New uses for ancient middens: bridging ecological and evolutionary perspectives
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 28:S0169-5347(23)00334-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.12.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRodent middens provide a fine-scale spatiotemporal record of plant and animal communities over the late Quaternary. In the Americas, middens have offered insight into biotic responses to past environmental changes and historical factors influencing the distribution and diversity of species. However, few studies have used middens to investigate genetic or ecosystem level responses. Integrating midden studies with neoecology and experimental evolution can help address these gaps and test mechanisms underlying e...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Katie M Becklin Julio L Betancourt Joseph Braasch Olivier D ézerald Francisca P D íaz Ang élica L González Robert Harbert Camille A Holmgren Angela D Hornsby Claudio Latorre Marjorie D Matocq Felisa A Smith Source Type: research
Zero deforestation and degradation in the Brazilian Amazon
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 28:S0169-5347(24)00060-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBrazil's main goal is zero deforestation and degradation (ZDD) in the Amazon. Existing policies do not consider the region's heterogeneity. Integrated sectoral policies are necessary for consolidating sustainable subregional territories. To protect the world's largest tropical forest while improving local people's lives, government agencies must overcome funding shortfalls and gaps in coordination.PMID:38553316 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.004 (Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ima C élia Guimarães Vieira Jos é Maria Cardoso da Silva Source Type: research
New uses for ancient middens: bridging ecological and evolutionary perspectives
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 28:S0169-5347(23)00334-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.12.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRodent middens provide a fine-scale spatiotemporal record of plant and animal communities over the late Quaternary. In the Americas, middens have offered insight into biotic responses to past environmental changes and historical factors influencing the distribution and diversity of species. However, few studies have used middens to investigate genetic or ecosystem level responses. Integrating midden studies with neoecology and experimental evolution can help address these gaps and test mechanisms underlying e...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Katie M Becklin Julio L Betancourt Joseph Braasch Olivier D ézerald Francisca P D íaz Ang élica L González Robert Harbert Camille A Holmgren Angela D Hornsby Claudio Latorre Marjorie D Matocq Felisa A Smith Source Type: research
Zero deforestation and degradation in the Brazilian Amazon
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 28:S0169-5347(24)00060-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBrazil's main goal is zero deforestation and degradation (ZDD) in the Amazon. Existing policies do not consider the region's heterogeneity. Integrated sectoral policies are necessary for consolidating sustainable subregional territories. To protect the world's largest tropical forest while improving local people's lives, government agencies must overcome funding shortfalls and gaps in coordination.PMID:38553316 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.004 (Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ima C élia Guimarães Vieira Jos é Maria Cardoso da Silva Source Type: research
Resilience and vulnerability: distinct concepts to address global change in forests
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 25:S0169-5347(24)00059-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResilience and vulnerability are important concepts to understand, anticipate, and manage global change impacts on forest ecosystems. However, they are often used confusingly and inconsistently, hampering a synthetic understanding of global change, and impeding communication with managers and policy-makers. Both concepts are powerful and have complementary strengths, reflecting their different history, methodological approach, components, and spatiotemporal focus. Resilience assessments address the temporal r...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 26, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Judit Lecina-Diaz Jordi Mart ínez-Vilalta Francisco Lloret Rupert Seidl Source Type: research
Resilience and vulnerability: distinct concepts to address global change in forests
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 25:S0169-5347(24)00059-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResilience and vulnerability are important concepts to understand, anticipate, and manage global change impacts on forest ecosystems. However, they are often used confusingly and inconsistently, hampering a synthetic understanding of global change, and impeding communication with managers and policy-makers. Both concepts are powerful and have complementary strengths, reflecting their different history, methodological approach, components, and spatiotemporal focus. Resilience assessments address the temporal r...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 26, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Judit Lecina-Diaz Jordi Mart ínez-Vilalta Francisco Lloret Rupert Seidl Source Type: research
Resilience and vulnerability: distinct concepts to address global change in forests
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 25:S0169-5347(24)00059-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResilience and vulnerability are important concepts to understand, anticipate, and manage global change impacts on forest ecosystems. However, they are often used confusingly and inconsistently, hampering a synthetic understanding of global change, and impeding communication with managers and policy-makers. Both concepts are powerful and have complementary strengths, reflecting their different history, methodological approach, components, and spatiotemporal focus. Resilience assessments address the temporal r...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 26, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Judit Lecina-Diaz Jordi Mart ínez-Vilalta Francisco Lloret Rupert Seidl Source Type: research
Resilience and vulnerability: distinct concepts to address global change in forests
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 25:S0169-5347(24)00059-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResilience and vulnerability are important concepts to understand, anticipate, and manage global change impacts on forest ecosystems. However, they are often used confusingly and inconsistently, hampering a synthetic understanding of global change, and impeding communication with managers and policy-makers. Both concepts are powerful and have complementary strengths, reflecting their different history, methodological approach, components, and spatiotemporal focus. Resilience assessments address the temporal r...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 26, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Judit Lecina-Diaz Jordi Mart ínez-Vilalta Francisco Lloret Rupert Seidl Source Type: research
Fire-mediated effects on polyploid biology
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 22:S0169-5347(24)00053-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCold temperatures have been posited as a key driver of polyploidy (possession of multiple chromosome sets). However, high temperatures associated with fire, and the indirect impact of post-fire environments in polypoid formation and establishment deserve more attention for a comprehensive understanding of polyploid ecology, evolution, and current distributions.PMID:38521739 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.007 (Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Kelsey L Glennon Hendrik J Niemann Sally Archibald Source Type: research
Fire-mediated effects on polyploid biology
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 22:S0169-5347(24)00053-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCold temperatures have been posited as a key driver of polyploidy (possession of multiple chromosome sets). However, high temperatures associated with fire, and the indirect impact of post-fire environments in polypoid formation and establishment deserve more attention for a comprehensive understanding of polyploid ecology, evolution, and current distributions.PMID:38521739 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.007 (Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Kelsey L Glennon Hendrik J Niemann Sally Archibald Source Type: research
Fire-mediated effects on polyploid biology
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 22:S0169-5347(24)00053-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCold temperatures have been posited as a key driver of polyploidy (possession of multiple chromosome sets). However, high temperatures associated with fire, and the indirect impact of post-fire environments in polypoid formation and establishment deserve more attention for a comprehensive understanding of polyploid ecology, evolution, and current distributions.PMID:38521739 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.007 (Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Kelsey L Glennon Hendrik J Niemann Sally Archibald Source Type: research
When indices disagree: facing conceptual and practical challenges
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 19:S0169-5347(24)00038-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHypothesis testing requires meaningful ways to quantify biological phenomena and account for alternative mechanisms that could explain the same pattern. Researchers combine experiments, statistics, and indices to account for these confounding mechanisms. Key concepts in ecology and evolution, such as niche breadth (NB) or fitness, can be represented by several indices, which often provide uncorrelated estimates. Is this because the indices use different types of noisy data or because the targeted phenomenon i...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Carlos Alberto Arnillas Kelly Carscadden Source Type: research
Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 15:S0169-5347(24)00041-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough primarily studied through the lens of community ecology, phenomena consistent with priority effects appear to be widespread across many different scenarios spanning a broad range of spatial, temporal, and biological scales. However, communication between these research fields is inconsistent and has resulted in a fragmented co-citation landscape, likely due to the diversity of terms used to refer to priority effects across these fields. We review these related terms, and the biological contexts in wh...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: J T Stroud B M Delory E M Barnes J M Chase L De Meester J Dieskau T N Grainger F W Halliday P Kardol T M Knight E Ladouceur C J Little C Roscher J M Sarneel V M Temperton T L H van Steijn C M Werner C W Wood T Fukami Source Type: research
Population abundance estimates in conservation and biodiversity research
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Feb 23:S0169-5347(24)00037-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMeasuring and tracking biodiversity from local to global scales is challenging due to its multifaceted nature and the range of metrics used to describe spatial and temporal patterns. Abundance can be used to describe how a population changes across space and time, but it can be measured in different ways, with consequences for the interpretation and communication of spatiotemporal patterns. We differentiate between relative and absolute abundance, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each for biodi...
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Corey T Callaghan Luca Santini Rebecca Spake Diana E Bowler Source Type: research
Including a diverse set of voices to address biological invasions
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 19:S0169-5347(24)00055-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInclusivity is fundamental to progress in understanding and addressing the global phenomena of biological invasions because inclusivity fosters a breadth of perspectives, knowledge, and solutions. Here, we report on how the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessment on invasive alien species (IAS) prioritized inclusivity, the benefits of this approach, and the remaining challenges.PMID:38508924 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.009 (Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Martin A Nu ñez Tom August Sven Bacher Bella S Galil Philip E Hulme Tohru Ikeda Melodie A McGeoch Alejandro Ordonez Sebataolo Rahlao Tanara Renard Truong An íbal Pauchard Helen E Roy K V Sankaran Evangelina Schwindt Hanno Seebens Andy W Sheppard Peter S Source Type: research
