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2. Elevated alpha diversity in disturbed sites obscures regional decline and homogenization of amphibian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity

Author

D. Matthias Dehling and J. Maximilian Dehling

Subjects
Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract Loss of natural habitat due to land-use change is one of the major threats to biodiversity worldwide. It not only affects the diversity of local species communities (alpha diversity) but can also lead to large-scale homogenization of community composition (reduced beta diversity) and loss of regional diversity (gamma diversity), but these effects are still rarely investigated. We assessed the impact of land-use change on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of amphibians in Rwanda, both on the local (community-level) and regional scale (country-wide). Alpha diversity in local communities was higher in farmland than in natural habitats; however, species turnover among farmland sites was much lower than among natural sites, resulting in highly homogenized communities and reduced taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic gamma diversity in farmland across Rwanda. Amphibians found in farmland were mostly disturbance-tolerant species that are widespread in eastern Africa and beyond. In contrast, most of the regionally endemic frog species that make this region a continent-wide hotspot of amphibian diversity were found only in the natural habitats. Ongoing habitat conversion might result in further homogenization of amphibian communities across sub-Saharan Africa and the loss of regional endemism, unique evolutionary lineages, and multifunctionality.

Published
2023
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3. Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

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Lucas P. Martins, Daniel B. Stouffer, Pedro G. Blendinger, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Galo Buitrón-Jurado, Marta Correia, José Miguel Costa, D. Matthias Dehling, Camila I. Donatti, Carine Emer, Mauro Galetti, Ruben Heleno, Pedro Jordano, Ícaro Menezes, José Carlos Morante-Filho, Marcia C. Muñoz, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Marco Aurélio Pizo, Marta Quitián, Roman A. Ruggera, Francisco Saavedra, Vinicio Santillán, Virginia Sanz D’Angelo, Matthias Schleuning, Luís Pascoal da Silva, Fernanda Ribeiro da Silva, Sérgio Timóteo, Anna Traveset, Maximilian G. R. Vollstädt, and Jason M. Tylianakis

Subjects
Science
Abstract

Vertebrate frugivores play important ecological roles. Here, the authors analyse a global dataset on plants and birds and find that plant-frugivore networks are more dissimilar, yet structurally consistent, across ecoregion and biome boundaries.

Published
2022
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5. Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

Author

Martins, Lucas P., Stouffer, Daniel B., Blendinger, Pedro G., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Buitrón-Jurado, Galo, Correia, Marta, Costa, José Miguel, Dehling, D. Matthias, Donatti, Camila I., Emer, Carine, Galetti, Mauro, Heleno, Ruben, Jordano, Pedro, Menezes, Ícaro, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Muñoz, Marcia C., Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Pizo, Marco Aurélio, Quitián, Marta, Ruggera, Roman A., Saavedra, Francisco, Santillán, Vinicio, Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia, Schleuning, Matthias, da Silva, Luís Pascoal, Ribeiro da Silva, Fernanda, Timóteo, Sérgio, Traveset, Anna, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., and Tylianakis, Jason M.

Published
2022
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6. Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system.

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Barreto, Elisa, Boehm, Mannfred M. A., Ogutcen, Ezgi, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Kessler, Michael, Bascompte, Jordi, Dellinger, Agnes S., Bello, Carolina, Dehling, D. Matthias, Duchenne, François, Kaehler, Miriam, Lagomarsino, Laura P., Lohmann, Lúcia G., Maglianesi, María A., Morlon, Hélène, Muchhala, Nathan, Ornelas, Juan Francisco, Perret, Mathieu, Salinas, Nelson R., and Smith, Stacey D.

Subjects
PLANT evolution, PASSERIFORMES, INSECT pollinators, HUMMINGBIRDS, TROPICAL plants, POLLINATION, POLLINATORS
Abstract

Plant–hummingbird interactions are considered a classic example of coevolution, a process in which mutually dependent species influence each other's evolution. Plants depend on hummingbirds for pollination, whereas hummingbirds rely on nectar for food. As a step towards understanding coevolution, this review focuses on the macroevolutionary consequences of plant–hummingbird interactions, a relatively underexplored area in the current literature. We synthesize prior studies, illustrating the origins and dynamics of hummingbird pollination across different angiosperm clades previously pollinated by insects (mostly bees), bats, and passerine birds. In some cases, the crown age of hummingbirds pre‐dates the plants they pollinate. In other cases, plant groups transitioned to hummingbird pollination early in the establishment of this bird group in the Americas, with the build‐up of both diversities coinciding temporally, and hence suggesting co‐diversification. Determining what triggers shifts to and away from hummingbird pollination remains a major open challenge. The impact of hummingbirds on plant diversification is complex, with many tropical plant lineages experiencing increased diversification after acquiring flowers that attract hummingbirds, and others experiencing no change or even a decrease in diversification rates. This mixed evidence suggests that other extrinsic or intrinsic factors, such as local climate and isolation, are important covariables driving the diversification of plants adapted to hummingbird pollination. To guide future studies, we discuss the mechanisms and contexts under which hummingbirds, as a clade and as individual species (e.g. traits, foraging behaviour, degree of specialization), could influence plant evolution. We conclude by commenting on how macroevolutionary signals of the mutualism could relate to coevolution, highlighting the unbalanced focus on the plant side of the interaction, and advocating for the use of species‐level interaction data in macroevolutionary studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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9. Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system

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Barreto, Elisa; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3372-7295, Boehm, Mannfred M A; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-3490, Ogutcen, Ezgi; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-8243, Abrahamczyk, Stefan; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-932X, Kessler, Michael; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4612-9937, Bascompte, Jordi; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-6411, Dellinger, Agnes S; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1394-3414, Bello, Carolina; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6351-4998, Dehling, D Matthias; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-5580, Duchenne, François; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-8013, Kaehler, Miriam; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-8764, Lagomarsino, Laura P; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-0761, Lohmann, Lúcia G; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-0587, Maglianesi, María A; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-6956, Morlon, Hélène; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-7521, Muchhala, Nathan; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-5130, Ornelas, Juan Francisco; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1124-1163, Perret, Mathieu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-114X, Salinas, Nelson R; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-8674, Smith, Stacey D; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-4459, Vamosi, Jana C; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2376-0729, Varassin, Isabela G; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9189-8765, Graham, Catherine H; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-7948, Barreto, Elisa; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3372-7295, Boehm, Mannfred M A; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-3490, Ogutcen, Ezgi; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-8243, Abrahamczyk, Stefan; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-932X, Kessler, Michael; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4612-9937, Bascompte, Jordi; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-6411, Dellinger, Agnes S; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1394-3414, Bello, Carolina; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6351-4998, Dehling, D Matthias; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-5580, Duchenne, François; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-8013, Kaehler, Miriam; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-8764, Lagomarsino, Laura P; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-0761, Lohmann, Lúcia G; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-0587, Maglianesi, María A; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-6956, Morlon, Hélène; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-7521, Muchhala, Nathan; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-5130, Ornelas, Juan Francisco; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1124-1163, Perret, Mathieu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-114X, Salinas, Nelson R; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-8674, Smith, Stacey D; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-4459, Vamosi, Jana C; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2376-0729, Varassin, Isabela G; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9189-8765, and Graham, Catherine H; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-7948

Abstract

Plant–hummingbird interactions are considered a classic example of coevolution, a process in which mutually dependent species influence each other's evolution. Plants depend on hummingbirds for pollination, whereas hummingbirds rely on nectar for food. As a step towards understanding coevolution, this review focuses on the macroevolutionary consequences of plant–hummingbird interactions, a relatively underexplored area in the current literature. We synthesize prior studies, illustrating the origins and dynamics of hummingbird pollination across different angiosperm clades previously pollinated by insects (mostly bees), bats, and passerine birds. In some cases, the crown age of hummingbirds pre‐dates the plants they pollinate. In other cases, plant groups transitioned to hummingbird pollination early in the establishment of this bird group in the Americas, with the build‐up of both diversities coinciding temporally, and hence suggesting co‐diversification. Determining what triggers shifts to and away from hummingbird pollination remains a major open challenge. The impact of hummingbirds on plant diversification is complex, with many tropical plant lineages experiencing increased diversification after acquiring flowers that attract hummingbirds, and others experiencing no change or even a decrease in diversification rates. This mixed evidence suggests that other extrinsic or intrinsic factors, such as local climate and isolation, are important covariables driving the diversification of plants adapted to hummingbird pollination. To guide future studies, we discuss the mechanisms and contexts under which hummingbirds, as a clade and as individual species (e.g. traits, foraging behaviour, degree of specialization), could influence plant evolution. We conclude by commenting on how macroevolutionary signals of the mutualism could relate to coevolution, highlighting the unbalanced focus on the plant side of the interaction, and advocating for the use of species‐leve

Published
2024

10. Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits.

Author

Martins, Lucas P., Stouffer, Daniel B., Blendinger, Pedro G., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Costa, José Miguel, Dehling, D. Matthias, Donatti, Camila I., Emer, Carine, Galetti, Mauro, Heleno, Ruben, Menezes, Ícaro, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Muñoz, Marcia C., Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Pizo, Marco Aurélio, Quitián, Marta, Ruggera, Roman A., Saavedra, Francisco, Santillán, Vinicio, and Schleuning, Matthias

Published
2024
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13. Macroecology meets IPBES

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Hof, Christian, Dehling, D. Matthias, Bonn, Aletta, Burgess, Neil D., Eigenbrod, Felix, Harfoot, Michael B. J., Hickler, Thomas, Jetz, Walter, Marquard, Elisabeth, Pereira, Henrique M., and Böhning-Gaese, Katrin

Subjects
biodiversity, biodiversity data, ecosystem services, modelling, scenarios, science-policy interface
Abstract

The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), established in 2012 to counter the biodiversity crisis, requires the best scientific input available to function as a successful science-policy interface that addresses the knowledge needs of governments for safeguarding nature and its services. For the macroecological research community, IPBES presents a great opportunity to contribute knowledge, data and methods, and to help identify and address knowledge gaps and methodological impediments. Here, we outline our perspectives on how macroecology may contribute to IPBES. We focus on three essential topics for the IPBES process, where contributions by macroecologists will be invaluable: biodiversity data, biodiversity modelling, and modelling of ecosystem services. For each topic, we discuss the potential for contributions from the macroecological community, as well as limitations, challenges, and knowledge gaps. Overall, engagement of the macroecological community with IPBES should lead to mutual benefits. Macroecologists may profit as their contributions to IPBES may strengthen and inspire them as a community to design and conduct research that provides society-relevant results. Furthermore, macroecological contributions will help IPBES become a successful instrument of knowledge exchange and uncover the linkages between biodiversity and human well-being.

Published
2015

15. Functional diversity mediates macroecological variation in plant–hummingbird interaction networks

Author

Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi, Sonne, Jesper, Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson, González, Ana M. Martín, Zanata, Thais B., Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Alarcón, Ruben, Araujo, Andréa C., Araújo, Francielle P., Baquero, Andrea C., Chávez-González, Edgar, Coelho, Aline G., Cotton, Peter A., Dehling, D. Matthias, Fischer, Erich, Kohler, Glauco, Lara, Carlos, Las-Casas, Flor Maria G., Machado, Adriana O., Machado, Caio G., Maglianesi, María A., Malucelli, Tiago S., Marín-Gómez, Oscar Humberto, Oliveira, Paulo E., Ornelas, Juan Francisco, Ortiz-Pulido, Raul, Ramírez-Burbano, Mónica B., Rocca, Márcia A., Rodrigues, Licléia C., Rosero-Lasprilla, Liliana, Rui, Ana M., Sandel, Brody, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Tinoco, Boris A., Varassin, Isabela G., Watts, Stella, Rahbek, Carsten, Sazima, Marlies, Schleuning, Matthias, and Dalsgaard, Bo

Published
2018

17. Conserving ecological functions of frog communities in Borneo requires diverse forest landscapes

Author

J. Maximilian Dehling and D. Matthias Dehling

Subjects
Amphibians, Beta diversity, Functional diversity, Functional roles, Gamma diversity, Complementarity, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

Recent studies suggest that differences in species composition across habitat types lead to increased multifunctionality on the regional scale. However, data about species turnover—and especially complementarity in the functional composition—across neighbouring habitat types from natural communities are rare. We studied frog communities in lowland rainforest in Malaysian Borneo and compared the species composition and functional-trait composition of different habitat types (alluvial forest, limestone forest, kerangas). Forest types differed strongly in their species composition and, to a lesser extent, in their functional-trait composition. We also compared functional-trait combinations of frogs directly across the forest types and identified six clusters of functionally similar species: three were found in all forest types, the others were absent from at least one forest type. The complementarity in species and functional-trait composition between the forest resulted in high regional gamma diversity, and most of this regional functional diversity was unique to individual forest types. Moreover, the strict separation in species composition suggests that even functionally similar frog species from different forest types cannot easily replace each other in case of local extinctions. The maintenance of ecological functions fulfilled by frogs on the landscape scale therefore requires the conservation of all forest-specific frog communities.

Published
2021
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19. The contribution of mutualistic interactions to functional and phylogenetic diversity

Author

D. Matthias Dehling, Elisa Barreto, and Catherine H. Graham

Subjects
Biodiversity, Symbiosis, Biological Evolution, Ecosystem, Phylogeny, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

Reduction of functional diversity (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD) likely affects ecosystem functions and reduces the potential of communities to respond to changes, such as climate change. Mutualistic interactions are essential for maintaining diversity, but their role has largely been ignored in conservation planning. We propose using a species' interaction niche - the diversity of its interaction partners - to measure a species' contribution to the maintenance of FD and PD via mutualistic interactions, and thus identify species and interspecific interactions that are particularly important for the conservation of ecosystem functions and evolutionary lineages in ecological communities. Our approach represents a switch in perspective that allows a direct assessment of the importance of mutualistic interactions for the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Published
2022

20. Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change

Author

Matthias Schleuning, Jochen Fründ, Oliver Schweiger, Erik Welk, Jörg Albrecht, Matthias Albrecht, Marion Beil, Gita Benadi, Nico Blüthgen, Helge Bruelheide, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, D. Matthias Dehling, Carsten F. Dormann, Nina Exeler, Nina Farwig, Alexander Harpke, Thomas Hickler, Anselm Kratochwil, Michael Kuhlmann, Ingolf Kühn, Denis Michez, Sonja Mudri-Stojnić, Michaela Plein, Pierre Rasmont, Angelika Schwabe, Josef Settele, Ante Vujić, Christiane N. Weiner, Martin Wiemers, and Christian Hof

Subjects
Science
Abstract

In addition to affecting individual species, climate change can modify species interactions. Coupling simulation models with networks between plants and animal pollinators and seed dispersers, Schleuninget al. show that animal persistence under climate change depends more strongly on plant persistence than vice versa.

Published
2016
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22. Avian seed dispersal may be insufficient for plants to track future temperature change on tropical mountains

Author

Larissa Nowak, Matthias Schleuning, Irene M. A. Bender, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, D. Matthias Dehling, Susanne A. Fritz, W. Daniel Kissling, Thomas Mueller, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Alex L. Pigot, Marjorie C. Sorensen, Isabel Donoso, Theoretical and Computational Ecology (IBED, FNWI), IBED (FNWI), German Academic Exchange Service, European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Amsterdam, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Govern de les Illes Balears, German Research Foundation, and Leibniz Association

Subjects
Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

[Aim] Climate change causes shifts in species ranges globally. Terrestrial plant species often lag behind temperature shifts, and it is unclear to what extent animal-dispersed plants can track climate change. Here, we estimate the ability of bird-dispersed plant species to track future temperature change on a tropical mountain., [Location] Tropical elevational gradient (500–3500 m.a.s.l.) in the Manú biosphere reserve, Peru. [Time period] From 1960–1990 to 2061–2080. [Taxa] Fleshy-fruited plants and avian frugivores. [Methods] Using simulations based on the functional traits of avian frugivores and fruiting plants, we quantified the number of long-distance dispersal (LDD) events that woody plant species would require to track projected temperature shifts on a tropical mountain by the year 2070 under different greenhouse gas emission scenarios [representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5]. We applied this approach to 343 bird-dispersed woody plant species. [Results] Our simulations revealed that bird-dispersed plants differed in their climate-tracking ability, with large-fruited and canopy plants exhibiting a higher climate-tracking ability. Our simulations also suggested that even under scenarios of strong and intermediate mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (RCP 2.6 and 4.5), sufficient upslope dispersal would require several LDD events by 2070, which is unlikely for the majority of woody plant species. Furthermore, the ability of plant species to track future changes in temperature increased in simulations with a low degree of trait matching between plants and birds, suggesting that plants in generalized seed-dispersal systems might be more resilient to climate change. [Main conclusion] Our study illustrates how the functional traits of plants and animals can inform predictive models of species dispersal and range shifts under climate change and suggests that the biodiversity of tropical mountain ecosystems is highly vulnerable to future warming. The increasing availability of functional trait data for plants and animals globally will allow parameterization of similar models for many other seed-dispersal systems., Fieldwork at Manú was conducted under the permits 041-2010-AG-DGFFSDGEFFS, 008-2011-AG-DGFFS-DGEFFS, 01-C/C-2010SERNANP-JPNM and 01-2011-SERNANP-PNM-JEF and supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service to D.M.D. D.M.D. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant number 787638) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 173342), both awarded to C. H. Graham. W.D.K. acknowledges a Global Ecology grant from the University of Amsterdam Faculty Research Cluster. I.D. was funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is now supported by the Balearic Government. S.A.F. was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG; FR 3246/2-2) and the Leibniz Competition of the Leibniz Association (P52/2017).

Published
2022

26. Specialists and generalists fulfil important and complementary functional roles in ecological processes

Author

Vinicio Santillán, Matthias Schleuning, Marta Quitián, Francisco Saavedra, Marcia Muñoz, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Pedro G. Blendinger, Irene M. A. Bender, Daniel B. Stouffer, and D. Matthias Dehling

Subjects
Frugivore, Ecology, Seed dispersal, Redundancy (engineering), Biology, Generalist and specialist species, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Published
2021

30. Niche Packing and Local Coexistence in a Megadiverse Guild of Frugivorous Birds Are Mediated by Fruit Dependence and Shifts in Interaction Frequencies

Author

D. Matthias Dehling, Giulio Valentino Dalla Riva, Matthew C. Hutchinson, and Daniel B. Stouffer

Subjects
Birds, Fruit, Animals, Biodiversity, Feeding Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecosystem, Phylogeny, Diet
Abstract

Niche packing is one of the prevailing mechanisms underlying the increase in the number of co-occurring species and the extraordinary diversity of tropical ecosystems. However, it is not yet understood whether niche packing is facilitated by higher specialization and reduced niche overlap or, rather, by diffuse competition and increased niche overlap. We combined highly resolved bird-plant interaction networks, bird phylogenies, and plant functional traits to compare dietary niche overlap and foraging frequencies among frugivorous birds at seven sites in the tropical Andes. We quantified niche overlap on the basis of the traits of the plants used by each bird and related it to the degree of niche packing at the different sites. Niche complementarity decreased with increasing niche packing, suggesting that increasingly dense niche packing is facilitated by increased niche overlap. Pairwise niche overlap was mediated by shifts in foraging frequencies away from shared resources, and it decreased with decreasing phylogenetic relatedness and increasing dependence on fruit as resource. Our findings suggest that foraging choices are a key axis of diversification in frugivorous birds and that differences in resource use frequencies are already sufficient to reduce potential competition between ecologically similar species and facilitate niche packing, especially if species differ in their dependence on particular resources.

Published
2022

31. Avonet : morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Author

Joseph A. Tobias, Catherine Sheard, Alex L. Pigot, Adam J. M. Devenish, Jingyi Yang, Ferran Sayol, Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg, Nico Alioravainen, Thomas L. Weeks, Robert A. Barber, Patrick A. Walkden, Hannah E. A. MacGregor, Samuel E. I. Jones, Claire Vincent, Anna G. Phillips, Nicola M. Marples, Flavia A. Montaño‐Centellas, Victor Leandro‐Silva, Santiago Claramunt, Bianca Darski, Benjamin G. Freeman, Tom P. Bregman, Christopher R. Cooney, Emma C. Hughes, Elliot J. R. Capp, Zoë K. Varley, Nicholas R. Friedman, Heiko Korntheuer, Andrea Corrales‐Vargas, Christopher H. Trisos, Brian C. Weeks, Dagmar M. Hanz, Till Töpfer, Gustavo A. Bravo, Vladimír Remeš, Larissa Nowak, Lincoln S. Carneiro, Amilkar J. Moncada R., Beata Matysioková, Daniel T. Baldassarre, Alejandra Martínez‐Salinas, Jared D. Wolfe, Philip M. Chapman, Benjamin G. Daly, Marjorie C. Sorensen, Alexander Neu, Michael A. Ford, Rebekah J. Mayhew, Luis Fabio Silveira, David J. Kelly, Nathaniel N. D. Annorbah, Henry S. Pollock, Ada M. Grabowska‐Zhang, Jay P. McEntee, Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, Camila G. Meneses, Marcia C. Muñoz, Luke L. Powell, Gabriel A. Jamie, Thomas J. Matthews, Oscar Johnson, Guilherme R. R. Brito, Kristof Zyskowski, Ross Crates, Michael G. Harvey, Maura Jurado Zevallos, Peter A. Hosner, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, James M. Maley, F. Gary Stiles, Hevana S. Lima, Kaiya L. Provost, Moses Chibesa, Mmatjie Mashao, Jeffrey T. Howard, Edson Mlamba, Marcus A. H. Chua, Bicheng Li, M. Isabel Gómez, Natalia C. García, Martin Päckert, Jérôme Fuchs, Jarome R. Ali, Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Monica L. Carlson, Rolly C. Urriza, Kristin E. Brzeski, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga, Matt J. Rayner, Eliot T. Miller, Rauri C. K. Bowie, René‐Marie Lafontaine, R. Paul Scofield, Yingqiang Lou, Lankani Somarathna, Denis Lepage, Marshall Illif, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Mathias Templin, D. Matthias Dehling, Jacob C. Cooper, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Kangkuso Analuddin, Jon Fjeldså, Nathalie Seddon, Paul R. Sweet, Fabrice A. J. DeClerck, Luciano N. Naka, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Alexandre Aleixo, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Carsten Rahbek, Susanne A. Fritz, Gavin H. Thomas, Matthias Schleuning, University of Helsinki, Finnish Museum of Natural History, and Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)

Subjects
IMPACTS, Data Integration, Continuous Variables, Trait-based Ecology, CONSERVATION, Ecomorphology, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Functional diversity, Birds, 0603 Evolutionary Biology, Avian Traits, Animals, Humans, avian traits, continuous variables, data integration, ecomorphology, functional diversity, macroecology, macroevolution, trait-based ecology, Avian traits, Macroecology, Ecosystem, Phylogeny, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Taxonomy, Science & Technology, CLIMATE-CHANGE, Ecology, 0602 Ecology, Functional Diversity, Biodiversity, Trait-based ecology, Biological Evolution, EVOLUTION, 0501 Ecological Applications, 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology, Continuous variables, Macroevolution, Data integration, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, TRAITS
Abstract

Tobias, Joseph A., Sheard, Catherine, Pigot, Alex L., Devenish, Adam J. M., Yang, Jingyi, Sayol, Ferran, Neate‐Clegg, Montague H. C., Alioravainen, Nico, Weeks, Thomas L., Barber, Robert A., Walkden, Patrick A., MacGregor, Hannah E. A., Jones, Samuel E. I., Vincent, Claire, Phillips, Anna G., Marples, Nicola M., Montaño‐Centellas, Flavia A., Leandro‐Silva, Victor, Claramunt, Santiago, Darski, Bianca, Freeman, Benjamin G., Bregman, Tom P., Cooney, Christopher R., Hughes, Emma C., Capp, Elliot J. R., Varley, Zoë K., Friedman, Nicholas R., Korntheuer, Heiko, Corrales‐Vargas, Andrea, Trisos, Christopher H., Weeks, Brian C., Hanz, Dagmar M., Töpfer, Till, Bravo, Gustavo A., Remeš, Vladimír, Nowak, Larissa, Carneiro, Lincoln S., Moncada R., Amilkar J., Matysioková, Beata, Baldassarre, Daniel T., Martínez‐Salinas, Alejandra, Wolfe, Jared D., Chapman, Philip M., Daly, Benjamin G., Sorensen, Marjorie C., Neu, Alexander, Ford, Michael A., Mayhew, Rebekah J., Fabio Silveira, Luis, Kelly, David J., Annorbah, Nathaniel N. D., Pollock, Henry S., Grabowska‐Zhang, Ada M., McEntee, Jay P., Carlos T. Gonzalez, Juan, Meneses, Camila G., Muñoz, Marcia C., Powell, Luke L., Jamie, Gabriel A., Matthews, Thomas J., Johnson, Oscar, Brito, Guilherme R. R., Zyskowski, Kristof, Crates, Ross, Harvey, Michael G., Jurado Zevallos, Maura, Hosner, Peter A., Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom, Maley, James M., Stiles, F. Gary, Lima, Hevana S., Provost, Kaiya L., Chibesa, Moses, Mashao, Mmatjie, Howard, Jeffrey T., Mlamba, Edson, Chua, Marcus A. H., Li, Bicheng, Gómez, M. Isabel, García, Natalia C., Päckert, Martin, Fuchs, Jérôme, Ali, Jarome R., Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Carlson, Monica L., Urriza, Rolly C., Brzeski, Kristin E., Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Rayner, Matt J., Miller, Eliot T., Bowie, Rauri C. K., Lafontaine, René‐Marie, Scofield, R. Paul, Lou, Yingqiang, Somarathna, Lankani, Lepage, Denis, Illif, Marshall, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Templin, Mathias, Dehling, D. Matthias, Cooper, Jacob C., Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Analuddin, Kangkuso, Fjeldså, Jon, Seddon, Nathalie, Sweet, Paul R., DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., Naka, Luciano N., Brawn, Jeffrey D., Aleixo, Alexandre, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, Rahbek, Carsten, Fritz, Susanne A., Thomas, Gavin H., Schleuning, Matthias (2022): AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25 (3): 581-597, DOI: 10.1111/ele.13898, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898

Published
2022

32. Data and code: Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

Author

University of Canterbury (New Zealand), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Earthwatch Institute, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Brasil), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, European Commission, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, Association de la Recherche Contre le Cancer (France), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina), Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Rufford Foundation, German Research Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Martins, Lucas P. [0000-0003-3249-1070], Martins, Lucas P. [martinslucas.p@gmail.com], Martins, Lucas P., Stouffer, Daniel B., Blendinger, Pedro G., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Buitrón-Jurado, Galo, Correia, Marta, Costa, José Miguel, Dehling, D. Matthias, Donatti, Camila I., Emer, Carine, Galetti, Mauro, Heleno, Rubén H., Jordano, Pedro, Menezes, Ícaro, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Muñoz, Marcia C., Pizo, Marco A., Quitián, Marta, Ruggera, Román A., Saavedra, Francisco, Santillán, Vinicio, Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia, Schleuning, Matthias, Silva, Luis Pascual da, Ribeiro da Silva, Fernando, Timóteo, Sérgio, Traveset, Anna, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., Tylianakis, Jason M., University of Canterbury (New Zealand), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Earthwatch Institute, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Brasil), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, European Commission, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, Association de la Recherche Contre le Cancer (France), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina), Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Rufford Foundation, German Research Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Martins, Lucas P. [0000-0003-3249-1070], Martins, Lucas P. [martinslucas.p@gmail.com], Martins, Lucas P., Stouffer, Daniel B., Blendinger, Pedro G., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Buitrón-Jurado, Galo, Correia, Marta, Costa, José Miguel, Dehling, D. Matthias, Donatti, Camila I., Emer, Carine, Galetti, Mauro, Heleno, Rubén H., Jordano, Pedro, Menezes, Ícaro, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Muñoz, Marcia C., Pizo, Marco A., Quitián, Marta, Ruggera, Román A., Saavedra, Francisco, Santillán, Vinicio, Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia, Schleuning, Matthias, Silva, Luis Pascual da, Ribeiro da Silva, Fernando, Timóteo, Sérgio, Traveset, Anna, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., and Tylianakis, Jason M.

Abstract

Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects, potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic boundaries may mitigate this spread by demarcating the limits of ecological networks. We tested whether large-scale ecological boundaries (ecoregions and biomes) and human disturbance gradients increase dissimilarity among plant-frugivore networks, while accounting for background spatial and elevational gradients and differences in network sampling. We assessed network dissimilarity patterns over a broad spatial scale, using 196 quantitative avian frugivory networks (encompassing 1,496 plant and 1,004 bird species) distributed across 67 ecoregions, 11 biomes, and 6 continents. We show that dissimilarities in species and interaction composition, but not network structure, are greater across ecoregion and biome boundaries and along different levels of human disturbance. Our findings indicate that biogeographic boundaries delineate the world’s biodiversity of interactions and likely contribute to mitigating the propagation of disturbances at large spatial scales.

Published
2022

33. Avian seed dispersal may be insufficient for plants to track future temperature change on tropical mountains [Dataset]

Author

Nowak, Larissa [0000-0002-1910-8041], Nowak, Larissa [larissanowak89@gmail.com], Nowak, Larissa, Schleuning, Matthias, Bender, Irene M. A., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Dehling, D. Matthias, Fritz, Susanne A., Kissling, W. Daniel, Mueller, Thomas, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Pigot, Alex L., Sorensen, Marjorie C., Donoso, Isabel, Nowak, Larissa [0000-0002-1910-8041], Nowak, Larissa [larissanowak89@gmail.com], Nowak, Larissa, Schleuning, Matthias, Bender, Irene M. A., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Dehling, D. Matthias, Fritz, Susanne A., Kissling, W. Daniel, Mueller, Thomas, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Pigot, Alex L., Sorensen, Marjorie C., and Donoso, Isabel

Abstract

[Aim] Climate change causes species’ range shifts globally. Terrestrial plant species often lag behind temperature shifts, and it is unclear to what extent animal-dispersed plants can track climate change. Here, we estimate the ability of bird-dispersed plant species to track future temperature change on a tropical mountain., [Location] Tropical elevational gradient (500–3500 m a.s.l.) in the Manú biosphere reserve, Peru, [Time period] 1960–1990 to 2061–2080, [Taxa] Fleshy-fruited plants, avian frugivores., [Methods] Using simulations based on the functional traits of avian frugivores and fruiting plants, we quantified the number of long-distance dispersal (LDD) events that woody plant species would require to track projected temperature shifts on a tropical mountain by the year 2070 under different greenhouse gas emission scenarios (RCP 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5). We applied this approach to 343 bird-dispersed woody plant species., [Results] Our simulations reveal that bird-dispersed plants differ in their climate-tracking ability, with large-fruited and canopy plants exhibiting a higher climate-tracking ability. Our simulations also suggest that even under scenarios of strong and intermediate mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (RCP 2.6 and 4.5), sufficient upslope dispersal would require several LDD events by 2070, which is unlikely for the majority of woody plant species. Furthermore, the ability of plant species to track future temperature changes increased in simulations with a low degree of trait matching between plants and birds, suggesting that plants in generalised seed-dispersal systems may be more resilient to climate change., [Main conclusion] Our study illustrates how plant and animal functional traits can inform predictive models of species dispersal and range shifts under climate change and suggests that the biodiversity of tropical mountain ecosystems is highly vulnerable to future warming. The increasing availability of functional trait data for plants and animals globally will allow parameterisation of similar models for many other seed-dispersal systems.

Published
2022

34. Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

Author

University of Canterbury (New Zealand), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Earthwatch Institute, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Rufford Foundation, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Brasil), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, European Commission, Swiss National Science Foundation, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (Australia), German Research Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina), Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Martins, Lucas P., Stouffer, Daniel B., Blendinger, Pedro G., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Buitrón-Jurado, Galo, Correia, Marta, Costa, José Miguel, Dehling, D. Matthias, Donatti, Camila I., Emer, Carine, Galetti, Mauro, Heleno, Rubén H., Jordano, Pedro, Menezes, Ícaro, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Muñoz, Marcia C., Pizo, Marco A., Quitián, Marta, Ruggera, Román A., Saavedra, Francisco, Santillán, Vinicio, Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia, Schleuning, Matthias, Silva, Luis Pascual da, Ribeiro da Silva, Fernando, Timóteo, Sérgio, Traveset, Anna, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., Tylianakis, Jason M., University of Canterbury (New Zealand), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Earthwatch Institute, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Rufford Foundation, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Brasil), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, European Commission, Swiss National Science Foundation, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (Australia), German Research Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina), Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Martins, Lucas P., Stouffer, Daniel B., Blendinger, Pedro G., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Buitrón-Jurado, Galo, Correia, Marta, Costa, José Miguel, Dehling, D. Matthias, Donatti, Camila I., Emer, Carine, Galetti, Mauro, Heleno, Rubén H., Jordano, Pedro, Menezes, Ícaro, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Muñoz, Marcia C., Pizo, Marco A., Quitián, Marta, Ruggera, Román A., Saavedra, Francisco, Santillán, Vinicio, Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia, Schleuning, Matthias, Silva, Luis Pascual da, Ribeiro da Silva, Fernando, Timóteo, Sérgio, Traveset, Anna, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., and Tylianakis, Jason M.

Abstract

Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects, potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic boundaries may mitigate this spread by demarcating the limits of ecological networks. We tested whether large-scale ecological boundaries (ecoregions and biomes) and human disturbance gradients increase dissimilarity among plant-frugivore networks, while accounting for background spatial and elevational gradients and differences in network sampling. We assessed network dissimilarity patterns over a broad spatial scale, using 196 quantitative avian frugivory networks (encompassing 1496 plant and 1004 bird species) distributed across 67 ecoregions, 11 biomes, and 6 continents. We show that dissimilarities in species and interaction composition, but not network structure, are greater across ecoregion and biome boundaries and along different levels of human disturbance. Our findings indicate that biogeographic boundaries delineate the world’s biodiversity of interactions and likely contribute to mitigating the propagation of disturbances at large spatial scales.

Published
2022

35. AVONET:morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Author

Tobias, Joseph A., Sheard, Catherine, Pigot, Alex L., Devenish, Adam J. M., Yang, Jingyi, Sayol, Ferran, Neate-Clegg, Montague H. C., Alioravainen, Nico, Weeks, Thomas L., Barber, Robert A., Walkden, Patrick A., MacGregor, Hannah E. A., Jones, Samuel E. I., Vincent, Claire, Phillips, Anna G., Marples, Nicola M., Montaño-Centellas, Flavia A., Leandro-Silva, Victor, Claramunt, Santiago, Darski, Bianca, Freeman, Benjamin G., Bregman, Tom P., Cooney, Christopher R., Hughes, Emma C., Capp, Elliot J. R., Varley, Zoë K., Friedman, Nicholas R., Korntheuer, Heiko, Corrales-Vargas, Andrea, Trisos, Christopher H., Weeks, Brian C., Hanz, Dagmar M., Töpfer, Till, Bravo, Gustavo A., Remeš, Vladimír, Nowak, Larissa, Carneiro, Lincoln S., Moncada R., Amilkar J., Matysioková, Beata, Baldassarre, Daniel T., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, Wolfe, Jared D., Chapman, Philip M., Daly, Benjamin G., Sorensen, Marjorie C., Neu, Alexander, Ford, Michael A., Mayhew, Rebekah J., Fabio Silveira, Luis, Kelly, David J., Annorbah, Nathaniel N. D., Pollock, Henry S., Grabowska-Zhang, Ada M., McEntee, Jay P., Carlos T. Gonzalez, Juan, Meneses, Camila G., Muñoz, Marcia C., Powell, Luke L., Jamie, Gabriel A., Matthews, Thomas J., Johnson, Oscar, Brito, Guilherme R. R., Zyskowski, Kristof, Crates, Ross, Harvey, Michael G., Jurado Zevallos, Maura, Hosner, Peter A., Bradfer-Lawrence, Tom, Maley, James M., Stiles, F. Gary, Lima, Hevana S., Provost, Kaiya L., Chibesa, Moses, Mashao, Mmatjie, Howard, Jeffrey T., Mlamba, Edson, Chua, Marcus A. H., Li, Bicheng, Gómez, M. Isabel, García, Natalia C., Päckert, Martin, Fuchs, Jérôme, Ali, Jarome R., Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Carlson, Monica L., Urriza, Rolly C., Brzeski, Kristin E., Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Rayner, Matt J., Miller, Eliot T., Bowie, Rauri C. K., Lafontaine, René Marie, Scofield, R. Paul, Lou, Yingqiang, Somarathna, Lankani, Lepage, Denis, Illif, Marshall, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Templin, Mathias, Dehling, D. Matthias, Cooper, Jacob C., Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Analuddin, Kangkuso, Fjeldså, Jon, Seddon, Nathalie, Sweet, Paul R., DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., Naka, Luciano N., Brawn, Jeffrey D., Aleixo, Alexandre, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Rahbek, Carsten, Fritz, Susanne A., Thomas, Gavin H., Schleuning, Matthias, Tobias, Joseph A., Sheard, Catherine, Pigot, Alex L., Devenish, Adam J. M., Yang, Jingyi, Sayol, Ferran, Neate-Clegg, Montague H. C., Alioravainen, Nico, Weeks, Thomas L., Barber, Robert A., Walkden, Patrick A., MacGregor, Hannah E. A., Jones, Samuel E. I., Vincent, Claire, Phillips, Anna G., Marples, Nicola M., Montaño-Centellas, Flavia A., Leandro-Silva, Victor, Claramunt, Santiago, Darski, Bianca, Freeman, Benjamin G., Bregman, Tom P., Cooney, Christopher R., Hughes, Emma C., Capp, Elliot J. R., Varley, Zoë K., Friedman, Nicholas R., Korntheuer, Heiko, Corrales-Vargas, Andrea, Trisos, Christopher H., Weeks, Brian C., Hanz, Dagmar M., Töpfer, Till, Bravo, Gustavo A., Remeš, Vladimír, Nowak, Larissa, Carneiro, Lincoln S., Moncada R., Amilkar J., Matysioková, Beata, Baldassarre, Daniel T., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, Wolfe, Jared D., Chapman, Philip M., Daly, Benjamin G., Sorensen, Marjorie C., Neu, Alexander, Ford, Michael A., Mayhew, Rebekah J., Fabio Silveira, Luis, Kelly, David J., Annorbah, Nathaniel N. D., Pollock, Henry S., Grabowska-Zhang, Ada M., McEntee, Jay P., Carlos T. Gonzalez, Juan, Meneses, Camila G., Muñoz, Marcia C., Powell, Luke L., Jamie, Gabriel A., Matthews, Thomas J., Johnson, Oscar, Brito, Guilherme R. R., Zyskowski, Kristof, Crates, Ross, Harvey, Michael G., Jurado Zevallos, Maura, Hosner, Peter A., Bradfer-Lawrence, Tom, Maley, James M., Stiles, F. Gary, Lima, Hevana S., Provost, Kaiya L., Chibesa, Moses, Mashao, Mmatjie, Howard, Jeffrey T., Mlamba, Edson, Chua, Marcus A. H., Li, Bicheng, Gómez, M. Isabel, García, Natalia C., Päckert, Martin, Fuchs, Jérôme, Ali, Jarome R., Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Carlson, Monica L., Urriza, Rolly C., Brzeski, Kristin E., Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Rayner, Matt J., Miller, Eliot T., Bowie, Rauri C. K., Lafontaine, René Marie, Scofield, R. Paul, Lou, Yingqiang, Somarathna, Lankani, Lepage, Denis, Illif, Marshall, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Templin, Mathias, Dehling, D. Matthias, Cooper, Jacob C., Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Analuddin, Kangkuso, Fjeldså, Jon, Seddon, Nathalie, Sweet, Paul R., DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., Naka, Luciano N., Brawn, Jeffrey D., Aleixo, Alexandre, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Rahbek, Carsten, Fritz, Susanne A., Thomas, Gavin H., and Schleuning, Matthias

Abstract

Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional traits to drive theoretical advances and refine models of global change can only be fully realised when species-level information is complete. Here we present the AVONET dataset containing comprehensive functional trait data for all birds, including six ecological variables, 11 continuous morphological traits, and information on range size and location. Raw morphological measurements are presented from 90,020 individuals of 11,009 extant bird species sampled from 181 countries. These data are also summarised as species averages in three taxonomic formats, allowing integration with a global phylogeny, geographical range maps, IUCN Red List data and the eBird citizen science database. The AVONET dataset provides the most detailed picture of continuous trait variation for any major radiation of organisms, offering a global template for testing hypotheses and exploring the evolutionary origins, structure and functioning of biodiversity.

Published
2022

36. Avian seed dispersal may be insufficient for plants to track future temperature change on tropical mountains

Author

German Academic Exchange Service, European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Amsterdam, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Govern de les Illes Balears, German Research Foundation, Leibniz Association, Nowak, Larissa, Schleuning, Matthias, Bender, Irene M. A., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Dehling, D. Matthias, Fritz, Susanne A., Kissling, W. Daniel, Mueller, Thomas, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Pigot, Alex L., Sorensen, Marjorie C., Donoso, Isabel, German Academic Exchange Service, European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Amsterdam, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Govern de les Illes Balears, German Research Foundation, Leibniz Association, Nowak, Larissa, Schleuning, Matthias, Bender, Irene M. A., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Dehling, D. Matthias, Fritz, Susanne A., Kissling, W. Daniel, Mueller, Thomas, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Pigot, Alex L., Sorensen, Marjorie C., and Donoso, Isabel

Abstract

[Aim] Climate change causes shifts in species ranges globally. Terrestrial plant species often lag behind temperature shifts, and it is unclear to what extent animal-dispersed plants can track climate change. Here, we estimate the ability of bird-dispersed plant species to track future temperature change on a tropical mountain., [Location] Tropical elevational gradient (500–3500 m.a.s.l.) in the Manú biosphere reserve, Peru. [Time period] From 1960–1990 to 2061–2080. [Taxa] Fleshy-fruited plants and avian frugivores. [Methods] Using simulations based on the functional traits of avian frugivores and fruiting plants, we quantified the number of long-distance dispersal (LDD) events that woody plant species would require to track projected temperature shifts on a tropical mountain by the year 2070 under different greenhouse gas emission scenarios [representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5]. We applied this approach to 343 bird-dispersed woody plant species. [Results] Our simulations revealed that bird-dispersed plants differed in their climate-tracking ability, with large-fruited and canopy plants exhibiting a higher climate-tracking ability. Our simulations also suggested that even under scenarios of strong and intermediate mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (RCP 2.6 and 4.5), sufficient upslope dispersal would require several LDD events by 2070, which is unlikely for the majority of woody plant species. Furthermore, the ability of plant species to track future changes in temperature increased in simulations with a low degree of trait matching between plants and birds, suggesting that plants in generalized seed-dispersal systems might be more resilient to climate change. [Main conclusion] Our study illustrates how the functional traits of plants and animals can inform predictive models of species dispersal and range shifts under climate change and suggests that the biodiversity of tropical mountain ecosystems is highly vulnerable to future warming. The increasing availability of functional trait data for plants and animals globally will allow parameterization of similar models for many other seed-dispersal systems.

Published
2022

39. Macroecology meets IPBES

Author

Christian Hof, D. Matthias Dehling, Aletta Bonn, Neil D. Burgess, Felix Eigenbrod, Michael B. J. Harfoot, Thomas Hickler, Walter Jetz, Elisabeth Marquard, Henrique M. Pereira, and Katrin Böhning-Gaese

Subjects
biodiversity, biodiversity data, ecosystem services, modelling, scenarios, science-policy interface, Ecology, QH540-549.5, Microbial ecology, QR100-130
Abstract

The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), established in 2012 to counter the biodiversity crisis, requires the best scientific input available to function as a successful science-policy interface that addresses the knowledge needs of governments for safeguarding nature and its services. For the macroecological research community, IPBES presents a great opportunity to contribute knowledge, data and methods, and to help identify and address knowledge gaps and methodological impediments. Here, we outline our perspectives on how macroecology may contribute to IPBES. We focus on three essential topics for the IPBES process, where contributions by macroecologists will be invaluable: biodiversity data, biodiversity modelling, and modelling of ecosystem services. For each topic, we discuss the potential for contributions from the macroecological community, as well as limitations, challenges, and knowledge gaps. Overall, engagement of the macroecological community with IPBES should lead to mutual benefits. Macroecologists may profit as their contributions to IPBES may strengthen and inspire them as a community to design and conduct research that provides society-relevant results. Furthermore, macroecological contributions will help IPBES become a successful instrument of knowledge exchange and uncover the linkages between biodiversity and human well-being.

Published
2016

40. Cover Image: Volume 25 Number 3, March 2022

Author

Joseph A. Tobias, Catherine Sheard, Alex L. Pigot, Adam J. M. Devenish, Jingyi Yang, Ferran Sayol, Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg, Nico Alioravainen, Thomas L. Weeks, Robert A. Barber, Patrick A. Walkden, Hannah E. A. MacGregor, Samuel E. I. Jones, Claire Vincent, Anna G. Phillips, Nicola M. Marples, Flavia A. Montaño‐Centellas, Victor Leandro‐Silva, Santiago Claramunt, Bianca Darski, Benjamin G. Freeman, Tom P. Bregman, Christopher R. Cooney, Emma C. Hughes, Elliot J. R. Capp, Zoë K. Varley, Nicholas R. Friedman, Heiko Korntheuer, Andrea Corrales‐Vargas, Christopher H. Trisos, Brian C. Weeks, Dagmar M. Hanz, Till Töpfer, Gustavo A. Bravo, Vladimír Remeš, Larissa Nowak, Lincoln S. Carneiro, Amilkar J. Moncada R., Beata Matysioková, Daniel T. Baldassarre, Alejandra Martínez‐Salinas, Jared D. Wolfe, Philip M. Chapman, Benjamin G. Daly, Marjorie C. Sorensen, Alexander Neu, Michael A. Ford, Rebekah J. Mayhew, Luis Fabio Silveira, David J. Kelly, Nathaniel N. D. Annorbah, Henry S. Pollock, Ada M. Grabowska‐Zhang, Jay P. McEntee, Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, Camila G. Meneses, Marcia C. Muñoz, Luke L. Powell, Gabriel A. Jamie, Thomas J. Matthews, Oscar Johnson, Guilherme R. R. Brito, Kristof Zyskowski, Ross Crates, Michael G. Harvey, Maura Jurado Zevallos, Peter A. Hosner, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, James M. Maley, F. Gary Stiles, Hevana S. Lima, Kaiya L. Provost, Moses Chibesa, Mmatjie Mashao, Jeffrey T. Howard, Edson Mlamba, Marcus A. H. Chua, Bicheng Li, M. Isabel Gómez, Natalia C. García, Martin Päckert, Jérôme Fuchs, Jarome R. Ali, Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Monica L. Carlson, Rolly C. Urriza, Kristin E. Brzeski, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga, Matt J. Rayner, Eliot T. Miller, Rauri C. K. Bowie, René‐Marie Lafontaine, R. Paul Scofield, Yingqiang Lou, Lankani Somarathna, Denis Lepage, Marshall Illif, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Mathias Templin, D. Matthias Dehling, Jacob C. Cooper, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Kangkuso Analuddin, Jon Fjeldså, Nathalie Seddon, Paul R. Sweet, Fabrice A. J. DeClerck, Luciano N. Naka, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Alexandre Aleixo, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Carsten Rahbek, Susanne A. Fritz, Gavin H. Thomas, and Matthias Schleuning

Subjects
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Published
2022

42. Cover Image: Volume 25 Number 3, March 2022

Author

Tobias, Joseph A., primary, Sheard, Catherine, additional, Pigot, Alex L., additional, Devenish, Adam J. M., additional, Yang, Jingyi, additional, Sayol, Ferran, additional, Neate‐Clegg, Montague H. C., additional, Alioravainen, Nico, additional, Weeks, Thomas L., additional, Barber, Robert A., additional, Walkden, Patrick A., additional, MacGregor, Hannah E. A., additional, Jones, Samuel E. I., additional, Vincent, Claire, additional, Phillips, Anna G., additional, Marples, Nicola M., additional, Montaño‐Centellas, Flavia A., additional, Leandro‐Silva, Victor, additional, Claramunt, Santiago, additional, Darski, Bianca, additional, Freeman, Benjamin G., additional, Bregman, Tom P., additional, Cooney, Christopher R., additional, Hughes, Emma C., additional, Capp, Elliot J. R., additional, Varley, Zoë K., additional, Friedman, Nicholas R., additional, Korntheuer, Heiko, additional, Corrales‐Vargas, Andrea, additional, Trisos, Christopher H., additional, Weeks, Brian C., additional, Hanz, Dagmar M., additional, Töpfer, Till, additional, Bravo, Gustavo A., additional, Remeš, Vladimír, additional, Nowak, Larissa, additional, Carneiro, Lincoln S., additional, Moncada R., Amilkar J., additional, Matysioková, Beata, additional, Baldassarre, Daniel T., additional, Martínez‐Salinas, Alejandra, additional, Wolfe, Jared D., additional, Chapman, Philip M., additional, Daly, Benjamin G., additional, Sorensen, Marjorie C., additional, Neu, Alexander, additional, Ford, Michael A., additional, Mayhew, Rebekah J., additional, Fabio Silveira, Luis, additional, Kelly, David J., additional, Annorbah, Nathaniel N. D., additional, Pollock, Henry S., additional, Grabowska‐Zhang, Ada M., additional, McEntee, Jay P., additional, Carlos T. Gonzalez, Juan, additional, Meneses, Camila G., additional, Muñoz, Marcia C., additional, Powell, Luke L., additional, Jamie, Gabriel A., additional, Matthews, Thomas J., additional, Johnson, Oscar, additional, Brito, Guilherme R. R., additional, Zyskowski, Kristof, additional, Crates, Ross, additional, Harvey, Michael G., additional, Jurado Zevallos, Maura, additional, Hosner, Peter A., additional, Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom, additional, Maley, James M., additional, Stiles, F. Gary, additional, Lima, Hevana S., additional, Provost, Kaiya L., additional, Chibesa, Moses, additional, Mashao, Mmatjie, additional, Howard, Jeffrey T., additional, Mlamba, Edson, additional, Chua, Marcus A. H., additional, Li, Bicheng, additional, Gómez, M. Isabel, additional, García, Natalia C., additional, Päckert, Martin, additional, Fuchs, Jérôme, additional, Ali, Jarome R., additional, Derryberry, Elizabeth P., additional, Carlson, Monica L., additional, Urriza, Rolly C., additional, Brzeski, Kristin E., additional, Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., additional, Rayner, Matt J., additional, Miller, Eliot T., additional, Bowie, Rauri C. K., additional, Lafontaine, René‐Marie, additional, Scofield, R. Paul, additional, Lou, Yingqiang, additional, Somarathna, Lankani, additional, Lepage, Denis, additional, Illif, Marshall, additional, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, additional, Templin, Mathias, additional, Dehling, D. Matthias, additional, Cooper, Jacob C., additional, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., additional, Analuddin, Kangkuso, additional, Fjeldså, Jon, additional, Seddon, Nathalie, additional, Sweet, Paul R., additional, DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., additional, Naka, Luciano N., additional, Brawn, Jeffrey D., additional, Aleixo, Alexandre, additional, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, additional, Rahbek, Carsten, additional, Fritz, Susanne A., additional, Thomas, Gavin H., additional, and Schleuning, Matthias, additional

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43. AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

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Tobias, Joseph A., primary, Sheard, Catherine, additional, Pigot, Alex L., additional, Devenish, Adam J. M., additional, Yang, Jingyi, additional, Sayol, Ferran, additional, Neate‐Clegg, Montague H. C., additional, Alioravainen, Nico, additional, Weeks, Thomas L., additional, Barber, Robert A., additional, Walkden, Patrick A., additional, MacGregor, Hannah E. A., additional, Jones, Samuel E. I., additional, Vincent, Claire, additional, Phillips, Anna G., additional, Marples, Nicola M., additional, Montaño‐Centellas, Flavia A., additional, Leandro‐Silva, Victor, additional, Claramunt, Santiago, additional, Darski, Bianca, additional, Freeman, Benjamin G., additional, Bregman, Tom P., additional, Cooney, Christopher R., additional, Hughes, Emma C., additional, Capp, Elliot J. R., additional, Varley, Zoë K., additional, Friedman, Nicholas R., additional, Korntheuer, Heiko, additional, Corrales‐Vargas, Andrea, additional, Trisos, Christopher H., additional, Weeks, Brian C., additional, Hanz, Dagmar M., additional, Töpfer, Till, additional, Bravo, Gustavo A., additional, Remeš, Vladimír, additional, Nowak, Larissa, additional, Carneiro, Lincoln S., additional, Moncada R., Amilkar J., additional, Matysioková, Beata, additional, Baldassarre, Daniel T., additional, Martínez‐Salinas, Alejandra, additional, Wolfe, Jared D., additional, Chapman, Philip M., additional, Daly, Benjamin G., additional, Sorensen, Marjorie C., additional, Neu, Alexander, additional, Ford, Michael A., additional, Mayhew, Rebekah J., additional, Fabio Silveira, Luis, additional, Kelly, David J., additional, Annorbah, Nathaniel N. D., additional, Pollock, Henry S., additional, Grabowska‐Zhang, Ada M., additional, McEntee, Jay P., additional, Carlos T. Gonzalez, Juan, additional, Meneses, Camila G., additional, Muñoz, Marcia C., additional, Powell, Luke L., additional, Jamie, Gabriel A., additional, Matthews, Thomas J., additional, Johnson, Oscar, additional, Brito, Guilherme R. R., additional, Zyskowski, Kristof, additional, Crates, Ross, additional, Harvey, Michael G., additional, Jurado Zevallos, Maura, additional, Hosner, Peter A., additional, Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom, additional, Maley, James M., additional, Stiles, F. Gary, additional, Lima, Hevana S., additional, Provost, Kaiya L., additional, Chibesa, Moses, additional, Mashao, Mmatjie, additional, Howard, Jeffrey T., additional, Mlamba, Edson, additional, Chua, Marcus A. H., additional, Li, Bicheng, additional, Gómez, M. Isabel, additional, García, Natalia C., additional, Päckert, Martin, additional, Fuchs, Jérôme, additional, Ali, Jarome R., additional, Derryberry, Elizabeth P., additional, Carlson, Monica L., additional, Urriza, Rolly C., additional, Brzeski, Kristin E., additional, Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., additional, Rayner, Matt J., additional, Miller, Eliot T., additional, Bowie, Rauri C. K., additional, Lafontaine, René‐Marie, additional, Scofield, R. Paul, additional, Lou, Yingqiang, additional, Somarathna, Lankani, additional, Lepage, Denis, additional, Illif, Marshall, additional, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, additional, Templin, Mathias, additional, Dehling, D. Matthias, additional, Cooper, Jacob C., additional, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., additional, Analuddin, Kangkuso, additional, Fjeldså, Jon, additional, Seddon, Nathalie, additional, Sweet, Paul R., additional, DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., additional, Naka, Luciano N., additional, Brawn, Jeffrey D., additional, Aleixo, Alexandre, additional, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, additional, Rahbek, Carsten, additional, Fritz, Susanne A., additional, Thomas, Gavin H., additional, and Schleuning, Matthias, additional

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44. Avian seed dispersal may be insufficient for plants to track future temperature change on tropical mountains

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Nowak, Larissa, primary, Schleuning, Matthias, additional, Bender, Irene M. A., additional, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, additional, Dehling, D. Matthias, additional, Fritz, Susanne A., additional, Kissling, W. Daniel, additional, Mueller, Thomas, additional, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, additional, Pigot, Alex L., additional, Sorensen, Marjorie C., additional, and Donoso, Isabel, additional

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2022
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46. Elevated alpha diversity in disturbed sites obscures regional decline and homogenization of amphibian diversity

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J. Maximilian Dehling and D. Matthias Dehling

Subjects
Amphibian, Phylogenetic diversity, Geography, Habitat, biology, Gamma diversity, Ecology, biology.animal, Biodiversity, Alpha diversity, Species richness, Endemism, human activities
Abstract

Loss of natural habitat is one of the major threats for biodiversity worldwide. Habitat conversion not only changes diversity and species composition locally (alpha diversity) but might also lead to large-scale homogenization of species communities and decrease in regional species richness (gamma diversity). We investigated the effect of farmland conversion on amphibian communities in Rwanda and compared local and regional (country-wide) taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity between natural and farmland sites (agricultural marais). Alpha diversity was higher in the disturbed farmland than in natural sites. However, species turnover among farmland sites was much lower than among natural sites, resulting in highly homogenized amphibian communities and much lower country-wide taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic gamma diversity in farmland compared to natural sites. The few frog species found in farmland were mostly disturbance-tolerant species that are widespread in Eastern Africa and beyond. In contrast, most of the regionally endemic frog species that make this region a continent-scale hotspot of amphibian diversity were found only in the natural habitats. Ongoing farmland conversion might lead to a loss of regional endemism and a widespread homogenization of species communities across sub-Saharan Africa.

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2021

48. Global and regional ecological boundaries drive abrupt changes in avian frugivory interactions

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Martins, Lucas P., primary, Stouffer, Daniel B., additional, Blendinger, Pedro G., additional, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, additional, Buitrón-Jurado, Galo, additional, Correia, Marta, additional, Costa, José Miguel, additional, Dehling, D. Matthias, additional, Donatti, Camila I., additional, Emer, Carine, additional, Galetti, Mauro, additional, Heleno, Ruben, additional, Jordano, Pedro, additional, Menezes, Ícaro, additional, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, additional, Muñoz, Marcia C., additional, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, additional, Pizo, Marco Aurélio, additional, Quitián, Marta, additional, Ruggera, Roman A., additional, Saavedra, Francisco, additional, Santillán, Vinicio, additional, Schleuning, Matthias, additional, Pascoal da Silva, Luís, additional, Ribeiro da Silva, Fernanda, additional, Timóteo, Sérgio, additional, Traveset, Anna, additional, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., additional, and Tylianakis, Jason M., additional

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2021
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49. Specialists and generalists fulfil important and complementary functional roles in ecological processes

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Dehling, D. Matthias, primary, Bender, Irene M. A., additional, Blendinger, Pedro G., additional, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, additional, Muñoz, Marcia C., additional, Neuschulz, Eike L., additional, Quitián, Marta, additional, Saavedra, Francisco, additional, Santillán, Vinicio, additional, Schleuning, Matthias, additional, and Stouffer, Daniel B., additional

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2021
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50. Tricky partners: native plants show stronger interaction preferences than their exotic counterparts

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Camille Coux, Daniel B. Stouffer, Daniel García, Jason M. Tylianakis, D. Matthias Dehling, Isabel Donoso, Daniel Martínez, European Commission, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Royal Society of New Zealand

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Seed dispersal, Niche, Introduced species, Context (language use), Native plant, Biology, Forests, Plants, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Ecological network, Birds, Abundance (ecology), Animals, Symbiosis, Relative species abundance, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecosystem, New Zealand
Abstract

In ecological networks, neutral predictions suggest that species’ interaction frequencies are proportional to their relative abundances. Deviations from neutral predictions thus correspond to interaction preferences (when positive) or avoidances (when negative), driven by nonneutral (e.g., niche-based) processes. Exotic species interact with many partners with which they have not coevolved, and it remains unclear whether this systematically influences the strength of neutral processes on interactions, and how these interaction-level differences scale up to entire networks. To fill this gap, we compared interactions between plants and frugivorous birds at nine forest sites in New Zealand varying in the relative abundance and composition of native and exotic species, with independently sampled data on bird and plant abundances from the same sites. We tested if the strength and direction of interaction preferences differed between native and exotic species. We further evaluated whether the performance of neutral predictions at the site level was predicted by the proportion of exotic interactions in each network from both bird and plant perspectives, and the species composition in each site. We found that interactions involving native plants deviated more strongly from neutral predictions than did interactions involving exotics. This “pickiness” of native plants could be detrimental in a context of global biotic homogenization where they could be increasingly exposed to novel interactions with neutrally interacting mutualists. However, the realization of only a subset of interactions in different sites compensated for the neutrality of interactions involving exotics, so that neutral predictions for whole networks did not change systematically with the proportion of exotic species or species composition. Therefore, the neutral and niche processes that underpin individual interactions may not scale up to entire networks. This shows that seemingly simplistic neutral assumptions entail complex processes and can provide valuable understanding of community assembly or invasion dynamics., JMT is funded by the Bioprotection Centre. ID was funded by the FPI Program-European Social Fund BES2012-052863 and the Mobility Grant EEBB-I-14-08279 within the MinECo/FEDER projects CGL2015-68963-C2-2-R, and PRI-AIBNZ2011-0863 granted to DG. ID is funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. DBS was funded by a Marsden Fast-Start Grant and a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (11-UOC-1101 and RDF-13-UOC-003), administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi.

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2021

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