We propose a roadmap for responsible AI in applied ecology linking evaluation to decision context, clarifying responsibility, and ensuring AI strengthens rather than displaces accountable decision-ma...

The discovery has prompted calls for more testing and raised concerns about the safety of food taken from the lake.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has expanded rapidly from proof-of-concept demonstrations to a widely used tool in biodiversity assessment, invasive species surveillance, fisheries management and conserva...

Fisheries modelling requires specialist training, but the availability of suitably skilled modellers is limiting delivery of science to inform management. Agentic AI can automate computing workflows ....

A case for observatories, long-term studies, and museums in an increasingly tech-obsessed world

Freshwater crayfish are increasingly threatened by habitat degradation, declining water quality, and invasive species. In Aotearoa New Zealand, lake populations of the endemic northern freshwater cray...

A global synthesis shows that energy transfer efficiency varies across and within ecosystems and is often below the 10% benchmark.

Biodiversity loss alters the functioning of ecosystems by modifying how species interact. This study shows that functionally similar and specialized interactions play a crucial role in enhancing ecosy...

Effective wetland management requires reliable indicator species and monitoring methods that minimize ecosystem disturbance. This study presents a non-invasive UAV-based approach for monitoring the di...

Caculations of response diversity can be based on species fundamental responses in isolation or their realised responses in the community using metrics of response dissimilarity and response divergen...

We test how activity and locomotor mode affect metabolic scaling in arthropods. Only winged insects show increased scaling with activity, likely due to flight-related thermal and biomechanical factor...

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is an increasingly popular and powerful tool in ecology, offering a non-invasive method to assess biodiversity and monitor ecosystem health across diverse envir...

Understanding the factors shaping trophic niche breadth is crucial for predicting species interactions, community assembly, and ecological responses to environmental change. Several hypotheses have be...

Scientific Data - Natural forests of the world – a 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring

Freshwater ecosystems are globally threatened by multiple climatic and anthropogenic stressors, including facilitated biological invasion and eutrophication, and thus understanding their effects o...

Biofilms are considered a basal resource with high nutritional quality in stream food webs, as periphytic algae are abundant of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). PUFAs are essential for growth and ...

In temperate low-order streams and rivers, the macroinvertebrate community has a key role in the flow of matter and energy. Despite its relative scarcity, in-stream primary producers have a high func....

AbstractLarval net-spinning caddisflies (Hydropsychidae) function as ecosystem engineers in streams where they construct protective retreats composed of or

Stream and riparian habitats are meta-ecosystems that can be strongly connected via the emergence of aquatic insects, which form an important prey subsidy for terrestrial consumers. Anthropogenic per...

Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are connected through energy fluxes partially driven by aquatic organisms that migrate to terrestrial environments during adulthood. According to the thermal perfor...