New paper in Oikos! 🎉 Ecosystems are connected by resource flows, and ecosystem size can mediate their effects. But how does size mediate the effects of resource flows between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems—one of nature's most ubiquitous linkages?

Ecosystem size reverses the effect of the spatial coupling between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems

The flow of non-living resources between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems can impact their ecosystem function. However, ecosystem size is similarly known to influence ecological properties an...

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1/3 Connectivity via resource flows 🍁 interacts with ecosystem size 📏 and disturbance 🔥 to affect meta-ecosystem function 🌲🌲🌲🌲 Out now as a preprint! 📑 www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....

Connectivity via resource flows interacts with ecosystem size and disturbance to affect  meta-ecosystem function

AbstractHuman activities alter connectivity via resource flows, ecosystem (patch) size, and disturbance regimes. While resource flows can interact with ecosystem size to affect ecosystem function, we ...

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@tiannapeller.bsky.social et al: #Foodweb #coupling by mobile #consumers has individual to #ecosystem level effects. 🌿🌳🟩🟦🐟🦐🌍🌐 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #biodiversity #metaecosystem #ecology @ema-giacomuzzo.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social & #UZH 1/4🧵

Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, one of the most exhaustive global studies on the subject ever conducted finds. This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report

Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts

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Aquatic-terrestrial researchers coming together for the #systemlink seminar 🌊🌱 Amazing talks ranging from leaflitter, beavers, urbanisation, to ecosystem size effects. Thanks a lot for the amazing talks @vmoser.bsky.social, @kperrelet.bsky.social, @LukeIreland, @ema-giacomuzzo.bsky.social

‚Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms’ Relevant new paper by Wan et al. in Nature Communications „…synthesis shows that insecticides, fungicides and herbicides have broad-scale detrimental effects on all groups of non-target organisms tested.…“ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interested in the linkage between ecosystems of different trophic types, such as aquatic-terrestrial linkages or benthic-pelagic linkages? 🌊 🐟 🐳 🌲 🌳 🎋 www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....

Ecosystem size reverses the effect of the spatial coupling between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems

The flow of non-living resources between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems can impact their ecosystem function. However, ecosystem size is similarly known to influence ecological properties and...

authorea.com

Riparian soil & plants are contaminated due to flooding from streams 🌊 A summary of our paper on flood mediated pesticide transfer into the base of the terrestrial food web in the surfacewaters blog @beyondpesticides.org beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblo...

Interested in the effects of ecosystem size on diversity and function ? 🦌 🐿️ 🦒 🌲 🌳 🎋

Ecosystem Size Mediates the Effects of Resource Flows on Species Diversity and Ecosystem Function at Different Scales

Ecosystem size and resource flows are key factors driving biodiversity and ecosystem function. However, the question of whether and how these drivers interact has been largely overlooked. Here, we sh...

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How does ecosystem size influence the connection among ecosystems? Next week I’ll be presenting at the BES annual meeting the poster “Ecosystem size tunes the effects of the spatial feedback between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems”. See you there 🥳