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Two Hypotheses About Climate Change and Species Distributions 关于气候变化和物种分布的两个假设

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70134

John M. Drake, John P. Wares, James E. Byers, Jill T. Anderson

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Warming-Induced Plant Species Shifts Lead to Substantial Losses of Wetland Soil Carbon 气候变暖导致的植物物种转移导致湿地土壤碳的大量损失

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70129

Baoyu Sun, Ruifeng Sun, Jianjun Xu, Wenjing Gao, Xiaojing Chu, Huilan Yuan, Fangxiu Wan, Liming Yan, Guangxuan Han, Jianyang Xia, Ming Nie

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Evidence That Metapopulation Dynamics Maintain a Species' Range Limit 超种群动态维持物种范围限制的证据

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70128

Graydon J. Gillies, Michael P. Dungey, Christopher G. Eckert

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Shorter and Warmer Winters Expand the Hibernation Area of Bats in Europe 更短和更温暖的冬天扩大了欧洲蝙蝠的冬眠区域

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70119

Kseniia Kravchenko, Christian C. Voigt, Jan Volkholz, Alexandre Courtiol, Shannon E. Currie

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Simple, Universal Rules Predict Trophic Interaction Strengths 简单、通用的规则预测营养交互强度

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70126

Kyle E. Coblentz, Mark Novak, John P. DeLong

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Extreme Drought Increases the Temporal Variability of Grassland Productivity by Suppressing Dominant Grasses 极端干旱通过抑制优势牧草增加了草地生产力的时间变异性

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70127

Wentao Luo, Naohiro I. Ishii, Taofeek O. Muraina, Lin Song, Niwu Te, Robert J. Griffin-Nolan, Ingrid J. Slette, Samuel R. P. J. Ross, Takehiro Sasaki, Jennifer A. Rudgers, Melinda D. Smith, Alan K. Knapp, Scott L. Collins

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Insights Into Spatial Synchrony Enabled by Long-Term Data 对长期数据支持的空间同步的洞察

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70112

Daniel C. Reuman, Jonathan A. Walter, Lawrence W. Sheppard, Vadim A. Karatayev, Ethan S. Kadiyala, Amanda C. Lohmann, Thomas L. Anderson, Nat J. Coombs, Kyle J. Haynes, Lauren M. Hallett, Max C. N. Castorani

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Correction to “A Non-Equilibrium Species Distribution Model Reveals Unprecedented Depth of Time Lag Responses to Past Environmental Change Trajectories” 修正“非平衡物种分布模型揭示了对过去环境变化轨迹的空前深度的时间滞后响应”

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70123

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Causal Effects Versus Causal Mechanisms: Two Traditions With Different Requirements and Contributions Towards Causal Understanding 因果效应与因果机制：两种不同要求的传统及其对因果理解的贡献

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70029

James B. Grace, Nick Huntington-Klein, E. William Schweiger, Melinda Martinez, Michael J. Osland, Laura C. Feher, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Karen M. Thorne

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Networks in Aquatic Communities Collapse Upon Neonicotinoid-Induced Stress 水生生物群落网络在新烟碱引发的压力下崩溃

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Ecology Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70121

S. Henrik Barmentlo, Maarten Schrama, Ellen Cieraad, Geert R. de Snoo, C. J. M. Musters, Peter M. van Bodegom, Martina G. Vijver

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