P. Capdevila

Long-term effects of ocean acidification and its interaction with warming on calcifying organisms and their associated microbiome: bryozoans as emerging sentinels of global change?

This study examines the long-term effects of ocean acidification and warming on bryozoan calcifiers and their microbiomes, finding acclimatization but also microbial shifts and declining cover under acidified conditions.

Marine heatwaves favour resistant Mediterranean octocoral populations at the expense of their speed of recovery

This study examines how Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) affect the resilience of Mediterranean octocoral populations, finding that MHW-exposed populations recover more slowly but do not show reduced resistance to disturbances.

Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function

The paper analyzes leaf metabolome variation across plant species to identify metabolic functional traits that reveal new dimensions of plant form and function.

Global patterns of plant form and function are strongly determined by evolutionary relationships

The paper examines how evolutionary relationships influence plant trait variation, finding that traits like plant height and leaf nitrogen are strongly constrained by phylogeny.

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.

Overconfidence undermines global wildlife abundance trends

The paper shows current abundance trend estimates are unreliable due to unaccounted phylogenetic, spatial, and temporal structures, and introduces a new framework to improve accuracy and uncertainty estimation.

Recent exposure to environmental stochasticity does not determine the resilience of natural populations

This study finds that recent environmental stochasticity does not predict population resilience, showing instead that evolutionary history and phylogenetic relationships are more influential.

MOSAIC: A Unified Trait Database to Complement Structured Population Models

MOSAIC is an open-access trait database that integrates data from COMADRE, COMPADRE, and PADRINO to improve interoperability between trait databases and structured population models.

Body mass and latitude as global predictors of vertebrate populations exposure to multiple threats

Human disturbances erode the diversity of species resilience strategies

The paper assesses how human pressure affects species resilience strategies in wild plants and animals, finding fewer successful strategies in human-influenced habitats.

Life history mediates the trade-offs among different components of demographic resilience

The paper shows how life history traits influence demographic resilience components like resistance, compensation, and recovery in species.

Rcompadre and Rage - two R packages to facilitate the use of the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases and calculation of life history traits from matrix population models

The paper introduces two R packages, Rcompadre and Rage, to simplify access to and analysis of matrix population model data from the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases.

Mapping extinction risk in the global functional spectra across the tree of life

The paper maps extinction risk across global functional spectra of species, finding that larger, slower-living species are more threatened and their loss would cause significant reorganization in ecological strategies.

The demographic buffering strategy has a threshold of effectiveness to increases in environmental stochasticity

The study finds that the demographic buffering strategy of Testudo graeca tortoises has a threshold effectiveness, with population viability declining when drought frequency exceeds three per decade.

Towards a comparative framework of demographic resilience

The paper introduces a framework for quantifying demographic resilience across species to improve ecological resilience assessment and management.

Aquatic and terrestrial organisms display contrasting life history strategies as a result of environmental adaptations

The paper compares life history strategies between aquatic and terrestrial species, finding similar trade-offs but distinct strategies shaped by environmental adaptations.