A guide for using functional diversity indices to reveal changes in assembly processes along ecological gradients

By N. Mason, Francesco de Bello, David Mouillot, Sandrine Pavoine, Stéphane Dray. 2013

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Testing the ability of functional diversity indices to detect trait convergence and divergence using individual‐based simulation (2016, methodology): “…to check the ability of functional diversity indices to distinguish between trait convergence and trait divergence were based on algorithms that select species from the species pool following trait-based rules (Mouchet et al. 2010; De Bello et al. 2012; Aiba et al. 2013; Mason et al. 2013).”
Fertilization decreases species diversity but increases functional diversity: A three-year experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow (2014, background): “…habitats has been proposed as a promise way to understand trait-based community assembly (Mouchet et al., 2010; Spasojevic and Suding, 2012; Mason et al., 2013) as well as identify the consequences of species loss due to land use change for ecosystem functioning (Cadotte et al., 2011;…”
Moving beyond the guild concept: developing a practical functional trait framework for terrestrial beetles (2015, background): “For example, species diversity and functional richness may covary (Swenson, 2011; Mason et al., 2013).”
Changing drivers of species dominance during tropical forest succession (2014, positive): “Different assembly processes may simultaneously affect local community structure (Helmus et al. 2007; Cornwell & Ackerly 2009), and their relative importance may change along environmental gradients (Mason et al. 2007, 2013).”
Measuring the success of reforestation for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (2016, background): “…lower in old restoration than in mid stage restoration sites (as was the case for FEve 396 and FDiv), which suggests that niche complementarity is not enhancing species occurrences 397 (Mason et al. 2013), but that competition is the key driver of community structure in older 398 restoration sites.”
Approaches to defining a planetary boundary for biodiversity (2014, background): “In addition to the role biodiversity loss plays in supporting humanity, it also plays a key role in mediating and responding to other planetary processes; we therefore conclude with an examination of the interactions between biodiversity loss and the other planetary boundaries.”
Correlations between phylogenetic and functional diversity: mathematical artefacts or true ecological and evolutionary processes? (2013, background): “Mason et al. (2013) found that FD indices gave high power to detect Journal of Vegetation Science 790 Doi: 10.1111/jvs.12051© 2013 International Association for Vegetation Science changes in assembly processes along a hypothetical stress gradient, while PD indices gave only weak power for the same…”
Salinity shapes zooplankton communities and functional diversity and has complex effects on size structure in lakes (2018, background): “In recent years, an increasing number of studies have been conducted to classify aquatic communities based on their functional characteristics in order to examine FD patterns as well as to find appropriate functional indicators of environmental changes (McGill et al., 2006; Barnett et al., 2007; Hei”