Ecological filtering and exaptation in the evolution of marine snakes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Gearty ◽  
Elsie Carrillo ◽  
Jonathan L Payne
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Filtering

scholarly journals Differential ecological filtering across life cycle stages drive old-field succession in a neotropical dry forest

2021 ◽  
Vol 482 ◽  
pp. 118810
Author(s):  
Miguel Martínez-Ramos ◽  
Felipe Barragán ◽  
Francisco Mora ◽  
Susana Maza-Villalobos ◽  
Luis F. Arreola-Villa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
Neotropical Dry Forest ◽  
Old Field Succession

scholarly journals Ecological filtering in scrub fragments restructures the taxonomic and functional composition of native bee assemblages

Ecology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. e02654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keng‐Lou James Hung ◽  
John S. Ascher ◽  
Jessica A. Davids ◽  
David A. Holway
Keyword(s):  
Functional Composition ◽  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
Native Bee

Fish assemblages respond to altered flow regimes via ecological filtering of life history strategies

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
MERYL C. MIMS ◽  
JULIAN D. OLDEN
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Ecological Filtering

scholarly journals Assembly and seasonality of core phyllosphere microbiota on perennial biofuel crops

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keara L. Grady ◽  
Jackson W. Sorensen ◽  
Nejc Stopnisek ◽  
John Guittar ◽  
Ashley Shade
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Panicum Virgatum ◽  
Gene Diversity ◽  
Perennial Grasses ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Miscanthus X Giganteus ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Biofuel Crops ◽  
Ecological Filtering

Abstract Perennial grasses are promising feedstocks for biofuel production, with potential for leveraging their native microbiomes to increase their productivity and resilience to environmental stress. Here, we characterize the 16S rRNA gene diversity and seasonal assembly of bacterial and archaeal microbiomes of two perennial cellulosic feedstocks, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus). We sample leaves and soil every three weeks from pre-emergence through senescence for two consecutive switchgrass growing seasons and one miscanthus season, and identify core leaf taxa based on occupancy. Virtually all leaf taxa are also detected in soil; source-sink modeling shows non-random, ecological filtering by the leaf, suggesting that soil is an important reservoir of phyllosphere diversity. Core leaf taxa include early, mid, and late season groups that were consistent across years and crops. This consistency in leaf microbiome dynamics and core members is promising for microbiome manipulation or management to support crop production.

Does ecological filtering across a productivity gradient explain variation in species pool-richness relationships?

Oikos ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Houseman ◽  
Katherine L. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Species Pool ◽  
Productivity Gradient ◽  
Ecological Filtering

Evolution of Mimicry Rings as a Window into Community Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krushnamegh Kunte ◽  
Athulya Girish Kizhakke ◽  
Viraj Nawge
Keyword(s):  
Species Interactions ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
Selective Agents ◽  
Evolutionary Studies ◽  
Phylogenetic Framework ◽  
Key Aspects

Mimicry rings are communities of mimetic organisms that are excellent models for ecological and evolutionary studies because the community composition, the nature of the species interactions, the phenotypes under selection, and the selective agents are well characterized. Here, we review how regional and ecological filtering, density- and frequency-dependent selection, toxicity of prey, and age of mimicry rings shape their assembly. We synthesize findings from theoretical and empirical studies to generate the following hypotheses: ( a) the degree of unpalatability and age of mimicry rings increase mimicry ring size and ( b) the degree of unpalatability, generalization of the aposematic signal, and availability of alternative prey are positively related to the breadth of the protection umbrella for an aposematic signal and negatively related to the degree of mimetic resemblance. We also provide a phylogenetic framework in which key aspects of mimicry ring diversification may be studied. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 52 is November 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Disentangling the contributions of dispersal limitation, ecological drift, and ecological filtering to wild bee community assembly

Ecosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e01650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus A. K. Sydenham ◽  
Stein R. Moe ◽  
Michael Kuhlmann ◽  
Simon G. Potts ◽  
Stuart P. M. Roberts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Assembly ◽  
Dispersal Limitation ◽  
Wild Bee ◽  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
Bee Community ◽  
Ecological Drift

scholarly journals Alien plant species that invade high elevations are generalists: support for the directional ecological filtering hypothesis

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christien Steyn ◽  
Michelle Greve ◽  
Mark P. Robertson ◽  
Jesse M. Kalwij ◽  
Peter C. le Roux
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Alien Plant Species ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
High Elevations

Environmental Adaptations, Ecological Filtering, and Dispersal Central to Insect Invasions

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 345-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Renault ◽  
Mathieu Laparie ◽  
Shannon J. McCauley ◽  
Dries Bonte
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
Environmental Adaptations

scholarly journals Floristic analysis of a high-speed railway embankment in a Mediterranean landscape

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goffredo Filibeck ◽  
Paolo Cornelini ◽  
Paolo Petrella
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Ecological Filtering ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Floristic Element ◽  
High Diversity

Abstract - We analyzed the floristic composition of a 4.5 km-long segment of a high- -speed railway in Lazio, central Italy, which travels on an artificial embankment through an intensively-farmed landscape. In total, 287 vascular plant species were recorded. The life-form distribution was found to be similar to that of the regional species pool, with high percentages of therophytes (38%) and phanerophytes (13%). In the chorological spectrum the Mediterranean floristic element prevailed (44%), while alien species were 8% of the flora. The phytosociological spectrum showed a high diversity of characteristic species from the class Stellarietea mediae or its subordinate syntaxa (26%), and in particular from the order Thero-Brometalia (Mediterranean, sub-nitrophilous annual communities). Species from forest syntaxa had a relatively high diversity (9%). These results suggest that the ecological filtering provided by the Mediterranean regional climate controlled species assemblage even in a completely artificial habitat, preventing floristic homogenization: the flora of the studied railway section is only partially »ruderalized«, while it keeps strong links with the regional (semi-) natural plant communities. However, in contrast to what is observed in central and north Europe, the railway sides studied in the present paper do not seem to represent a refugial habitat for rare species from grassland communities, mainly because in Italy semi-natural dry grasslands are still widely represented.

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