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Robust detection of plant species distribution shifts under biased sampling regimes

The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems

Climate change challenges organisms to adapt or move to track changes in environments in space and time. We used two measures of thermal shifts from analyses of global temperatures over the past 50 years to describe the pace of climate change that species should track: the velocity of climate change (geographic shifts of isotherms over time) and the shift in seasonal timing of temperatures. Both measures are higher in the ocean than on land at some latitudes, despite slower ocean warming.

Collaboration and productivity in scientific synthesis

GeoSymbio: A hybrid, cloud-based web application of global geospatial bioinformatics and ecoinformatics for Symbiodinium-host symbioses

GeoSymbio: Symbiodinium-host symbioses

Influences of the El Nino southern oscillation and the pacific decadal oscillation on the timing of the North American spring

Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science

Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions

Many non‐native plants in the US have become problematic invaders of native and managed ecosystems, but a new generation of invasive species may be at our doorstep. Here, we review trends in the horticultural trade and invasion patterns of previously introduced species and show that novel species introductions from emerging horticultural trade partners are likely to rapidly increase invasion risk. At the same time, climate change and water restrictions are increasing demand for new types of species adapted to warm and dry environments.

Will species extinction alter the function of Earth's freshwater ecosystems?

Biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems: The evolution of, and vision for, a paradigm