Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

By V. Gagic, Ignasi Bartomeus, T. Jonsson, Astrid Taylor, C. Winqvist, C. Fischer, Eleanor M. Slade, I. Steffan‐Dewenter, M. Emmerson, S. Potts and 3 more. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2015

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

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The meaning of the term ‘function’ in ecology: A coral reef perspective (2018, background): “…have opened up exciting new areas of 315 investigation (especially at large, biogeographic scales; e.g. Stuart-Smith et al. 2013; 316 Mouillot et al. 2014; D’Agata et al. 2016) and can surpass species identity in the prediction 317 of ecosystem functioning across ecosystems (Gagic et al. 2015).”
Plant functional diversity modulates global environmental change effects on grassland productivity (2018, background): “Of particular interest is how different components of functional diversity, such as the traits of dominant species and trait distribution among species that are known to influence ecosystem properties (Cadotte, 2017; Gagic et al., 2015; Roscher et al., 2012), modulate global change effects.”
Measuring the success of reforestation for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (2016, background): “Furthermore, the mechanisms driving high functioning levels vary 449 among the traits, functions and taxa considered (Gagic et al. 2015), as well as the 450 environmental context (Steudel et al. 2012, Griffiths et al. 2014), and traditional taxonomic 451 indices do not capture these complexities.”
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits (2017, positive): “…they provide a staple food for higher trophic levels (e.g. for predators, parasites and parasitoids) and are recognized as both facilitators of primary production (i.e. pollinators and detritivores) and as ecosystem engineers (e.g. soil bioturbators; see Gagic et al. 2015 for an overview).”
Effects of landscape structure on avian-mediated insect pest control services: a review (2017, background): “It is important to point out that the identity and species traits of avian predators may matter as much or more to actual service provision than overall richness or abundance per se (Gagic et al. 2015).”
Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes? (2016, background): “…R 2 0.59) and microbial predictors (average adjusted R 2 0.38) relative to other systems, and metrics of community diversity were more strongly correlated with the environment ( n = 7, average adjusted R 2 0.24) and had lower added value (average adjusted R 2 0.06) than in other ecosystem types.”
Functional diversity: a review of methodology and current knowledge in freshwater macroinvertebrate research (2016, background): “As such, Cadotte et al. (2011) and Gagic et al. (2015) reviewed functional diversity measures to bring to the fore emerging ecological patterns and provide clues about ecosystems management and decision-making.”
Habitat fragmentation narrows the distribution of avian functional traits associated with seed dispersal in tropical forest (2018, methodology): “In particular, we use a trait-based approach (Gagic et al., 2015) to reveal that seed dispersal by larger, more dispersive, and wide-beaked frugivores is severely impaired in small fragments, with negative implications for metacommunity dynamics and gene flow (Hamilton, 1999).”