Rare Species and Ecosystem Functioning

By Kelly G. Lyons, C. Brigham, B. Traut, M. D. Schwartz. 2005

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

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Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings (2017, background): “Although the importance of rare species is increasingly being recognized for macroorganisms (Lyons et al., 2005; Mouillot et al., 2013; Soliveres et al., 2016), many rare microbial taxa (for example, singletons) are routinely removed from data sets, thereby systemically overlooking a substantial par”
Effects of diversity of tree species and size on forest basal area growth, recruitment, and mortality (2007, background): “The index is also sensitive to changes in rare species (Pielou, 1966), which may make significant contributions to ecosystem functioning (Lyons et al., 2005).”
Dormancy contributes to the maintenance of microbial diversity (2010, background): “Moreover, as has been found with macroorganisms (42), rare taxa may have important implications for the contribution of microbial diversity to ecosystem functioning.”
Functional Diversity — at the Crossroads between Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Filters (2007, background): “Subordinate species are known – or expected – to play a significant role in long-term ecosystem stability (see e.g., Grime 1998; Dukes 2001; Lyons and Schwartz 2001; Lyons et al. 2005).”
Geographical, temporal and taxonomic biases in insect GBIF data on biodiversity and extinction (2021, background): “…in the lists of records (i.e. GBIF) and extinction (i.e. IUCN); even though they are key in the maintenance of ‘vulnerable functions’ (Lyons et al., 2005; Mouillot et al., 2013; Dee et al., 2019; Säterberg et al., 2019), and are the most prone to extinction due that they are…”
Biodiversity and extinction: the importance of being common (2008, background): “This is not to say that rare species do not also have important roles in ecosystem function (Lyons et al., 2005), but rather that in the main the infl uences of common species tend individually and en masse to be substantially greater.”
Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa. (2009, background): “The conversion of land from complex natural systems to simplified agricultural ecosystems is a major cause of the current unprecedented rates of global biodiversity loss (Matson et al. 1997; Tscharntke et al. 2005).”
Biodiversity, climate change, and ecosystem services (2009, background): “Abundant and dominant species are generally the major controllers of system function, yet less abundant species may nonetheless have very consequential effects on ecosystems: such as ecosystem engineers and keystone species [3].”
Abundance of common species, not species richness, drives delivery of a real-world ecosystem service. (2015, background): “The generality of rarity as an effect trait will depend on the functional importance of rare species, which is a controversial topic about which there is conflicting evidence (Zavaleta & Hulvey 2004; Lyons et al. 2005; V azquez et al. 2005; Gaston 2010; Mouillot et al. 2013; Wielgoss et al. 2014).”
Subordinate plant species enhance community resistance against drought in semi‐natural grasslands (2013, result): “Therefore, our results also highlight the importance of subordinate species for ecosystem functioning as suggested by previous studies (Lyons et al. 2005; Polley et al. 2006; Mariotte et al. 2012c).”
Species rarity: definition, causes, and classification (2007, background): “a precautionary approach suggests that conserving the full complement of species would be wise until the relationships between biotic structure and ecosystem function are more clearly understood (Rosenfeld 2002; Lyons et aL 2005 ).”
Feedbacks between geomorphology and biota controlling Earth surface processes and landforms: A review of foundation concepts and current understandings (2011, background): “The notion of ecosystem engineers originates from the well established concepts of ‘keystone species’ (Paine, 1966; Mills et al., 1993; Lyons et al., 2005).”
Why biodiversity is important to the functioning of real‐world ecosystems (2009, background): “More generally, there is considerable evidence that rare species can make important contributions to ecosystem processes under changing conditions (Lyons et al. 2005).”