Aim The emergence of Ecological Niche Modelling (ENM) in the 2000s advanced our ability to evaluate how biotic and abiotic factors constrain species distribution. Although highly employed in ecological investigations, the application of ENM in palaeontology (‘palaeoENM’) is less common, and the scarcity of the fossil record makes predictions uncertain with current ENM routines. Here we propose a methodological assembly especia...

An ostracod assemblage from the Late Ordovician (Katian) Phu Ngu Formation of northern Vietnam, South China paleoplate, yields typical Baltic and Laurentian‐affinity genera together with some endemic forms. Detailed paleontological and sedimentary analysis of the Phu Ngu Formation suggests it was deposited in a deeper marine forearc setting, below storm wave base, but with (at least intermittently) oxygenated sea‐bottom condit...

Aim To quantify the intra‐community variability of leaf‐out (ICVLo) among dominant trees in temperate deciduous forests, assess its links with specific and phylogenetic diversity, identify its environmental drivers and deduce its ecological consequences with regard to radiation received and exposure to late frost. Location Eastern North America (ENA) and Europe (EUR). Time Period 2009–2022. Major Taxa Studied Temperate deciduo...

This article presents a novel downscaling method based on a geomatic spatial model. This model is constructed on the basis of regressions between topographical (explanatory) variables (digitized here at 200 m resolution) and climatic factors observed at meteorological stations. These regressions are used to calibrate the model in the form of two parameters: the frequency with which explanatory variables are significant at the...

In 1997, the Amazon Basin experienced an exceptionally severe El Niño drought. We assessed effects of this rare event on mortality rates of trees in intact rain forest based on data from permanent plots. Long‐term (5‐ to 13‐year) mortality rates averaged only 1.12% per year prior to the drought. During the drought year, annual mortality jumped to 1.91% but abruptly fell back to 1.23% in the year following El Niño. Trees dying...