Tag: biodiversity loss

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Human land-uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass production

This blog post is provided by Dieison André Moi and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Human land-uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass production’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Dieison and colleagues evaluated the effects of four land-uses on taxonomic richness, functional and trait diversityof fishes, arthropods, and macrophytesbased on data from 61 stream sites in … Continue reading Human land-uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass production

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O uso do solo por humanos homogeniza assembleias de riachos e reduz a produção de biomassa animal

Este post no blog é fornecido por Dieison André Moi e conta o #StoryBehindthePaper para o manuscrito ‘O uso do solo por humanos homogeniza assembleias de riachos e reduz a produção de biomassa animal’, que foi recentemente publicado no Journal of Animal Ecology. Em seu estudo, Dieison e colegas avaliaram os efeitos de quatro usos da terra na riqueza taxonômica, diversidade funcional e de categorias … Continue reading O uso do solo por humanos homogeniza assembleias de riachos e reduz a produção de biomassa animal

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Historical data show serious threats facing freshwater mussels in major UK river

This blog post is provided by Isobel Ollard and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Declines in freshwater mussel density, size and productivity in the River Thames over the past half century‘, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. The authors replicated a survey of freshwater mussels in the River Thames from the 1960s and mussel populations had declined to less than 10% … Continue reading Historical data show serious threats facing freshwater mussels in major UK river

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