Taxonomic and functional nestedness of bird communities in urban parks of Liuzhou, China by Binqiang Li, Nehafta Bibi, Shanjun Ma, Wenxuan Chen, Miaodan Yang, Na Xiang, Qingjiang Cui, Lifeng Tan

“…To determine whether functional nestedness follows the same pattern as taxonomic nestedness. …”
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Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China by Yunhao Xu, Huiwen Zhu, Xingmin Chen, Jiang Wang, Yanping Wang

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Species turnover and functional nestedness constitute the geographic patterns of stream diatoms in the Three Parallel Rivers region, China by Jiancheng Hu, Nuo Xu, Sicheng Ao, Lu Tan, Xianfu Li, Qinghua Cai, Tao Tang

“…Our results revealed distinct diversity patterns and drivers for taxonomic and functional beta diversity. Specifically, taxonomic beta diversity was mainly driven by the turnover component affected by spatial processes, whereas functional beta diversity was dominated by the nestedness component affected by environmental processes. …”
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Taxonomic nestedness based on guilds? Bird assemblages of the Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba, as study case by A. García–Quintas, D. Fundora Caballero, A. Parada Isada

“…Overall bird assemblage was significantly nested (NODF = 76.99; p = 0.01) whereas terrestrial insectivores (NODF = 81.32) and insectivores (NODF = 80.04) were the only trophic guilds (out of 19) that showed significant nestedness (p ≤ 0.01). These results could provide evidence of the structural and functional cohesion of avifauna at the study site, especially among its insect–eating taxa. …”
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Ecological correlates of taxonomic and functional beta diversity of wetland breeding birds in central part of Inner Mongolia wetlands by Ling-Ying Shuai, Yu-Xin Luo, Yue Luo, Jing-Wen Bai, Di Meng, Fu-Jia Sha, Ke Shi, Wan-Lan Ma, Fu-Shun Zhang

“…Taxonomic beta diversity was dominated by its turnover component, whereas functional beta diversity was dominated by its nestedness-resultant component. …”
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Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Diversity of Bats in Urban and Suburban Environments in Southern México by Miguel Briones-Salas, Gabriela E. Medina-Cruz, Cintia Natalia Martin-Regalado

“…In contrast, functional nestedness contributed more to the functional β diversity than turnover. …”
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Functional Diversity of Wintering Waterbird Enhanced by Restored Wetland in the Lakeshore of Chaohu Lake by Shanshan Xia, Xianglin Ji, Lei Meng, Lizhi Zhou

“…Notably, restored wetlands exhibited coupled patterns of higher functional β‐diversity turnover rates and lower functional nestedness over time, forming distinctive species assemblages. …”
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Taxonomic and functional β-diversity of Collembola across elevational and seasonal gradients on a temperate mountain by Zhijing Xie, Jian Zhang, Yuhao Zhao, Dingliang Xing, Yunga Wu, Johannes Lux, Liang Chang, Kangle Lu, Xin Sun, Donghui Wu, Stefan Scheu

“…The turnover components dominated taxonomic β-diversity across seasons, whereas the nestedness component contributed more to functional β-diversity. …”
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Functional traits and habitat use: Investigating community assembly in a montane community (Carabidae: Nebria) by Jillian K. Schat, David H. Kavanaugh, Jacki Whisenant, Genevieve Anderegg, Huijun Xiao, Sean D. Schoville

“…Here, we integrate measurements of functional traits, microhabitat usage, isotopic composition (δ15N and δ13C), and abundance to test the importance of environmental filtering and resource/habitat partitioning in shaping a montane ground beetle species assemblage (Carabidae: Nebriini: Nebria) in the isolated, volcanic peaks of the northern Cascades Range, USA. …”
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Analysing and modelling the impact of habitat fragmentation on species diversity: a macroecological perspective by Thomas Matthews

“…Significant compositional and functional nestedness was rare in habitat island datasets, although island area was seemingly responsible for what nestedness was observed. …”
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Deterministic processes drive turnover-dominated beta diversity of breeding birds along the central Himalayan elevation gradient by Zhifeng Ding, Jianchao Liang, Le Yang, Cong Wei, Huijian Hu, Xingfeng Si

“…Turnover component was highest in taxonomic beta diversity, while nestedness component was highest in functional beta diversity. …”
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How the fish community structure change with seasons in Zhoushan Fishing Ground, China? by Yuru Li, Chenchen Yan, Peilong Ju, Baogui Liu, Jing Wang, Chang Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Yingbin Wang, Yingbin Wang

“…However, the taxonomic and functional structures showed different ecological processes of seasonal changes with the former were mainly driven by species turnover (occupied 89.9% of the total dissimilarity) and the latter were driven by both functional turnover and nestedness (occupied 57.9% and 42.1% of the total dissimilarity, respectively). …”
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Detectability constraints on meso-scale structure in complex networks. by Rudy Arthur

“…Community, core-periphery, disassortative and other node partitions allow us to understand the organisation and function of large networks. In this work we study common meso-scale structures using the idea of block modularity. …”
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Variation in species diversity of deep-water megafauna assemblages in the Caribbean across depth and ecoregions. by Iván Hernández-Ávila, Edlin Guerra-Castro, Carolina Bracho, Martin Rada, Frank A Ocaña, Daniel Pech

“…Diversity patterns of the deep-sea megafauna in the Caribbean Basin and the Guiana ecoregion were analyzed in order to test the hypothesis of species richness variation as a function of depth and the hypothesis of non-differences between ecoregions by analyzing spatial patterns of five taxa and a merged assemblage. …”
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Prepare for trouble and make it double: Effects of Carpobrotus acinaciformis and Apis mellifera invasion in floral visitor networks by Luiz F. C. Serigheli, Sofia Bacca, Brisa Marciniak, Michele S. Dechoum

“…Invasive species pose a significant threat to ecological systems, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Invasive plants and bees can alter mutualistic networks by increasing nestedness and reducing modularity, as a consequence leading to a reduction in network biodiversity and specialization. …”
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Mutualism and Dispersal Heterogeneity Shape Stability, Biodiversity, and Structure of Theoretical Plant–Pollinator Meta-Networks by Chinenye Assumpta Onyeagoziri, Henintsoa Onivola Minoarivelo, Cang Hui

“…Mutualistic interactions are crucial to the structure and functioning of ecological communities, playing a vital role in maintaining biodiversity amidst environmental perturbations. …”
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Vertical Stratification of Butterfly Assemblages Persists in Highly Disturbed Forest Fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Denise B. Silva, André V. L. Freitas, Oscar F. Junior, Jessie P. Santos

“…We demonstrated that vertical stratification is maintained even in disturbed forests; however, this does not necessarily provide support for a good quality and functioning ecosystem in these habitats. The butterfly assemblages recorded here are a subset of the species pool that inhabits conserved remnants. …”
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Strangler fig–host tree associations: Insights into the ecology and management of tropical urban green spaces by Yu‐Xuan Mo, Huang Zou, Hai‐Xia Hu, Su Li, Hua‐Zheng Lu, Xiao‐Yan Pu, Yun‐Xin Zhang, Sujan Balami, Yuan Li, Tao Hu, Liang Song, Wen‐Yao Liu

“…We advocate balanced management strategies considering ecological functions, potential risks, and overall values of stranglers and their hosts. …”
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Wetland restoration suppresses microbial carbon metabolism by altering keystone species interactions by Huijie Zheng, Huijie Zheng, Deyan Liu, Ye Li, Zengming Chen, Junjie Li, Junjie Li, Yanhong Dong, Yanhong Dong, Cong Yang, Cong Yang, Yuncai Miao, Junji Yuan, Weixin Ding, Weixin Ding

“…Soil bacteria play a pivotal role in regulating multifaceted functions of terrestrial ecosystems. Unraveling the succession of bacterial communities and the feedback mechanism on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics help embed the ecology of microbiome into C cycling model. …”
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