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{"title":"Extent and Flexibility of Community-Level Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization Vary With Ecosystem Type","authors":"Mari Lepik,&nbsp;Mari Moora,&nbsp;Martti Vasar,&nbsp;John Davison,&nbsp;Martin Zobel","doi":"10.1111/geb.70291","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70291","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although mycorrhizal traits have been widely studied at the species level, their distribution and ecological significance at the community level remain poorly understood. We investigated how community-level arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) traits vary among grassland ecosystems differing in climatic conditions and land-use regime.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Europe and North America.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Taxa</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Herbaceous vascular plants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We analysed 104 grassland community surveys from 68 locations, comprising 1208 plant species. Species-level mycorrhizal information was compiled from the FungalRoot and MycoFlor databases. We quantified community AM colonization rate (CAMR), community AM flexibility (CAMF), and interspecific variation in AM colonization rates (VAMR) using community-weighted approaches. Grassland communities were classified into warm natural, cold natural, subnatural and seminatural grasslands.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Semi-natural grasslands exhibited the highest community AM colonization rates and mycorrhizal flexibility, indicating strong reliance on AM symbiosis and high potential for plasticity in mycorrhizal associations. By contrast, cold natural grasslands showed comparatively low community-level AM reliance but high interspecific variation in AM colonization rates, suggesting weaker environmental filtering of mycorrhizal strategies under cold climatic conditions. Warm natural grasslands showed intermediate patterns. The high mycorrhizal flexibility observed in seminatural grasslands likely reflects adaptation to long-term environmental heterogeneity associated with grazing, mowing and other forms of anthropogenic disturbance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our findings demonstrate systematic variation in community-level mycorrhizal traits across grassland ecosystems and highlight the joint importance of climatic conditions and land-use history in shaping plant–fungal interactions. Community-level mycorrhizal metrics provide a promising framework for understanding the ecological organization of plant communities and their responses to environmental change.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148675305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"The Lepidopteran Hitchhiker's Guide to the Globe: The Spread and Dispersal of Non-Native Moths and Butterflies","authors":"Henrique Couto,&nbsp;Rui Rebelo,&nbsp;José Grosso-Silva,&nbsp;Pedro Cardoso,&nbsp;César Capinha","doi":"10.1111/geb.70292","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70292","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;To assess the diversity, temporal dynamics, and global distribution of non-native Lepidoptera.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Global, encompassing 258 non-overlapping geopolitical regions comprising countries and distinct insular territories.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;~1500 &lt;span&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt; to the present.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Lepidoptera species, with distinctions between moths and butterflies.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We developed a global dataset of the distribution and timing of first records of established non-native Lepidoptera by integrating data from multiple, partly incomplete databases and scientific literature. Species were considered non-native when established beyond their native range as a result of human-mediated introduction. Using these data, we quantified global exchange flows and temporal trends in first records and identified spatial drivers of invasion using Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) with region-level climatic, economic, and land-use predictors.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;A total of 969 species (55 butterflies, 914 moths) have established outside their native range, representing 0.62% of global lepidopteran diversity. First records date back to the 1500s, increased in the early 1900s, and rose sharply after 1960. Most species were recorded in one or two regions only; however, 63 species (2 butterflies, 61 moths) occur in 10 or more regions, with &lt;i&gt;Galleria mellonella&lt;/i&gt; (110 regions), &lt;i&gt;Phthorimaea absoluta&lt;/i&gt; (104 regions), and &lt;i&gt;Spodoptera frugiperda&lt;/i&gt; (66 regions) being the most widespread. Over 65 regions host 10 or more non-native species, with the conterminous United States (296 species), Canada (222), and Hawaii (192) being the most invaded. Non-native richness is highest in temperate, economically developed regions and is positively associated with cropland extent and sampling effort. Europe and Asia emerge as the main source regions, whereas North America, Europe, and Oceania are among the primary recipients.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Non-native Lepidoptera exhibit pronounced global asymmetries in species exchange, increasing recorded establishment rates since the mid-20th century and elevated richness in temperate, economically developed regions. These patterns highli","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148675306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Along the Benthic to Holoplanktonic Continuum: Seafloor Affinity Increases Distance-Decay Rates Among Abyssal Communities","authors":"Gabrielle N. Ellis,&nbsp;Oliver Kersten,&nbsp;Eric Vetter,&nbsp;Craig R. Smith,&nbsp;Jeffrey C. Drazen,&nbsp;Erica Goetze","doi":"10.1111/geb.70287","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70287","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Marine species ranges are often large, contributing to relatively high community similarity over space, with decreased ranges expected among taxa that have lower dispersal and/or higher substrate requirements. We tested for a weakening of biogeographic structuring among dispersing abyssal taxa along the benthic to holoplanktonic habitat continuum by comparing geographic ranges and rates of community dissimilarity across the eastern North Pacific seafloor (spanning a total of 3700 km between sites).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Abyssal Pacific Ocean, within the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Present.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Benthic, benthopelagic and holoplanktonic invertebrates (18 phyla).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We sampled zooplankton in situ via dual pumps attached to a benthic lander and used bulk community metabarcoding (18S V1V2, 18S V7V8, mtCOI) to characterise a diverse suite of taxa and define habitat assemblages. We measured (i) minimum geographic range, (ii) distance-decay rates and (iii) environmental structuring, with each measure grouped by habitat assemblage to test the effect of seafloor affinity in shaping biogeography. Patterns were also assessed within broad taxonomic groups to evaluate the degree of phylogenetic constraint.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Distance-decay rates increased with increasing affinity to the seafloor, and potential environmental drivers differed between benthic and pelagic assemblages. Unexpectedly, range size did not differ significantly by habitat occupancy and instead varied phylogenetically, with taxa that are sessile on polymetallic nodules (e.g., bryozoans, hydroids) having among the smallest observed ranges.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Our results indicate a significant role for habitat occupancy in shaping biogeographic community patterns in the abyss, though community dissimilarity is likely determined by habitat availability rather than by dispersal. In the context of deep-sea biodiversity conservation planning, we demonstrate that dispersal ranges are insufficient to connect populations inhabiting im","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70287","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148675307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Variation in Metabolic Scaling Reveals Aerobic Constraints With Temperature in Fishes","authors":"Krista Kraskura,&nbsp;Christopher L. Jerde,&nbsp;Erika J. Eliason","doi":"10.1111/geb.70286","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70286","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Climate-driven declines in fish body size suggest direct negative impacts on larger individuals and indirect impacts on species interactions, population dynamics and ultimately ecosystem functions and services. This study uses metabolic scaling as a mechanistic framework to identify aerobic limitations in fish across size to provide a foundation for a better understanding of the ecological consequences of size-specific species vulnerability in a warming world.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Global.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Present.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Fish.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We synthesized over 12,000 individual maximum and resting metabolic rates (MMR, RMR) across optimal and supra-optimal warm temperatures to determine how they scale with mass and calculated factorial aerobic scope (FAS = MMR/RMR) to assess a potential aerobic constraint in fish taxa globally and across species groups with shared ecologies and morphologies. Additionally, we identified interspecific and intraspecific variation in mass-independent metabolic rates across diverse fish species.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Across fish taxa globally, metabolic scaling slopes differed between MMR and RMR and across optimal and warm temperature conditions, but within both temperature categories, aerobic scope scaling slopes decreased as temperature increased. Metabolic scaling relationships varied among diverse species groups and across life stages. Generally, MMR and RMR scaling slopes were higher under warm compared to optimal temperatures, while the scaling slopes of FAS were more negative under warm conditions.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Factorial aerobic scope was more negative under warm conditions, suggesting that larger fish face greater metabolic constraints under warming. The synthesis highlights variation in scaling relationships across species groups and a general pattern in which larger fish experience aerobic limitations. Evidence for size-specific vulnerability will improve by incorporating currently underrepresented data, such as larger-bodied and freshwater fish, especially under warming.&lt;/","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70286","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148596123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Plant Phylogenetic History, Not Diversity, Drives Insect Biodiversity Across South Africa's Biomes","authors":"Ross D. Stewart,&nbsp;Kate H. J. Perez,&nbsp;Paul D. N. Hebert,&nbsp;Mamadi Theresa Sethusa,&nbsp;Michelle van der Bank,&nbsp;T. Jonathan Davies","doi":"10.1111/geb.70283","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70283","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Insects provide essential ecosystem services, but there is a concern that insect abundance is in rapid decline. Identifying trends in insect biodiversity is challenging because we lack baseline data for most biogeographic regions, and most insect species remain undescribed. Here, we aim to report the first nationwide inventory of insect biodiversity in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Eleven National Botanical Gardens representing four major South African biomes: Savanna, Grassland, Fynbos and Albany Thicket.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Sampling from 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Insects (Arthropods) and vascular plants.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We deployed two Malaise traps per botanical garden and used DNA barcoding to identify insect specimens. We reconstructed phylogenies for insect molecular clusters (BINs) and 12,149 vascular plant species. Insect and plant community structure were compared using dissimilarity metrics and Mantel tests.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We generated DNA barcodes for 337,809 specimens, representing 29,919 unique molecular clusters, as species proxies. We estimated that the true richness of above ground insect biodiversity in South Africa may be closer to 100,000 species, yet 97% of barcoded taxa could not be assigned to species level. At current rates of taxonomic description, formally cataloguing this dark diversity would take more than 200 years. Estimated insect species richness varied strongly among biomes, with higher insect diversity in the Savanna biome than the floristically rich Fynbos. Turnover in plant lineages was associated with insect community turnover, particularly insect herbivores and predators.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We show that plant species richness alone is a poor predictor of insect species richness, with biome-specific factors playing an important role in shaping insect richness gradients. However, turnover in plant lineages was a strong predictor of insect compositional differences between gardens. Our study provides both critical baseline data on insect diversity in South Afric","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70283","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148596117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Climate Predicts Tree Dispersal Strategies Across Brazil's Ecosystems","authors":"Fernanda C. Souza,&nbsp;Vinícius Andrade Maia,&nbsp;Renata Françoso,&nbsp;Matheus Coutinho Freitas de Oliveira,&nbsp;Ana Beatriz Ligo,&nbsp;Bruno X. Pinho,&nbsp;Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez,&nbsp;Martin Sullivan,&nbsp;Larissa Rocha-Santos,&nbsp;Laura de Brito Évora,&nbsp;Leonardo de Sousa Miranda,&nbsp;María Natalia Umaña,&nbsp;Pablo R. Stevenson,&nbsp;Paulo Amador Tavares,&nbsp;Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert,&nbsp;Alan Bernardes da Silveira,&nbsp;Ana Magalhães Cordeiro Teixeira,&nbsp;Ângelo Gilberto Manzatto,&nbsp;Átila Oliveira,&nbsp;Aurora Levesley,&nbsp;Beatriz Schwantes Marimon,&nbsp;Ben Hur Marimon Junior,&nbsp;Carlos Joly,&nbsp;Carlos A. Peres,&nbsp;Carolina V. Castilho,&nbsp;Celice Alexandre Silva,&nbsp;Danielle Storck-Tonon,&nbsp;Domingos Cardoso,&nbsp;Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues,&nbsp;Dora M. Villela,&nbsp;Douglas C. Morton,&nbsp;Eddie Lenza de Oliveira,&nbsp;Edmar Almeida de Oliveira,&nbsp;Eduardo Hase,&nbsp;Eliana Ramos,&nbsp;Elmar Veenendaal,&nbsp;Erika Berenguer,&nbsp;Estelle Dugachard,&nbsp;Everton Almeida,&nbsp;Fabrício Alvim Carvalho,&nbsp;Fernanda Coelho de Souza,&nbsp;Fernando Elias,&nbsp;Filipe M. França,&nbsp;Flávia R. C. Costa,&nbsp;Flávia Delgado Santana,&nbsp;Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa,&nbsp;Foster Brown,&nbsp;Françoise Yoko Ishida,&nbsp;Frederico Augusto Guimarães Guilherme,&nbsp;Gabriel Damasco,&nbsp;Georgia Pickavance,&nbsp;Geraldo Wilson Fernandes,&nbsp;Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima,&nbsp;Helena Lemos Rocha,&nbsp;Henrique A. Mews,&nbsp;Iêda Leão do Amaral,&nbsp;Igor Broggio,&nbsp;Jarcilene Silva de Almeida,&nbsp;John E. B. L. Cunha,&nbsp;Jhonathan Oliveira Silva,&nbsp;Joice Ferreira,&nbsp;Jorcely G. Barroso,&nbsp;Jose Ataliba Mantelli Aboim Gomes,&nbsp;José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto,&nbsp;Juliana Schietti,&nbsp;Karina Melgaço,&nbsp;Laura B.Vedovato,&nbsp;Leandro V. Ferreira,&nbsp;Letícia Fernandes da Silva,&nbsp;Lilian Blanc,&nbsp;Lilian Gomes da Silva Rocha,&nbsp;Lola da Costa,&nbsp;Lucas José Mazzei de Freitas,&nbsp;Luciana F. Alves,&nbsp;Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz,&nbsp;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão,&nbsp;Magna Soelma Beserra de Moura,&nbsp;Maíra Benchimol,&nbsp;Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros,&nbsp;Marcelo Fragomeni Simon,&nbsp;Marcelo T. Nascimento,&nbsp;Marcos José Salgado Vital,&nbsp;Marcos Silveira,&nbsp;Maria A. Carniello,&nbsp;Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso,&nbsp;Mário Marcos do Espírito Santo,&nbsp;Maryane B. T. Andrade,&nbsp;Milton Serpa de Meira Junior,&nbsp;Nayane C. C. S. Prestes,&nbsp;Oliver L. Phillips,&nbsp;Patrícia Corrêa Guedes de Souza,&nbsp;Paulo Eduardo Barni,&nbsp;Paulo S. Morandi,&nbsp;Peter Moonlight,&nbsp;Philip Fearnside,&nbsp;Plinio Sist,&nbsp;Priscyla Maria Silva Rodrigues,&nbsp;Queila S. Garcia,&nbsp;Rafael F. Ramos,&nbsp;Rainiellen de Sá Carpanedo,&nbsp;Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa,&nbsp;Ricardo de Oliveira Perdiz,&nbsp;Richarlly da Costa Silva,&nbsp;Robson dos Santos Alves da Silva,&nbsp;Rodolfo Souza,&nbsp;Rubens Manoel dos Santos,&nbsp;Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro,&nbsp;Samuel de Padua Chaves e Carvalho,&nbsp;Sílvia da Luz Lima Mota,&nbsp;Simone Aparecida Vieira,&nbsp;Simone Matias de Almeida Reis,&nbsp;Ted R. Feldpausch,&nbsp;Tereza Sposito,&nbsp;Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa,&nbsp;Thiago Metzker,&nbsp;Tiina Särkinen,&nbsp;Toby A. Garder,&nbsp;Toby Pennington,&nbsp;Tomas F. Domingues,&nbsp;Tony César de Sousa Oliveira,&nbsp;Vitor de Andrade Kamimura,&nbsp;Wendeson Castro,&nbsp;Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz,&nbsp;William E. Magnusson,&nbsp;Yadvinder Malhi,&nbsp;Yvonne V. Bakker,&nbsp;Jos Barlow","doi":"10.1111/geb.70285","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70285","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We investigate the distribution of dispersal modes&lt;b&gt;—&lt;/b&gt;endozoochory (via animal ingestion), synzoochory (via animal seed accumulation) and anemochory (via wind)—and seed mass of woody plants across Brazilian ecosystems, testing whether their relative abundance in local plant communities could be predicted by climate, edaphic factors and dispersal agents (e.g., the main vectors moving seeds). We expected climate to be the main predictor of dispersal strategy abundance.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Brazilian ecosystems (Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Caatinga).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;2004–2020.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Woody angiosperms, trees and shrubs.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We assigned seed mass to 1984 species and dispersal mode to 2203 species within 300 old-growth and non-flooded plots. We employed Random Forest regressions to assess the influence of water availability, temperature seasonality, soil fertility, wind and frugivorous primates on the community-weighted means of seed mass and dispersal modes. We mapped predictions and estimated the area of applicability to identify regions where predictions were reliable.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Climate was the main factor predicting tree dispersal strategies, followed by dispersal agents or soil properties. Endozoochory was prevalent in wetter regions with high water availability and greater diurnal temperature range. Anemochory was more common in drier regions with low water availability, stronger winds and greater diurnal temperature range, whereas synzoochory was more abundant in areas with low temperature seasonality. Heavier seeds were more prevalent in regions with less seasonal temperatures, smaller diurnal temperature ranges and weaker winds.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Climate is a key predictor of the distribution and prevalence of plants with contrasting dispersal modes and seed masses. We thus expect functional responses to environmental change associated with shifts in the relative abundance of dispersal strategies, with implications for ecosystem services. 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{"title":"Life-Stage-Partitioned Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Data Reveals Range Shifts in Diverse Directions for U.S. Trees in Contemporary Environments","authors":"Bailey P. McLaughlin,&nbsp;Brian J. McGill","doi":"10.1111/geb.70281","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70281","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Prevailing ecological theory predicts that species &lt;i&gt;should&lt;/i&gt; shift poleward in latitude as climate warms, which broadly assumes that temperature change drives distributional change. However, during a period of &lt;i&gt;past&lt;/i&gt; warming at the last glacial retreat, species shifted their geographic ranges in many different directions. This dichotomy raises the question of whether present day range shifts in response to anthropogenic climate change are uniform (as predicted by theory and readily assumed) or multidirectional (as empirically observed in the past). To address this, we identify the distance and direction of contemporary tree range shifts.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The continental United States (U.S.).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Data collection spanned 2012–2022.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;U.S. trees.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Using data from the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) database, we summarize the geographic ranges of 215 trees at continental scales partitioned into their distinct life history stages (seedling, sapling, adult) to produce three analysable range polygons for each species. With this approach, life stage serves as a &lt;i&gt;proxy&lt;/i&gt; for time, in which we assume each life stage represents a different &lt;i&gt;establishment&lt;/i&gt; time on the landscape, thereby snapshotting a species' range at three discrete, past timesteps. For each species, we quantify a range shift as a change in range size, position, and direction between all life-stage comparisons (e.g., &lt;i&gt;adult to sapling&lt;/i&gt;). We summarize these data among all 215 species to detect prevailing range shift patterns.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We find that U.S. trees have shifted their range centers distances of 49 km and that these range movements have occurred in all cardinal directions, not exclusively poleward. Despite testing three different methods of drawing the underlying range polygons from which we derive our range shift metrics, the results are broadly consistent.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Our data confirm tree range shifts are evident in the recent past, on the decadal scales we approximate, but do not support the common expectation of uniform poleward movement. Our study is limited in its ability to forecast ongoing or f","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148596112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"An Urgent Need to Reassess Phylogenetic Imputation of Macroecological Trait Datasets","authors":"Rafael Molina-Venegas,&nbsp;Miguel Á. Rodríguez,&nbsp;Ignacio Morales-Castilla","doi":"10.1111/geb.70289","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70289","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Phylogenetic imputation—a method that replaces missing trait values with estimates based on evolutionary relationships—is increasingly used for handling data gaps. Although a powerful tool to leverage existing data, it is often treated as a substitute for empirical measurements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Problems and Risks</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A growing number of trait datasets report single-value phylogenetic estimates, often without integrating uncertainty into the primary data products or rigorously evaluating whether the phylogenetic imputation model is informative. For many traits—especially those with weak phylogenetic signal and sparse empirical data—these estimates tend to perform no better than a trivial baseline such as the mean of the observed values. Even when phylogenetic signal is non-negligible and overall imputation performance is acceptable, improvements at the level of individual estimates are often modest. When used uncritically, such estimates can distort ecological patterns, mislead conservation priorities, and propagate errors across a wide range of downstream applications.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Guiding Principles for Imputation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We propose two complementary strategies: (1) prioritising targeted empirical data collection, guided by tools such as phylogenetic ignorance maps to identify critical data gaps, and (2) adopting multiple phylogenetic imputation as a probabilistic framework that quantifies and propagates uncertainty into downstream analyses. We provide practical recommendations for implementing such an uncertainty-aware workflow, including procedures for assessing how the expected accuracy of phylogenetic estimates varies across individual missing values.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Trait-based science must move beyond the illusion of completeness. Reliable inference depends on clear distinctions between what is known, what is estimated, and how uncertainty influences conclusions. Without appropriate standards and transparency, imputation risks generating misleading results that may ultimately undermine the reliability of subsequent inferences.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70289","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148589016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Continental-Scale Invertebrate Distributions Are Mainly Associated With Climate but Modulated by Soil and Land-Use Gradients","authors":"Marianne Tzivanopoulos,&nbsp;Laure Gallien,&nbsp;Tamara Münkemüller,&nbsp;Mickaël Hedde,&nbsp;Denis Michez,&nbsp;Natasha de Manincor,&nbsp;Colin Fontaine,&nbsp;Sylvain Gérard,&nbsp;Ahlam Sentil,&nbsp;Wilfried Thuiller","doi":"10.1111/geb.70282","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70282","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;To quantify the relative influence of climate, soil and land-use on the distributions of terrestrial invertebrate species and to assess whether their importance is consistent among taxonomic/trophic groups, biogeographical regions and land-use-intensity gradients.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Europe.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Contemporary.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;6844 species in 13 invertebrate groups spanning decomposers (earthworms, springtails), herbivores (gastropods, grasshoppers, moths), predators (spiders, ground beetles, dragonflies), omnivores (ants), pollinators (bees, hoverflies, butterflies), and parasitoids (parasitoid wasps).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We aggregated &gt; 18 million presence records to a 1-km grid and fitted ensemble species-distribution models with target-group background sampling and spatial block cross-validation. SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) quantified the contribution of climatic, soil, land-cover, and land-use-intensity variables to occurrence probabilities. Predictor importance, direction of effect, and land-use-mediated effects were compared across taxa, European biogeographical regions, and species niche characteristics.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Climatic variables had the highest predictive importance for species distributions (mean ± SD = 44% ± 5% of weighted summed SHAP importance), followed by soil (30% ± 6%), with land cover and land-use intensity each contributing ~13%. Although average variable hierarchies were similar among invertebrate groups, intra-group variation was high, and the importance of soil increased with niche specialization. Limiting environmental variables shifted geographically: snow cover governed Arctic-Alpine ranges, whereas precipitation seasonality and the number of growing degree days constrained species in the Mediterranean region. High land-use intensity was negatively associated with species occurrence, especially in grasslands.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Continental-scale invertebrate distribution patterns are mainly associated with climate and modulated by soil properties, but species-specific ni","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70282","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148582173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Limited Evidence That Interspecific Nest-Site Competition and Facilitation Drive Range Limits","authors":"Neil A. Gilbert,&nbsp;Meghan A. Beatty,&nbsp;Hallie D. Bridgewater","doi":"10.1111/geb.70288","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70288","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Biotic interactions form a pillar of niche concepts but are frequently overlooked as range-limiting factors. At local scales, ‘non-excavator’ bird species—those that nest in tree cavities but cannot create cavities themselves—experience competition with other non-excavators but experience facilitation by excavators such as woodpeckers. Our objective was to evaluate whether competition and facilitation mediate the range limits of non-excavator species.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;USA and Canada.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Contemporary.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Group&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Cavity-nesting birds (55 non-excavators, 20 excavators).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Using eBird abundance maps, we modelled abundance of non-excavator species within their non-coastal range limits as a function of either (1) summed abundances of non-excavator heterospecifics, (2) summed abundances of excavator heterospecifics, or (3) abundances of House Sparrows or European Starlings, two invasive ‘supercompetitors’. We also evaluated ‘edge–core’ models that included data for range limits and cores.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;At a cross-species level, the effects of heterospecific non-excavator and excavator abundance were not significant for ‘edge only’ models. At a species level, only 3 species (5% of the total) showed strong (≥ 95% confidence) competitive effects of non-excavators &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; strong facilitative effects of excavators. However, invasive ‘supercompetitors’ were associated with low range-limit abundance of non-excavators; for example, House Sparrows showed significant negative effects on range-limit abundance for nine out of the 17 (53%) non-excavator species of similar size. ‘Edge–core’ models showed positive effects of heterospecific abundance (both non-excavators and excavators) within range cores but not edges.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Our results are consistent with the ‘Eltonian Noise Hypothesis’, which suggests that biotic interactions ‘wash out’ at broadening spatial scales such that only abiotic variables correlate with species distributions at broad scales. Among-species broad-scale similarity and fine-scale variation in habitat selection, as well as variation in phenology, may contribute to the limited evidence we found of competition or facilitation c","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"35 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148582182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}