Ponds and pools as model systems in conservation biology, ecology and evolutionary biology

By L. De Meester, S. Declerck, R. Stoks, Gerald Louette, F. Meutter, T. Bie, E. Michels, L. Brendonck. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Community structure in temporary freshwater pools: disentangling the effects of habitat size and hydroregime (2009, background): “This, however, does not mean that small pools are expendable as they often contain exclusive taxa (Williams et al., 2004; De Meester et al., 2005) and may fulfil a crucial function as stepping stones between larger pools, helping to maintain metacommunity and metapopulation dynamics and stability…”
Pond conservation: from science to practice (2009, background): “With their small size and their relatively simple community structure, ponds provide an ideal sentry and early warning system ( De Meester et al., 2005 ).”
The ecology of European ponds: defining the characteristics of a neglected freshwater habitat (2008, background): “Several directions can be identified for relevant research on ponds, ranging from the fields of biological monitoring to evolutionary ecology (reviewed in De Meester et al., 2005).”
Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems (2006, background): “…paths are taken, it is clear that gravesoil ecology and the ecology of other ephemeral resource patches (Blaustein and Schwartz 2001; Finn 2001; De Meester et al. 2005) has the potential to become a key area of study in terms of the cycling of carbon and nutrients, soil organic matter formation…”
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in urban ecosystems: A review (2016, background): “…possesses its own physical, chemical, and hydrological features, facilitating the presence of a range of species of specialised habitat requirements, hence increasing the differentiation among these ecosystems and the landscape diversity (β and γ diversity, respectively) (De Meester et al., 2005).”
The conservation value of farmland ponds: Predicting water beetle assemblages using vascular plants as a surrogate group (2010, background): “The large number of ponds compared to that of other freshwater systems (De Meester et al., 2005) makes the task of assessing their conservation value even more complicated.”
Environmental correlates of plant and invertebrate species richness in ponds (2011, background): “Ponds have been shown to provide a potential model system for a range of ecological and evolutionary investigations (De Meester et al. 2005) and where detailed knowledge about their history can be combined with small spatial scales they form a highly tractable model system.”
Warmer and richer? Predicting the impact of climate warming on species richness in small temperate waterbodies (2010, background): “Firstly, they are small and their community structure is relatively simple (De Meester et al., 2005).”
Freshwater rock pools: a review of habitat characteristics, faunal diversity and conservation value (2010, background): “Small waterbodies therefore provide ideal study systems for testing ecological and evolutionary theories and processes (Kitching, 2000; Blaustein & Schwartz, 2001; Srivastava et al., 2004; De Meester et al., 2005; Scheffer et al., 2006).”