Introducing non-native tree species into forest ecosystems is a growing trend, in part as climate change may cause a decline of native species and shifts in species distributions. In European forestry, Quercus rubra (northern red oak) has increasingly been considered a candidate substitute species for native oaks. However, it remains largely unknown how this substitution affects associated biodiversity. This study compares the...

Assessing cross-taxon congruence is vital for effective forest conservation, because different taxonomic groups may respond inconsistently to key habitat variables such as stand age. We examined six taxonomic groups—insects, arachnids, springtails, epiphytic lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants—across 25 Swedish oak stands ranging from 19 to 165 years old to determine whether species richness correlated among groups (cross...

Organisms in systems with seasonality require adaptations that enable them to endure harsh conditions and to emerge again at an optimal time to start a new period of production. One such adaptation is dormant eggs in zooplankton. While there is much information on the cues leading to the production of dormant eggs, less is known about the termination and hatching of these eggs, especially among marine zooplankton. Our results...

Climate change causes earlier and warmer springs in seasonal environments and a higher incidence of extreme weather events. In aquatic environments, this changes the thermal conditions during spawning, and the thermal performance of eggs and embryos may determine the consequences of climate change on recruitment. In iteroparous species with indeterminate growth, the eggs produced by a given female in successive years will incr...

The abundance of pike, a keystone top-predator, have declined dramatically in the Baltic Sea since the 1990s likely owing to recruitment failure. It has been proposed that wetland restoration can aid the recovery of the pike stock by increasing the number of recruits produced by anadromous populations. Yet, no previous studies have addressed whether wetland restorations are associated with higher abundances of adult pike in th...

There is an urgent need for countries to transition their national food and land-use systems toward food and nutritional security, climate stability, and environmental integrity. How can countries satisfy their demands while jointly delivering the required transformative change to achieve global sustainability targets? Here, we present a collaborative approach developed with the FABLE—Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land, and...

To investigate the population dynamics of anadromous Baltic Sea perch Perca fluviatilis (Linnaeus), we studied the migratory behaviour (arrival to spawning location) and population structure (genetic structure and differentiation) of three closely located (