Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes

By Sandra Díaz, Marcelo R. Cabido. 2001

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Subfields: Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Temporal variation in plant–pollinator networks from seasonal tropical environments: Higher specialization when resources are scarce (2018, methodology): “Calculations of all network-related indices were conducted with the “bipartite” package version 2.05 (Dormann et al., 2008) in r (R Development Core Team, 2016).”
Hydrology shapes taxonomic and functional structure of desert stream invertebrate communities (2015, background): “399 Functional diversity can be defined as the number, type, and distribution of functions performed by organisms within an ecosystem (Díaz and Cabido 2001).”
How do nutrients and warming impact on plant communities and their insect herbivores? A 9‐year study from a sub‐Arctic heath (2002, background): “The suggestion that subordinate species may contribute to ecosystem function, either directly (George & Bazzaz 1999a; 1999b; Walker et al. 1999) or via enhanced functional diversity (Tilman et al. 1997; Hodgson et al. 1998; Diaz & Cabido 2001), has recently attracted considerable attention.”
Toward more concern for specialisation and less for species diversity in conserving farmland biodiversity (2010, background): “However, Diaz and Cabido (2001) showed in their review that there was a growing consensus that the effects of diversity on ecosystem processes should be attributed to the functional traits (value and range) of individual species and their interactions rather than to species number per se (Diaz and C”
Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa. (2009, background): “This is because high functional redundancy occurs when species overlap in their traits, which may reflect niche overlap if traits are defined in a biologically appropriate way (Dı́az & Cabido 2001).”
Quantifying the relevance of intraspecific trait variability for functional diversity (2011, positive): “Functional diversity (FD) has emerged as a critical aspect of biodiversity that strongly influences species coexistence, species dynamics and ecosystem functioning (Tilman et al. 1997; Diaz & Cabido 2001).”
Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes (2012, background): “Although it is often observed that macrobial communities with lower taxonomic or phylogenetic diversity have reduced functional diversity (32, 33), this paradigm does not necessarily hold true for microbial communities.”
Biotic homogenization: Loss of avian functional richness and habitat specialists in disturbed Andean temperate forests (2015, background): “Our examination conducted in a global biodiversity hotspot extends earlier research on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (Cardinale et al., 2006; Díaz and Cabido, 2001; Farias and Jaksic, 2011; Gerisch et al., 2012).”
How functional is functional? Ecological groupings in terrestrial animal ecology: towards an animal functional type approach (2011, methodology): “First, using attributes of species’ responses to environmental conditions (functional response group/type) and second, applying attributes of species’ effects on their environment (functional effect group/type) (Diaz and Cabido 2001).”
The critical natural capital of ecosystem performance as insurance for human well-being (2003, background): “Biological diversity plays a significant role in ecosystem performance and resilience (e.g. Peterson et al., 1998; Walker et al., 1999; Chapin et al., 2000; Loreau et al., 2001; Diaz and Cabido, 2001; Kinzig et al., 2002).”
Cover Crop Biomass Production Is More Important than Diversity for Weed Suppression (2019, background): “59, march–april 2019 the function in a different way, or at different rates under different conditions, leading to a higher overall capacity to consistently perform the function (Díaz and Cabido, 2001; Isbell et al., 2011).”