scholarly journals Diversity from genes to ecosystems: A unifying framework to study variation across biological metrics and scales

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1176-1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar E. Gaggiotti ◽  
Anne Chao ◽  
Pedro Peres-Neto ◽  
Chun-Huo Chiu ◽  
Christine Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Metrics ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems

Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 540-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J. Elser ◽  
R.W. Sterner ◽  
E. Gorokhova ◽  
W.F. Fagan ◽  
T.A. Markow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genes To Ecosystems

What is the urban environment and what is biology?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip James
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
First Century ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Initial Focus

The two main themes contained within the title The Biology of Urban Environments are explored. The initial focus is on urban environments. A discussion of the origins of cities and the global spread of urbanization leads on to a consideration of urban environments in the twenty-first century. In the second section, the focus switches to biology. The scope of the discipline is set out in terms of both the range of sub-disciplines and of biological scales. It is established from this discussion that in this book the topics considered span from genes to ecosystems and will be illustrated by examples of the biology of micro-organisms, plants, and animals. Importantly humans will be included within this consideration: our biology is affected by urban environments. The final part presents the structure of the book.

scholarly journals Introduction. Antarctic ecology: from genes to ecosystems. Part 2. Evolution, diversity and functional ecology

2007 ◽  
Vol 362 (1488) ◽  
pp. 2187-2189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex D Rogers ◽  
Eugene J Murphy ◽  
Nadine M Johnston ◽  
Andrew Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Functional Ecology ◽  
Antarctic Species ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
The Antarctic

The Antarctic biota has evolved over the last 100 million years in increasingly isolated and cold conditions. As a result, Antarctic species, from micro-organisms to vertebrates, have adapted to life at extremely low temperatures, including changes in the genome, physiology and ecological traits such as life history. Coupled with cycles of glaciation that have promoted speciation in the Antarctic, this has led to a unique biota in terms of biogeography, patterns of species distribution and endemism. Specialization in the Antarctic biota has led to trade-offs in many ecologically important functions and Antarctic species may have a limited capacity to adapt to present climate change. These include the direct effects of changes in environmental parameters and indirect effects of increased competition and predation resulting from altered life histories of Antarctic species and the impacts of invasive species. Ultimately, climate change may alter the responses of Antarctic ecosystems to harvesting from humans. The unique adaptations of Antarctic species mean that they provide unique models of molecular evolution in natural populations. The simplicity of Antarctic communities, especially from terrestrial systems, makes them ideal to investigate the ecological implications of climate change, which are difficult to identify in more complex systems.

From genes to ecosystems

2012 ◽  
pp. 269-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph K. Bailey ◽  
Jennifer A. Schweitzer ◽  
Francisco Úbeda ◽  
Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick ◽  
Mark A. Genung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genes To Ecosystems

scholarly journals From genes to ecosystems: the ocean's new frontier

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 457-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott C. Doney ◽  
Mark R. Abbott ◽  
John J. Cullen ◽  
David M. Karl ◽  
Lewis Rothstein
Keyword(s):  
New Frontier ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems

Conceptual aspects of the quantification of the extent of biological diversity

1994 ◽  
Vol 345 (1311) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Adequate Measure ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Subsequent Discussion ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Independent Evolutionary History

This paper begins by asking to what extent numbers of species are an adequate measure of biological diversity, either locally or globally; both for evolutionary understanding and for practical applications, biodiversity may often be better quantified at lower or higher levels, from genes to ecosystems. The subsequent discussion, however, focuses on species, and discusses questions that arise in estimating how many species there have ever been, how many there currently are in various taxonomic groups, and how we may quantify the differing degrees of ‘independent evolutionary history’ or ‘taxonomic distinctiveness’ in different species or groups. I conclude with opinions about how the practical task of identifying and recording species diversity might be better managed.

scholarly journals From Genes to Ecosystems in Microbiology: Modeling Approaches and the Importance of Individuality

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Ulrich Kreft ◽  
Caroline M. Plugge ◽  
Clara Prats ◽  
Johan H. J. Leveau ◽  
Weiwen Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Modeling Approaches ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems

scholarly journals Putting halophytes to work – genetics, biochemistry and physiology

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. v ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Huchzermeyer ◽  
Tim Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Saline Soils ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Salt Tolerant ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems ◽  
The Cost

Halophytes are a small group of plants able to tolerate saline soils whose salt concentrations can reach those found in ocean waters and beyond. Since most plants, including many of our crops, are unable to survive salt concentrations one sixth those in seawater (about 80 mM NaCl), the tolerance of halophytes to salt has academic and economic importance. In 2009 the COST Action Putting halophytes to work – from genes to ecosystems was established and it was from contributions to a conference held at the Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, in 2012 that this Special Issue has been produced. The 17 contributions cover the fundamentals of salt tolerance and aspects of the biochemistry and physiology of tolerance in the context of advancing the development of salt-tolerant crops.

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