Search Results - "Magurran, Anne E."

A balance of winners and losers in the Anthropocene by Dornelas, Maria, Gotelli, Nicholas J., Shimadzu, Hideyasu, Moyes, Faye, Magurran, Anne E., McGill, Brian J., Williams, John

“…Scientists disagree about the nature of biodiversity change. While there is evidence for widespread declines from population surveys, assemblage surveys reveal…”
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Temporal change in functional rarity in marine fish assemblages by Moyes, Faye, Trindade-Santos, Isaac, Magurran, Anne E

“…Recent research has uncovered rapid compositional and structural reorganization of ecological assemblages, with these changes particularly evident in marine…”
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Rapid biotic homogenization of marine fish assemblages by Magurran, Anne E., Dornelas, Maria, Moyes, Faye, Gotelli, Nicholas J., McGill, Brian

“…The role human activities play in reshaping biodiversity is increasingly apparent in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the responses of entire marine…”
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Landscape-scale forest loss as a catalyst of population and biodiversity change by Daskalova, Gergana N., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Bjorkman, Anne D., Blowes, Shane A., Supp, Sarah R., Magurran, Anne E., Dornelas, Maria

“…Land-use change and forest biodiversity Land-use change by humans, particularly forest loss, is influencing Earth's biodiversity through time. To assess the…”
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Global patterns in functional rarity of marine fish by Trindade-Santos, Isaac, Moyes, Faye, Magurran, Anne E.

“…Rare species, which represent a large fraction of the taxa in ecological assemblages, account for much of the biological diversity on Earth. These species make…”
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Increases in local richness (α-diversity) following invasion are offset by biotic homogenization in a biodiversity hotspot by Kortz, Alessandra R, Magurran, Anne E

“…The world's ecosystems are experiencing unparalleled rates of biodiversity change, with invasive species implicated as one of the drivers that restructure…”
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Temporal turnover and the maintenance of diversity in ecological assemblages by Magurran, Anne E., Henderson, Peter A.

“…Temporal variation in species abundances occurs in all ecological communities. Here, we explore the role that this temporal turnover plays in maintaining…”
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Species abundance distributions over time by Magurran, Anne E

“…It has been known for 50 years that the time period over which data are collected affects the shape of empirical species abundance distributions. However,…”
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Predation pressure shapes brain anatomy in the wild by Kotrschal, Alexander, Deacon, Amy E., Magurran, Anne E., Kolm, Niclas

“…There is remarkable diversity in brain anatomy among vertebrates and evidence is accumulating that predatory interactions are crucially important for this…”
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Regional occupancy increases for widespread species but decreases for narrowly distributed species in metacommunity time series by Xu, Wu-Bing, Blowes, Shane A., Brambilla, Viviana, Chow, Cher F. Y., Fontrodona-Eslava, Ada, Martins, Inês S., McGlinn, Daniel, Moyes, Faye, Sagouis, Alban, Shimadzu, Hideyasu, van Klink, Roel, Magurran, Anne E., Gotelli, Nicholas J., McGill, Brian J., Dornelas, Maria, Chase, Jonathan M.

“…While human activities are known to elicit rapid turnover in species composition through time, the properties of the species that increase or decrease their…”
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How reproductive ecology contributes to the spread of a globally invasive fish by Deacon, Amy E, Ramnarine, Indar W, Magurran, Anne E

“…Invasive freshwater fish represent a major threat to biodiversity. Here, we first demonstrate the dramatic, human-mediated range expansion of the Trinidadian…”
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Species richness change across spatial scales by Chase, Jonathan M., McGill, Brian J., Thompson, Patrick L., Antão, Laura H., Bates, Amanda E., Blowes, Shane A., Dornelas, Maria, Gonzalez, Andrew, Magurran, Anne E., Supp, Sarah R., Winter, Marten, Bjorkman, Anne D., Bruelheide, Helge, Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Cabral, Juliano Sarmento, Elahi, Robin, Gomez, Catalina, Guzman, Hector M., Isbell, Forest, Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Jones, Holly P., Hines, Jes, Vellend, Mark, Waldock, Conor, O'Connor, Mary

“…Humans have elevated global extinction rates and thus lowered global scale species richness. However, there is no a priori reason to expect that losses of…”
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Effective monitoring of freshwater fish by Radinger, Johannes, Britton, J. Robert, Carlson, Stephanie M., Magurran, Anne E., Alcaraz‐Hernández, Juan Diego, Almodóvar, Ana, Benejam, Lluís, Fernández‐Delgado, Carlos, Nicola, Graciela G., Oliva‐Paterna, Francisco J., Torralva, Mar, García‐Berthou, Emili

“…Freshwater ecosystems constitute only a small fraction of the planet's water resources, yet support much of its diversity, with freshwater fish accounting for…”
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Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time by Magurran, Anne E., Baillie, Stephen R., Buckland, Stephen T., Dick, Jan McP, Elston, David A., Scott, E. Marian, Smith, Rognvald I., Somerfield, Paul J., Watt, Allan D.

“…The growing need for baseline data against which efforts to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss can be judged highlights the importance of long-term datasets,…”
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Measuring biological diversity by Magurran, Anne E.

“…As prehistoric cave paintings illustrate, our species has had an enduring appreciation of the variety and abundance of life on Earth. Today, however, concern…”
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Local biodiversity change reflects interactions among changing abundance, evenness, and richness by Blowes, Shane A., Daskalova, Gergana N., Dornelas, Maria, Engel, Thore, Gotelli, Nicholas J., Magurran, Anne E., Martins, Inês S., McGill, Brian, McGlinn, Daniel J., Sagouis, Alban, Shimadzu, Hideyasu, Supp, Sarah R., Chase, Jonathan M.

“…Biodiversity metrics often integrate data on the presence and abundance of multiple species. Yet our understanding of covariation between changes to the…”
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Measuring temporal turnover in ecological communities by Shimadzu, Hideyasu, Dornelas, Maria, Magurran, Anne E., O'Hara, Robert B.

“…Summary Range migrations in response to climate change, invasive species and the emergence of novel ecosystems highlight the importance of temporal turnover in…”
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Biological diversity in a changing world by Magurran, Anne E., Dornelas, Maria

“…From the pioneering explorations of Joseph Banks (later a President of the Royal Society), to the present day, a great deal has been learnt about the extent,…”
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Elevated compositional change in plant assemblages linked to invasion by Kortz, Alessandra R, Moyes, Faye, Pivello, Vânia R, Pyšek, Petr, Dornelas, Maria, Visconti, Piero, Magurran, Anne E

“…Alien species are widely linked to biodiversity change, but the extent to which they are associated with the reshaping of ecological communities is not well…”
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Measuring temporal change in alpha diversity: A framework integrating taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity and the iNEXT.3D standardization by Chao, Anne, Henderson, Peter A., Chiu, Chun‐Huo, Moyes, Faye, Hu, Kai‐Hsiang, Dornelas, Maria, Magurran, Anne E.

“…Biodiversity is a multifaceted concept covering different levels of organization from genes to ecosystems. Biodiversity has at least three dimensions: (a)…”
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