The dimensionality and structure of species trait spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mouillot ◽  
Nicolas Loiseau ◽  
Matthias Grenié ◽  
Adam C. Algar ◽  
Michele Allegra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Trait

A guide to using species trait data in conservation

One Earth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 927-936
Author(s):  
Rachael V. Gallagher ◽  
Nathalie Butt ◽  
Alexandra J.R. Carthey ◽  
Ayesha Tulloch ◽  
Lucie Bland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Trait

scholarly journals Species trait shifts in vegetation and soil seed bank during fen degradation

Plant Ecology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 206 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Klimkowska ◽  
Renée M. Bekker ◽  
Rudy Van Diggelen ◽  
Wiktor Kotowski
Keyword(s):  
Seed Bank ◽  
Soil Seed Bank ◽  
Species Trait

scholarly journals Hydrological and environmental variables outperform spatial factors in structuring species, trait composition, and beta diversity of pelagic algae

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2947-2961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naicheng Wu ◽  
Yueming Qu ◽  
Björn Guse ◽  
Kristė Makarevičiūtė ◽  
Szewing To ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beta Diversity ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Spatial Factors ◽  
Species Trait ◽  
Pelagic Algae

scholarly journals A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alienor Jeliazkov ◽  
Darko Mijatovic ◽  
Stéphane Chantepie ◽  
Nigel Andrew ◽  
Raphaël Arlettaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Species Traits ◽  
Global Database ◽  
Metacommunity Ecology ◽  
Species Trait ◽  
Spatial Coordinates ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Case Basis

AbstractThe use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between species composition, their traits, and the environment have been extensively studied on a case-by-case basis, results are variable, and it remains unclear how generalizable these relationships are across ecosystems, taxa and spatial scales. To address this gap, we collated 80 datasets from trait-based studies into a global database for metaCommunity Ecology: Species, Traits, Environment and Space; “CESTES”. Each dataset includes four matrices: species community abundances or presences/absences across multiple sites, species trait information, environmental variables and spatial coordinates of the sampling sites. The CESTES database is a live database: it will be maintained and expanded in the future as new datasets become available. By its harmonized structure, and the diversity of ecosystem types, taxonomic groups, and spatial scales it covers, the CESTES database provides an important opportunity for synthetic trait-based research in community ecology.

Uncovering the spatio-temporal drivers of species trait variances: a case study of Magnoliaceae in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1179-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Liu ◽  
Marjorie R. Lundgren ◽  
Robert P. Freckleton ◽  
Qiuyuan Xu ◽  
Qing Ye
Keyword(s):  
Species Trait ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Between- and within-species trait variability and the assembly of sapling communities in forest patches

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos B. Carlucci ◽  
Vanderlei J. Debastiani ◽  
Valério D. Pillar ◽  
Leandro D. S. Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Forest Patches ◽  
Species Trait ◽  
Trait Variability

scholarly journals Latitudinal directionality in ectotherm invasion success

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1920) ◽  
pp. 20191411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanga Amarasekare ◽  
Margaret W. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Invasion Success ◽  
Lower Mortality ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Abiotic Environment ◽  
Species Trait ◽  
Consumption Rates ◽  
The Tropics

A striking pattern, seen in both fossil and extant taxa, is that tropical ectotherms are better at invading temperate habitats than vice versa. This is puzzling because tropical ectotherms, being thermal specialists, face a harsher abiotic environment and competition from temperate residents that are thermal generalists. We develop a mathematical framework to address this puzzle. We find that (i) tropical ectotherms can invade temperate habitats if they have higher consumption rates and lower mortality during warmer summers, (ii) stronger seasonal fluctuations at higher latitudes create more temporal niches, allowing coexistence of tropical invaders and temperate residents, and (iii) temperate ectotherms’ failure to invade tropical habitats is due to greater mortality rather than lower competitive ability. Our framework yields predictions about population-level outcomes of invasion success based solely on species’ trait responses to temperature. It provides a potential ecological explanation for why the tropics constitute both a cradle and a museum of biodiversity.

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