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0000-0002-0097-0651
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Malyon College
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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
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Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 02-09-2020
DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.01.276378
Abstract: The rapid expansion of urban areas in which natural and semi-natural areas are replaced by human infrastructure, such as buildings and streets, is a major threat to bio ersity worldwide. However, little is known about how the structure of biotic communities is affected by urbanization in the tropics. Here, we tested the effect of land use types in urban and peri-urban areas on frog species richness and community composition in central Brazil. We selected 20 ponds differing in size and surrounding levels of urbanization as well as natural forest cover. We then used a Poisson GLM and a distance-based Redundancy Analysis (db-RDA) to relate species richness and community composition, respectively, to environmental variables. Variation in species richness was best explained by pond size (positive effect) and amount of urbanization (negative effect) in the surrounding 500 m. Community composition was mainly driven by species turnover than by nestedness, with db-RDA showing that turnover was explained primarily by urban infrastructure and forest cover. Our results indicate that urbanization negatively influences species richness. Moreover, as the amount of urbanization increased, several species were replaced by others taxa that appear better adapted to urban environments. Our results indicate that maintaining large ponds with surrounding native vegetation in urban environments might be an effective strategy for conserving frog communities.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-02-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.1002/ECS2.4342
Abstract: Synthesis research in ecology and environmental science improves understanding, advances theory, identifies research priorities, and supports management strategies by linking data, ideas, and tools. Accelerating environmental challenges increases the need to focus synthesis science on the most pressing questions. To leverage input from the broader research community, we convened a virtual workshop with participants from many countries and disciplines to examine how and where synthesis can address key questions and themes in ecology and environmental science in the coming decade. Seven priority research topics emerged: (1) ersity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ), (2) human and natural systems, (3) actionable and use‐inspired science, (4) scale, (5) generality, (6) complexity and resilience, and (7) predictability. Additionally, two issues regarding the general practice of synthesis emerged: the need for increased participant ersity and inclusive research practices and increased and improved data flow, access, and skill‐building. These topics and practices provide a strategic vision for future synthesis in ecology and environmental science.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-2023
DOI: 10.1002/ECE3.9961
Abstract: We call for journals to commit to requiring open data be archived in a format that will be simple and clear for readers to understand and use. If applied consistently, these requirements will allow contributors to be acknowledged for their work through citation of open data, and facilitate scientific progress.
Publisher: Brill
Date: 28-07-2018
DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00501003
Abstract: After surveying the theology and literature related to church mergers this article reports on the case studies of four recent mergers in the Queensland Baptist context. The research assesses how successful the church mergers have been, what were the motivators for the mergers, how were the obstacles overcome and what success-factors can be confirmed and/or developed. The article concludes with recommendations for congregations undertaking this difficult but rewarding task.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-10-2021
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 19-12-2022
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.19.521041
Abstract: The effects of equilibrium and nonequilibrium processes are generally investigated using species richness on a single biological group. However, little is known about how these two classes of processes also affect trait ersity, considering multiple taxa within the same geographical template. Here, we evaluated which variables representing equilibrium (topography, climate, and primary productivity) and nonequilibrium ( ersification rate and evolutionary time) processes best explain species richness and trait ersity of four clades of vertebrates within the same global hotspot. We also investigated how trait disparity has accumulated over time and whether there are congruent spatial patterns between groups. Atlantic Rainforest Contemporary. Terrestrial vertebrates. We tested whether the spatial pattern of Functional Dispersion (FDis), richness, ersification rate, and evolutionary time of each group are correlated. We used a spatially explicit structural equation model to test how species richness and functional dispersion are influenced by variables representing equilibrium and nonequilibrium mechanisms. Additionally, we explored how trait disparity accumulated over time in the four groups. We found that non-equilibrium proxies, evolutionary time and ersification rate, played a primary role in driving species richness and trait ersity, with elevation and climate variables having only an indirect effect species and trait ersity via ersification rate and evolutionary time. We found a congruent pattern of species richness among all groups, except among ectotherms. In contrast, the spatial distribution of evolutionary time was distinct for each group. Despite nonequilibrium processes were more important for generating large-scale ersity patterns within the same geographical template, the interplay between evolutionary time and dispersal ability have disparately determined the assembly of communities.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2020
DOI: 10.1111/TETH.12552
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-07-2023
DOI: 10.1111/JBI.14697
Location: Brazil
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