References - name first Flashcards
Chesson, 2000
Stabilising mechanisms such as resource partitioning are essential for species coexistence
Kitchen et al., 1999
Swift foxes specialise in small prey while coyotes consume greater proportions of large prey
Schoener, 1968
Lizards of the genus Anolis divide their habitat according to perch height and perch diameter
Plaisance et al., 2011
Tropical reefs shelter one-third to one-quarter of all marine life
Lough et al., 2018
Coral-algal symbiosis is essential for the functioning of reefs but thermal stress can break down this symbiosis and lead to bleaching
Gurnell et al., 2004
Grey squirrels from North America have replaced red squirrels throughout much of Britain, Ireland and North Italy
Schluter, 2000
Adaptive radiation is the evolution of ecological diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage
Townsend, 1997
Species richness of stream invertebrates was greatest in streams that experienced an intermediate frequency of disturbance
Potts, 2010
Pollinators provide vital ecosystem services to crops and wild plants and are a key component of global diversity
Ostfeld, 1989
Sea otters in Santa Cruz switched from sea urchins to kelp depending on depleting numbers
Pelletier, 2017
Eco-evolutionary dynamics is defined as an evolutionary change in a trait that causes a change in an ecological variable that then influences selection on the same or some other trait
Bell and Gonzalez, 1999
Tested the theory that evolutionary rescue can prevent extinction following an environmental change by exposing yeast cells to different salt concentrations
Dodson, 1988
The presence of predators induce longer helmets and longer spines in Daphnia
Arjen et al., 2016
During the industrial revolution, the pale form of the peppered moth was replaced by a black form
Hooper, 2005
Ecosystem goods and services have been altered by species invasions and human activities
Reiss et al., 2009
If an entire functional group of seemingly redundant species is lost then an ecosystem can suffer severe consequences
Loreau et al., 2001
In changing environments, larger numbers of species are needed to reduce variability in ecosystem processes
State of the Climate: Global Climate Report for Annual 2016, 2017
The average global temperature has increased by 0.94C above the 20th-century average
Parmesan and Yohe, 2003
Species have migrated around 6.1km per decade northward/upward
Malcolm et al., 2006
Global warming is a key threat to biodiversity
Damuth, 1981
There seems to be an inverse relationship between the size of an animal species and its local abundance
Pringle, 2008
As a result of elephants damaging trees, their structural complexity is increased, which provides refuges for a common arboreal lizard
Yvon-Durocher et al., 2011
Body size of aquatic species decreases with an increase in temperature
Molnar et al., 2010
Populations of polar bear are predicted to be negatively impacted by global warming
Thuiller et al., 2005
• We found that risks of extinction for European plants may be large, even in moderate scenarios of climate change
Huntley and Webb, 1989
Tree populations change in distribution, abundance and association in response to long-term changes in climate
Groot et al., 2002
Ecosystems provide goods and services such as climate regulation, UVb protection by O3 and provision of drinking water amongst others
Reiss et al., 2009 (2)
Earth’s biota regulates numerous fluxes of energy and matter, including carbon uptake, nutrient cycling and oxygen production.
