Search Results - "EMMERSON, Mark C"

On the dimensionality of ecological stability by Donohue, Ian, Petchey, Owen L., Montoya, José M., Jackson, Andrew L., McNally, Luke, Viana, Mafalda, Healy, Kevin, Lurgi, Miguel, O'Connor, Nessa E., Emmerson, Mark C.

“…Ecological stability is touted as a complex and multifaceted concept, including components such as variability, resistance, resilience, persistence and…”
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Perturbations to trophic interactions and the stability of complex food webs by O'Gorman, Eoin J, Emmerson, Mark C

“…The pattern of predator-prey interactions is thought to be a key determinant of ecosystem processes and stability. Complex ecological networks are…”
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Combined effects of warming and nutrients on marine communities are moderated by predators and vary across functional groups by White, Lydia, Donohue, Ian, Emmerson, Mark C., O’Connor, Nessa E.

“…Warming, nutrient enrichment and biodiversity modification are among the most pervasive components of human‐induced global environmental change. We know little…”
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Benthic assemblages associated with native and non-native oysters are similar by Zwerschke, Nadescha, Emmerson, Mark C., Roberts, Dai, O'Connor, Nessa E.

“…Invasive species can impact native species and alter assemblage structure, which affects associated ecosystem functioning. The pervasive Pacific oyster,…”
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Intensive grassland management disrupts below-ground multi-trophic resource transfer in response to drought by Chomel, Mathilde, Lavallee, Jocelyn M., Alvarez-Segura, Nil, Baggs, Elizabeth M., Caruso, Tancredi, de Castro, Francisco, Emmerson, Mark C., Magilton, Matthew, Rhymes, Jennifer M., de Vries, Franciska T., Johnson, David, Bardgett, Richard D.

“…Modification of soil food webs by land management may alter the response of ecosystem processes to climate extremes, but empirical support is limited and the…”
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Predator-Prey Body Size, Interaction Strength and the Stability of a Real Food Web by Emmerson, Mark C., Raffaelli, Dave

“…1. We examined the empirical relationship between predator-prey body size ratio and interaction strength in the Ythan Estuary food web. 2. We have refined a…”
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Quantifying large‐scale ecosystem stability with remote sensing data by White, Hannah J., Gaul, Willson, Sadykova, Dinara, León‐Sánchez, Lupe, Caplat, Paul, Emmerson, Mark C., Yearsley, Jon M., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Zlinszky, András

“…To fully understand ecosystem functioning under global change, we need to be able to measure the stability of ecosystem functioning at multiple spatial scales…”
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Stressor intensity determines antagonistic interactions between species invasion and multiple stressor effects on ecosystem functioning by Vye, Siobhan R, Emmerson, Mark C, Arenas, Francisco, Dick, Jaimie T. A, O'Connor, Nessa E

“…Biological invasions, nutrient enrichment and ocean warming are known to threaten biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The independent effects of these…”
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Interaction strength, food web topology and the relative importance of species in food webs by O'Gorman, Eoin J, Jacob, Ute, Jonsson, Tomas, Emmerson, Mark C

“…1. We established complex marine communities, consisting of over 100 species, in large subtidal experimental mesocosms. We measured the strength of direct…”
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Idiosyncratic species effects confound size-based predictions of responses to climate change by Twomey, Marion, Brodte, Eva, Jacob, Ute, Brose, Ulrich, Crowe, Tasman P., Emmerson, Mark C.

“…Understanding and predicting the consequences of warming for complex ecosystems and indeed individual species remains a major ecological challenge. Here, we…”
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Loss of functionally unique species may gradually undermine ecosystems by O'Gorman, Eoin J., Yearsley, Jon M., Crowe, Tasman P., Emmerson, Mark C., Jacob, Ute, Petchey, Owen L.

“…Functionally unique species contribute to the functional diversity of natural systems, often enhancing ecosystem functioning. An abundance of weakly…”
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Britain and Ireland’s largest lake is dying in plain sight by Reid, Neil, Emmerson, Mark C.

“…Letter to the Editor…”
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Land cover drives large scale productivity-diversity relationships in Irish vascular plants by White, Hannah J, Gaul, Willson, Sadykova, Dinara, León-Sánchez, Lupe, Caplat, Paul, Emmerson, Mark C, Yearsley, Jon M

“…The impact of productivity on species diversity is often studied at small spatial scales and without taking additional environmental factors into account…”
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Predator diversity enhances secondary production and decreases the likelihood of trophic cascades by O'Gorman, Eoin J, Enright, Ruth A, Emmerson, Mark C

“…We manipulated the diversity of top predators in a three trophic level marine food web. The food web included four top benthic marine fish predators (black…”
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Individual species provide multifaceted contributions to the stability of ecosystems by White, Lydia, O’Connor, Nessa E., Yang, Qiang, Emmerson, Mark C., Donohue, Ian

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Consistent patterns and the idiosyncratic effects of biodiversity in marine ecosystems by Emmerson, Mark C, Solan, Martin, Emes, Chas, Paterson, David M, Raffaelli, Dave

“…Revealing the consequences of species extinctions for ecosystem function has been a chief research goal and has been accompanied by enthusiastic debate…”
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On the context‐dependent scaling of consumer feeding rates by Barrios-O'Neill, Daniel, Kelly, Ruth, Dick, Jaimie T. A., Ricciardi, Anthony, MacIsaac, Hugh J., Emmerson, Mark C.

“…The stability of consumer–resource systems can depend on the form of feeding interactions (i.e. functional responses). Size‐based models predict interactions –…”
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Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions by Sutherland, William J., Freckleton, Robert P., Godfray, H. Charles J., Beissinger, Steven R., Benton, Tim, Cameron, Duncan D., Carmel, Yohay, Coomes, David A., Coulson, Tim, Emmerson, Mark C., Hails, Rosemary S., Hays, Graeme C., Hodgson, Dave J., Hutchings, Michael J., Johnson, David, Jones, Julia P. G., Keeling, Matt J., Kokko, Hanna, Kunin, William E., Lambin, Xavier, Lewis, Owen T., Malhi, Yadvinder, Mieszkowska, Nova, Milner-Gulland, E. J., Norris, Ken, Phillimore, Albert B., Purves, Drew W., Reid, Jane M., Reuman, Daniel C., Thompson, Ken, Travis, Justin M. J., Turnbull, Lindsay A., Wardle, David A., Wiegand, Thorsten

“…1. Fundamental ecological research is both intrinsically interesting and provides the basic knowledge required to answer applied questions of importance to the…”
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Drought decreases incorporation of recent plant photosynthate into soil food webs regardless of their trophic complexity by Chomel, Mathilde, Lavallee, Jocelyn M., Alvarez‐Segura, Nil, Castro, Francisco, Rhymes, Jennifer M., Caruso, Tancredi, Vries, Franciska T., Baggs, Elizabeth M., Emmerson, Mark C., Bardgett, Richard D., Johnson, David

“…Theory suggests that more complex food webs promote stability and can buffer the effects of perturbations, such as drought, on soil organisms and ecosystem…”
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Ecosystem stability at the landscape scale is primarily associated with climatic history by White, Hannah J., Gaul, Willson, León‐Sánchez, Lupe, Sadykova, Dinara, Emmerson, Mark C., Caplat, Paul, Yearsley, Jon M.

“…There is an increasing interest in landscape‐scale perspectives of ecosystem functioning to inform policy and conservation decisions. However, we need a better…”
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