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Effects of Natural Land Cover, Anthropogenic Disturbance, Space, and Climate on Oribatid Mite Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands Region by Lumley, Lisa M, Azeria, Ermias T, Giacobbo, Victoria A, Cobb, Tyler P

“…Soil contains a diverse fauna and microflora that are vital for maintaining healthy soils and their various ecosystem services. Oribatid mites are typically…”
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Nestedness, niche metrics and temporal dynamics of a metacommunity in a dynamic natural model system by Azeria, Ermias T., Kolasa, Jurek

“…Prediction of extinction and colonization rates for whole species assemblages emerges as an urgent task for ecology. We hypothesized that nestedness of species…”
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Landscape-scale disturbances modified bird community dynamics in successional forest environment by Zhao, Qing, Azeria, Ermias T, Le Blanc, Mélanie-Louise, Lemaître, Jérôme, Fortin, Daniel

“…Ecosystem-based forest management strives to develop silvicultural practices that best emulate natural disturbances such as wildfire to conserve biodiversity…”
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Automatic selection of the number of clusters using Bayesian clustering and sparsity‐inducing priors by Valle, Denis, Jameel, Yusuf, Betancourt, Brenda, Azeria, Ermias T., Attias, Nina, Cullen, Joshua

“…Clustering is a ubiquitous task in ecological and environmental sciences and multiple methods have been developed for this purpose. Because these clustering…”
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The strength of cross-taxon congruence in species composition varies with the size of regional species pools and the intensity of human disturbance by Rooney, Rebecca C., Azeria, Ermias T.

“…Aim: Our aims were to determine whether cross-taxon congruence of species composition patterns varies across regions and human disturbance levels and to infer…”
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Linking functional diversity, trait composition, invasion, and environmental drivers in boreal wetland plant assemblages by Allen, Brandon E., Azeria, Ermias T., Bried, Jason T., Collins, Beverly

“…Questions A range of landscape and local environmental factors, including invasion, interact with species functional diversity and trait composition to shape…”
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Terrestrial bird community patterns on the coralline islands of the Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea, Eritrea by Azeria, Ermias T.

“…Aim: This study aims to explain the patterns of species richness and nestedness of a terrestrial bird community in a poorly studied region. Location:…”
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Effects of habitat characteristics and interspecific interactions on co-occurrence patterns of saproxylic beetles breeding in tree boles after forest fire: null model analyses by Azeria, Ermias T., Ibarzabal, Jacques, Hébert, Christian

“…It is often suggested that habitat attributes and interspecific interactions can cause non-random species cooccurrence patterns, but quantifying their…”
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Unraveling Saproxylic Insect Interactions in Tree Hollows from Iberian Mediterranean Forest by Sánchez-Galván, Ingrid R, Marcos-García, María Ángeles, Galante, Eduardo, Azeria, Ermias T, Micó, Estefanía

“…Tree hollows are complex microhabitats in which a variety of abiotic and biotic factors shape the community assembly of saproxylic insects. Detecting…”
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Using biodiversity deconstruction to disentangle assembly and diversity dynamics of understorey plants along post-fire succession in boreal forest by Azeria, Ermias T., Bouchard, Mathieu, Pothier, David, Fortin, Daniel, Hébert, Christian

“…Aim: The study aims to decipher the co-occurrence of understorey plant assemblages and, accordingly, to identify a set of species groups (diversity…”
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Saproxylic Beetles in Disturbed Boreal Forests: Temporal Dynamics, Habitat Associations, and Community Structure by Boucher, Jonathan, Azeria, Ermias T., Ibarzabal, Jacques, Hébert, Christian

“…Early postfire habitats harbour numerous saproxylic species. Some are opportunistic feeders, while others are closely associated with burned forests. This…”
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Using null model analysis of species co-occurrences to deconstruct biodiversity patterns and select indicator species by Azeria, Ermias T, Fortin, Daniel, Hébert, Christian, Peres-Neto, Pedro, Pothier, David, Ruel, Jean-Claude

“…Using total species richness to characterize biodiversity may mask multiple response patterns of species. We propose a null model analysis of species…”
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Differential response of bird functional traits to post-fire salvage logging in a boreal forest ecosystem by Azeria, Ermias T., Ibarzabal, Jacques, Hébert, Christian, Boucher, Jonathan, Imbeau, Louis, Savard, Jean-Pierre L.

“…The concept of functional trait-environment relationship posits that species in a local community should possess similar traits that match the selective…”
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Differential Effects of Post-Fire Habitat Legacies on Beta Diversity Patterns of Saproxylic Beetles in the Boreal Forest by Azeria, Ermias T., Ibarzabal, Jacques, Boucher, Jonathan, Hébert, Christian

“…Fire-generated mosaics of habitat legacies such as dead and dying trees are key structural components in boreal forest ecosystems that support diverse…”
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Biogeographic patterns of the East African coastal forest vertebrate fauna by Azeria, Ermias T, Sanmartín, Isabel, Ås, Stefan, Carlson, Allan, Burgess, Neil

“…The archipelago-like coastal forest of East Africa is one of the highest priority ecosystems for biodiversity conservation worldwide. Here we investigate…”
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Fine-scale structure and cross-taxon congruence of bird and beetle assemblages in an old-growth boreal forest mosaic by Azeria, Ermias T., Fortin, Daniel, Lemaître, Jérôme, Janssen, Philippe, Hébert, Christian, Darveau, Marcel, Cumming, Steven G.

“…Aim: Nestedness occurs when species present in depauperate sites are subsets of those found in species-rich sites. The degree of congruence of site nestedness…”
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Temporal dynamics and nestedness of an oceanic island bird fauna by Azeria, Ermias T., Carlson, Allan, Pärt, Tomas, Wiklund, Christer G.

“…Aim: To examine temporal variation in nestedness and whether nestedness patterns predict colonization, extinction and turnover across islands and species…”
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Plant traits as indicators of recovery of reclaimed wellsites in forested areas: Slow but directional succession trajectory by Azeria, Ermias T., Santala, Kierann, McIntosh, Anne C.S., Aubin, Isabelle

“…•Trait composition in reclaimed wellsite show directed yet slow successional trajectory.•There was variation in the trajectory of traits towards reference…”
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Plant functional traits as indicator of the ecological condition of wetlands in the Grassland and Parkland of Alberta, Canada by Roy, Marie-Claude, Azeria, Ermias T., Locky, David, Gibson, John J.

“…•Plant functional traits can be used as indicator of wetland condition.•Plant trait-habitat relationships reflect plants response to physico-chemical…”
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Experts and models can agree on species sensitivity values for conservation assessments by Bried, Jason T., Allen, Brandon E., Azeria, Ermias T., Crisfield, Varina E., Wilson, Matthew J.

“…Species sensitivity values can be used to trigger management interventions and prioritize areas for conservation, with sensitivity estimation methods ranging…”
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