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{"title":"Resource quantity and quality co-limit consumer production in forest streams","authors":"Lee M. Demi,&nbsp;Phillip M. Bumpers,&nbsp;Wyatt F. Cross,&nbsp;Susan L. Eggert,&nbsp;John S. Kominoski,&nbsp;David W. P. Manning,&nbsp;Amy D. Rosemond,&nbsp;J. Bruce Wallace,&nbsp;Seth J. Wenger,&nbsp;Jonathan P. Benstead","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70163","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70163","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ecological theory predicts that consumers should be co-limited by resource quantity and quality, given widespread consumer-resource nutritional imbalances. We used 25 estimates of annual community secondary production (ACSP) of stream macroinvertebrates to assess the relative roles of basal resource quantity (leaf litter standing stock [LLSS]) and quality (% nitrogen and % phosphorus of leaf litter) in modulating patterns of production in forest streams. We also tested the effects of hypothesized indirect drivers (stream discharge and inorganic nutrient concentrations) on basal resource quality and quantity and secondary production. In the top model for ACSP, LLSS, and %P together explained 59% of its variation, providing strong evidence of co-limitation by both resource quantity and quality. Mean annual stream discharge and stream water P concentration explained 75% and 43% of variation in LLSS and %P, respectively. Together, stream discharge and stream water P concentration explained 77% of the variation in ACSP, demonstrating a critical link between hypothesized indirect and direct (basal resources) drivers and ACSP. Our results are the first to demonstrate co-limitation of ACSP and highlight several mechanisms by which drivers of anthropogenic global change, such as altered precipitation (stream discharge) and eutrophication, influence the productivity of animal communities in stream ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70163","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144673146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Behavioral plasticity and the valence of indirect interactions","authors":"Ashkaan K. Fahimipour,&nbsp;Michael A. Gil,&nbsp;Andrew M. Hein","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70157","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70157","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Behavioral plasticity in animals influences direct species interactions, but its effects can also spread unpredictably through ecological networks, creating indirect interactions that are difficult to anticipate. We use coarse-grained models to investigate how changes in species behavior shape indirect interactions and influence ecological network dynamics. As an illustrative example, we examine predators that feed on two types of prey, each of which temporarily reduces activity after evading an attack, thereby lowering vulnerability at the expense of growth. We demonstrate that this routine behavior shifts the indirect interaction between prey species from apparent competition to mutualism or parasitism. These shifts occur when predator capture efficiency drops below a critical threshold, causing frequent hunting failures. As a result, one prey species indirectly promotes the growth of the other by relaxing its density dependence through a cascade of network effects, paradoxically increasing predator biomass despite decreased hunting success. Empirical capture probabilities often fall within the range where such dynamics are predicted. We characterize such shifts in the qualitative nature of species interactions as changes in <i>interaction valence</i>, highlighting how routine animal behaviors reshape community structure through cascading changes within ecological networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144669755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spectral biology across scales in changing environments","authors":"Jeannine Cavender-Bares,&nbsp;Jose Eduardo Meireles,&nbsp;Jesús Pinto-Ledezma,&nbsp;Peter B. Reich,&nbsp;Meredith C. Schuman,&nbsp;Philip A. Townsend,&nbsp;Amy Trowbridge","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70078","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70078","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding ecosystem processes on our rapidly changing planet requires integration across spatial, temporal, and biological scales. We propose that spectral biology, using tools that enable near- to far-range sensing by capturing the interaction of energy with matter across domains of the electromagnetic spectrum, will increasingly enable ecological insights across scales from cells to continents. Here, we focus on advances using spectroscopy in the visible to short-wave infrared, chlorophyll fluorescence-detecting systems, and optical laser scanning (light detection and ranging, LiDAR) to introduce the topic and special feature. Remote sensing using these tools, in conjunction with in situ measurements, can powerfully capture ecological and evolutionary processes in changing environments. These tools are amenable to capturing variation in life processes across biological scales that span physiological, evolutionary, and macroecological hierarchies. We point out key areas of spectral biology with high potential to advance understanding and monitoring of ecological processes across scales—particularly at large spatial extents—in the face of rapid global change. These include: the detection of plant and ecosystem composition, diversity, structure, and function as well as their relationships; detection of the causes and consequences of environmental stress, including disease and drought, for ecosystems; and detection of change through time in ecosystems over large spatial extents to discern variation in and mechanisms underlying their resistance, recovery, and resilience in the face of disturbance. We discuss opportunities for spectral biology to discover previously unseen variation and novel processes and to prepare the field of ecology for novel computational tools on the horizon with vast new capabilities for monitoring the ecology of our changing planet.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70078","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144669657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Afterlife effects of invasive wasp nests on ecosystem functioning","authors":"Sabrina Moreyra,&nbsp;Marina Gonzalez-Polo,&nbsp;M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70140","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70140","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Legacy effects, defined as persistent ecological impacts after a species extirpation or cessation of activity, can significantly influence ecosystem structure and function. While extensively studied in plant invasions, legacy effects of invasive animals may differ and remain largely unexplored. We assessed the afterlife effects of subterranean nests built by invasive <i>Vespula</i> social wasps on ecosystem properties in Patagonia, Argentina. We relocated wasp nests ~16 months after the colonies' death and collected soil samples from nest sites and adjacent control areas. In the laboratory, we analyzed soil nutrients, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity. Additionally, we conducted a greenhouse experiment to measure the nests' effect on plant growth. Our results show significant effects on soil properties, including a 1.5-fold increase in total C, 2-fold increase in total N, and 54-fold increase in P compared to control soils. Furthermore, we found a 1.5-fold increase in microbial biomass and a 1.75-fold increase in enzyme activity. These changes enhanced plant performance, with seedlings grown in nest soil showing a 13-fold increase in biomass. Overall, our results show that invasive wasps create lasting legacy effects persisting more than a year after the colony's death, influencing plant growth and potentially increasing spatial heterogeneity within the invaded ecosystem.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70140","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144669691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Herbivores override climate control of grassland production in Yellowstone National Park","authors":"Douglas A. Frank,&nbsp;Jason D. Fridley","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70159","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70159","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding the factors regulating temporal variation in grassland annual aboveground net primary production (ANPP) is dominated by studying the effects of climate, particularly water, in ungrazed grassland. However, the overwhelming majority of the Earth's grasslands are grazed by large herbivores, which have large effects on ANPP and interact with climate in unknown ways. Here, we analyzed an eight-year dataset of ANPP across a 26-year period that included widely variable climatic conditions and consumption rates by herds of elk (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>), bison (<i>Bison bison</i>), and pronghorn (<i>Antilocapra americana</i>) at 25 grassland sites in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). We found that ANPP was primarily a positive function of consumption rate and secondarily affected by a nonlinear temperature effect, with ANPP declining in hot years. Water balance (WB, a measure of soil moisture available to plants) had no significant effect on ANPP. Examining the difference between grazed minus ungrazed (fenced) ANPP (i.e., grazer stimulation) at 13 grassland sites revealed that herbivores increased average ANPP by 20%, with variation across sites and years driven by the amount grazed, temperature, and interactions of temperature with local environment and WB. We found a surprising negative main effect of WB on ANPP stimulation, likely because grazing ameliorated moisture stress in dry years by reducing transpirational moisture loss. Our results demonstrate that Yellowstone grazers override the well-documented positive effect of moisture on grassland ANPP, which highlights the need to understand how together climate and herbivory regulate production in the world's other grassland ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70159","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144669656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ad hoc editors of manuscripts","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70153","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70153","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For their service as ad hoc editors of one or more manuscripts for <i>Ecology</i>, <i>Ecological Applications</i>, <i>Ecological Monographs</i>, <i>Ecosphere</i>, <i>Earth Stewardship</i>, and <i>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</i> during the past year (1 January 2024 through 31 December 2024), the Society is especially grateful to:</p><p>Sumanta Bagchi*</p><p>Lars A. Brudvig</p><p>Ryan G. Calsbeek</p><p>Linsday Campbell</p><p>Jeannine M. Cavender-Bares*</p><p>Christos A. Damalas</p><p>Rachel M. Germain*</p><p>Bruce Goldstein*</p><p>Jesse K. Kreye</p><p>Julia Leventon*</p><p>Gina McGuire</p><p>José Eduardo Meireles</p><p>Natalia Piland</p><p>Peter B. Reich*</p><p>Chris Riedy*</p><p>Gabriela Schaepman-Strub</p><p>Bill Shipley</p><p>Adam B. Smith</p><p>Laurel B. Symes</p><p>Amy M. Trowbridge</p><p>Saskya van Nouhuys*</p><p>Geoffrey M. Williams</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70153","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Density-dependent dispersal and habitat use in size-structured populations: An experiment in wild Trinidadian guppies","authors":"Sebastiano De Bona,&nbsp;Karendeep Sidhu,&nbsp;Hanna M. Enroth,&nbsp;Andrés López-Sepulcre","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70151","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70151","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Individual responses to density perturbations often depend on individual size or stage, and can include demographic changes (survival, reproduction, growth) and spatial responses (dispersal, habitat shift). While these responses are well characterized, their interaction is seldom considered. Size-specific effects of density can result from size- or stage-specific spatial responses mediated by dominance interactions: subordinate individuals might suffer disproportionately from overcrowding conditions if displaced from high-quality habitats by dominant individuals. To investigate this, we performed an experiment in wild guppies where we observed demographic and spatial responses to density manipulations and tested for an interaction between them. We found recruitment, growth, and female survival to be decreased at high density. Dispersal was costly, causing a reduction of body condition and growth. Shifts in microhabitat use with density were size-dependent: at increased density, large individuals were more likely to remain in a microhabitat, while small individuals were likely to move and suffer reduced growth. At decreased density, growth improved when remaining in the same microhabitat (for large individuals) or moving to a different one (for small individuals). Our results show that regulation under density perturbation can occur through asymmetric interactions that disproportionately affect smaller individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70151","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Within-individual leaf trait response to local light availability and biodiversity in a subtropical forest experiment","authors":"Tobias Proß,&nbsp;Helge Bruelheide,&nbsp;Sylvia Haider","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70160","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70160","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Leaf traits are important indicators of ecosystem functions. Trait values can vary widely between species, and a considerable amount of variation also occurs within species. However, within-individual variation is often neglected due to the limitations of traditional measurement tools. Many leaf trait values respond to light availability, which, in turn, is affected by the surrounding vegetation. Additionally, there is a strong within-individual light gradient, especially in tree canopies. In the BEF-China (Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning China) subtropical forest plantation, we analyzed how leaf trait values respond to light availability and neighboring tree species richness at the within-individual level. We sampled across the vertical light gradient formed by neighboring trees planted at varying diversity levels from monocultures to 24-species mixtures. We closely paired the leaf samples with sensor-based measurements of light availability. We used visible and near-infrared spectroscopy (spectral range: 350–2500 nm) to predict 14 leaf traits across 4981 leaves from 15 native tree species. Using a key feature of spectroscopy—deriving multiple leaf traits from a single spectral measurement of a sample—we assessed all traits simultaneously at the leaf level. We investigated whether an individual tree's direct neighbor or the surrounding tree species richness had a stronger influence on the light–trait relationship. Most trait values responded to light availability, though this response differed between deciduous and evergreen species. We found that tree species richness and a tree's direct neighbor could modify the light–trait relationship at the individual level. In some instances, a focal tree's direct neighbor influenced its leaf trait values more than the tree species richness in its local neighborhood. Specifically, in conspecific tree pairs of evergreens, specific leaf area and leaf nitrogen displayed a stronger response to changing light conditions. This response to light availability suggests a mechanism for avoiding within-species competition that is observable at the within-individual level. Our results show that biodiversity influences ecosystem functions through its effects on within-individual leaf trait variation. The fact that the interplay between light availability, biodiversity, and leaf traits can be observed within-individual trees highlights the importance of within-individual leaf trait variation in biodiversity research.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reviewers of manuscripts","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70152","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70152","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;These referees have served in the past year for manuscripts submitted to &lt;i&gt;Ecology&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ecological Applications&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ecological Monographs&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ecosphere&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Earth Stewardship&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment&lt;/i&gt; (1 January 2024 through 31 December 2024). The authors, editors, staff, and members of ESA are indebted to these individuals for their thoughtful and critical reviews. We extend our deepest appreciation for the time and energy they have devoted to the ESA journals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sanni L. Aalto&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scott R. Abella*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iveren Abiem&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perla Achi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aaron J. Adams&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colin E. Adams&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Evan Michael Adams&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Adams&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Megan S. Adams&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Melinda Adams&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stephen C. Adolph&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Armando Aguirre-Jaimes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ellen O. Aikens*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thomas S. B. Akre&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lindsey K. Albertson*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carles Alcaraz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Andrew Aldercotte*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Graham John Alexander&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joan Alfaro-Lucas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adam C. Algar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ray Alisauskas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Karim Alizad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brian F. Allan*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bridie Jean Marie Allan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eric Allan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Daniel Clinton Allen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jannike Allen*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kara Allen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximilian L. Allen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matthew C. Allender&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pablo Almaraz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara M. Almeida*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Zoe Almeida&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;David Alonso&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inger Greve Alsos&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Andrew Harlan Altieri&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Catharina Alves-de-Souza&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Felipe Wanderley de Amorim&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason M. Amundson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leander D. L. Anderegg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matteo Anderle&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alexandra M. Anderson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dayan Anderson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elsa C. Anderson*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nicolas Anderson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enrique Andivia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holly M. Andrews&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nicolò Anselmetto&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michael J. Anteau&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pablo Augusto Poleto Antiqueira&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Krishna Anujan*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lina Aoyama*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sebastian Aparicio Vera&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marco Apollonio&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cara L. Appel*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guilliana Appel&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scott Applebaum&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cara Applestein*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marina P. Arbetman&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peter Arcese&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stephanie K. Archer*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aldo Arellano&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cristina Armas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anna R. Armitage&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doug P. Armstrong&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jonathan Bradford Armstrong&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pieter Arnold&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Todd W. Arnold&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;James Aronson*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Emily Rae Arsenault*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kyle A. Artelle&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;David Asai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alfredo Ascanio*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Esme Ashe-Jepson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark S. Ashton&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rana Waqar Aslam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kate Ann Asmus*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colin Assenmacher&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carla L. Atkinson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joe Atkinson*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harald Auge&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;David Justin Augustine*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steven Augustine*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colin Averill&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eleinis Ávila-Lovera*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Otgonsuren Avirmed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meghan L. Avolio*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amir Ayali&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;James Ayers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Busayo J. Babalola&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth Bach&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nathan M. Bacheler&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bénédicte Bachelot&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eneko Bachiller&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jaume A. Badia-Boher&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Berenice Badillo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara G. Baer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lander Baeten&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Robert Bagchi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christie A. Bahlai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edith Bai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John D. Bailey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Larissa L. Bailey*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lydia N. Bailey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christopher M. Baker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patrick Baker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wasyl Bakowsky&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Robert Baldwin","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70152","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phantom oceans restructure bat communities","authors":"Sarah L. Jennings,&nbsp;Ryan N. Wardle,&nbsp;Veronica A. Reed,&nbsp;Jesse R. Barber,&nbsp;Clinton D. Francis","doi":"10.1002/ecy.70128","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ecy.70128","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Breaking waves are a widespread and often intense source of background sounds in coastal areas. Yet, the influence that natural sounds like crashing surf have on the distribution and behavior of animals, and the structure of communities, has been largely overlooked. Here, we examined how ocean sounds impact the activity and distribution of bats. For three seasons, we quantified the activity of 11 species across 19 sites that varied in their exposure to surf sounds. In the latter two years, we performed a large-scale playback experiment to create realistic coastal soundscapes at five sites where surf sounds are naturally faint or absent. We also broadcast spectrally shifted higher frequency surf sounds at five additional sites to disentangle the mechanisms driving changes in bat activity. We detected divergent responses across species to variation in the acoustic environment that were linked to their acoustic foraging niche. Bats that passively listen to prey exhibited lower activity in high sound levels but were more active in high frequency soundscapes. In contrast, aerial hawking bats that hunt using echolocation exhibited greater activity in high sound levels and avoided high frequency environments. By comparing the community before and during the playbacks, we found that the shifted ocean sounds caused turnover such that passive listening species replaced hawking species, while unaltered ocean sounds led to lower species richness due to passive listening bats avoiding these sites. These findings provide compelling evidence that natural sounds are an underappreciated habitat feature that shape species distributions and non-randomly filter communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":11484,"journal":{"name":"Ecology","volume":"106 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}