Worldwide decline of specialist species: toward a global functional homogenization?

By J. Clavel, Romain Julliard, V. Devictor. 2011

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The global spread of crop pests and pathogens (2014, background): “, 2010) and alter ecosystem function (Clavel et al., 2010).”
Evolution of Ecological Niche Breadth (2017, background): “There are concerns and signals of global decline of specialist species (Clavel et al. 2011).”
Diversity and trait composition of moths respond to land-use intensification in grasslands: generalists replace specialists (2017, background): “This shift to more generalist species may ultimately lead to functional homogenization, defined as the effect of ‘‘spatial similarity of a functional variable over time’’ (Clavel et al. 2011).”
Land cover disturbance homogenizes aquatic insect functional structure in neotropical savanna streams (2018, background): “As a result, functional homogenization at the community level limits the functions provided by the community and its ability to respond to human pressures (Clavel et al., 2011; Gámez-Virués et al., 2015).”
Functional homogenization exceeds taxonomic homogenization among European fish assemblages (2014, background): “By decreasing complementarity among functionally dissimilar communities, functional homogenization is likely to decrease the viability of connected communities facing disturbances (Clavel et al., 2011).”
Long-Term Trends in Bird Populations: A Review of Patterns and Potential Drivers in North America and Europe (2013, background): “Such a general habitat specialization should mirror species responses to the changes that are not confined to any specific habitats (Clavel et al. 2011).”
A global assessment of freshwater fish introductions in mediterranean-climate regions (2013, result): “Overall, our results are concordant with one of the general predictions of biotic homogenisation: specialist species with limited ranges are being replaced by widespread generalist species (McKinney & Lockwood , 1999; Clavel et al., 2010).”
Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas (2012, background): “One of the reasons for lionfish’s apparent success, and associated detrimental impacts, is their voracious predatory nature, and ability to exploit a wide range of prey (Morris & Akins 2009, Barbour et al. 2010, Côté & Maljkovic 2010, Jud et al. 2011, Muñoz et al. 2011).”