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1. Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes.

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Conti, Luisa, Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, Jan, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos, Májeková, Maria, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David, Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez, Daniel, Hadincová, Věra, Harrison, Susan, Herben, Tomáš, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Krahulec, František, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob, Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin, Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, MingHua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan, Woodcock, Ben, Young, Truman, Yu, Fei-Hai, Zobel, Martin, and de Bello, Francesco

Subjects
acquisitive, conservative, dispersal, long-term studies, temporal patterns, variability, Ecosystem, Plants, Phylogeny, Seeds, Phenotype, Plant Leaves
Abstract

Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.

Published
2023

2. A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

Author

Gonzalez, Andrew, Vihervaara, Petteri, Balvanera, Patricia, Bates, Amanda E., Bayraktarov, Elisa, Bellingham, Peter J., Bruder, Andreas, Campbell, Jillian, Catchen, Michael D., Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Chase, Jonathan, Coops, Nicholas, Costello, Mark J., Czúcz, Bálint, Delavaud, Aurélie, Dornelas, Maria, Dubois, Grégoire, Duffy, Emmett J., Eggermont, Hilde, Fernandez, Miguel, Fernandez, Nestor, Ferrier, Simon, Geller, Gary N., Gill, Michael, Gravel, Dominique, Guerra, Carlos A., Guralnick, Robert, Harfoot, Michael, Hirsch, Tim, Hoban, Sean, Hughes, Alice C., Hugo, Wim, Hunter, Margaret E., Isbell, Forest, Jetz, Walter, Juergens, Norbert, Kissling, W. Daniel, Krug, Cornelia B., Kullberg, Peter, Le Bras, Yvan, Leung, Brian, Londoño-Murcia, Maria Cecilia, Lord, Jean-Michel, Loreau, Michel, Luers, Amy, Ma, Keping, MacDonald, Anna J., Maes, Joachim, McGeoch, Melodie, Mihoub, Jean Baptiste, Millette, Katie L., Molnar, Zsolt, Montes, Enrique, Mori, Akira S., Muller-Karger, Frank E., Muraoka, Hiroyuki, Nakaoka, Masahiro, Navarro, Laetitia, Newbold, Tim, Niamir, Aidin, Obura, David, O’Connor, Mary, Paganini, Marc, Pelletier, Dominique, Pereira, Henrique, Poisot, Timothée, Pollock, Laura J., Purvis, Andy, Radulovici, Adriana, Rocchini, Duccio, Roeoesli, Claudia, Schaepman, Michael, Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela, Schmeller, Dirk S., Schmiedel, Ute, Schneider, Fabian D., Shakya, Mangal Man, Skidmore, Andrew, Skowno, Andrew L., Takeuchi, Yayioi, Tuanmu, Mao-Ning, Turak, Eren, Turner, Woody, Urban, Mark C., Urbina-Cardona, Nicolás, Valbuena, Ruben, Van de Putte, Anton, van Havre, Basile, Wingate, Vladimir Ruslan, Wright, Elaine, and Torrelio, Carlos Zambrana

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2023
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4. Author Correction: A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

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Gonzalez, Andrew, Vihervaara, Petteri, Balvanera, Patricia, Bates, Amanda E., Bayraktarov, Elisa, Bellingham, Peter J., Bruder, Andreas, Campbell, Jillian, Catchen, Michael D., Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Chase, Jonathan, Coops, Nicholas, Costello, Mark J., Czúcz, Bálint, Delavaud, Aurélie, Dornelas, Maria, Dubois, Grégoire, Duffy, Emmett J., Eggermont, Hilde, Fernandez, Miguel, Fernandez, Nestor, Ferrier, Simon, Geller, Gary N., Gill, Michael, Gravel, Dominique, Guerra, Carlos A., Guralnick, Robert, Harfoot, Michael, Hirsch, Tim, Hoban, Sean, Hughes, Alice C., Hugo, Wim, Hunter, Margaret E., Isbell, Forest, Jetz, Walter, Juergens, Norbert, Kissling, W. Daniel, Krug, Cornelia B., Kullberg, Peter, Le Bras, Yvan, Leung, Brian, Londoño-Murcia, Maria Cecilia, Lord, Jean-Michel, Loreau, Michel, Luers, Amy, Ma, Keping, MacDonald, Anna J., Maes, Joachim, McGeoch, Melodie, Mihoub, Jean Baptiste, Millette, Katie L., Molnar, Zsolt, Montes, Enrique, Mori, Akira S., Muller-Karger, Frank E., Muraoka, Hiroyuki, Nakaoka, Masahiro, Navarro, Laetitia, Newbold, Tim, Niamir, Aidin, Obura, David, O’Connor, Mary, Paganini, Marc, Pelletier, Dominique, Pereira, Henrique, Poisot, Timothée, Pollock, Laura J., Purvis, Andy, Radulovici, Adriana, Rocchini, Duccio, Roeoesli, Claudia, Schaepman, Michael, Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela, Schmeller, Dirk S., Schmiedel, Ute, Schneider, Fabian D., Shakya, Mangal Man, Skidmore, Andrew, Skowno, Andrew L., Takeuchi, Yayioi, Tuanmu, Mao-Ning, Turak, Eren, Turner, Woody, Urban, Mark C., Urbina-Cardona, Nicolás, Valbuena, Ruben, Van de Putte, Anton, van Havre, Basile, Wingate, Vladimir Ruslan, Wright, Elaine, and Torrelio, Carlos Zambrana

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2023
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5. Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

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Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Galland, Thomas, Adler, Peter B, Lepš, Jan, E-Vojtkó, Anna, van Klink, Roel, Carmona, Carlos P, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J, Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez‐García, Daniel, Harrison, Susan P, Herben, Tomáš, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H, Ogaya, Romà, Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J, Pardo, Iker, Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Pywell, Richard F, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skálová, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, MingHua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K, Woodcock, Ben A, Young, Truman P, Yu, Fei-Hai, Zobel, Martin, and Götzenberger, Lars

Subjects
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Ecological Applications, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Life Below Water, Life on Land, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Ecosystem, Plant Development, Plants, Soil, evenness, climate change drivers, species richness, stability, synchrony
Abstract

The stability of ecological communities is critical for the stable provisioning of ecosystem services, such as food and forage production, carbon sequestration, and soil fertility. Greater biodiversity is expected to enhance stability across years by decreasing synchrony among species, but the drivers of stability in nature remain poorly resolved. Our analysis of time series from 79 datasets across the world showed that stability was associated more strongly with the degree of synchrony among dominant species than with species richness. The relatively weak influence of species richness is consistent with theory predicting that the effect of richness on stability weakens when synchrony is higher than expected under random fluctuations, which was the case in most communities. Land management, nutrient addition, and climate change treatments had relatively weak and varying effects on stability, modifying how species richness, synchrony, and stability interact. Our results demonstrate the prevalence of biotic drivers on ecosystem stability, with the potential for environmental drivers to alter the intricate relationship among richness, synchrony, and stability.

Published
2020

7. Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes

Author

Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, New Zealand Government, Comunidad de Madrid, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), Leverhulme Trust, National Science Foundation (US), Fundación Ramón Areces, Conti, Luisa, Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos P., Majekova, M., Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hadincová, Věra, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Krahulec, František, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, de Bello, Francesco, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, New Zealand Government, Comunidad de Madrid, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), Leverhulme Trust, National Science Foundation (US), Fundación Ramón Areces, Conti, Luisa, Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos P., Majekova, M., Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hadincová, Věra, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Krahulec, František, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, and de Bello, Francesco

Abstract

Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.

Published
2023

8. Evolution at the arid extreme: the influence of climate on sand termite colonies and fairy circles of the Namib Desert.

Author

Juergens, Norbert, Groengroeft, Alexander, and Gunter, Felicitas

Subjects
*INSECT societies, *CLIMATE extremes, *PLANT transpiration, *RAINWATER, *DESERTS, *SANDY soils
Abstract

In the hyperarid Namib Desert, the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) establishes colonies that create conspicuous, barren patches known as 'fairy circles' on permeable, sandy soils. The central bare areas of fairy circles serve the key function of storing moisture received from sparse rainfall. The sandy soil texture allows rapid infiltration and percolation of precipitation, while localized herbivory by the termites creates the bare patch, thereby reducing the rapid loss of soil moisture by the uptake and transpiration of water by plants. The resulting storage of rain water even during prolonged periods of drought enables perennial life in hyperarid desert environments and forms a globally unique example of ecosystem engineering by social insects. During the past decade, most publications primarily debated the origin of fairy circles. Here, we contribute to the special issue with a focus on the functional and evolutionary dimension of the structure of the Psammotermes colony with two differing nest types and two spatially separated key resources, as a successful adaptation to extreme desert environment. The paper is primarily a review and a synthesis of previous work, with the inclusion of new, relevant findings. This article is part of the theme issue 'The evolutionary ecology of nests: a cross-taxon approach'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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9. Supplementary material from Evolution at the arid extreme: the influence of climate on sand termite colonies and fairy circles of the Namib Desert

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Juergens, Norbert, Groengroeft, Alexander, and Gunter, Felicitas

Abstract

In the hyperarid Namib Desert, the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) establishes colonies that create conspicuous, barren patches known as ‘fairy circles' on permeable, sandy soils. The central bare areas of fairy circles serve the key function of storing moisture received from sparse rainfall. The sandy soil texture allows rapid infiltration and percolation of precipitation, while localized herbivory by the termites creates the bare patch, thereby reducing the rapid loss of soil moisture by the uptake and transpiration of water by plants. The resulting storage of rain water even during prolonged periods of drought enables perennial life in hyperarid desert environments and forms a globally unique example of ecosystem engineering by social insects. During the past decade, most publications primarily debated the origin of fairy circles. Here, we contribute to the special issue with a focus on the functional and evolutionary dimension of the structure of the Psammotermes colony with two differing nest types and two spatially separated key resources, as a successful adaptation to extreme desert environment. The paper is primarily a review and a synthesis of previous work, with the inclusion of new, relevant findings.This article is part of the theme issue ‘The evolutionary ecology of nests: a cross-taxon approach’.

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2023
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10. Supplementary material - Conti et al. 2023 Proc. R. Soc. B.pdf from Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes

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Conti, Luisa, Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, Jan, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos P., Májeková, Maria, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez, Daniel, Hadincová, Věra, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomáš, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Krahulec, František, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, MingHua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei-Hai, Zobel, Martin, and de Bello, Francesco

Abstract

Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.

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2023
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13. Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability worldwide

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Conti, Luisa, primary, Valencia, Enrique, additional, Galland, Thomas, additional, Götzenberger, Lars, additional, Lepš, Jan, additional, E-Vojtkó, Anna, additional, P. Carmona, Carlos, additional, Májeková, Maria, additional, Danihelka, Jiří, additional, Dengler, Jürgen, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Estiarte, Marc, additional, García-González, Ricardo, additional, Garnier, Eric, additional, Gómez, Daniel, additional, Hadincová, Věra, additional, Harrison, Susan P., additional, Herben, Tomáš, additional, Ibáñez, Ricardo, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Juergens, Norbert, additional, Kertész, Miklós, additional, Klumpp, Katja, additional, Krahulec, František, additional, Louault, Frédérique, additional, Marrs, Rob H., additional, Ónodi, Gábor, additional, Pakeman, Robin J., additional, Pärtel, Meelis, additional, Peco, Begoña, additional, Peñuelas, Josep, additional, Rueda, Marta, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Schmiedel, Ute, additional, Schuetz, Martin, additional, Skalova, Hana, additional, Šmilauer, Petr, additional, Šmilauerová, Marie, additional, Smit, Christian, additional, Song, MingHua, additional, Stock, Martin, additional, Val, James, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, Ward, David, additional, Wesche, Karsten, additional, Wiser, Susan K., additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Young, Truman P., additional, Yu, Fei-Hai, additional, Zobel, Martin, additional, and de Bello, Francesco, additional

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2022
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17. LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots

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Sperandii, Marta Gaia, de Bello, Francesco, Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Bazzichetto, Manuele, Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Adler, Peter B., Buckley, Hannah, Danihelka, Jiří, Day, Nicola J., Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García‐González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez‐García, Daniel, Hallett, Lauren, Harrison, Susan, Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Klumpp, Katja, Le Duc, Mike, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Wolf, Amelia A., Zobel, Martin, Lepš, Jan, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, de Bello, Francesco, Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Bazzichetto, Manuele, Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Adler, Peter B., Buckley, Hannah, Danihelka, Jiří, Day, Nicola J., Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García‐González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez‐García, Daniel, Hallett, Lauren, Harrison, Susan, Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Klumpp, Katja, Le Duc, Mike, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Wolf, Amelia A., Zobel, Martin, and Lepš, Jan

Abstract

Analysing temporal patterns in plant communities is extremely important to quantify the extent and the consequences of ecological changes, especially considering the current biodiversity crisis. Long-term data collected through the regular sampling of permanent plots represent the most accurate resource to study ecological succession, analyse the stability of a community over time and understand the mechanisms driving vegetation change. We hereby present the LOng-Term Vegetation Sampling (LOTVS) initiative, a global collection of vegetation time-series derived from the regular monitoring of plant species in permanent plots. With 79 data sets from five continents and 7,789 vegetation time-series monitored for at least 6 years and mostly on an annual basis, LOTVS possibly represents the largest collection of temporally fine-grained vegetation time-series derived from permanent plots and made accessible to the research community. As such, it has an outstanding potential to support innovative research in the fields of vegetation science, plant ecology and temporal ecology.

Published
2022

18. LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

Author

Royal Society of New Zealand, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Oberfranken Stiftung, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, Fundación Ramón Areces, Generalitat de Catalunya, European Research Council, Dresden University of Technology, Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (New Zealand), Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, National Science Foundation (US), Gaia Sperandii, Marta, de Bello, Francesco, Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Bazzichetto, Manuele, Galland, Thomas, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Adler, Peter B., Buckley, Hannah, Danihelka, Jiří, Day, Nicola J., Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hallett, Lauren, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Klumpp, Katja, Le Duc, Mike, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Wolf, Amelia A., Zobel, Martin, Lepš, J., Royal Society of New Zealand, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Oberfranken Stiftung, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, Fundación Ramón Areces, Generalitat de Catalunya, European Research Council, Dresden University of Technology, Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (New Zealand), Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, National Science Foundation (US), Gaia Sperandii, Marta, de Bello, Francesco, Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Bazzichetto, Manuele, Galland, Thomas, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Adler, Peter B., Buckley, Hannah, Danihelka, Jiří, Day, Nicola J., Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hallett, Lauren, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Klumpp, Katja, Le Duc, Mike, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Wolf, Amelia A., Zobel, Martin, and Lepš, J.

Abstract

Analysing temporal patterns in plant communities is extremely important to quantify the extent and the consequences of ecological changes, especially considering the current biodiversity crisis. Long-term data collected through the regular sampling of permanent plots represent the most accurate resource to study ecological succession, analyse the stability of a community over time and understand the mechanisms driving vegetation change. We hereby present the LOng-Term Vegetation Sampling (LOTVS) initiative, a global collection of vegetation time-series derived from the regular monitoring of plant species in permanent plots. With 79 data sets from five continents and 7,789 vegetation time-series monitored for at least 6 years and mostly on an annual basis, LOTVS possibly represents the largest collection of temporally fine-grained vegetation time-series derived from permanent plots and made accessible to the research community. As such, it has an outstanding potential to support innovative research in the fields of vegetation science, plant ecology and temporal ecology.

Published
2022

19. LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

Author

Sperandii, Marta Gaia, primary, de Bello, Francesco, additional, Valencia, Enrique, additional, Götzenberger, Lars, additional, Bazzichetto, Manuele, additional, Galland, Thomas, additional, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, additional, Conti, Luisa, additional, Adler, Peter B., additional, Buckley, Hannah, additional, Danihelka, Jiří, additional, Day, Nicola J., additional, Dengler, Jürgen, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Estiarte, Marc, additional, García‐González, Ricardo, additional, Garnier, Eric, additional, Gómez‐García, Daniel, additional, Hallett, Lauren, additional, Harrison, Susan, additional, Herben, Tomas, additional, Ibáñez, Ricardo, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Juergens, Norbert, additional, Kertész, Miklós, additional, Kimuyu, Duncan M., additional, Klumpp, Katja, additional, Le Duc, Mike, additional, Louault, Frédérique, additional, Marrs, Rob H., additional, Ónodi, Gábor, additional, Pakeman, Robin J., additional, Pärtel, Meelis, additional, Peco, Begoña, additional, Peñuelas, Josep, additional, Rueda, Marta, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Schmiedel, Ute, additional, Schuetz, Martin, additional, Skalova, Hana, additional, Šmilauer, Petr, additional, Šmilauerová, Marie, additional, Smit, Christian, additional, Song, Ming‐Hua, additional, Stock, Martin, additional, Val, James, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, Wesche, Karsten, additional, Wiser, Susan K., additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Young, Truman P., additional, Yu, Fei‐Hai, additional, Wolf, Amelia A., additional, Zobel, Martin, additional, and Lepš, Jan, additional

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2022
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21. LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots

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Sperandii, Marta Gaia, primary, de Bello, Francesco, additional, Valencia, Enrique, additional, Götzenberger, Lars, additional, Bazzichetto, Manuele, additional, Galland, Thomas, additional, E-Vojtkó, Anna, additional, Conti, Luisa, additional, Adler, Peter B., additional, Buckley, Hannah, additional, Danihelka, Jiří, additional, Day, Nicola J., additional, Dengler, Jürgen, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Estiarte, Marc, additional, García-González, Ricardo, additional, Garnier, Eric, additional, Gómez-García, Daniel, additional, Hallett, Lauren, additional, Harrison, Susan, additional, Herben, Tomas, additional, Ibáñez, Ricardo, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Juergens, Norbert, additional, Kertész, Miklós, additional, Kimuyu, Duncan M., additional, Klumpp, Katja, additional, Le Duc, Mike, additional, Louault, Frédérique, additional, Marrs, Rob H., additional, Ónodi, Gábor, additional, Pakeman, Robin J., additional, Pärtel, Meelis, additional, Peco, Begoña, additional, Peñuelas, Josep, additional, Rueda, Marta, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Schmiedel, Ute, additional, Schuetz, Martin, additional, Skalova, Hana, additional, Šmilauer, Petr, additional, Šmilauerová, Marie, additional, Smit, Christian, additional, Song, Ming-Hua, additional, Stock, Martin, additional, Val, James, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, Wesche, Karsten, additional, Wiser, Susan K., additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Young, Truman P., additional, Yu, Fei-Hai, additional, Zobel, Martin, additional, and Lepš, Jan, additional

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2021
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24. sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

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Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Lenoir, Jonathan, Hattab, Tarek, Arnst, Elise Aimee, Chytry, Milan, Dengler, Juergen, De Ruffray, Patrice, Hennekens, Stephan M., Jandt, Ute, Jansen, Florian, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Kattge, Jens, Levesley, Aurora, Pillar, Valerio D., Purschke, Oliver, Sandel, Brody, Sultana, Fahmida, Aavik, Tsipe, Acic, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T. R., Agrillo, Emiliano, Alvarez, Miguel, Apostolova, Iva, Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S., Attorre, Fabio, Aubin, Isabelle, Banerjee, Arindam, Bauters, Marijn, Bergeron, Yves, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Bjorkman, Anne D., Bonari, Gianmaria, Bondareva, Viktoria, Brunet, Jörg, Carni, Andraz, Casella, Laura, Cayuela, Luis, Cerny, Tomas, Chepinoga, Victor, Csiky, Janos, Custerevska, Renata, De Bie, Els, de Gasper, Andre Luis, De Sanctis, Michele, Dimopoulos, Panayotis, Dolezal, Jiri, Dziuba, Tetiana, El-Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa, Enquist, Brian, Fazayeli, Farideh, Field, Richard, Finckh, Manfred, Gachet, Sophie, Galan-de-Mera, Antonio, Garbolino, Emmanuel, Giorgis, Melisa, Golub, Valentin, Alsos, Inger Greve, Grytnes, John-Arvid, Guerin, Gregory Richard, Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Haider, Sylvia, Hatim, Mohamed Z., Herault, Bruno, Hoelzel, Norbert, Homeier, Juergen, Hubau, Wannes, Indreica, Adrian, Janssen, John A. M., Jedrzejek, Birgit, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kapfer, Jutta, Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, Kavgaci, Ali, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kessler, Michael, Khanina, Larisa, Korolyuk, Andrey, Kreft, Holger, Kuehl, Hjalmar S., Kuzemko, Anna, Landucci, Flavia, Lengyel, Attila, Lens, Frederic, Lingner, Debora Vanessa, Liu, Hongyan, Lysenko, Tatiana, Mahecha, Miguel D., Marceno, Corrado, Martynenko, Vasiliy, Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Mucina, Ladislav, Muller, Jonas V., Munzinger, Jerome, Noroozi, Jalil, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Onyshchenko, Viktor, Overbeck, Gerhard E., Partel, Meelis, Pauchard, Anibal, Peet, Robert K., Penuelas, Josep, Perez-Haase, Aaron, Peterka, Tomas, Petrik, Petr, Peyre, Gwendolyn, Phillips, Oliver L., Prokhorov, Vadim, Rasomavicius, Valerijus, Revermann, Rasmus, Rodwell, John S., Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Samimi, Cyrus, Schrodt, Franziska, Shan, Hanhuai, Shirokikh, Pavel, Sibik, Jozef, Silc, Urban, Sklenar, Petr, Skvorc, Zeljko, Sparrow, Ben, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Stancic, Zvjezdana, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Tang, Zhiyao, Tang, Cindy Q., Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Vanselow, Kim Andre, Vassilev, Kiril, Venanzoni, Roberto, Vibrans, Alexander Christian, Violle, Cyrille, Virtanen, Risto, von Wehrden, Henrik, Wagner, Viktoria, Walker, Donald A., Waller, Donald M., Wang, Hua-Feng, Wesche, Karsten, Whitfeld, Timothy J. S., Willner, Wolfgang, Wiser, Susan K., Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Yamalov, Sergey, Zobel, Martin, and Bruelheide, Helge

Subjects
Ecology
Abstract

Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation plots record the occurrence or abundance of all plant species co-occurring within delimited local areas. This allows species absences to be inferred, information seldom provided by existing global plant datasets. Although many vegetation plots have been recorded, most are not available to the global research community. A recent initiative, called 'sPlot', compiled the first global vegetation plot database, and continues to grow and curate it. The sPlot database, however, is extremely unbalanced spatially and environmentally, and is not open-access. Here, we address both these issues by (a) resampling the vegetation plots using several environmental variables as sampling strata and (b) securing permission from data holders of 105 local-to-regional datasets to openly release data. We thus present sPlotOpen, the largest open-access dataset of vegetation plots ever released. sPlotOpen can be used to explore global diversity at the plant community level, as ground truth data in remote sensing applications, or as a baseline for biodiversity monitoring. Main types of variable contained Vegetation plots (n = 95,104) recording cover or abundance of naturally co-occurring vascular plant species within delimited areas. sPlotOpen contains three partially overlapping resampled datasets (c. 50,000 plots each), to be used as replicates in global analyses. Besides geographical location, date, plot size, biome, elevation, slope, aspect, vegetation type, naturalness, coverage of various vegetation layers, and source dataset, plot-level data also include community-weighted means and variances of 18 plant functional traits from the TRY Plant Trait Database. Spatial location and grain Global, 0.01-40,000 m(2). Time period and grain 1888-2015, recording dates. Major taxa and level of measurement 42,677 vascular plant taxa, plot-level records. Software format Three main matrices (.csv), relationally linked.

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2021

25. Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony

Author

Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Lepš, Jan, Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García‐González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez, Daniel, Harrison, Susan, Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, Götzenberger, Lars, Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Lepš, Jan, Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García‐González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez, Daniel, Harrison, Susan, Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, and Götzenberger, Lars

Abstract

Questions: Compensatory dynamics are described as one of the main mechanisms that increase community stability, e.g., where decreases of some species on a year‐to‐year basis are offset by an increase in others. Deviations from perfect synchrony between species (asynchrony) have therefore been advocated as an important mechanism underlying biodiversity effects on stability. However, it is unclear to what extent existing measures of synchrony actually capture the signal of year‐to‐year species fluctuations in the presence of long‐term directional trends in both species abundance and composition (species directional trends hereafter). Such directional trends may lead to a misinterpretation of indices commonly used to reflect year‐to‐year synchrony. Methods: An approach based on three‐term local quadrat variance (T3) which assesses population variability in a three‐year moving window, was used to overcome species directional trend effects. This “detrending” approach was applied to common indices of synchrony across a worldwide collection of 77 temporal plant community datasets comprising almost 7,800 individual plots sampled for at least six years. Plots included were either maintained under constant “control” conditions over time or were subjected to different management or disturbance treatments. Results: Accounting for directional trends increased the detection of year‐to‐year synchronous patterns in all synchrony indices considered. Specifically, synchrony values increased significantly in ~40% of the datasets with the T3 detrending approach while in ~10% synchrony decreased. For the 38 studies with both control and manipulated conditions, the increase in synchrony values was stronger for longer time series, particularly following experimental manipulation. Conclusions: Species’ long‐term directional trends can affect synchrony and stability measures potentially masking the ecological mechanism causing year‐to‐year fluctuations. As such, previous studies on communit

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2020

26. Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

Author

National Science Foundation (US), New Zealand National Vegetation Survey Databank, University of Minnesota, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Comunidad de Madrid, Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Lepš, J. [0000-0002-4822-7429], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], García-González, Ricardo [0000-0001-5625-8690], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Galland, Thomas, Adler, Peter B., Lepš, J., E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Klink, Roel van, Carmona, Carlos P., Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ogaya, Romá, Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pardo, Iker, Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Pywell, Richard F., Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, Götzenberger, Lars, National Science Foundation (US), New Zealand National Vegetation Survey Databank, University of Minnesota, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Comunidad de Madrid, Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Lepš, J. [0000-0002-4822-7429], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], García-González, Ricardo [0000-0001-5625-8690], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Galland, Thomas, Adler, Peter B., Lepš, J., E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Klink, Roel van, Carmona, Carlos P., Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ogaya, Romá, Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pardo, Iker, Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Pywell, Richard F., Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, and Götzenberger, Lars

Abstract

The stability of ecological communities is critical for the stable provisioning of ecosystem services, such as food and forage production, carbon sequestration, and soil fertility. Greater biodiversity is expected to enhance stability across years by decreasing synchrony among species, but the drivers of stability in nature remain poorly resolved. Our analysis of time series from 79 datasets across the world showed that stability was associated more strongly with the degree of synchrony among dominant species than with species richness. The relatively weak influence of species richness is consistent with theory predicting that the effect of richness on stability weakens when synchrony is higher than expected under random fluctuations, which was the case in most communities. Land management, nutrient addition, and climate change treatments had relatively weak and varying effects on stability, modifying how species richness, synchrony, and stability interact. Our results demonstrate the prevalence of biotic drivers on ecosystem stability, with the potential for environmental drivers to alter the intricate relationship among richness, synchrony, and stability.

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2020

27. Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year-to-year asynchrony

Author

National Science Foundation (US), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Comunidad de Madrid, European Commission, New Zealand National Vegetation Survey Databank, European Research Council, Estonian Research Council, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Czech Science Foundation, German Federal Environmental Foundation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Lepš, J. [0000-0002-4822-7429], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Lepš, J., Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, Götzenberger, Lars, National Science Foundation (US), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Comunidad de Madrid, European Commission, New Zealand National Vegetation Survey Databank, European Research Council, Estonian Research Council, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Czech Science Foundation, German Federal Environmental Foundation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Lepš, J. [0000-0002-4822-7429], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Lepš, J., Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, and Götzenberger, Lars

Abstract

Questions. Compensatory dynamics are described as one of the main mechanisms that increase community stability, e.g., where decreases of some species on a year‐to‐year basis are offset by an increase in others. Deviations from perfect synchrony between species (asynchrony) have therefore been advocated as an important mechanism underlying biodiversity effects on stability. However, it is unclear to what extent existing measures of synchrony actually capture the signal of year‐to‐year species fluctuations in the presence of long‐term directional trends in both species abundance and composition (species directional trends hereafter). Such directional trends may lead to a misinterpretation of indices commonly used to reflect year‐to‐year synchrony. Methods. An approach based on three‐term local quadrat variance (T3) which assesses population variability in a three‐year moving window, was used to overcome species directional trend effects. This “detrending” approach was applied to common indices of synchrony across a worldwide collection of 77 temporal plant community datasets comprising almost 7,800 individual plots sampled for at least six years. Plots included were either maintained under constant “control” conditions over time or were subjected to different management or disturbance treatments. Results. Accounting for directional trends increased the detection of year‐to‐year synchronous patterns in all synchrony indices considered. Specifically, synchrony values increased significantly in ~40% of the datasets with the T3 detrending approach while in ~10% synchrony decreased. For the 38 studies with both control and manipulated conditions, the increase in synchrony values was stronger for longer time series, particularly following experimental manipulation. Conclusions. Species’ long‐term directional trends can affect synchrony and stability measures potentially masking the ecological mechanism causing year‐to‐year fluctuations. As such, previous studies on communit

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2020

28. Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony

Author

Valencia, Enrique, primary, de Bello, Francesco, additional, Lepš, Jan, additional, Galland, Thomas, additional, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, additional, Conti, Luisa, additional, Danihelka, Jiří, additional, Dengler, Jürgen, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Estiarte, Marc, additional, García‐González, Ricardo, additional, Garnier, Eric, additional, Gómez, Daniel, additional, Harrison, Susan, additional, Herben, Tomas, additional, Ibáñez, Ricardo, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Juergens, Norbert, additional, Kertész, Miklós, additional, Klumpp, Katja, additional, Louault, Frédérique, additional, Marrs, Rob H., additional, Ónodi, Gábor, additional, Pakeman, Robin J., additional, Pärtel, Meelis, additional, Peco, Begoña, additional, Peñuelas, Josep, additional, Rueda, Marta, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Schmiedel, Ute, additional, Schuetz, Martin, additional, Skalova, Hana, additional, Šmilauer, Petr, additional, Šmilauerová, Marie, additional, Smit, Christian, additional, Song, Ming‐Hua, additional, Stock, Martin, additional, Val, James, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, Wesche, Karsten, additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Young, Truman P., additional, Yu, Fei‐Hai, additional, Zobel, Martin, additional, and Götzenberger, Lars, additional

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2020
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29. sPlot - A new tool for global vegetation analyses

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Bruelheide, Helge, Bruelheide, Helge, Dengler, Juergen, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Purschke, Oliver, Hennekens, Stephan M., Chytry, Milan, Pillar, Valerio D., Jansen, Florian, Kattge, Jens, Sandel, Brody, Aubin, Isabelle, Biurrun, Idoia, Field, Richard, Haider, Sylvia, Jandt, Ute, Lenoir, Jonathan, Peet, Robert K., Peyre, Gwendolyn, Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Schmidt, Marco, Schrodt, Franziska, Winter, Marten, Aćić, Svetlana, Agrillo, Emiliano, Alvarez, Miguel, Ambarli, Didem, Angelini, Pierangela, Apostolova, Iva, Khan, Mohammed A.S.Arfin, Arnst, Elise, Attorre, Fabio, Baraloto, Christopher, Beckmann, Michael, Berg, Christian, Bergeron, Yves, Bergmeier, Erwin, Bjorkman, Anne D., Bondareva, Viktoria, Borchardt, Peter, Botta-Dukat, Zoltan, Boyle, Brad, Breen, Amy, Brisse, Henry, Byun, Chaeho, Cabido, Marcelo R., Casella, Laura, Cayuela, Luis, Cerny, Tomas, Chepinoga, Victor, Csiky, Janos, Curran, Michael, Custerevska, Renata, Dajić-Stevanović, Zora, De Bie, Els, de Ruffray, Patrice, De Sanctis, Michele, Dimopoulos, Panayotis, Dressler, Stefan, Ejrnaes, Rasmus, El-Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa, Enquist, Brian, Ewald, Joerg, Fagundez, Jaime, Finckh, Manfred, Font, Xavier, Forey, Estelle, Fotiadis, Georgios, Garcia-Mijangos, Itziar, de Gasper, Andre Luis, Golub, Valentin, Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Hatim, Mohamed Z., He, Tianhua, Higuchi, Pedro, Holubova, Dana, Hoelzel, Norbert, Homeier, Juergen, Indreica, Adrian, Gursoy, Deniz Isik, Jansen, Steven, Janssen, John, Jedrzejek, Birgit, Jirousek, Martin, Juergens, Norbert, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kavgaci, Ali, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kessler, Michael, Knollova, Ilona, Kolomiychuk, Vitaliy, Korolyuk, Andrey, Kozhevnikova, Maria, Kozub, Lukasz, Krstonosić, Daniel, Kuehl, Hjalmar, Kuehn, Ingolf, Kuzemko, Anna, Kuzmić, Filip, Landucci, Flavia, Lee, Michael T., Levesley, Aurora, Li, Ching-Feng, Liu, Hongyan, Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Lysenko, Tatiana, Macanović, Armin, Mahdavi, Parastoo, Manning, Peter, Marceno, Corrado, Martynenko, Vassiliy, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Minden, Vanessa, Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Moretti, Marco, Mueller, Jonas V., Munzinger, Jerome, Niinemets, Ulo, Nobis, Marcin, Noroozi, Jalil, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Onyshchenko, Viktor, Overbeck, Gerhard E., Ozinga, Wim A., Pauchard, Anibal, Pedashenko, Hristo, Penuelas, Josep, Perez-Haase, Aaron, Peterka, Tomas, Petrik, Petr, Phillips, Oliver L., Prokhorov, Vadim, Rasomavicius, Valerijus, Revermann, Rasmus, Rodwell, John, Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Samimi, Cyrus, Schaminee, Joop H.J., Schmiedel, Ute, Sibik, Jozef, Silc, Urban, Skvorc, Željko, Smyth, Anita, Sop, Tenekwetche, Sopotlieva, Desislava, Sparrow, Ben, Stancić, Zvjezdana, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Swacha, Grzegorz, Tang, Zhiyao, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ugurlu, Emin, Uogintas, Domas, Valachović, Milan, Vanselow, Kim Andre, Vashenyak, Yulia, Vassilev, Kiril, Velez-Martin, Eduardo, Venanzoni, Roberto, Vibrans, Alexander Christian, Violle, Cyrille, Virtanen, Risto, von Wehrden, Henrik, Wagner, Viktoria, Walker, Donald A., Wana, Desalegn, Weiher, Evan, Wesche, Karsten, Whitfeld, Timothy, Willner, Wolfgang, Wiser, Susan, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Yamalov, Sergey, Zizka, Georg, Zverev, Andrei, Bruelheide, Helge, Bruelheide, Helge, Dengler, Juergen, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Purschke, Oliver, Hennekens, Stephan M., Chytry, Milan, Pillar, Valerio D., Jansen, Florian, Kattge, Jens, Sandel, Brody, Aubin, Isabelle, Biurrun, Idoia, Field, Richard, Haider, Sylvia, Jandt, Ute, Lenoir, Jonathan, Peet, Robert K., Peyre, Gwendolyn, Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Schmidt, Marco, Schrodt, Franziska, Winter, Marten, Aćić, Svetlana, Agrillo, Emiliano, Alvarez, Miguel, Ambarli, Didem, Angelini, Pierangela, Apostolova, Iva, Khan, Mohammed A.S.Arfin, Arnst, Elise, Attorre, Fabio, Baraloto, Christopher, Beckmann, Michael, Berg, Christian, Bergeron, Yves, Bergmeier, Erwin, Bjorkman, Anne D., Bondareva, Viktoria, Borchardt, Peter, Botta-Dukat, Zoltan, Boyle, Brad, Breen, Amy, Brisse, Henry, Byun, Chaeho, Cabido, Marcelo R., Casella, Laura, Cayuela, Luis, Cerny, Tomas, Chepinoga, Victor, Csiky, Janos, Curran, Michael, Custerevska, Renata, Dajić-Stevanović, Zora, De Bie, Els, de Ruffray, Patrice, De Sanctis, Michele, Dimopoulos, Panayotis, Dressler, Stefan, Ejrnaes, Rasmus, El-Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa, Enquist, Brian, Ewald, Joerg, Fagundez, Jaime, Finckh, Manfred, Font, Xavier, Forey, Estelle, Fotiadis, Georgios, Garcia-Mijangos, Itziar, de Gasper, Andre Luis, Golub, Valentin, Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Hatim, Mohamed Z., He, Tianhua, Higuchi, Pedro, Holubova, Dana, Hoelzel, Norbert, Homeier, Juergen, Indreica, Adrian, Gursoy, Deniz Isik, Jansen, Steven, Janssen, John, Jedrzejek, Birgit, Jirousek, Martin, Juergens, Norbert, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kavgaci, Ali, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kessler, Michael, Knollova, Ilona, Kolomiychuk, Vitaliy, Korolyuk, Andrey, Kozhevnikova, Maria, Kozub, Lukasz, Krstonosić, Daniel, Kuehl, Hjalmar, Kuehn, Ingolf, Kuzemko, Anna, Kuzmić, Filip, Landucci, Flavia, Lee, Michael T., Levesley, Aurora, Li, Ching-Feng, Liu, Hongyan, Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Lysenko, Tatiana, Macanović, Armin, Mahdavi, Parastoo, Manning, Peter, Marceno, Corrado, Martynenko, Vassiliy, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Minden, Vanessa, Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Moretti, Marco, Mueller, Jonas V., Munzinger, Jerome, Niinemets, Ulo, Nobis, Marcin, Noroozi, Jalil, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Onyshchenko, Viktor, Overbeck, Gerhard E., Ozinga, Wim A., Pauchard, Anibal, Pedashenko, Hristo, Penuelas, Josep, Perez-Haase, Aaron, Peterka, Tomas, Petrik, Petr, Phillips, Oliver L., Prokhorov, Vadim, Rasomavicius, Valerijus, Revermann, Rasmus, Rodwell, John, Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Samimi, Cyrus, Schaminee, Joop H.J., Schmiedel, Ute, Sibik, Jozef, Silc, Urban, Skvorc, Željko, Smyth, Anita, Sop, Tenekwetche, Sopotlieva, Desislava, Sparrow, Ben, Stancić, Zvjezdana, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Swacha, Grzegorz, Tang, Zhiyao, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ugurlu, Emin, Uogintas, Domas, Valachović, Milan, Vanselow, Kim Andre, Vashenyak, Yulia, Vassilev, Kiril, Velez-Martin, Eduardo, Venanzoni, Roberto, Vibrans, Alexander Christian, Violle, Cyrille, Virtanen, Risto, von Wehrden, Henrik, Wagner, Viktoria, Walker, Donald A., Wana, Desalegn, Weiher, Evan, Wesche, Karsten, Whitfeld, Timothy, Willner, Wolfgang, Wiser, Susan, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Yamalov, Sergey, Zizka, Georg, and Zverev, Andrei

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Aims Vegetation-plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance of plants co-occurring in the same community. Vegetation-plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers and, thus, are rarely accessible at continental or global scales. Here we present the sPlot database, which collates vegetation plots worldwide to allow for the exploration of global patterns in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity at the plant community level. Results sPlot version 2.1 contains records from 1,121,244 vegetation plots, which comprise 23,586,216 records of plant species and their relative cover or abundance in plots collected worldwide between 1885 and 2015. We complemented the information for each plot by retrieving climate and soil conditions and the biogeographic context (e.g., biomes) from external sources, and by calculating community-weighted means and variances of traits using gap-filled data from the global plant trait database TRY. Moreover, we created a phylogenetic tree for 50,167 out of the 54,519 species identified in the plots. We present the first maps of global patterns of community richness and community-weighted means of key traits. Conclusions The availability of vegetation plot data in sPlot offers new avenues for vegetation analysis at the global scale.

Published
2019

30. Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

Author

Bruelheide, Helge, Dengler, Juergen, Purschke, Oliver, Lenoir, Jonathan, Jimenez-alfaro, Borja, Hennekens, Stephan M., Botta-dukat, Zoltan, Chytry, Milan, Field, Richard, Jansen, Florian, Kattge, Jens, Pillar, Valerio D., Schrodt, Franziska, Mahecha, Miguel D., Peet, Robert K., Sandel, Brody, Van Bodegom, Peter, Altman, Jan, Alvarez-davila, Esteban, Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arfin, Attorre, Fabio, Aubin, Isabelle, Baraloto, Christopher, Barroso, Jorcely G., Bauters, Marijn, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Bjorkman, Anne D., Blonder, Benjamin, Carni, Andraz, Cayuela, Luis, Cerny, Tomas, Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Craven, Dylan, Dainese, Matteo, Derroire, Geraldine, De Sanctis, Michele, Diaz, Sandra, Dolezal, Jiri, Farfan-rios, William, Feldpausch, Ted R., Fenton, Nicole J., Garnier, Eric, Guerin, Greg R., Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Haider, Sylvia, Hattab, Tarek, Henry, Greg, Herault, Bruno, Higuchi, Pedro, Hoelzel, Norbert, Homeier, Juergen, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kacki, Zygmunt, Karger, Dirk N., Kessler, Michael, Kleyer, Michael, Knollova, Ilona, Korolyuk, Andrey Y., Kuehn, Ingolf, Laughlin, Daniel C., Lens, Frederic, Loos, Jacqueline, Louault, Frederique, Lyubenova, Mariyana, I, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marceno, Corrado, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Mueller, Jonas, V, Munzinger, Jerome, Myers-smith, Isla H., Neill, David A., Niinemets, Ulo, Orwin, Kate H., Ozinga, Wim A., Penuelas, Josep, Perez-haase, Aaron, Petrik, Petr, Phillips, Oliver L., Partel, Meelis, Reich, Peter B., Roemermann, Christine, Rodrigues, Arthur, V, Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Sardans, Jordi, Schmidt, Marco, Seidler, Gunnar, Silva Espejo, Javier Eduardo, Silveira, Marcos, Smyth, Anita, Sporbert, Maria, Svenning, Jens-christian, Tang, Zhiyao, Thomas, Raquel, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Vassilev, Kiril, Violle, Cyrille, Virtanen, Risto, Weiher, Evan, Welk, Erik, Wesche, Karsten, Winter, Marten, Wirth, Christian, Jandt, Ute, Bruelheide, Helge, Dengler, Juergen, Purschke, Oliver, Lenoir, Jonathan, Jimenez-alfaro, Borja, Hennekens, Stephan M., Botta-dukat, Zoltan, Chytry, Milan, Field, Richard, Jansen, Florian, Kattge, Jens, Pillar, Valerio D., Schrodt, Franziska, Mahecha, Miguel D., Peet, Robert K., Sandel, Brody, Van Bodegom, Peter, Altman, Jan, Alvarez-davila, Esteban, Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arfin, Attorre, Fabio, Aubin, Isabelle, Baraloto, Christopher, Barroso, Jorcely G., Bauters, Marijn, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Bjorkman, Anne D., Blonder, Benjamin, Carni, Andraz, Cayuela, Luis, Cerny, Tomas, Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Craven, Dylan, Dainese, Matteo, Derroire, Geraldine, De Sanctis, Michele, Diaz, Sandra, Dolezal, Jiri, Farfan-rios, William, Feldpausch, Ted R., Fenton, Nicole J., Garnier, Eric, Guerin, Greg R., Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Haider, Sylvia, Hattab, Tarek, Henry, Greg, Herault, Bruno, Higuchi, Pedro, Hoelzel, Norbert, Homeier, Juergen, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kacki, Zygmunt, Karger, Dirk N., Kessler, Michael, Kleyer, Michael, Knollova, Ilona, Korolyuk, Andrey Y., Kuehn, Ingolf, Laughlin, Daniel C., Lens, Frederic, Loos, Jacqueline, Louault, Frederique, Lyubenova, Mariyana, I, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marceno, Corrado, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Mueller, Jonas, V, Munzinger, Jerome, Myers-smith, Isla H., Neill, David A., Niinemets, Ulo, Orwin, Kate H., Ozinga, Wim A., Penuelas, Josep, Perez-haase, Aaron, Petrik, Petr, Phillips, Oliver L., Partel, Meelis, Reich, Peter B., Roemermann, Christine, Rodrigues, Arthur, V, Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Sardans, Jordi, Schmidt, Marco, Seidler, Gunnar, Silva Espejo, Javier Eduardo, Silveira, Marcos, Smyth, Anita, Sporbert, Maria, Svenning, Jens-christian, Tang, Zhiyao, Thomas, Raquel, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Vassilev, Kiril, Violle, Cyrille, Virtanen, Risto, Weiher, Evan, Welk, Erik, Wesche, Karsten, Winter, Marten, Wirth, Christian, and Jandt, Ute

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2018
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35. Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes.

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Conti L, Valencia E, Galland T, Götzenberger L, Lepš J, E-Vojtkó A, Carmona CP, Májeková M, Danihelka J, Dengler J, Eldridge DJ, Estiarte M, García-González R, Garnier E, Gómez D, Hadincová V, Harrison SP, Herben T, Ibáñez R, Jentsch A, Juergens N, Kertész M, Klumpp K, Krahulec F, Louault F, Marrs RH, Ónodi G, Pakeman RJ, Pärtel M, Peco B, Peñuelas J, Rueda M, Schmidt W, Schmiedel U, Schuetz M, Skalova H, Šmilauer P, Šmilauerová M, Smit C, Song M, Stock M, Val J, Vandvik V, Ward D, Wesche K, Wiser SK, Woodcock BA, Young TP, Yu FH, Zobel M, and de Bello F

Subjects
Phylogeny, Seeds, Phenotype, Plant Leaves, Ecosystem, Plants
Abstract

Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.

Published
2023
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