A. Compagnoni

Population responses to environmental stochasticity are primarily driven by survival-reproduction trade-offs and mediated by aridity

The paper uses Bayesian models to show that population responses to environmental stochasticity vary widely and are driven by survival-reproduction trade-offs and aridity.

Structured demographic buffering: A framework to explore the environment drivers and demographic mechanisms underlying demographic buffering

The paper introduces a framework to quantify the effects of environmental factors, population structure, and demographic rates on demographic buffering in plant species.

A standard protocol to report discrete stage-structured demographic information

The paper identifies issues in reporting matrix population models (MPMs) and introduces a standardized protocol to improve reproducibility and clarity in their presentation.

Diversity-stability relationships become decoupled across spatial scales: a synthesis of organism and ecosystem types

This paper examines diversity-stability relationships across spatial scales and taxa, finding that regional diversity does not consistently stabilize aggregate properties without sufficient spatial diversity.

Spatial replication can best advance our understanding of population responses to climate

The paper shows that spatial replication can improve understanding of climate effects on plant populations by optimizing replicate spacing and quantifying statistical power gains.

Antecedent effect models as an exploratory tool to link climate drivers to herbaceous perennial population dynamics data

This study evaluates antecedent effect models for linking climate drivers to plant population dynamics, finding they are better for hypothesis generation than prediction in small datasets.

Rpadrino: an R package to access and use PADRINO, an open access database of Integral Projection Models

Rpadrino provides an R package to access and use PADRINO, a database of Integral Projection Models, enabling users to reconstruct and analyze published IPMs.

ipmr: Flexibly implement Integral Projection Models in R

The paper introduces the ipmr R package for flexibly building, analyzing, and interpreting integral projection models in ecology.

The dual nature of metacommunity variability

This paper introduces a framework to quantify both aggregate and compositional variability in metacommunities across space and time, identifying four scenarios based on spatial synchrony.

Increasing temperature threatens an already endangered coastal dune plant

This study forecasts that a coastal dune plant will experience significant population decline and potential extinction due to a 1°C temperature increase.

Short-lived plants have stronger demographic responses to climate

The paper synthesizes population growth rate data from 165 plant populations to show precipitation has a larger effect on population growth than temperature, with short-lived species showing stronger responses.

Global analysis reveals complex demographic responses of mammals to climate change

The paper analyzes how climate change affects mammal demographics globally, finding that most species experience mixed demographic responses with some rates increasing and others declining.

Testing Finch’s hypothesis: the role of organismal modularity on the escape from actuarial senescence

The paper tests Finch's hypothesis that modular organisms may escape senescence by analyzing plant and animal data, finding support in plants but less clarity in animals.