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L. N. Veldhuisen, B. J. Enquist, K. M. Dlugosch
The paper examines phylogenetic diversity in Rocky Mountain wildflower communities across the growing season and finds it declines by season end and at lower elevations.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2023Ecology
J. Lourenco, P. R. d. L. Bittencourt, B. J. Enquist, G. von Arx, K. Morino, L. D. Thomaz, L. Rowland
The paper examines how fiber and parenchyma traits in tree xylem vary with soil water gradients, revealing a trade-off between hydraulic safety and resource acquisition.
bioRxiv · Jan 13, 2022 · PreprintEcology
B. S. Maitner, D. S. Park, B. J. Enquist, K. M. Dlugosch
The paper predicts bird introduction success in Florida, Hawaii, and New Zealand by analyzing phylogenetic structure, propagule pressure, and traits, finding consistent support for source region phylogenetic structure.
bioRxiv · May 17, 2021Ecology
W.-B. Xu, W.-Y. Guo, J. M. Serra-Diaz, F. Schrodt, W. L. Eiserhardt, B. J. Enquist, B. S. Maitner, C. Merow, C. Violle, M. Anand, M. Belluau, H. H. Bruun, C. Byun, J. A. Catford, B. E. L. Cerabolini, , Ons
The paper examines how Quaternary climate change influences tree beta-diversity globally, finding temperature changes since the Last Glacial Maximum strongly affect turnover and nestedness components.
bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2020 · PreprintEcology
J. M. Grady, Q. D. Read, S. Record, N. Ruger, P. L. Zarnetske, A. I. Dell, S. P. Hubbell, S. T. Michaletz, A. Shenkin, B. J. Enquist
The paper tests niche partitioning in forests using data from over 114,000 woody plants, finding power law relationships in species abundance and resource use across size and light gradients.
bioRxiv · Jun 22, 2020 · PreprintEcology
M. Jung, A. Arnell, X. De Lamo, S. Garcia-Rangel, M. Lewis, J. Mark, C. Merow, L. Miles, I. Ondo, S. Pironon, C. Ravilious, M. Rivers, D. Schepashenko, O. Tallowin, A. van Soesbergen, , Wieringa
The paper identifies global terrestrial areas prioritized for conservation to maximize synergies between biodiversity, carbon retention, and water provisioning.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2020Ecology
R. V. Gallagher, S. Allen, M. Rivers, A. Allen, N. Butt, D. Keith, T. D. Auld, B. J. Enquist, I. J. Wright, H. P. Possingham, S. Espinosa-Ruiz, N. Dimitrova, J. C. Mifsud, V. M. Adams
The paper assesses global extinction risk for endemic plant species, finding that 67% of country-based endemic species lack risk assessments, despite urgent conservation needs.
bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2020Ecology
J. Lourenco, E. A. Newman, C. R. Dias Milanez, L. D. Thomaz, B. J. Enquist
The paper tests trait driver theory along a steep soil water availability gradient in tropical plant communities, finding shifts in trait distributions and functional convergence consistent with environmental filtering and phenotype-environment matching.
bioRxiv · Feb 15, 2020 · PreprintEcology
J. Lourenco, E. A. Newman, J. A. Ventura, C. R. D. Milanez, L. D. Thomaz, D. T. Wandekoken, B. J. Enquist
The paper identifies key environmental drivers of functional composition in coastal Atlantic Forest restinga communities, highlighting water availability and soil chemistry as critical factors.
bioRxiv · Oct 21, 2019 · PreprintEcology
A. Shenkin, L. Patrick Bentley, I. Oliveras, N. Salinas, S. Adu-Bredu, B. H. Marimon, B. Marimon, T. Peprah, E. Lopez Choque, L. R. Trujillo Rodriguez, E. R. Clemente Arenas, C. Adonteng, J. Seidu, F. Barbosa Passos, S. Matias Reis, , Y. Malhi
This study examines how ecosystem and phylogeny influence tropical tree crown size and shape, finding that while Metabolic Scaling Theory explains part of the variation, local and phylogenetic factors also play significant roles.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2019Ecology
F. Vasseur, M. Exposito-Alonso, O. J. Ayala-Garay, G. Wang, B. J. Enquist, D. Vile, C. Violle, D. Weigel
The paper shows that Arabidopsis thaliana accessions exhibit variation in growth allometry linked to climate adaptation, with PUB4 gene under balancing selection affecting trade-offs between stress resistance and seed production.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 14, 2018Peer-reviewedEcology