Partitioning of functional diversity reveals the scale and extent of trait convergence and divergence

By Francesco de Bello, Wilfried Thuiller, J. Lepš, Philippe Choler, J. Clement, P. Macek, M. Sebastiá, S. Lavorel. 2009

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Ecological assembly rules in plant communities—approaches, patterns and prospects (2012, background): “The design of appropriate null models becomes more complicated if information on species abundances and species traits is also incorporated (e.g. de Bello et al., 2009).”
Niche overlap reveals the effects of competition, disturbance and contrasting assembly processes in experimental grassland communities (2011, background): “…where co-occurring species are more similar than expected by chance (Leibold 1998; Mayfield & Levine 2010) – as frequently revealed by empirical studies (Cornwell, Schwilk & Ackerly 2006; Mason et al. 2007; de Bello et al. 2009) – and themost abundant species occupy similar niches (Grime 2006).”
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits (2017, unknown): “In plant ecology, this has been a very successful approach, sometimes leading to additional trait measurements at different spatial scales (de Bello et al. 2009) or with a stronger focus on intraspecific trait variability (Bolnick et al. 2011).”
The partitioning of diversity: showing Theseus a way out of the labyrinth (2010, background): “Moreover, the index has not been able to offer a robust estimation of b-diversity (de Bello et al. 2009), giving systematically low estimates of b-diversity, even for complete species replacement between communities.”
A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review (2012, background): “2) due to common adaptation to the physical environment (Cornwell and Ackerly 2009; de Bello et al. 2009).”
Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long‐term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity (2012, methodology): “RaoBA values are expressed as species richness equivalents following de Bello et al. (2010). RaoSES is observed RaoBA expressed relative to random expectation using the standardized effect size (SES) of Gotelli &McCabe (2002).”
Quantifying the relevance of intraspecific trait variability for functional diversity (2011, unknown): “…that comparisons of FD across communities in the literature are performed almost exclusively in terms of between-species diversity (i.e. where only speciesmean trait values are considered in FD calculations; Petchey & Gaston 2006; de Bello et al. 2009a,b), usually linked to data availability.”
Contrasting changes in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity during a long‐term succession: insights into assembly processes (2013, background): “If the species co-occurring in local communities are functionally more similar than expected, given the levels of species diversity, this would suggest environmental filtering and/or trait-based dispersal limitation (Keddy 1992; Webb et al. 2002; de Bello et al. 2009).”
From diversity indices to community assembly processes: a test with simulated data (2012, background): “We found that distinguishing the assembly processes based on single diversity indices can lead to inadequate interpretations (de Bello et al. 2009, Kraft and Ackerly 2010).”
Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland (2012, unknown): “…Shipley & Navas 2010): CWV ¼ XS i¼1 pi ðti CWMÞ2 eqn 2 This formulation of trait variance is close to Mason et al.’s (2003) FDvar and to Rao’s quadratic entropy calculated with Euclidian dissimilarities (Rao 1982; De Bello et al. 2009), which both yielded similar results to CWV (results not shown).”
A multi‐trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra‐ vs. interspecific variability in plant traits (2010, background): “…cycles) through the study of community- weighted mean traits or functional diversity indices (Garnier et al. 2004; Diaz et al. 2007), and also to understand patterns of diversity and species co-existence along environmental gra- dients (Ackerly & Cornwell 2007; De Bello et al. 2009).”
Evidence for scale‐ and disturbance‐dependent trait assembly patterns in dry semi‐natural grasslands (2013, background): “However, both effects might operate within plant communities, although they might be detected at different spatial scales and under different environmental conditions (de Bello et al. 2009; Kraft & Ackerly 2010).”