Local environment and space drive multiple facets of stream macroinvertebrate beta diversity

By Mariana Perez Rocha, Luis Mauricio Bini, Sami Domisch, K. Tolonen, J. Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, J. Soininen, Jan Hjort, J. Heino. Journal of Biogeography, 2018

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Understanding variation in biodiversity typically requires consideration of factors operating at different spatial scales. Recently, ecologists and biogeographers have recognized the need of analysing ecological communities in the light of multiple facets including not only species‐level information but also functional and phylogenetic approaches to improve our understanding of the relative contribution of processes shaping biodiversity. Here, our aim was to disentangle the relative importance of environmental variables measured at multiple levels (i.e., local, catchment, climate, and spatial variables) influencing variation in macroinvertebrate beta diversity facets (i.e., species, traits, and phylogeny) and their components (i.e., replacement and abundance difference) in boreal streams.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Water Science and Technology

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