, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX, 76502, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S3B2, Canada
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- Centre de recherché en écologie expérimentale et prédictive (CEREEP-Ecotron IleDeFrance), Département de biologie, Ecole normale supérieure, CNRS, PSL University, 77140, St-Pierre-les-Nemours, France
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of MN, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Heatth and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong liverpool University, 214123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- University of Kentucky, Plant & Soil Science, 1405 Veterans Drive, Lexington, KY, 40546-0312, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment & Evolution, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan
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- INTA (National Institute of Agricultural Research)- UNPA (Southern Patagonia National University)-CONICET, Santa Cruz, Argentina
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- Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, 2640, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.,Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Physiological Diversity, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Ecology & Evolution Group, National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.,School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.,Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
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- IFEVA-Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET, Av San Martin 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
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Sparrow BD, Edwards W, Munroe SE, Wardle GM, Guerin GR, Bastin J, Morris B, Christensen R, Phinn S, Lowe AJ. Effective ecosystem monitoring requires a multi-scaled approach. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:1706-1719. [PMID: 32648358 PMCID: PMC7689690 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Ecosystem monitoring is fundamental to our understanding of how ecosystem change is impacting our natural resources and is vital for developing evidence-based policy and management. However, the different types of ecosystem monitoring, along with their recommended applications, are often poorly understood and contentious. Varying definitions and strict adherence to a specific monitoring type can inhibit effective ecosystem monitoring, leading to poor program development, implementation and outcomes. In an effort to develop a more consistent and clear understanding of ecosystem monitoring programs, we here review the main types of monitoring and recommend the widespread adoption of three classifications of monitoring, namely, targeted, surveillance and landscape monitoring. Landscape monitoring is conducted over large areas, provides spatial data, and enables questions relating to where and when ecosystem change is occurring to be addressed. Surveillance monitoring uses standardised field methods to inform on what is changing in our environments and the direction and magnitude of that change, whilst targeted monitoring is designed around testable hypotheses over defined areas and is the best approach for determining the causes of ecosystem change. The classification system is flexible and can incorporate different interests, objectives, targets and characteristics as well as different spatial scales and temporal frequencies, while also providing valuable structure and consistency across distinct ecosystem monitoring programs. To support our argument, we examine the ability of each monitoring type to inform on six key types of questions that are routinely posed for ecosystem monitoring programs, such as where and when change is occurring, what is the magnitude of change, and how can the change be managed? As we demonstrate, each type of ecosystem monitoring has its own strengths and weaknesses, which should be carefully considered relative to the desired results. Using this scheme, scientists and land managers can design programs best suited to their needs. Finally, we assert that for our most serious environmental challenges, it is essential that we include information from each of these monitoring scales to inform on all facets of ecosystem change, and this is best achieved through close collaboration between the scales. With a renewed understanding of the importance of each monitoring type, along with greater commitment to monitor cooperatively, we will be well placed to address some of our greatest environmental challenges.
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- Ben D. Sparrow
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The School of Biological SciencesThe University of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityPO Box 6811CairnsQueensland4870Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The School of Biological SciencesThe University of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South Wales2006Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The School of Biological SciencesThe University of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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- Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology Lab, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringGhent UniversityGhent9000Belgium
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research NetworkThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaQueensland4072Australia
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- Institute for Future EnvironmentsQueensland University of TechnologyGardens PointBrisbaneQueensland4000Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental SciencesThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaQueensland4072Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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Greenville AC, Newsome TM, Wardle GM, Dickman CR, Ripple WJ, Murray BR. Simultaneously operating threats cannot predict extinction risk. Conserv Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Aaron C. Greenville
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney Australia
- School of Life Sciences University of Technology Sydney Sydney Australia
- National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney Australia
- National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney Australia
- National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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- Global Trophic Cascades Program, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon
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- School of Life Sciences University of Technology Sydney Sydney Australia
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Ochoa-Hueso R, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Hobbie SE, Risch AC, Collins SL, Alberti J, Bahamonde HA, Brown CS, Caldeira MC, Daleo P, Dickman CR, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Esch EH, Eskelinen A, Fernández V, Güsewell S, Gutierrez-Larruga B, Hofmockel K, Laungani R, Lind E, López A, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Peri PL, Power SA, Price JN, Prober SM, Roscher C, Sarneel JM, Schütz M, Siebert J, Standish RJ, Velasco Ayuso S, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wiehl G, Yahdjian L, Zamin T. Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:4572-4582. [PMID: 32520438 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Microbial processing of aggregate-unprotected organic matter inputs is key for soil fertility, long-term ecosystem carbon and nutrient sequestration and sustainable agriculture. We investigated the effects of adding multiple nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium plus nine essential macro- and micro-nutrients) on decomposition and biochemical transformation of standard plant materials buried in 21 grasslands from four continents. Addition of multiple nutrients weakly but consistently increased decomposition and biochemical transformation of plant remains during the peak-season, concurrent with changes in microbial exoenzymatic activity. Higher mean annual precipitation and lower mean annual temperature were the main climatic drivers of higher decomposition rates, while biochemical transformation of plant remains was negatively related to temperature of the wettest quarter. Nutrients enhanced decomposition most at cool, high rainfall sites, indicating that in a warmer and drier future fertilized grassland soils will have an even more limited potential for microbial processing of plant remains.
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- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA)-CONICET, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
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- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Forest Genetics and Ecophysiology Research Group, School of Forest Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Environmental and Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Vic., Australia
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA)-CONICET, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Wembley, WA, Australia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Vic., Australia
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Sparrow BD, Foulkes JN, Wardle GM, Leitch EJ, Caddy-Retalic S, van Leeuwen SJ, Tokmakoff A, Thurgate NY, Guerin GR, Lowe AJ. A Vegetation and Soil Survey Method for Surveillance Monitoring of Rangeland Environments. Front Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Smith AL, Hodkinson TR, Villellas J, Catford JA, Csergő AM, Blomberg SP, Crone EE, Ehrlén J, Garcia MB, Laine AL, Roach DA, Salguero-Gómez R, Wardle GM, Childs DZ, Elderd BD, Finn A, Munné-Bosch S, Baudraz MEA, Bódis J, Brearley FQ, Bucharova A, Caruso CM, Duncan RP, Dwyer JM, Gooden B, Groenteman R, Hamre LN, Helm A, Kelly R, Laanisto L, Lonati M, Moore JL, Morales M, Olsen SL, Pärtel M, Petry WK, Ramula S, Rasmussen PU, Enri SR, Roeder A, Roscher C, Saastamoinen M, Tack AJM, Töpper JP, Vose GE, Wandrag EM, Wingler A, Buckley YM. Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:4218-4227. [PMID: 32034102 PMCID: PMC7049112 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1915848117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
When plants establish outside their native range, their ability to adapt to the new environment is influenced by both demography and dispersal. However, the relative importance of these two factors is poorly understood. To quantify the influence of demography and dispersal on patterns of genetic diversity underlying adaptation, we used data from a globally distributed demographic research network comprising 35 native and 18 nonnative populations of Plantago lanceolata Species-specific simulation experiments showed that dispersal would dilute demographic influences on genetic diversity at local scales. Populations in the native European range had strong spatial genetic structure associated with geographic distance and precipitation seasonality. In contrast, nonnative populations had weaker spatial genetic structure that was not associated with environmental gradients but with higher within-population genetic diversity. Our findings show that dispersal caused by repeated, long-distance, human-mediated introductions has allowed invasive plant populations to overcome environmental constraints on genetic diversity, even without strong demographic changes. The impact of invasive plants may, therefore, increase with repeated introductions, highlighting the need to constrain future introductions of species even if they already exist in an area.
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- Annabel L Smith
- Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;
- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, 4343, Australia
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- Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Departamento Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (MNCN-CSIC), E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geography, King's College London, WC2B 4BG London, United Kingdom
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- Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Szent István University, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
- Soroksár Botanical Garden, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Szent István University, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Research Centre for Ecological Change, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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- Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, H-8360 Keszthely, Hungary
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, M1 5GD Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
- Ecosystem and Biodiversity Research Group, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- CSIRO Land & Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia
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- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia
- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, N-6856 Sogndal, Norway
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 51005 Tartu, Estonia
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- Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Biodiversity and Nature Tourism, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science, University of Torino, 10015 Grugliasco, Italy
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Research Group of Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Faculty of Biology, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, N-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 51005 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science, University of Torino, 10015 Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig (iDiv), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig (iDiv), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Research Programme, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia
- School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences and Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork T23 N73K, Ireland
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- Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Gibb H, Grossman BF, Dickman CR, Decker O, Wardle GM. Long‐term responses of desert ant assemblages to climate. J Anim Ecol 2019; 88:1549-1563. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Heloise Gibb
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Tulloch AIT, Auerbach N, Avery-Gomm S, Dickman CR, Fisher DO, Grantham H, Holden MH, Lavery TH, Leseberg NP, O'Connor J, Roberson L, Smyth AK, Stone Z, Tulloch V, Turak E, Watson JEM, Wardle GM. Reply to 'Consider species specialism when publishing datasets' and 'Decision trees for data publishing may exacerbate conservation conflict'. Nat Ecol Evol 2019; 3:320-321. [PMID: 30742103 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0805-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ayesha I T Tulloch
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia. .,Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, NY, USA. .,Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, NY, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.,Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Caddy‐Retalic S, Hoffmann BD, Guerin GR, Andersen AN, Wardle GM, McInerney FA, Lowe AJ. Plant and ant assemblages predicted to decouple under climate change. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Stefan Caddy‐Retalic
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia
- School of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre Winnellie Northern Territory Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- School of EnvironmentCharles Darwin University Darwin Northern Territory Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Sprigg Geobiology Centre and School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- Aaron C. Greenville
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia
- National Environmental Science Programme Threatened Species Recovery Hub, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia
- National Environmental Science Programme Threatened Species Recovery Hub, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Greenville AC, Burns E, Dickman CR, Keith DA, Lindenmayer DB, Morgan JW, Heinze D, Mansergh I, Gillespie GR, Einoder L, Fisher A, Russell-Smith J, Metcalfe DJ, Green PT, Hoffmann AA, Wardle GM. Biodiversity responds to increasing climatic extremes in a biome-specific manner. Sci Total Environ 2018; 634:382-393. [PMID: 29627562 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An unprecedented rate of global environmental change is predicted for the next century. The response to this change by ecosystems around the world is highly uncertain. To address this uncertainty, it is critical to understand the potential drivers and mechanisms of change in order to develop more reliable predictions. Australia's Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) has brought together some of the longest running (10-60years) continuous environmental monitoring programs in the southern hemisphere. Here, we compare climatic variables recorded at five LTERN plot network sites during their period of operation and place them into the context of long-term climatic trends. Then, using our unique Australian long-term datasets (total 117 survey years across four biomes), we synthesize results from a series of case studies to test two hypotheses: 1) extreme weather events for each plot network have increased over the last decade, and; 2) trends in biodiversity will be associated with recent climate change, either directly or indirectly through climate-mediated disturbance (wildfire) responses. We examined the biodiversity responses to environmental change for evidence of non-linear behavior. In line with hypothesis 1), an increase in extreme climate events occurred within the last decade for each plot network. For hypothesis 2), climate, wildfire, or both were correlated with biodiversity responses at each plot network, but there was no evidence of non-linear change. However, the influence of climate or fire was context-specific. Biodiversity responded to recent climate change either directly or indirectly as a consequence of changes in fire regimes or climate-mediated fire responses. A national long-term monitoring framework allowed us to find contrasting species abundance or community responses to climate and disturbance across four of the major biomes of Australia, highlighting the need to establish and resource long-term monitoring programs across representative ecosystem types, which are likely to show context-specific responses.
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- Aaron C Greenville
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sydney, University of New South Wales, Australia; NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; School of BioSciences, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; School of BioSciences, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Australia; Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Hautier Y, Isbell F, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Harpole WS, Lind EM, MacDougall AS, Stevens CJ, Adler PB, Alberti J, Bakker JD, Brudvig LA, Buckley YM, Cadotte M, Caldeira MC, Chaneton EJ, Chu C, Daleo P, Dickman CR, Dwyer JM, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Firn J, Hagenah N, Hillebrand H, Iribarne O, Kirkman KP, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, McCulley RL, Morgan JW, Pärtel M, Pascual J, Price JN, Prober SM, Risch AC, Sankaran M, Schuetz M, Standish RJ, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Hector A. Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nat Ecol Evol 2017; 2:50-56. [DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0395-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Greenville AC, Wardle GM, Dickman CR. Desert mammal populations are limited by introduced predators rather than future climate change. R Soc Open Sci 2017; 4:170384. [PMID: 29291051 PMCID: PMC5717625 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Climate change is predicted to place up to one in six species at risk of extinction in coming decades, but extinction probability is likely to be influenced further by biotic interactions such as predation. We use structural equation modelling to integrate results from remote camera trapping and long-term (17-22 years) regional-scale (8000 km2) datasets on vegetation and small vertebrates (greater than 38 880 captures) to explore how biotic processes and two key abiotic drivers influence the structure of a diverse assemblage of desert biota in central Australia. We use our models to predict how changes in rainfall and wildfire are likely to influence the cover and productivity of the dominant vegetation and the impacts of predators on their primary rodent prey over a 100-year timeframe. Our results show that, while vegetation cover may decline due to climate change, the strongest negative effect on prey populations in this desert system is top-down suppression from introduced predators.
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- Aaron C. Greenville
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, St Lucia, Australia
- Author for correspondence: Aaron C. Greenville e-mail:
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, St Lucia, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, St Lucia, Australia
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Lowe AJ, Smyth AK, Atkins K, Avery R, Belbin L, Brown N, Budden AE, Gioia P, Guru S, Hardie M, Hirsch T, Hobern D, La Salle J, Loarie SR, Miles M, Milne D, Nicholls M, Rossetto M, Smits J, Sparrow B, Terrill G, Turner D, Wardle GM. Publish openly but responsibly. Science 2017; 357:141. [PMID: 28706032 DOI: 10.1126/science.aao0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Andrew J Lowe
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network-Ecoinformatics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Parks and Wildlife, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
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- Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney South, NSW 1232, Australia
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- Atlas of Living Australia, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- DataONE, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Department of Parks and Wildlife, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The University of Queensland, Queensland, QLD 4072
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- Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning, East Melbourne, VIC 8002, Australia
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- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- iNaturalist.org, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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- Department of Environment, Water, and Natural Resources, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Palmerston, NT 0830, Australia
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- Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, Australian Capital Territory Government, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network-Ecoinformatics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Parkes, ACT 2600, Australia
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network-Ecoinformatics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Caddy-Retalic S, Andersen AN, Aspinwall MJ, Breed MF, Byrne M, Christmas MJ, Dong N, Evans BJ, Fordham DA, Guerin GR, Hoffmann AA, Hughes AC, van Leeuwen SJ, McInerney FA, Prober SM, Rossetto M, Rymer PD, Steane DA, Wardle GM, Lowe AJ. Bioclimatic transect networks: Powerful observatories of ecological change. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:4607-4619. [PMID: 28690791 PMCID: PMC5496522 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Transects that traverse substantial climate gradients are important tools for climate change research and allow questions on the extent to which phenotypic variation associates with climate, the link between climate and species distributions, and variation in sensitivity to climate change among biomes to be addressed. However, the potential limitations of individual transect studies have recently been highlighted. Here, we argue that replicating and networking transects, along with the introduction of experimental treatments, addresses these concerns. Transect networks provide cost‐effective and robust insights into ecological and evolutionary adaptation and improve forecasting of ecosystem change. We draw on the experience and research facilitated by the Australian Transect Network to demonstrate our case, with examples, to clarify how population‐ and community‐level studies can be integrated with observations from multiple transects, manipulative experiments, genomics, and ecological modeling to gain novel insights into how species and systems respond to climate change. This integration can provide a spatiotemporal understanding of past and future climate‐induced changes, which will inform effective management actions for promoting biodiversity resilience.
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- Stefan Caddy-Retalic
- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences and Environment InstituteUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Parramatta NSW Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences and Environment InstituteUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,Science and Conservation Division Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife Kensington WA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences and Environment InstituteUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia.,Ecosystem Modelling and Scaling Infrastructure Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia
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- Ecosystem Modelling and Scaling Infrastructure Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney NSW Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences and Environment InstituteUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences and Environment InstituteUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of BioSciences, Bio 21 InstituteThe University of Melbourne Parkville VIC Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Conservation Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Menglun, Mengla County Yunnan China
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,Science and Conservation Division Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife Kensington WA Australia
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- Sprigg Geobiology Centre and School of Physical Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,CSIRO Land and Water Wembley WA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,National Herbarium of NSW Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney NSW Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Parramatta NSW Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,CSIRO Land and Water Wembley WA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences University of Tasmania Private Bag 55 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia.,Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast Maroochydore QLD Australia
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- School Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney NSW Australia.,Long Term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia
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- Australian Transect Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Adelaide SA Australia.,School of Biological Sciences and Environment InstituteUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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Growth in the publication of scientific articles is occurring at an exponential rate, prompting a growing need to synthesise information in a timely manner to combat urgent environmental problems and guide future research. Here, we undertake a topic analysis of dryland literature over the last 75 years (8218 articles) to identify areas in arid ecology that are well studied and topics that are emerging. Four topics-wetlands, mammal ecology, litter decomposition and spatial modelling, were identified as 'hot topics' that showed higher than average growth in publications from 1940 to 2015. Five topics-remote sensing, climate, habitat and spatial, agriculture and soils-microbes, were identified as 'cold topics', with lower than average growth over the survey period, but higher than average numbers of publications. Topics in arid ecology clustered into seven broad groups on word-based similarity. These groups ranged from mammal ecology and population genetics, broad-scale management and ecosystem modelling, plant ecology, agriculture and ecophysiology, to populations and paleoclimate. These patterns may reflect trends in the field of ecology more broadly. We also identified two broad research gaps in arid ecology: population genetics, and habitat and spatial research. Collaborations between population genetics and ecologists and investigations of ecological processes across spatial scales would contribute profitably to the advancement of arid ecology and to ecology more broadly.
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- Aaron C. Greenville
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- National Environmental Science Programme Threatened Species Recovery Hub, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Sydney, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- National Environmental Science Programme Threatened Species Recovery Hub, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Sydney, Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Sydney, Australia
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Emery NJ, Henwood MJ, Offord CA, Wardle GM. Right here, right now: Populations of
Actinotus helianthi
differ in their early performance traits and interactions. AUSTRAL ECOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nathan J. Emery
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Heydon‐Laurence Building (A08) Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
- The Australian PlantBank Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan Mount Annan New South Wales 2567 Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Heydon‐Laurence Building (A08) Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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- The Australian PlantBank Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan Mount Annan New South Wales 2567 Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Heydon‐Laurence Building (A08) Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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Greenville AC, Wardle GM, Nguyen V, Dickman CR. Population dynamics of desert mammals: similarities and contrasts within a multispecies assemblage. Ecosphere 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Aaron C. Greenville
- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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Kwok ABC, Wardle GM, Greenville AC, Dickman CR. Long‐term patterns of invertebrate abundance and relationships to environmental factors in arid Australia. AUSTRAL ECOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Alan B. C. Kwok
- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
- Long Term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
- Long Term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
- Long Term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
- Long Term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Kerr NZ, Baxter PWJ, Salguero-Gómez R, Wardle GM, Buckley YM. Prioritizing management actions for invasive populations using cost, efficacy, demography and expert opinion for 14 plant species world-wide. J Appl Ecol 2016; 53:305-316. [PMID: 27478205 PMCID: PMC4949517 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Management of invasive populations is typically investigated case-by-case. Comparative approaches have been applied to single aspects of management, such as demography, with cost or efficacy rarely incorporated.We present an analysis of the ranks of management actions for 14 species in five countries that extends beyond the use of demography alone to include multiple metrics for ranking management actions, which integrate cost, efficacy and demography (cost-effectiveness) and managers' expert opinion of ranks. We use content analysis of manager surveys to assess the multiple criteria managers use to rank management strategies.Analysis of the matrix models for managed populations showed that all management actions led to reductions in population growth rate (λ), with a median 48% reduction in λ across all management units; however, only 66% of the actions led to declining populations (λ < 1).Each management action ranked by cost-effectiveness and cost had a unique rank; however, elasticity ranks were often tied, providing less discrimination among management actions. Ranking management actions by cost alone aligned well with cost-effectiveness ranks and demographic elasticity ranks were also well aligned with cost-effectiveness. In contrast, efficacy ranks were aligned with managers' ranks and managers identified efficacy and demography as important. 80% of managers identified off-target effects of management as important, which was not captured using any of the other metrics. Synthesis and applications. A multidimensional view of the benefits and costs of management options provides a range of single and integrated metrics. These rankings, and the relationships between them, can be used to assess management actions for invasive plants. The integrated cost-effectiveness approach goes well 'beyond demography' and provides additional information for managers; however, cost-effectiveness needs to be augmented with information on off-target effects and social impacts of management in order to provide greater benefits for on-the-ground management.
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- Natalie Z Kerr
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD4072 Australia; Department of Biology Tufts University Medford Massachusetts 02155 USA
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- Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics School of Mathematics and Physics The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD4072 Australia; Present address: Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences School Queensland University of Technology Brisbane QLD4000 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD4072 Australia; Evolutionary Biodemography Laboratory Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1 Rostock DE-18057 Germany
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- Desert Ecology Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD4072 Australia; School of Natural Sciences Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Zoology Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland
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Tredennick AT, Adler PB, Grace JB, Harpole WS, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Biederman LA, Brown CS, Buckley YM, Chu C, Collins SL, Crawley MJ, Fay PA, Firn J, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Hautier Y, Hector A, Hillebrand H, Kirkman K, Knops JMH, Laungani R, Lind EM, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Mitchell CE, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Orrock JL, Peri PL, Prober SM, Risch AC, Schütz M, Speziale KL, Standish RJ, Sullivan LL, Wardle GM, Williams RJ, Yang LH. Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”. Science 2016; 351:457. [PMID: 26823418 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Andrew T. Tredennick
- Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5230 Old Main, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5230 Old Main, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 700 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, LA 70506, USA
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- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Box 7325 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, 3501 NE 41st Street, Box 354115, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, 307 University Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Zoology, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Xingang Xi Road 135, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UK
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- Grassland, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 808 East Blackland Road, Temple, TX 76502, USA
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- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological 42 Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Gardens Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4001
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- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, 4112 Plant Sciences, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1 Carbis Road, Pietermaritzburg, 3201, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity group, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Schleusenstrasse 1, 26382 Wihlhemshaven, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1 Carbis Road, Pietermaritzburg, 3201, South Africa
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, 211 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Biology Department, Doane College, 1014 Boswell Avenue, Crete, NE 68333, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Kentucky, N-222D Ag Science North, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#3280, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Water, Southern Patagonia National University-INTA-CONICET, CC 332 (CP 9400), Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia
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- Community Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Community Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology, INIBIOMA (CONICET-UNCO), Quintral 1250, Bariloche (8400), Rio Negro, Argentina
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Heydon-Laurence Building, A08, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Frank ASK, Wardle GM, Greenville AC, Dickman CR. Cattle removal in arid Australia benefits kangaroos in high quality habitat but does not affect camels. Rangel J 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/rj15039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Removing cattle as a management tool to conserve biodiversity may not necessarily alter grazing impacts on vegetation if other introduced or native herbivores move in and replace the cattle after removal. This study investigated whether there was a difference in the abundance of native red kangaroos (Osphranter (Macropus) rufus) and introduced feral camels (Camelus dromedarius) on arid rangelands where cattle had been recently removed compared with where cattle remained. Activity was measured by clearing and weighing dung, and by counting animal sightings. Kangaroos were encountered more frequently in high quality habitat (gidgee woodland) where cattle had been recently removed. However, kangaroo dung in newly cattle-free areas comprised only ~1.5% of the weight of cattle dung in this habitat where cattle still grazed, indicating no grazing compensation by the native herbivore. Camels showed no clear preference for particular habitat types but used dune tops usually avoided by kangaroos and cattle. There was no indication of camels using habitats differently in areas where cattle were removed. Camel dung collected across all habitats comprised less than a tenth the weight of cattle dung, but almost five times as much as kangaroo dung. As cattle removal had occurred relatively recently, further monitoring is needed to determine its impact over longer periods, especially through low and high rainfall cycles. Methods to improve the monitoring of large herbivores in the presence and absence of livestock and to assess whether anticipated conservation goals are achieved are discussed.
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Popic TJ, Davila YC, Wardle GM. Cheater or mutualist? Novel florivory interaction between nectar-richCrotalaria cunninghamiiand small mammals. AUSTRAL ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Tony J. Popic
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; The University of Sydney; Rm 325 Heydon-Laurence Building, Science Road Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; The University of Sydney; Rm 325 Heydon-Laurence Building, Science Road Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
- Faculty of Science; University of Technology Sydney; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; The University of Sydney; Rm 325 Heydon-Laurence Building, Science Road Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
- Long-term Ecological Research Network (LTERN); Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Wardle GM, Greenville AC, Frank ASK, Tischler M, Emery NJ, Dickman CR. Ecosystem risk assessment of Georgina gidgee woodlands in central Australia. AUSTRAL ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Glenda M. Wardle
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Heydon-Laurence Building, A08 Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Heydon-Laurence Building, A08 Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Heydon-Laurence Building, A08 Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
- School of Biological Sciences; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Heydon-Laurence Building, A08 Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Heydon-Laurence Building, A08 Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Heydon-Laurence Building, A08 Sydney New South Wales 2006 Australia
- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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Lindenmayer DB, Burns EL, Tennant P, Dickman CR, Green PT, Keith DA, Metcalfe DJ, Russell-Smith J, Wardle GM, Williams D, Bossard K, deLacey C, Hanigan I, Bull CM, Gillespie G, Hobbs RJ, Krebs CJ, Likens GE, Porter J, Vardon M. Contemplating the future: Acting now on long-term monitoring to answer 2050's questions. AUSTRAL ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- David B. Lindenmayer
- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; The University of Sydney; Sydney New South Wales
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution; La Trobe University; Melbourne Victoria
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of New South Wales; Sydney New South Wales
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- CSIRO Land and Water Flagship; Dutton Park Queensland
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research; Charles Darwin University; Darwin Northern Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences; The University of Sydney; Sydney New South Wales
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Sustainable Ecosystems; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; Winnellie Northern Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- School of Biological Sciences; Flinders University; Adelaide South Australia
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- Long Term Ecological Research Network; Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network; Australia
- Department of Land Resource Management; Flora and Fauna Division, Berrimah; Northern Territory
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- School of Plant Biology and ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions; University of Western Australia; Crawley Western Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology; University of Canberra; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Millbrook, New York USA
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology; University of Connecticut; Storrs, Connecticut USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Virginia; Charlottesville Virginia USA
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory
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Greenville AC, Wardle GM, Tamayo B, Dickman CR. Bottom-up and top-down processes interact to modify intraguild interactions in resource-pulse environments. Oecologia 2014; 175:1349-58. [PMID: 24908053 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2977-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Top predators are declining globally, in turn allowing populations of smaller predators, or mesopredators, to increase and potentially have negative effects on biodiversity. However, detection of interactions among sympatric predators can be complicated by fluctuations in the background availability of resources in the environment, which may modify both the numbers of predators and the strengths of their interactions. Here, we first present a conceptual framework that predicts how top-down and bottom-up interactions may regulate sympatric predator populations in environments that experience resource pulses. We then test it using 2 years of remote-camera trapping data to uncover spatial and temporal interactions between a top predator, the dingo Canis dingo, and the mesopredatory European red fox Vulpes vulpes and feral cat Felis catus, during population booms, declines and busts in numbers of their prey in a model desert system. We found that dingoes predictably suppress abundances of the mesopredators and that the effects are strongest during declines and busts in prey numbers. Given that resource pulses are usually driven by large yet infrequent rains, we conclude that top predators like the dingo provide net benefits to prey populations by suppressing mesopredators during prolonged bust periods when prey populations are low and potentially vulnerable.
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- Aaron C Greenville
- Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Heydon-Laurence Building, A08, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia,
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McIntosh EJ, Rossetto M, Weston PH, Wardle GM. Maintenance of strong morphological differentiation despite ongoing natural hybridization between sympatric species of Lomatia (Proteaceae). Ann Bot 2014; 113:861-872. [PMID: 24489011 PMCID: PMC3962242 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS When species cohesion is maintained despite ongoing natural hybridization, many questions are raised about the evolutionary processes operating in the species complex. This study examined the extensive natural hybridization between the Australian native shrubs Lomatia myricoides and L. silaifolia (Proteaceae). These species exhibit striking differences in morphology and ecological preferences, exceeding those found in most studies of hybridization to date. METHODS Nuclear microsatellite markers (nSSRs), genotyping methods and morphometric analyses were used to uncover patterns of hybridization and the role of gene flow in morphological differentiation between sympatric species. KEY RESULTS The complexity of hybridization patterns differed markedly between sites, however, signals of introgression were present at all sites. One site provided evidence of a large hybrid swarm and the likely presence of multiple hybrid generations and backcrosses, another site a handful of early generational hybrids and a third site only traces of admixture from a past hybridization event. The presence of cryptic hybrids and a pattern of morphological bimodality amongst hybrids often disguised the extent of underlying genetic admixture. CONCLUSIONS Distinct parental habitats and phenotypes are expected to form barriers that contribute to the rapid reversion of hybrid populations to their parental character state, due to limited opportunities for hybrid/intermediate advantage. Furthermore, strong genomic filters may facilitate continued gene flow between species without the danger of assimilation. Stochastic fire events facilitate temporal phenological isolation between species and may partly explain the bi-directional and site-specific patterns of hybridization observed. Furthermore, the findings suggest that F1 hybrids are rare, and backcrosses may occur rapidly following these initial hybridization events.
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- Emma J. McIntosh
- The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Frank ASK, Wardle GM, Dickman CR, Greenville AC. Habitat‐ and rainfall‐dependent biodiversity responses to cattle removal in an arid woodland–grassland environment. Ecol Appl 2014; 24:2013-2028. [PMID: 29185669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Biodiversity conservation in rangeland environments is often addressed by removing livestock, but inconsistent responses by biota mean that the efficacy of this form of management is hotly debated. Reasons for this inconsistency include the usually short duration and small spatial scale of manipulations compared to the area of grazing properties, as well as divergent responses amongst biota. In low-productivity arid environments, the pulse-reserve dynamic also complicates the outcome of manipulations. Here, we tested and extended these ideas in a heterogeneous desert environment in central Australia that consists of small patches of open woodland (gidgee) in a grassland (spinifex) matrix. Taking advantage of a controlled property-scale removal of cattle, and a rain event that stimulated productivity, we first quantified differences in the vegetation and small vertebrates of these two habitats, and then tracked the diversity, composition, and abundance of these biota for 6–19 months post-rain. We predicted that the two habitats would differ in the structure, composition, and reproductive output of their constituent plant species. We predicted also that the effects of cattle removal would interact with these habitat differences, with the abundance, richness, and diversity of small mammals and reptiles differing across habitats and grazing treatments. As anticipated, plant species composition in woodland was distinct from that in grassland and varied over time. The effects of cattle removal were habitat specific: Plant composition responded to de-stocking in woodland, but not in grassland; flowers were more abundant, and palatable plant cover also was greater following cessation of grazing pressure. The responses of small mammals but not reptiles showed some accord with our predictions, varying over time but inconsistently with treatment, and perhaps reflected high variability in capture success. We conclude that the timing and length of sampling are important when evaluating the responses of biota to livestock removal, as is the inclusion of all key habitats in the sampling regime.
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Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Buckley Y, Cleland EE, Davies K, Firn J, Harpole WS, Hautier Y, Lind E, MacDougall A, Orrock JL, Prober SM, Adler P, Alberti J, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Biederman LA, Blumenthal D, Brown CS, Brudvig LA, Caldeira M, Chu C, Crawley MJ, Daleo P, Damschen EI, D'Antonio CM, DeCrappeo NM, Dickman CR, Du G, Fay PA, Frater P, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Hector A, Helm A, Hillebrand H, Hofmockel KS, Humphries HC, Iribarne O, Jin VL, Kay A, Kirkman KP, Klein JA, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Ladwig LM, Lambrinos JG, Leakey ADB, Li Q, Li W, McCulley R, Melbourne B, Mitchell CE, Moore JL, Morgan J, Mortensen B, O'Halloran LR, Pärtel M, Pascual J, Pyke DA, Risch AC, Salguero-Gómez R, Sankaran M, Schuetz M, Simonsen A, Smith M, Stevens C, Sullivan L, Wardle GM, Wolkovich EM, Wragg PD, Wright J, Yang L. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Glob Chang Biol 2013; 19:3677-3687. [PMID: 24038796 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Invasions have increased the size of regional species pools, but are typically assumed to reduce native diversity. However, global-scale tests of this assumption have been elusive because of the focus on exotic species richness, rather than relative abundance. This is problematic because low invader richness can indicate invasion resistance by the native community or, alternatively, dominance by a single exotic species. Here, we used a globally replicated study to quantify relationships between exotic richness and abundance in grass-dominated ecosystems in 13 countries on six continents, ranging from salt marshes to alpine tundra. We tested effects of human land use, native community diversity, herbivore pressure, and nutrient limitation on exotic plant dominance. Despite its widespread use, exotic richness was a poor proxy for exotic dominance at low exotic richness, because sites that contained few exotic species ranged from relatively pristine (low exotic richness and cover) to almost completely exotic-dominated ones (low exotic richness but high exotic cover). Both exotic cover and richness were predicted by native plant diversity (native grass richness) and land use (distance to cultivation). Although climate was important for predicting both exotic cover and richness, climatic factors predicting cover (precipitation variability) differed from those predicting richness (maximum temperature and mean temperature in the wettest quarter). Herbivory and nutrient limitation did not predict exotic richness or cover. Exotic dominance was greatest in areas with low native grass richness at the site- or regional-scale. Although this could reflect native grass displacement, a lack of biotic resistance is a more likely explanation, given that grasses comprise the most aggressive invaders. These findings underscore the need to move beyond richness as a surrogate for the extent of invasion, because this metric confounds monodominance with invasion resistance. Monitoring species' relative abundance will more rapidly advance our understanding of invasions.
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- Eric W Seabloom
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of MN, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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Wardle GM. Pillars of Evolution. Fundamental Principles of the Eco-evolutionary Process by Douglas W. Morris & Per Lundberg. Oxford University Press, New York, 2011. viii + 272 pp. Price AUD $62.95 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-19-856880-3. AUSTRAL ECOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Glenda M. Wardle
- School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Frank ASK, Dickman CR, Wardle GM, Greenville AC. Interactions of grazing history, cattle removal and time since rain drive divergent short-term responses by desert biota. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68466. [PMID: 23874635 PMCID: PMC3713037 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Arid grasslands are used worldwide for grazing by domestic livestock, generating debate about how this pastoral enterprise may influence native desert biota. One approach to resolving this question is to experimentally reduce livestock numbers and measure the effects. However, a key challenge in doing this is that historical grazing impacts are likely to be cumulative and may therefore confound comparisons of the short-term responses of desert biota to changes in stocking levels. Arid areas are also subject to infrequent flooding rainfalls that drive productivity and dramatically alter abundances of flora and fauna. We took advantage of an opportunity to study the recent effects of a property-scale cattle removal on two properties with similarly varied grazing histories in central Australia. Following the removal of cattle in 2006 and before and after a significant rainfall event at the beginning of 2007, we sampled vegetation and small vertebrates on eight occasions until October 2008. Our results revealed significant interactions of time of survey with both grazing history and grazing removal for vascular plants, small mammals and reptiles. The mammals exhibited a three-way interaction of time, grazing history and grazing removal, thus highlighting the importance of careful sampling designs and timing for future monitoring. The strongest response to the cessation of grazing after two years was depressed reproductive output of plants in areas where cattle continued to graze. Our results confirm that neither vegetation nor small vertebrates necessarily respond immediately to the removal of livestock, but that rainfall events and cumulative grazing history are key determinants of floral and faunal performance in grassland landscapes with low and variable rainfall. We suggest that improved assessments could be made of the health of arid grazing environments if long-term monitoring were implemented to track the complex interactions that influence how native biota respond to grazing.
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- Anke S K Frank
- Research Associate, Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Tischler M, Dickman CR, Wardle GM. Avian functional group responses to rainfall across four vegetation types in the Simpson Desert, central Australia. AUSTRAL ECOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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