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Biodiversity ecosystem functioning research in freshwater phytoplankton: A comprehensive review of trait-based studies by Venail, Patrick

“…In an effort to reach a clearer mechanistic understanding of the influence of biological diversity on ecosystem functioning, research in the field is…”
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Defining and measuring ecological specialization by Devictor, Vincent, Clavel, Joanne, Julliard, Romain, Lavergne, Sébastien, Mouillot, David, Thuiller, Wilfried, Venail, Patrick, Villéger, Sébastien, Mouquet, Nicolas

“…1. Ecological specialization is one of the main concepts in ecology and conservation. However, this concept has become highly context-dependent and is now…”
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Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity–productivity relationship by Gravel, Dominique, Bell, Thomas, Barbera, Claire, Bouvier, Thierry, Pommier, Thomas, Venail, Patrick, Mouquet, Nicolas

“…Biodiversity in the ecosystem The positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function is well established, but the specific shape of the…”
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Positive effects of bacterial diversity on ecosystem functioning driven by complementarity effects in a bioremediation context by Venail, Patrick A, Vives, Martha J

“…Despite their importance as ecosystem drivers, our understanding of the influence of bacterial diversity on ecosystem functioning is limited. After identifying…”
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Development of a spatial projection map of glacial retreat based on vulnerability maps in the Central Cordillera, Peru by Arias, Alonso, Núñez, Nicolás, Rau, Pedro, Venail, Patrick

“…ABSTRACT Increase in average global temperature over the last few decades has caused an accelerated retreat of tropical glaciers. Andean populations live in…”
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influence of phylogenetic relatedness on species interactions among freshwater green algae in a mesocosm experiment by Venail, Patrick A, Narwani, Anita, Fritschie, Keith, Alexandrou, Markos A, Oakley, Todd H, Cardinale, Bradley J, Cahill, James

“…A long‐standing hypothesis in ecology and evolutionary biology is that closely related species are more ecologically similar to each other and therefore…”
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Phylogenetic distance and species richness interactively affect the productivity of bacterial communities by Venail, Patrick A., Vives, Martha J.

“…Our understanding of how biodiversity influences ecosystem functioning is entering a new stage of its development through the incorporation of information…”
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Editorial: Freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: novel ideas and approaches by Tang, Tao, Lau, Danny Chun Pong, Chiu, Ming-Chih, Venail, Patrick

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Highest Composition Dissimilarity among Phytoplankton Communities at Intermediate Environmental Distances across High-Altitude Tropical Lakes by Cartuche, Alonso, Manoylov, Kalina M., Ibelings, Bastiaan W., Venail, Patrick

“…Tropical high-altitude lakes are vital freshwater ecosystems for the functioning and dynamics of tropical high-altitude wetlands called páramos, found at over…”
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Evolutionary relatedness does not predict competition and co-occurrence in natural or experimental communities of green algae by Alexandrou, Markos A., Cardinale, Bradley J., Hall, John D., Delwiche, Charles F., Fritschie, Keith, Narwani, Anita, Venail, Patrick A., Bentlage, Bastian, Pankey, M. Sabrina, Oakley, Todd H.

“…The competition-relatedness hypothesis (CRH) predicts that the strength of competition is the strongest among closely related species and decreases as species…”
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Shared ancestry influences community stability by altering competitive interactions: evidence from a laboratory microcosm experiment using freshwater green algae by Venail, Patrick A., Alexandrou, Markos A., Oakley, Todd H., Cardinale, Bradley J.

“…The impact of biodiversity on the stability of ecological communities has been debated among biologists for more than a century. Recently summarized empirical…”
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Assessing fish diversity in abandoned mining ponds in Madre de Dios, Peru, using environmental DNA by Timana‐Mendoza, Camila, Reyes‐Calderon, Alonso, Venail, Patrick, Araújo‐Flores, Julio M., Santa‐Maria, Mónica C.

“…The Peruvian region of Madre de Dios is a biodiversity hotspot located in the Andean‐Amazon region. Since the 1970s, it has experienced the harsh effects of…”
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Dispersal scales up the biodiversity–productivity relationship in an experimental source-sink metacommunity by Venail, Patrick A., Maclean, R. Craig, Meynard, Christine N., Mouquet, Nicolas

“…The influence of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning is a major concern of ecological research. However, the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship…”
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Contrasted effects of diversity and immigration on ecological insurance in marine bacterioplankton communities by Bouvier, Thierry, Venail, Patrick, Pommier, Thomas, Bouvier, Corinne, Barbera, Claire, Mouquet, Nicolas

“…The ecological insurance hypothesis predicts a positive effect of species richness on ecosystem functioning in a variable environment. This effect stems from…”
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Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better) by Gerhold, Pille, Cahill, James F., Winter, Marten, Bartish, Igor V., Prinzing, Andreas

“…Summary The subdiscipline of ‘community phylogenetics’ is rapidly growing and influencing thinking regarding community assembly. In particular, phylogenetic…”
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Size differences predict niche and relative fitness differences between phytoplankton species but not their coexistence by Gallego, Irene, Venail, Patrick, Ibelings, Bas W.

“…Here we aim to incorporate trait-based information into the modern coexistence framework that comprises a balance between stabilizing (niche-based) and…”
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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity by Cardinale, Bradley J., Duffy, J. Emmett, Gonzalez, Andrew, Hooper, David U., Perrings, Charles, Venail, Patrick, Narwani, Anita, Mace, Georgina M., Tilman, David, Wardle, David A., Kinzig, Ann P., Daily, Gretchen C., Loreau, Michel, Grace, James B., Larigauderie, Anne, Srivastava, Diane S., Naeem, Shahid

“…Two decades ago the first Earth Summit raised the question of how biological diversity loss alters ecosystem functioning and affects humanity; this Review…”
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Using phylogenetics in community assembly and ecosystem functioning research by Narwani, Anita, Matthews, Blake, Fox, Jeremy, Venail, Patrick

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Functional dissimilarity, not phylogenetic relatedness, determines interspecific interactions among plants in the Tibetan alpine meadows by Lyu, Shengman, Liu, Xiang, Venail, Patrick, Zhou, Shurong

“…The hypotheses suggesting that the nature and strength of species interactions should be determined by phylogenetic relatedness have important implications for…”
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Phylogenetic niche conservatism – common pitfalls and ways forward by Münkemüller, Tamara, Boucher, Florian C., Thuiller, Wilfried, Lavergne, Sebastien

“…Summary The prevalence of phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) in nature is still a conflicting issue. Disagreement arises from confusion over its precise…”
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