The relative roles of mating system and phylogeny during the evolution of group-living in hystricognath rodents.

ByCourtney Glancy

Raúl Sobrero1, Oscar  Inostroza-Michael2, Cristián E. Hernández2, Luis A. Ebensperger3 1Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades, ICIVET Litoral, UNL/CONICET, Esperanza, Argentina, 2Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, 3Departamento de Ecología, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile The evolution of group living in animals has been generally linked to ecological and phylogenetic drivers or…

Impact of ocean acidification in shark behavior and physiology

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Rui Rosa1 1MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Cascais, Portugal New studies have been evaluating the potential effects of end-of-century elevated CO2 levels on sharks and their relatives’ early development, physiology and behaviour. Here, we review those findings and use a meta-analysis approach…

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Shady dealings threaten a formidable predator: weeds tip the balance in a cryptic trophic cascade

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Ruchira Somaweera1,2, Dr Blair Bentley2, Dr Nicola J.  Mitchell2, Dr Bruce Webber1,2 1CSIRO Land and Water, Floreat, Australia, 2University of Western Australia , Crawley, Australia Species interactions play a significant role in the resilience of natural ecosystems. Through range shifts and introductions, global environmental change means that novel taxa and their interactions are disrupting…

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A phylogeographic process model to investigate paleo-climatic drivers of diversity

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Daniel Rosauer1 1Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Macro-ecological process models are showing great potential to increase understanding of the interacting processes of historical climate, geography and evolution have shaped the spatial distribution of biodiversity. When simulating expected biodiversity, a relatively simple set of parameters can shed light on the complex dynamics of moving species…

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Patterns and drivers of high-latitude reef communities along the tropical-to-temperate transition

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Brigitte Sommer1,2, Dr Maria Beger3, Prof John M Pandolfi2,4 1School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia, 2School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 3University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 4ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Biogeographic…

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Climate-driven range shifts in the United States: evidence from a hypothesis-driven framework and systematic review

ByCourtney Glancy

Madeleine A. Rubenstein1, Shawn L. Carter1, Mitchell J. Eaton2, Jeremy S. Littell3, Abigail J. Lynch1, Brian W. Miller4, Toni Lyn Morelli5, Adam J. Terando2, Laura M.  Thompson1, Sarah R.  Weiskopf1 1National Climate Adaptation Science Center, US Geological Survey, Reston, United States, 2Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, US Geological Survey, Raleigh, USA, 3Alaska Climate Adaptation Science…

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Recalculating route: dispersal constraints will drive the redistribution of Amazon primates in the Anthropocene

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Lilian Sales1, Bruno Ribeiro2, Mathias Pires1, Colin Chapman3, Rafael Loyola2 1University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, 2Federal University of Goiás, , Brazil, 3McGill University, Montreal, Canada Climate change will redistribute the global biodiversity in the Anthropocene. As the climate changes, species might move from one place to another, to stay within preferred environments. However, the…

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Impacts of warming on novel and native plant-herbivore interactions across the Mediterranean Sea

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Julia Santana-Garcon1, Dr Scott Bennett1, Dr Núria Marbà1, Dr Adriana Vergés2, Dr Teresa Alcoverro3 1IMEDEA – Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Esporles, Spain, 2The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 3CEAB – Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Blanes, Spain Warming can modify species interactions by (1) generating novel interactions through the introduction of new warmer…

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Entering unchartered waters: distributional shifts across international boundaries and subsequent hybridization of commercially harvested species produce an entirely new management dilemma

ByCourtney Glancy

Prof WHH Sauer1, WM Potts1, MC Parkinson1, B Pringle1, A-R Childs1, MI Duncan1, R Henriques2, S Mafilwa3, M Wilhelm3 1Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 3Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Namibia,  Windhoek, Namibia Movement across…

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Vertical stratification influences global patterns of terrestrial biodiversity and their vulnerability to climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Brett Scheffers1, Dr.  Brunno Oliveira1 1University Of Florida, Gainesville, United States Background – Species distributions in terrestrial ecosystems are three-dimensional, spanning both the horizontal landscape and the vertical space provided by the physical environment. Classical hypotheses suggest that communities become more vertically stratified with increasing species richness, owing to reduced competition or finer niche…