Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology.

By D. Bolnick, P. Amarasekare, M. S. Araújo, R. Bürger, J. Levine, M. Novak, V. Rudolf, Sebastian J. Schreiber, M. C. Urban, David A. Vasseur. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2011

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Global gaps in trait data for terrestrial vertebrates (2020, background): “Although intraspecific variation is increasingly being recognized to have important effects on ecological systems (Bolnick et al., 2011; Des Roches et al., 2018; González-Suárez & Revilla, 2013; Siefert et al., 2015), it was not feasible to obtain measures of intraspecific variability from all…”
Branching out: Towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology (2015, background): “However, incorporating this source of variability could lead to improved predictability (Bolnick et al., 2011; Violle et al., 2012).”
The keystone individual concept: an ecological and evolutionary overview (2014, background): “For instance, intraspecific differences can impact individuals’ fitness, drive population vital rates, shape biological communities, or alter the dynamics of entire ecosystems (Bolnick et al., 2003, 2011).”
Beyond species: functional diversity and the maintenance of ecological processes and services (2011, background): “Recently, a paradigm shift has begun in BEF; researchers have started including intraspecific variation in their definitions of biodiversity (Bolnick et al. 2011).”
Functional diversity metrics using kernel density n-dimensional hypervolumes (2020, neutral): “…ecology from a functional perspective, including population and community ecology (Petchey & Gaston, 2002; McGill, Enquist, Weiher, & Westoby, 2006; Bolnick et al., 2011; Violle et al., 2012), conservation biology (Wellnitz & Poff, 2001; Cadotte, Carscadden, & Mirotchnick, 2011), and biogeography…”
Grazing‐induced shifts in community functional composition and soil nutrient availability in Tibetan alpine meadows (2016, background): “Only recently have the possible effects of ITV been considered, mostly from the point of view of community assembly (Post et al. 2008; Jung et al. 2010; Bolnick et al. 2011; Siefert et al. 2015).”
Facultative endosymbionts mediate dietary breadth in a polyphagous herbivore (2015, background): “Such intraspecific variation is increasingly recognized as an important driver for community ecology and eco-evolutionary dynamics (Bolnick et al. 2011; Hersch-Green, Turley & Johnson 2011; Schoener 2011), yet the breadth of mechanisms underlying intraspecific variation in diet are only beginning to”
Stickleback research: the now and the next (2013, background): “Temporal variation and multifarious selection are just two examples, with others including the extent to which evolution is deterministic (Kaeuffer et al., 2012), interactions between plastic and genetic effects (Wund et al., 2008), and the importance of individual variation (Bolnick et al., 2011).”
Ecological implications of behavioural syndromes. (2012, background): “Given that species interactions depend on BTs, within-species variation in BT can make one species function like multiple species with different BTs engaging in different species interactions (Bolnick et al. 2011); e.”
Quantifying individual variation in behaviour: mixed-effect modelling approaches. (2013, background): “withinindividual correlations (Glossary), and (iii) how evolutionary and ecological processes are affected by individuality (Bolnick et al. 2011; Fogarty, Cote & Sih 2011; Benton 2012; Sih et al. 2012; Wolf & Weissing 2012).”