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A morphological and functional basis for maximum prey size in piscivorous fishes by Mihalitsis, Michalis, Bellwood, David R

“…Fish predation is important in shaping populations and community structure in aquatic systems. These predator-prey interactions can be influenced by…”
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Algal turf sediments on coral reefs: what's known and what's next by Tebbett, Sterling B., Bellwood, David R.

“…Algal turfs are likely to rise in prominence on coral reefs in the Anthropocene. In these ecosystems the sediments bound within algal turfs will shape…”
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A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances by Mouillot, David, Graham, Nicholas A.J., Villéger, Sébastien, Mason, Norman W.H., Bellwood, David R.

“…Understanding the processes shaping biological communities under multiple disturbances is a core challenge in ecology and conservation science. Traditionally,…”
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Vicariance across major marine biogeographic barriers: temporal concordance and the relative intensity of hard versus soft barriers by Cowman, Peter F., Bellwood, David R.

“…The marine tropics contain five major biogeographic regions (East Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA) and Central Pacific)…”
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Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs by Mouillot, David, Villéger, Sébastien, Parravicini, Valeriano, Kulbicki, Michel, Arias-González, Jesus Ernesto, Bender, Mariana, Chabanet, Pascale, Floeter, Sergio R., Friedlander, Alan, Vigliola, Laurent, Bellwood, David R.

“…When tropical systems lose species, they are often assumed to be buffered against declines in functional diversity by the ability of the species-rich biota to…”
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Human activity selectively impacts the ecosystem roles of parrotfishes on coral reefs by Bellwood, David R, Hoey, Andrew S, Hughes, Terence P

“…Around the globe, coral reefs and other marine ecosystems are increasingly overfished. Conventionally, studies of fishing impacts have focused on the…”
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Suppression of herbivory by macroalgal density: a critical feedback on coral reefs by Hoey, Andrew S, Bellwood, David R

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 267-273 ABSTRACT: Coral reefs globally are in decline, with some reefs undergoing phase shifts from coral-dominance to degraded…”
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Habitat zonation on coral reefs: Structural complexity, nutritional resources and herbivorous fish distributions by Oakley-Cogan, Arun, Tebbett, Sterling B, Bellwood, David R

“…Distinct zonation of community assemblages among habitats is a ubiquitous feature of coral reefs. The distribution of roving herbivorous fishes (parrotfishes,…”
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The historical biogeography of coral reef fishes: global patterns of origination and dispersal by Cowman, Peter F., Bellwood, David R.

“…Aim: To use recently published phylogenies of three major reef fish families to explore global patterns of species origin and dispersal over the past 65…”
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Trophic innovations fuel reef fish diversification by Siqueira, Alexandre C., Morais, Renato A., Bellwood, David R., Cowman, Peter F.

“…Reef fishes are an exceptionally speciose vertebrate assemblage, yet the main drivers of their diversification remain unclear. It has been suggested that…”
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Global biogeography of reef fishes: a hierarchical quantitative delineation of regions by Kulbicki, Michel, Parravicini, Valeriano, Bellwood, David R, Arias-Gonzàlez, Ernesto, Chabanet, Pascale, Floeter, Sergio R, Friedlander, Alan, McPherson, Jana, Myers, Robert E, Vigliola, Laurent, Mouillot, David

“…Delineating regions is an important first step in understanding the evolution and biogeography of faunas. However, quantitative approaches are often limited at…”
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Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems by Mouillot, David, Bellwood, David R, Baraloto, Christopher, Chave, Jerome, Galzin, Rene, Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille, Kulbicki, Michel, Lavergne, Sebastien, Lavorel, Sandra, Mouquet, Nicolas, Paine, C E Timothy, Renaud, Julien, Thuiller, Wilfried

“…Around the world, the human-induced collapses of populations and species have triggered a sixth mass extinction crisis, with rare species often being the first…”
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Microtopographic refuges shape consumer-producer dynamics by mediating consumer functional diversity by Brandl, Simon J., Bellwood, David R.

“…Consumer-producer dynamics are critical for ecosystem functioning. In marine environments, primary production is often subject to strong consumer control, and…”
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On the evolution of fish–coral interactions by Siqueira, Alexandre C., Muruga, Pooventhran, Bellwood, David R.

“…The biodiversity of tropical reefs is typified by the interaction between fishes and corals. Despite the importance of this ecological association,…”
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Trophic separation in planktivorous reef fishes: a new role for mucus? by Huertas, Victor, Bellwood, David R.

“…The feeding apparatus directly influences a species’trophic ecology. In fishes, our understanding of feeding modes is largely derived from studies of rigid…”
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Human-Mediated Loss of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Coral Reef Fishes by D’agata, Stéphanie, Mouillot, David, Kulbicki, Michel, Andréfouët, Serge, Bellwood, David R., Cinner, Joshua E., Cowman, Peter F., Kronen, Mecki, Pinca, Silvia, Vigliola, Laurent

“…Beyond the loss of species richness [1–3], human activities may also deplete the breadth of evolutionary history (phylogenetic diversity) and the diversity of…”
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A 3D perspective on sediment accumulation in algal turfs: Implications of coral reef flattening by Tebbett, Sterling B., Streit, Robert P., Bellwood, David R.

“…Globally, coral reefs are being transformed by a suite of stressors, the foremost being climate change. Increasingly, it is expected that these reconfigured…”
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Quantifying phylogenetic beta diversity: distinguishing between 'true' turnover of lineages and phylogenetic diversity gradients by Leprieur, Fabien, Albouy, Camille, De Bortoli, Julien, Cowman, Peter F, Bellwood, David R, Mouillot, David

“…The evolutionary dissimilarity between communities (phylogenetic beta diversity PBD) has been increasingly explored by ecologists and biogeographers to assess…”
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Limited Functional Redundancy in a High Diversity System: Single Species Dominates Key Ecological Process on Coral Reefs by Hoey, Andrew S, Bellwood, David R

“…Herbivory is a key process structuring plant communities in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, with variation in herbivory often being related to shifts…”
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Fast-growing species shape the evolution of reef corals by Siqueira, Alexandre C., Kiessling, Wolfgang, Bellwood, David R.

“…Ecological interactions are ubiquitous on tropical coral reefs, where sessile organisms coexist in limited space. Within these high-diversity systems,…”
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