Integrating Conservation Biology and Paleobiology to Manage Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World

G. Lynn Wingard, Chris Schneider, Gregory P. Dietl, Damien Fordham

Frontiers Media, SA

Policy makers and resource managers must make decisions that affect the resilience and...

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: Climate Change,­biodiversity dynamics,­extinction risk,­resilience,­sustainability,­adaptation,­Range shifts,­genetic diversity,­Refugia,­ecosystem management and restoration,­ecosystem services,­shifting baselines,­survivorship

Effects of Non-Random Sources of Alteration on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Tian Zhao, Chuanbo Guo, Chao Wang, Chunsheng Liu, Paraskevi Manolaki

Frontiers Media SA

Understanding how biological diversity affects ecosystem functioning is a key question in modern...

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: global change,­Ecological impacts,­Biological diversity,­Spatiotemporal variability,­species composition,­food webs,­Ecosystem structure and functioning,­Human disturbances,­Habitat Fragmentation,­Environmental Pollution,­Ecosystem health

The effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on patterns, structures and functions of terrestrial ecosystems

Guoqi Wen, Cuicui Jiao, Wei Zhao, Wenping Yuan

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: vegetation dynamics,­Climate Change,­Environment stress,­carbon/nitrogen cycling,­carbon/nitrogen storage,­Biodiversity,­ecological vulnerability/sensitivity/ resilience

The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on the Structure and Function of Wetland/Grassland Ecosystems

Zhongqin Yan, Kerou Zhang, Yunpeng Luo, Xiaodong Zhang

Frontiers Media SA

Wetlands and grassland are important components of natural ecosystems, which have rich values in...

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: wetland,­grassland,­Climate Change,­Human activity,­ecosystem structure and function

Food Webs and Stable Isotopes, volume II

Jason Newton, Gabriele Stowasser, Rona A. R. McGill

Frontiers Media SA

Over thirty years ago it was discovered that there is a predictable shift in the bulk nitrogen and...

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: Foodwebs,­trophic interactions,­Stable isotopes,­Diet,­food webs

Marine epibioses

Roksana Majewska, Sergey Dobretsov, Nathan Jack Robinson, Fabiano Thompson

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: adherence,­Antifouling strategies,­Basibiont,­Biofilm,­Biofouling,­Coastal habitats,­epibiont,­microbiome,­holobiome,­Surface Associations,­Surface conditioning,­Surface colonization

New perspectives and emerging directions in predator–prey functional response research: Hommage to C.S. Holling (1930– 2019)

Thomas John Hossie, Dennis Murray

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Keywords: Population Ecology,­predator-prey,­predation,­density dependence,­Consumptive effects

Drivers of small-mammal community structure in tropical savannas

Bradley J. Bergstrom, Ara Monadjem, Christopher Richard Dickman, Emerson M. Vieira

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Keywords: disturbance,­Fire ecology,­habitats,­Herbivory,­Landscape of fear

Biodiversity across Afromontane Environments

David Horák, Vincent Ralph Clark, Kevin Y. Njabo, Jon Fjeldså, Vincent Deblauwe

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Keywords: elevation,­Forest,­grassland,­Savannah,­Plants,­Animals,­Tropics,­Sub-tropics,­temperate,­endemism,­Afromontane,­Afro-alpine