Kevin F. A. Darras, Rodney A. Rountree, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Anna F. Cord, Frederik Pitz, Youfang Chen, Lijun Dong, Agnès Rocquencourt, Camille Desjonquères, Patrick Mauritz Diaz, Tzu-Hao Lin, Théophile Turco, Louise Emmerson, Tom Bradfer-Lawrence, Amandine Gasc, Sarah Marley, Marcus Salton, Laura Schillé, Paul J. Wensveen, Shih-Hung Wu, Adriana C. Acero-Murcia, Orlando Acevedo-Charry, Matyáš Adam, Jacopo Aguzzi, Irmak Akoglu, M. Clara P. Amorim, Mina Anders, Michel André, Alexandre Antonelli, Leandro Aparecido Do Nascimento, Giulliana Appel, Stephanie Archer, Christos Astaras, Andrey Atemasov, Jamieson Atkinson, Joël Attia, Emanuel Baltag, Luc Barbaro, Fritjof Basan, Carly Batist, Julio Ernesto Baumgarten, Just T. Bayle Sempere, Kristen Bellisario, Asaf Ben David, Oded Berger-Tal, Frédéric Bertucci, Matthew G. Betts, Iqbal S. Bhalla, Thiago Bicudo, Marta Bolgan, Sara Bombaci, Gerard Bota, Martin Boullhesen, Robert A. Briers, Susannah Buchan, Michal Budka, Katie Burchard, Giuseppa Buscaino, Alice Calvente, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Maria Isabel Carvalho Gonçalves, Maria Ceraulo, Maite Cerezo-Araujo, Gunnar Cerwén, Adams A. Chaskda, Maria Chistopolova, Christopher W. Clark, Kieran D. Cox, Benjamin Cretois, Chapin Czarnecki, Luis P. da Silva, Wigna da Silva, Laurence H. De Clippele, David de la Haye, Ana Silvia de Oliveira Tissiani, Devin de Zwaan, M. Eugenia Degano, Jessica Deichmann, Joaquin del Rio, Christian Devenish, Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Pedro Diniz, Dorgival Diógenes Oliveira-Júnior, Thiago Dorigo, Saskia Dröge, Marina Duarte, Adam Duarte, Kerry Dunleavy, Robert Dziak, Simon Elise, Hiroto Enari, Haruka S. Enari, Florence Erbs, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Pınar Ertör-Akyazi, Nina C. Ferrari, Luane Ferreira, Abram B. Fleishman, Paulo J. Fonseca, Bárbara Freitas, Nicholas R. Friedman, Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux, Svetlana Gogoleva, Carolina Gonzaga, José Miguel González Correa, Eben Goodale, Benjamin Gottesman, Ingo Grass, Jack Greenhalgh, Jocelyn Gregoire, Samuel Haché, Jonas Hagge, William Halliday, Antonia Hammer, Tara Hanf-Dressler, Sylvain Haupert, Samara Haver, Becky Heath, Daniel Hending, Jose Hernandez-Blanco, Dennis Higgs, Thomas Hiller, Joe Chun-Chia Huang, Katie Lois Hutchinson, Carole Hyacinthe, Christina Ieronymidou, Iniunam A. Iniunam, Janet Jackson, Alain Jacot, Olaf Jahn, Francis Juanes, K. S. Jasper Kanes, Ellen Kenchington, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Justin Kitzes, Tharaka Kusuminda, Yael Lehnardt, Jialin Lei, Paula Leitman, José León, Deng Li, Cicero Simão Lima-Santos, Kyle John Lloyd, Audrey Looby, Adrià López-Baucells, David López-Bosch, Tristan Louth-Robins, Tatiana Maeda, Franck Malige, Christos Mammides, Gabriel Marcacci, Matthias Markolf, Marinez Isaac Marques, Charles W. Martin, Dominic A. Martin, Kathy Martin, Ellen McArthur, Matthew McKown, Logan J. T. McLeod, Vincent Médoc, Oliver Metcalf, Christoph F. J. Meyer, Grzegorz Mikusinski, Brian Miller, João Monteiro, T. Aran Mooney, Sérgio Moreira, Larissa Sayuri Moreira Sugai, Dave Morris, Sandra Müller, Sebastian Muñoz-Duque, Kelsie A. Murchy, Ivan Nagelkerken, Maria Mas, Rym Nouioua, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Julian D. Olden, Steffen Oppel, Anna N. Osiecka, Elena Papale, Miles Parsons, Michael Pashkevich, Julie Patris, João Pedro Marques, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Liliana Piatti, Mauro Pichorim, Matthew K. Pine, Thiago Pinheiro, Jean-Nicolas Pradervand, John Quinn, Bernardo Quintella, Craig Radford, Xavier Raick, Ana Rainho, Emiliano Ramalho, Vijay Ramesh, Sylvie Rétaux, Laura K. Reynolds, Klaus Riede, Talen Rimmer, Noelia Ríos, Ricardo Rocha, Luciana Rocha, Paul Roe, Samuel R. P.-J. Ross, Carolyn M. Rosten, John Ryan, Carlos Salustio-Gomes, Filipa I. P. Samarra, Philip Samartzis, José Santos, Thomas Sattler, Kevin Scharffenberg, Renée P. Schoeman, Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann, Esther Sebastián-González, Sebastian Seibold, Sarab Sethi, Fannie W. Shabangu, Taylor Shaw, Xiaoli Shen, David Singer, Ana Širović, Matthew Slater, Brittnie Spriel, Jenni Stanley, Jérôme Sueur, Valeria da Cunha Tavares, Karolin Thomisch, Simon Thorn, Jianfeng Tong, Laura Torrent, Juan Traba, Junior A. Tremblay, Leonardo Trevelin, Sunny Tseng, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Marisol Valverde, Ben Vernasco, Manuel Vieira, Raiane Vital da Paz, Matthew Ward, Maryann Watson, Matthew J. Weldy, Julia Wiel, Jacob Willie, Heather Wood, Jinshan Xu, Wenyi Zhou, Songhai Li, Renata Sousa-Lima, Thomas Cherico Wanger
{"title":"Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms","authors":"Kevin F. A. Darras, Rodney A. Rountree, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Anna F. Cord, Frederik Pitz, Youfang Chen, Lijun Dong, Agnès Rocquencourt, Camille Desjonquères, Patrick Mauritz Diaz, Tzu-Hao Lin, Théophile Turco, Louise Emmerson, Tom Bradfer-Lawrence, Amandine Gasc, Sarah Marley, Marcus Salton, Laura Schillé, Paul J. Wensveen, Shih-Hung Wu, Adriana C. Acero-Murcia, Orlando Acevedo-Charry, Matyáš Adam, Jacopo Aguzzi, Irmak Akoglu, M. Clara P. Amorim, Mina Anders, Michel André, Alexandre Antonelli, Leandro Aparecido Do Nascimento, Giulliana Appel, Stephanie Archer, Christos Astaras, Andrey Atemasov, Jamieson Atkinson, Joël Attia, Emanuel Baltag, Luc Barbaro, Fritjof Basan, Carly Batist, Julio Ernesto Baumgarten, Just T. Bayle Sempere, Kristen Bellisario, Asaf Ben David, Oded Berger-Tal, Frédéric Bertucci, Matthew G. Betts, Iqbal S. Bhalla, Thiago Bicudo, Marta Bolgan, Sara Bombaci, Gerard Bota, Martin Boullhesen, Robert A. Briers, Susannah Buchan, Michal Budka, Katie Burchard, Giuseppa Buscaino, Alice Calvente, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Maria Isabel Carvalho Gonçalves, Maria Ceraulo, Maite Cerezo-Araujo, Gunnar Cerwén, Adams A. Chaskda, Maria Chistopolova, Christopher W. Clark, Kieran D. Cox, Benjamin Cretois, Chapin Czarnecki, Luis P. da Silva, Wigna da Silva, Laurence H. De Clippele, David de la Haye, Ana Silvia de Oliveira Tissiani, Devin de Zwaan, M. Eugenia Degano, Jessica Deichmann, Joaquin del Rio, Christian Devenish, Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Pedro Diniz, Dorgival Diógenes Oliveira-Júnior, Thiago Dorigo, Saskia Dröge, Marina Duarte, Adam Duarte, Kerry Dunleavy, Robert Dziak, Simon Elise, Hiroto Enari, Haruka S. Enari, Florence Erbs, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Pınar Ertör-Akyazi, Nina C. Ferrari, Luane Ferreira, Abram B. Fleishman, Paulo J. Fonseca, Bárbara Freitas, Nicholas R. Friedman, Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux, Svetlana Gogoleva, Carolina Gonzaga, José Miguel González Correa, Eben Goodale, Benjamin Gottesman, Ingo Grass, Jack Greenhalgh, Jocelyn Gregoire, Samuel Haché, Jonas Hagge, William Halliday, Antonia Hammer, Tara Hanf-Dressler, Sylvain Haupert, Samara Haver, Becky Heath, Daniel Hending, Jose Hernandez-Blanco, Dennis Higgs, Thomas Hiller, Joe Chun-Chia Huang, Katie Lois Hutchinson, Carole Hyacinthe, Christina Ieronymidou, Iniunam A. Iniunam, Janet Jackson, Alain Jacot, Olaf Jahn, Francis Juanes, K. S. Jasper Kanes, Ellen Kenchington, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Justin Kitzes, Tharaka Kusuminda, Yael Lehnardt, Jialin Lei, Paula Leitman, José León, Deng Li, Cicero Simão Lima-Santos, Kyle John Lloyd, Audrey Looby, Adrià López-Baucells, David López-Bosch, Tristan Louth-Robins, Tatiana Maeda, Franck Malige, Christos Mammides, Gabriel Marcacci, Matthias Markolf, Marinez Isaac Marques, Charles W. Martin, Dominic A. Martin, Kathy Martin, Ellen McArthur, Matthew McKown, Logan J. T. McLeod, Vincent Médoc, Oliver Metcalf, Christoph F. J. Meyer, Grzegorz Mikusinski, Brian Miller, João Monteiro, T. Aran Mooney, Sérgio Moreira, Larissa Sayuri Moreira Sugai, Dave Morris, Sandra Müller, Sebastian Muñoz-Duque, Kelsie A. Murchy, Ivan Nagelkerken, Maria Mas, Rym Nouioua, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Julian D. Olden, Steffen Oppel, Anna N. Osiecka, Elena Papale, Miles Parsons, Michael Pashkevich, Julie Patris, João Pedro Marques, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Liliana Piatti, Mauro Pichorim, Matthew K. Pine, Thiago Pinheiro, Jean-Nicolas Pradervand, John Quinn, Bernardo Quintella, Craig Radford, Xavier Raick, Ana Rainho, Emiliano Ramalho, Vijay Ramesh, Sylvie Rétaux, Laura K. Reynolds, Klaus Riede, Talen Rimmer, Noelia Ríos, Ricardo Rocha, Luciana Rocha, Paul Roe, Samuel R. P.-J. Ross, Carolyn M. Rosten, John Ryan, Carlos Salustio-Gomes, Filipa I. P. Samarra, Philip Samartzis, José Santos, Thomas Sattler, Kevin Scharffenberg, Renée P. Schoeman, Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann, Esther Sebastián-González, Sebastian Seibold, Sarab Sethi, Fannie W. Shabangu, Taylor Shaw, Xiaoli Shen, David Singer, Ana Širović, Matthew Slater, Brittnie Spriel, Jenni Stanley, Jérôme Sueur, Valeria da Cunha Tavares, Karolin Thomisch, Simon Thorn, Jianfeng Tong, Laura Torrent, Juan Traba, Junior A. Tremblay, Leonardo Trevelin, Sunny Tseng, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Marisol Valverde, Ben Vernasco, Manuel Vieira, Raiane Vital da Paz, Matthew Ward, Maryann Watson, Matthew J. Weldy, Julia Wiel, Jacob Willie, Heather Wood, Jinshan Xu, Wenyi Zhou, Songhai Li, Renata Sousa-Lima, Thomas Cherico Wanger","doi":"10.1111/geb.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this gap, we created the Worldwide Soundscapes project, a collaborative network and growing database comprising metadata from 416 datasets across all realms (terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Worldwide, 12,343 sites, all ecosystem types.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>1991 to present.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>All soniferous taxa.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We synthesise sampling coverage across spatial, temporal and ecological scales using metadata describing sampling locations, deployment schedules, focal taxa and audio recording parameters. We explore global trends in biological, anthropogenic and geophysical sounds based on 168 selected recordings from 12 ecosystems across all realms.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Terrestrial sampling is spatially denser (46 sites per million square kilometre—Mkm<sup>2</sup>) than aquatic sampling (0.3 and 1.8 sites/Mkm<sup>2</sup> in oceans and fresh water) with only two subterranean datasets. Although diel and lunar cycles are well sampled across realms, only marine datasets (55%) comprehensively sample all seasons. Across the 12 ecosystems selected for exploring global acoustic trends, biological sounds showed contrasting diel patterns across ecosystems, declined with distance from the Equator, and were negatively correlated with anthropogenic sounds.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>PAM can inform macroecological studies as well as global conservation and phenology syntheses, but representation can be improved by expanding terrestrial taxonomic scope, sampling coverage in the high seas and subterranean ecosystems, and spatio-temporal replication in freshwater habitats. Overall, this worldwide P","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909054","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}
Huan Ye, Nina Ma, Aoqiang Li, Qianyu Wang, Jinhong Luo
{"title":"Sensation Matters: Applying Masking Potential to Assess Noise Effects on Global Bat Species","authors":"Huan Ye, Nina Ma, Aoqiang Li, Qianyu Wang, Jinhong Luo","doi":"10.1111/geb.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Anthropogenic noise is a global pollutant that threatens biodiversity. However, we currently lack effective methods to assess and compare the impacts of anthropogenic noise on extended terrestrial species. This can be critical for the majority of species that lack conservation attention and empirical measurements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>1963–2023.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bats.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We leverage the conserved mechanisms of how the vertebrate brain processes sound in noise to propose a simple sensation metric, the masking potential. To illustrate its usage, we assessed the effects of highway traffic noise on bats, which are a species-rich, important, yet under-represented mammalian lineage vulnerable to human disturbances. We first applied masking potential to a global dataset of bats to test whether auditory masking is an important explanation for bats' vulnerability to highway traffic noise. We calculated the impact ranges of highway traffic noise on bat species with audiograms. Then, we compared the predicted impact ranges with empirical measurements reported in the literature.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We show that auditory masking of both target echoes and social communication calls represents an important explanation for bats' sensitivity to highway traffic noise. The masking potential predicted maximum impact ranges (i.e., the distance beyond which animals are not impacted) of a median of 40 m for 71 species of bats, 614 m for the common marmoset, 1118 m for the great tit, and 1430 m for the budgerigar. The maximum impact ranges predicted by masking potential were supported by empirical measurements which yet remain scarce, stressing the value of masking potential for applied wildlife conservation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We propose that masking potential is a simple sensation metric that can help assess noise effects on diverse terrestrial species. This metric bears implications for real-world conservation practice and can be particularly useful to most wildlife species that lack conservation attention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914007","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}
Javier Maximiliano Cordier, Iván Barberá, Pablo Yair Huais, Ana Nerea Tomba, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Enrique Martinez-Meyer, Javier Nori
{"title":"Niche Structure Explains Amphibians' Responses to Habitat Alteration","authors":"Javier Maximiliano Cordier, Iván Barberá, Pablo Yair Huais, Ana Nerea Tomba, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Enrique Martinez-Meyer, Javier Nori","doi":"10.1111/geb.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite global conservation efforts, the mechanisms underlying amphibians' sensitivity to habitat alteration (HA) remain poorly understood. One underexplored factor is the role of species' climatic niche structure, which comprises both niche volume and the distance of populations to the niche centroid, in shaping their responses to HA. Here, we present the first global assessment of how these components interact to influence amphibians' responses to HA. We hypothesize that species' responses to HA are shaped by the interaction between niche volume and distance of populations to the niche centroid.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Anthropocene.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Group</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Amphibians.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using a meta-analytical approach combined with macroecological GIS techniques, we conducted a global analysis of amphibian species. We integrated data on abundance changes in response to HA and climatic niche volume along with the distance of studied populations to the niche centroid.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our findings demonstrate that niche volume, in conjunction with distance to the niche centroid, is a strong predictor of species' responses to HA. Species with narrow niches exhibit higher vulnerability to HA, regardless of the climatic marginality of their populations. Conversely, species with broader niches show variable responses: marginal populations often decline, while populations near the centroid remain stable or thrive.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study provides, for the first time, evidence of a global and strong relationship between climatic niche structure and species' responses to HA, consistent with patterns observed at smaller geographic and taxonomic scales. Critically, our analysis reveals the importance of considering the internal niche structure to understand this relationship, currently overlooked. Marginal populations, which generally exhibit low resilience, are particularly vulnerable to HA, and vice versa. These findings underscore the need to integrate niche structure into conservation strategies, emphasising the protection o","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143900900","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":"Phosphorus Limitation Constrains Global Forest Productivity Directly and Indirectly via Forest Community Structural Attributes: Meta-Analysis","authors":"Ewuketu Linger, Wenxing Long","doi":"10.1111/geb.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To investigate the direct effects of phosphorus (P) fertilisation on key tree photosynthetic traits and productivity, as well as its indirect effects mediated through forest community structure (tree size, species richness, and abundance).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Worldwide.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>1990–2024.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Trees.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We conducted a meta-analysis of 906 paired (control vs. treatment) P-fertilisation experiments and employed structural equation modelling to examine the impacts of P on seven whole-plant traits: aboveground biomass productivity (ABP), leaf chlorophyll content (Chl), leaf surface area (LSA), net carbon assimilation rate (NCA), belowground biomass productivity (BBP), specific root length (SRL), and root average diameter (RAD).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our meta-analysis revealed that P-fertilisation increased ABP by 56%, LSA by 11%, Chl by 31%, NCA by 24%, BBP by 17%, and SRL by 26%, while RAD decreased by 8%. These effects were stronger in late successional stages compared to early stages for all traits. The effect of P on productivity decreases with latitude and is stronger in the tropics, while studies on other traits remain very limited towards the poles. P (through duration and P dose rate) influenced most traits indirectly by shaping community structure, particularly tree ontogenetic variations, and interacting with precipitation, temperature, and other experimental factors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Phosphorus fertilisation enhances tree traits related to photosynthesis and productivity, with the stronger effects observed in late successional stages and tropical regions. Its indirect influence is through shaping community structure and interacting with climate and experimental factors, providing global evidence of P-limitation that constrains current and future forest functioning and productivity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143900901","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}
Lily M. Thompson, William K. Annis, Stephen R. Midway, Julian D. Olden, Brandon K. Peoples
{"title":"Nonnative Species Richness and Dominance Reveal Differing Support for Invasion Theory at a Continental Extent","authors":"Lily M. Thompson, William K. Annis, Stephen R. Midway, Julian D. Olden, Brandon K. Peoples","doi":"10.1111/geb.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Empirical tests of conceptual hypotheses describing species invasions often differ depending on the spatial scale (spatial resolution and extent of study area) at which they were conducted. Some of this disparity may arise from tradeoffs in data quality necessitating the use of different indices of community invadedness among scales. Local-scale studies typically use fine-resolution, descriptive measures of community invadedness (‘dominance’, the proportion nonnative individuals) at limited spatial extents, while macroscale studies often aggregate datasets to cover large spatial extents but use coarser spatial resolution and less descriptive indices (nonnative species richness). We investigated the consequences of using different indices to represent community invadedness at different spatial scales, and explored the implications for hypothesis testing when nonnative richness and dominance are not related.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>23,793 stream segments within 17 regional watersheds, conterminous United States.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>2000–2023.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Freshwater fishes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using a large-extent, fine-resolution dataset, we evaluated the correlation between nonnative species richness and dominance in communities, and compared empirical support for prominent invasion hypotheses (biotic resistance, disturbance facilitation) in identical Bayesian hierarchical models with community invadedness represented by each metric.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nonnative richness and dominance were weakly correlated, allowing us to classify communities into four archetypes based on relationships between the two indices. Empirical support for both invasion hypotheses differed between the two indices of community invadedness both overall and within regional watersheds.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nonnative species richness and dominance describe different facets of the invasion process and may under- or over-represent community invadedness when considered alone. Empirical disparity between models estimating the two metrics may be an important source of ","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889195","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}
Yunpeng Liu, John J. Wiens, Ao Luo, Xiaoting Xu, Dimitar Dimitrov, Xiangyan Su, Yichao Li, Tong Lyu, Loic Pellissier, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Zhiheng Wang
{"title":"Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms","authors":"Yunpeng Liu, John J. Wiens, Ao Luo, Xiaoting Xu, Dimitar Dimitrov, Xiangyan Su, Yichao Li, Tong Lyu, Loic Pellissier, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Zhiheng Wang","doi":"10.1111/geb.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A species' rate of climatic niche evolution may reflect its ability to survive changing climates. Yet large-scale studies of these rates remain limited. Here, we assessed global patterns in climatic niche rates among angiosperms and explored the potential drivers shaping these patterns.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Current.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Angiosperms.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We estimated broad-scale climatic niches for 231,567 angiosperm species based on distributional data from over 1100 sources. By integrating a published phylogeny of angiosperms, we estimated rates of climatic niche change for each extant species as the difference between its current and ancestral niche divided by the species' age. Global patterns were analysed by averaging rates for all the species found in each geographic unit. We used multiple statistical models to explore the relative contributions of niche width and climatic seasonality to shaping these geographic patterns of niche evolution. We analysed patterns of niche evolution and their underlying drivers separately for temperature-related and precipitation-related niches and for different directions of niche evolution (i.e., increases and decreases in species' temperature and precipitation niche values when compared to their most recent ancestors).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rates for temperature variables increased with latitude, whereas rates for precipitation variables decreased with latitude. These opposing patterns in temperature and precipitation rates were related to opposing latitudinal patterns in climatic seasonality and species' niche widths for temperature and precipitation. Rates also differed for different directions of niche evolution, with different patterns associated with changes to warmer vs. cooler climates and wetter vs. drier climates.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our results revealed large-scale geographic patterns in rates of climatic niche change for temperature and precipitation for the largest clade of angiosperms and their underlying drivers. These findings may have important implications for species' abilities to respond to recent climate change.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889196","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}
Marta A. Jarzyna, Leo Ohyama, Evan P. Economo, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Rilquer Mascarenhas, Jordan G. Okie, Clara Qin, Daniel L. Rabosky, Phillip P. A. Staniczenko, Michael J. Hickerson, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Brian J. McGill
{"title":"Emergence and Dynamics of Regional Species Pools","authors":"Marta A. Jarzyna, Leo Ohyama, Evan P. Economo, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Rilquer Mascarenhas, Jordan G. Okie, Clara Qin, Daniel L. Rabosky, Phillip P. A. Staniczenko, Michael J. Hickerson, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Brian J. McGill","doi":"10.1111/geb.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> The Importance of the Regional Species Pool</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The regional species pool—the set of species capable of entering a local community—is a foundational concept for understanding ecological processes that occur between local and extensive (biogeographic) spatial scales. However, the lack of precise definitions for the regional species pool, coupled with limited research into the dynamics of regional biodiversity, has impeded the development of a comprehensive framework to explain the mechanisms shaping these pools.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Processes Governing Regional Species Pools</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although ecological processes at local and extensive scales are relatively well understood, the mechanisms shaping regional biota remain less clear. Regional species pools are likely shaped by a unique set of processes that often overlap minimally with those operating at local or extensive scales. Despite their significance, our understanding of the specific mechanisms driving the dynamics of regional species pools remains incomplete.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> The Need for a Theory of Regional Species Pools</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We argue that it is essential to prioritise the study of the regional species pool for two reasons. First, the regional species pool bridges spatial and temporal scales from ecological dynamics in landscapes to the long-term processes shaping the biotas of entire biogeographic provinces. As such, understanding the dynamics of species pools addresses fundamental questions about the origin, maintenance, and dynamics of biodiversity. Second, effective biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene hinges on understanding the processes that operate at regional scales.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889197","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}
Xue Pan, Holger Kreft, Jing-Zhong Lu, Yabin Du, Stefan Scheu, Mark Maraun
{"title":"The Key Role of Vicariance for Soil Animal Biogeography in a Biodiversity Hotspot Region","authors":"Xue Pan, Holger Kreft, Jing-Zhong Lu, Yabin Du, Stefan Scheu, Mark Maraun","doi":"10.1111/geb.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Indo-Australian Archipelago is known as a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of endemism typically ascribed to vicariance as reflected by the ‘Wallace's line’. However, it is unknown how vicariance has affected belowground biodiversity, especially process-based beta diversity. Here, we relate beta diversity of soil oribatid mite (Oribatida, Acari) assemblages to geographic distance as well as climatic and soil factors to explore the factors shaping the diversity of oribatid mites across 11 regions of the Indo-Australian Archipelago.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Indo-Australian Archipelago.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Present.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Oribatida, Acari.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We compiled a list of 2549 oribatid mite species in the Indo-Australian Archipelago and investigated the level of endemism and beta diversity of oribatid mites in the 11 regions at species, genus and family level. We then summarised the biogeographical dissimilarity patterns of oribatid mites using ordination and clustering methods and compared the patterns with the zoological boundaries based on aboveground taxa such as Wallace's, Lydekker's, Weber's and Holt's lines. We integrated data on geography, climate and soil to reveal the key drivers of species compositional dissimilarity of oribatid mites among regions using Mantel tests.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Generally, the level of endemism of oribatid mite assemblages in the 11 regions was high; they formed three groups (west of New Guinea, New Guinea and south of New Guinea) with dissimilarity changing from northwest to southeast. The patterns reflect and integrate the lines of Weber, Lydekker and Holt. Species turnover generally correlated with geographic distance, reflecting the critical role of vicariance in dispersal-limited oribatid mites.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our results, for the first time, demonstrate contrasting patterns in below- and aboveground organisms in the Indo-Australian Archipelago, and elucidate how geographic distance-based vicariance has structured soil animal diversity in this biodiversity hotspot regio","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143880018","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}
Erik E. Cordes, Ryan Gasbarro, Andrea M. Quattrini, April Stabbins, Samuel E. Georgian, Robert S. Carney, Charles R. Fisher
{"title":"Do Chemosynthetic and Coral Communities Defy Deep-Sea Ecological Paradigms?","authors":"Erik E. Cordes, Ryan Gasbarro, Andrea M. Quattrini, April Stabbins, Samuel E. Georgian, Robert S. Carney, Charles R. Fisher","doi":"10.1111/geb.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Broad biodiversity patterns (e.g., the latitudinal diversity gradient) are cornerstones of ecology that are fundamental in understanding the distribution of life on the planet. In the deep sea, declining faunal abundance/biomass with depth and a mid-continental slope diversity maximum are among the most well-defined patterns. However, they have largely been tested with samples of sediment faunal communities. Here, we synthesise new biomass, density, and diversity data with existing data from chemosynthetic and cold-water coral (CWC) communities spanning > 3000 m depth to test the validity of these paradigmatic hypotheses in deep-sea communities associated with hard substrata.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico (~200–4000 m depth).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Present day.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Deep-sea macrofaunal communities associated with soft-sediment and hardgrounds (e.g., CWCs and cold seeps).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Relationships between macrofaunal abundance and biodiversity versus depth were tested with Generalised Additive Models. Habitat suitability model outputs were used to assess changes in CWC habitat over depth. Beta diversity partitioning was used to quantify richness and replacement components of community turnover with depth.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We did not find support for these paradigmatic patterns in either chemosynthetic or CWC communities; instead, we found idiosyncratic biodiversity patterns with high abundance and diversity maintained across depths.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our results suggest that seascape-scale biodiversity patterns of the seafloor should be reappraised with due consideration for geological and biogenic habitat heterogeneity. We discuss the roles of localised energy sources, nutrient recycling/retention, and species adaptations as potential drivers of the high biodiversity and steady or increasing abundance at depths with relatively little sinking detrital carbon. Our results have major implications for the management of regional and global marine biodiversity, with the increasing evidence that chemosynthetic, cold-water coral, and other hard-substratum ecosystems are widespread throughout the global ocean and increasingl","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831323","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}
Rebecca K. Gibson, Don A. Driscoll, Kristina J. Macdonald, Grant J. Williamson, Rachael H. Nolan, Tim S. Doherty, Dale G. Nimmo, Euan G. Ritchie, Mark Tozer, Liz Tasker, Aaron Greenville, Adam Roff, Alex Callen, Alex Maisey, Alexandria Thomsen, Alfonsina Arriaga-Jimenez, Alison Foster, Alison Hewitt, Amy-Marie Gilpin, Andrew Denham, Andrew Stauber, Berin Mackenzie, Brad Law, Brad Murray, Brian Hawkins, Bridget Roberts, Chad T. Beranek, Chris Dickman, Chris J. Jolly, Chris McLean, Chris Reid, Craig Dunne, David Hancock, David Keith, Elise Pendall, Elise Verhoeven, Emma Cook, Emma Spencer, Felicity Grant, Frank Koehler, George Madani, Glenda Wardle, Grant Linley, James M. Cook, Jedda Lemmon, John Gould, Jonathan K. Webb, Joshua Lee, Julia Rayment, Karen Marsh, Kaya Klop-Toker, Laura Schweickle, Mark Ooi, Matthew Beitzel, Matthias Boer, Michael Hewins, Michael Mahony, Mikayla Green, Mike Letnic, Murraya Lane, Oliver W. Kelly, Owen Price, Renee Brawata, Rohan Bilney, Ross Crates, Ryan R. Witt, Ryan Shofner, Sally A. Power, Samantha L. Wallace, Sarah E. Stock, Shelby A. Ryan, Stephanie Pulsford, Thomas Newsome, Tom Le Breton, Vanessa Allen, Vivianna Miritis, Zac Walker
{"title":"Remotely Sensed Fire Heterogeneity and Biomass Recovery Predicts Empirical Biodiversity Responses","authors":"Rebecca K. Gibson, Don A. Driscoll, Kristina J. Macdonald, Grant J. Williamson, Rachael H. Nolan, Tim S. Doherty, Dale G. Nimmo, Euan G. Ritchie, Mark Tozer, Liz Tasker, Aaron Greenville, Adam Roff, Alex Callen, Alex Maisey, Alexandria Thomsen, Alfonsina Arriaga-Jimenez, Alison Foster, Alison Hewitt, Amy-Marie Gilpin, Andrew Denham, Andrew Stauber, Berin Mackenzie, Brad Law, Brad Murray, Brian Hawkins, Bridget Roberts, Chad T. Beranek, Chris Dickman, Chris J. Jolly, Chris McLean, Chris Reid, Craig Dunne, David Hancock, David Keith, Elise Pendall, Elise Verhoeven, Emma Cook, Emma Spencer, Felicity Grant, Frank Koehler, George Madani, Glenda Wardle, Grant Linley, James M. Cook, Jedda Lemmon, John Gould, Jonathan K. Webb, Joshua Lee, Julia Rayment, Karen Marsh, Kaya Klop-Toker, Laura Schweickle, Mark Ooi, Matthew Beitzel, Matthias Boer, Michael Hewins, Michael Mahony, Mikayla Green, Mike Letnic, Murraya Lane, Oliver W. Kelly, Owen Price, Renee Brawata, Rohan Bilney, Ross Crates, Ryan R. Witt, Ryan Shofner, Sally A. Power, Samantha L. Wallace, Sarah E. Stock, Shelby A. Ryan, Stephanie Pulsford, Thomas Newsome, Tom Le Breton, Vanessa Allen, Vivianna Miritis, Zac Walker","doi":"10.1111/geb.70040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70040","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To compare field-based evidence of plant and animal responses to fire with remotely sensed signals of fire heterogeneity and post-fire biomass recovery.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>South-eastern Australia; New South Wales.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>2019–2022.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 982 species of plants and animals, in eight taxonomic groups: amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, molluscs, plants and reptiles.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We collated 545,223 plant and animal response records from 47 field surveys of 4613 sites that focussed on areas burnt in 2019–2020. For each site, we calculated remotely sensed signals of fire heterogeneity and post-fire biomass recovery, including the delayed recovery index. Meta-regression analyses were conducted separately for species that declined after fire (negative effect sizes) and species that increased after fire (positive effect sizes) for each buffer size (250 m, 500 m, 1 km, 1.5 km, 2 km and 2.5 km radius).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We found that species exposed to homogenous high-severity fire (i.e., low fire heterogeneity) were more likely to exhibit decreased abundance/occurrence or inhibited recovery. Areas with delayed recovery of biomass also had significant negative on-ground responses, with lower abundance or occurrence in areas where biomass recovery was slower.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The fire heterogeneity index and the delayed recovery index are suitable for inclusion in monitoring and reporting systems for tracking relative measures over time, particularly when field survey data is not available at the landscape scales required to support reporting and management decisions. Locations with remotely sensed signals of delayed recovery should be prioritised for protection against further disturbances that may interfere with the recovery process. Research attention must next focus on how cumulative fire heterogeneity patterns of successive fires affect the post-fire recovery dynamics to further inform the application of remote sensing indicators as management tools for biodiversity conservation.</p>\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831335","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}