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Food webs: reconciling the structure and function of biodiversity by Thompson, Ross M., Brose, Ulrich, Dunne, Jennifer A., Hall, Robert O., Hladyz, Sally, Kitching, Roger L., Martinez, Neo D., Rantala, Heidi, Romanuk, Tamara N., Stouffer, Daniel B., Tylianakis, Jason M.

“…The global biodiversity crisis concerns not only unprecedented loss of species within communities, but also related consequences for ecosystem function…”
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Forests and Their Canopies: Achievements and Horizons in Canopy Science by Nakamura, Akihiro, Kitching, Roger L., Cao, Min, Creedy, Thomas J., Fayle, Tom M., Freiberg, Martin, Hewitt, C.N., Itioka, Takao, Koh, Lian Pin, Ma, Keping, Malhi, Yadvinder, Mitchell, Andrew, Novotny, Vojtech, Ozanne, Claire M.P., Song, Liang, Wang, Han, Ashton, Louise A.

“…Forest canopies are dynamic interfaces between organisms and atmosphere, providing buffered microclimates and complex microhabitats. Canopies form vertically…”
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Arthropod Diversity in a Tropical Forest by Basset, Yves, Cizek, Lukas, Cuénoud, Philippe, Didham, Raphael K., Guilhaumon, François, Missa, Olivier, Novotny, Vojtech, Ødegaard, Frode, Roslin, Tomas, Schmidl, Jürgen, Tishechkin, Alexey K., Winchester, Neville N., Roubik, David W., Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre, Bail, Johannes, Barrios, Héctor, Bridle, Jon R., Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela, Corbara, Bruno, Curletti, Gianfranco, da Rocha, Wesley Duarte, De Bakker, Domir, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Dejean, Alain, Fagan, Laura L., Floren, Andreas, Kitching, Roger L., Medianero, Enrique, Miller, Scott E., de Oliveira, Evandro Gama, Orivel, Jérôme, Pollet, Marc, Rapp, Mathieu, Ribeiro, Sérvio P., Roisin, Yves, Schmidt, Jesper B., Sørensen, Line, Leponce, Maurice

“…Most eukaryotic organisms are arthropods. Yet, their diversity in rich terrestrial ecosystems is still unknown. Here we produce tangible estimates of the total…”
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Ecological patterns and processes in the vertical dimension of terrestrial ecosystems by Xing, Shuang, Leahy, Lily, Ashton, Louise A., Kitching, Roger L., Bonebrake, Timothy C., Scheffers, Brett R.

“…Climatic gradients such as latitude and elevation are considered primary drivers of global biogeography. Yet, alongside these macro‐gradients, the vertical…”
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Integrating Proximal and Horizon Threats to Biodiversity for Conservation by Bonebrake, Timothy C., Guo, Fengyi, Dingle, Caroline, Baker, David M., Kitching, Roger L., Ashton, Louise A.

“…Global conservation promotes solutions to different dimensions of threat and response: land-use change, climate change, pollution, and so forth. Countering…”
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The Role of Evolution in Shaping Ecological Networks by Segar, Simon T., Fayle, Tom M., Srivastava, Diane S., Lewinsohn, Thomas M., Lewis, Owen T., Novotny, Vojtech, Kitching, Roger L., Maunsell, Sarah C.

“…The structure of ecological networks reflects the evolutionary history of their biotic components, and their dynamics are strongly driven by ecoevolutionary…”
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Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding by Ji, Yinqiu, Ashton, Louise, Pedley, Scott M, Edwards, David P, Tang, Yong, Nakamura, Akihiro, Kitching, Roger, Dolman, Paul M, Woodcock, Paul, Edwards, Felicity A, Larsen, Trond H, Hsu, Wayne W, Benedick, Suzan, Hamer, Keith C, Wilcove, David S, Bruce, Catharine, Wang, Xiaoyang, Levi, Taal, Lott, Martin, Emerson, Brent C, Yu, Douglas W, Holyoak, Marcel

“…To manage and conserve biodiversity, one must know what is being lost, where, and why, as well as which remedies are likely to be most effective. Metabarcoding…”
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Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Rainforest: Tackling a Four Dimensional Puzzle by Basset, Yves, Cizek, Lukas, Cuénoud, Philippe, Didham, Raphael K, Novotny, Vojtech, Ødegaard, Frode, Roslin, Tomas, Tishechkin, Alexey K, Schmidl, Jürgen, Winchester, Neville N, Roubik, David W, Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre, Bail, Johannes, Barrios, Héctor, Bridle, Jonathan R, Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela, Corbara, Bruno, Curletti, Gianfranco, Duarte da Rocha, Wesley, De Bakker, Domir, Delabie, Jacques H C, Dejean, Alain, Fagan, Laura L, Floren, Andreas, Kitching, Roger L, Medianero, Enrique, Gama de Oliveira, Evandro, Orivel, Jérôme, Pollet, Marc, Rapp, Mathieu, Ribeiro, Sérvio P, Roisin, Yves, Schmidt, Jesper B, Sørensen, Line, Lewinsohn, Thomas M, Leponce, Maurice

“…Quantifying the spatio-temporal distribution of arthropods in tropical rainforests represents a first step towards scrutinizing the global distribution of…”
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Lianas as a food resource for herbivorous insects: a comparison with trees by Odell, Erica H., Stork, Nigel E., Kitching, Roger L.

“…ABSTRACT Woody climbers or, ‘lianas’, are one of the features that characterise rainforests. They contribute substantially to plant diversity and leaf biomass…”
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Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest by Ewers, Robert M., Boyle, Michael J. W., Gleave, Rosalind A., Plowman, Nichola S., Benedick, Suzan, Bernard, Henry, Bishop, Tom R., Bakhtiar, Effendi Y., Chey, Vun Khen, Chung, Arthur Y. C., Davies, Richard G., Edwards, David P., Eggleton, Paul, Fayle, Tom M., Hardwick, Stephen R., Homathevi, Rahman, Kitching, Roger L., Khoo, Min Sheng, Luke, Sarah H., March, Joshua J., Nilus, Reuben, Pfeifer, Marion, Rao, Sri V., Sharp, Adam C., Snaddon, Jake L., Stork, Nigel E., Struebig, Matthew J., Wearn, Oliver R., Yusah, Kalsum M., Turner, Edgar C.

“…Invertebrates are dominant species in primary tropical rainforests, where their abundance and diversity contributes to the functioning and resilience of these…”
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Changes in host–parasitoid food web structure with elevation by Maunsell, Sarah C, Kitching, Roger L, Burwell, Chris J, Morris, Rebecca J, Webb, Tom

“…Gradients in elevation are increasingly used to investigate how species respond to changes in local climatic conditions. Whilst many studies have shown…”
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Tropical beetles more sensitive to impacts are less likely to be known to science by Boyle, Michael J W, Sharp, Adam C, Barclay, Maxwell V, Chung, Arthur Y C, Ewers, Robert M, de Rougemont, Guillaume, Bonebrake, Timothy C, Kitching, Roger L, Stork, Nigel E, Ashton, Louise A

“…Insects are posited to be declining globally. This is particularly pertinent in tropical forests, which exhibit both the highest levels of biodiversity and the…”
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Elevational species richness gradients in a hyperdiverse insect taxon: a global meta-study on geometrid moths by Beck, Jan, McCain, Christy M., Axmacher, Jan C., Ashton, Louise A., Bärtschi, Florian, Brehm, Gunnar, Choi, Sei-Woong, Cizek, Oldrich, Colwell, Robert K., Fiedler, Konrad, Francois, Cristina L., Highland, Steven, Holloway, Jeremy D., Intachat, Jurie, Kadlec, Tomas, Kitching, Roger L., Maunsell, Sarah C., Merckx, Thomas, Nakamura, Akihiro, Odell, Erica, Sang, Weiguo, Toko, Pagi S., Zamecnik, Jaroslav, Zou, Yi, Novotny, Vojtech

“…Aims: We aim to document elevational richness patterns of geometrid moths in a globally replicated, multi-gradient setting, and to test general hypotheses on…”
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Different environmental factors drive tree species diversity along elevation gradients in three climatic zones in Yunnan, southern China by Song, Xiaoyang, Cao, Min, Li, Jieqiong, Kitching, Roger L., Nakamura, Akihiro, Laidlaw, Melinda J., Tang, Yong, Sun, Zhenhua, Zhang, Wenfu, Yang, Jie

“…Elevational patterns of tree diversity are well studied worldwide. However, few studies have examined how seedlings respond to elevational gradients and…”
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Midpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints by Colwell, Robert K., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Ashton, Louise A., Beck, Jan, Brehm, Gunnar, Fayle, Tom M., Fiedler, Konrad, Forister, Matthew L., Kessler, Michael, Kitching, Roger L., Klimes, Petr, Kluge, Jürgen, Longino, John T., Maunsell, Sarah C., McCain, Christy M., Moses, Jimmy, Noben, Sarah, Sam, Katerina, Sam, Legi, Shapiro, Arthur M., Wang, Xiangping, Novotny, Vojtech

“…We introduce a novel framework for conceptualising, quantifying and unifying discordant patterns of species richness along geographical gradients. While not…”
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Colors of night: climate–morphology relationships of geometrid moths along spatial gradients in southwestern China by Xing, Shuang, Bonebrake, Timothy C., Ashton, Louise A., Kitching, Roger L., Cao, Min, Sun, Zhenhua, Ho, Jennifer Chee, Nakamura, Akihiro

“…Color lightness of insects is an important ecological trait affecting their performance through multiple functions such as thermoregulation, UV protection and…”
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Invertebrates and the complexity of tropical ecosystems by Kitching, Roger L., Dahlsjö, Cecilia A. L., Eggleton, Paul

“…It has been estimated that there are seven million terrestrial arthropod species on Earth consisting of 6.1 million species of insects, 1.5 million of which…”
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Conservation Success through IPBES-Guided Transformative Change by Bonebrake, Timothy C., Guo, Fengyi, Dingle, Caroline, Baker, David M., Kitching, Roger L., Ashton, Louise A.

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Resilience of tropical invertebrate community assembly processes to a gradient of land use intensity by Granville, Natasha R., Barclay, Maxwell V. L., Boyle, Michael J. W., Chung, Arthur Y. C., Fayle, Tom M., Hah, Huai En, Hardwick, Jane L., Kinneen, Lois, Kitching, Roger L., Maunsell, Sarah C., Miller, Jeremy A., Sharp, Adam C., Stork, Nigel E., Wai, Leona, Yusah, Kalsum M., Ewers, Robert M.

“…Understanding how community assembly processes drive biodiversity patterns is a central goal of community ecology. While it is generally accepted that…”
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Strategic national approach for improving the conservation management of insects and allied invertebrates in Australia by Taylor, Gary S, Braby, Michael F, Moir, Melinda L, Harvey, Mark S, Sands, Don P A, New, Tim R, Kitching, Roger L, McQuillan, Peter B, Hogendoorn, Katja, Glatz, Richard V, Andren, Mick, Cook, James M, Henry, Shasta C, Valenzuela, Isabel, Weinstein, Phil

“…Despite progress in recent decades, the conservation management of insects and allied invertebrates in Australia is challenging and remains a formidable task…”
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