Weak effect of urbanization on bdelloid rotifers living in lichens

Autor: Rebecca Partemi, Nicolas Debortoli, Alejandro Martínez, Lyudmila Kamburska, Caroline Souffreau, Hans Matheve, Pieter Vantieghem, Luc De Meester, Karine Van Doninck, Thomas Merckx, Diego Fontaneto

Publikováno v: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2024)

Human activities have an overwhelming impact on the natural environment, leading to a deep biodiversity crisis whose effects range from genes to ecosystems. Here, we analysed the effect of such anthropogenic impacts on bdelloid rotifers (Rotifera Bde

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A review of the distribution and ecology of the elusive Brown Hairstreak butterfly Thecla betulae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

Autor: Eduardo Marabuto, Pedro Pires, Fernando Romão, Paulo Lemos, Thomas Merckx

Publikováno v: Nota Lepidopterologica, Vol 45, Iss , Pp 101-118 (2022)

The Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae L.) is one of the least observed butterflies of the Palaearctic region, even though its distribution spans from Portugal in the west, to Russia and Korea in the far east. Adults are arboreal and seldom descend to

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Species traits shape the relationship between local and regional species abundance distributions

Autor: Murilo Dantas de Miranda, Luís Borda‐de‐Água, Henrique Miguel Pereira, Thomas Merckx

Publikováno v: Ecosphere, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp n/a-n/a (2019)

Abstract The species abundance distribution (SAD) depicts the relative abundance of species within a community, which is a key concept in ecology. Here, we test whether SADs are more likely to either follow a lognormal‐like or follow a logseries‐

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Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera

Autor: Thomas, Merckx, Matthew E, Nielsen, Janne, Heliölä, Mikko, Kuussaari, Lars B, Pettersson, Juha, Pöyry, Juha, Tiainen, Karl, Gotthard, Sami M, Kivelä

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Significance Cities represent novel environments with altered seasonality; they are warmer, which may accelerate growth, but light pollution can also lengthen days, misleading organisms that use daylength to predict seasonal change. Using long-term o

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34580222

Trait‐based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats

Autor: Inazio Garin, Ostaizka Aizpurua, Aitor Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Gonzalo García-Baquero, Urtzi Goiti, Thomas Merckx, Joxerra Aihartza, Niklas Wahlberg

Publikováno v: Arrizabalaga-Escudero, A, Merckx, T, Garcia-Baquero, G, Wahlberg, N, Aizpurua, O, Garin, I, Goiti, U & Aihartza, J 2019, ' Trait-based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats ', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 88, no. 10, pp. 1587-1600 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13055

The degree of trophic specialization determines the ability of predators to cope with changing foraging conditions, but in predators that prey on hundreds of species it is challenging to assess, especially when prey identity varies among predator ind

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13055