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Navigating four junctions: a framework to design context- and format-sensitive transdisciplinary researchNARA Subscribed
Transdisciplinary research (TDR) is increasingly recognized as an essential approach for addressing complex challenges, particularly in sustainability science. While existing research has explored both the contextual embeddedness of TDR and the diverse formats and methods that structure its processes, the dynamic interplay between these elements is still under-examined. This paper investigates the mutual interdependencies of c...
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Mammalian organ regeneration in spiny miceNARA Subscribed
Taxonomic decomposition of the latitudinal gradient in species diversity of North American florasNARA Subscribed
Aim To test the latitudinal gradient in plant species diversity for self‐similarity across taxonomic scales and amongst taxa. Location North America. Methods We used species richness data from 245 local vascular plant floras to quantify the slope and shape of the latitudinal gradients in species diversity ( LGSD ) across all plant species as well as within each family and order. We calculated the contribution of each family an...
Biogeochemistry drives diversity in the prokaryotes, fungi, and invertebrates of a Panama forestNARA Subscribed
Humans are both fertilizing the world and depleting its soils, decreasing the diversity of aquatic ecosystems and terrestrial plants in the process. We know less about how nutrients shape the abundance and diversity of the prokaryotes, fungi, and invertebrates of Earth's soils. Here we explore this question in the soils of a Panama forest subject to a 13‐yr fertilization with factorial combinations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus...
A global database of ant species abundancesNARA Subscribed
What forces structure ecological assemblages? A key limitation to general insights about assemblage structure is the availability of data that are collected at a small spatial grain (local assemblages) and a large spatial extent (global coverage). Here, we present published and unpublished data from 51 ,388 ant abundance and occurrence records of more than 2,693 species and 7,953 morphospecies from local assemblages collected...
Nitrogen and phosphorus frequently limit terrestrial plant production, but have a mixed record in regulating the abundance of terrestrial invertebrates. We contrasted four ways that Na could interact with an NP fertilizer to shape the plants and invertebrates of an inland prairie. We applied NP and Na to m 2 plots in a factorial design. Aboveground invertebrate abundance was independently co‐limited by NaCl and NP , but with +...
Biogeographic patterns of soil diazotrophic communities across six forests in the North AmericaNARA Subscribed
Soil diazotrophs play important roles in ecosystem functioning by converting atmospheric N 2 into biologically available ammonium. However, the diversity and distribution of soil diazotrophic communities in different forests and whether they follow biogeographic patterns similar to macroorganisms still remain unclear. By sequencing nifH gene amplicons, we surveyed the diversity, structure and biogeographic patterns of soil dia...
The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South AmericaNARA Subscribed
Aim In recent years evidence has accumulated that plant species are differentially sorted from regional assemblages into local assemblages along local‐scale environmental gradients on the basis of their function and abiotic filtering. The favourability hypothesis in biogeography proposes that in climatically difficult regions abiotic filtering should produce a regional assemblage that is less functionally diverse than that exp...
Although many taxa show a latitudinal gradient in richness, the relationship between latitude and species richness is often asymmetrical between the northern and southern hemispheres. Here we examine the latitudinal pattern of species richness across 1003 local ant assemblages. We find latitudinal asymmetry, with southern hemisphere sites being more diverse than northern hemisphere sites. Most of this asymmetry could be explai...
Aim Relationships between range size and species richness are contentious, yet they are key to testing the various hypotheses that attempt to explain latitudinal diversity gradients. Our goal is to utilize the largest data set yet compiled for New World woody plant biogeography to describe and assess these relationships between species richness and range size. Location North and South America. Methods We estimated the latitudi...