Multidecadal changes in functional diversity lag behind the recovery of taxonomic diversity [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 While there has been increasing interest in how taxonomic diversity is changing over time, less is known about how long‐term taxonomic changes may affect ecosystem functioning and resilience.
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Bacterial genome size and gene functional diversity negatively correlate with taxonomic diversity along a pH gradient [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Bacterial gene repertoires reflect adaptive strategies, contribute to ecosystem functioning and are limited by genome size. However, gene functional diversity does not necessarily correlate with taxonomic diversity because average genome size may vary by
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Functional diversity outperforms taxonomic diversity in revealing short-term trampling effects. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 AbstractAlpine grasslands harbor diverse groups of flora and fauna, provide important ecosystem functions, and yield essential ecosystem goods and services, especially for the development of nature-based tourism. However, they are experiencing increasing anthropogenic perturbations such as tourist trampling.
Li W, He S, Cheng X, Zhang M.
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Making remote sense of biodiversity: What grassland characteristics make spectral diversity a good proxy for taxonomic diversity? [PDF]
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2023 The spectral variability hypothesis (SVH) predicts that spectral diversity, defined as the variability of radiation reflected from vegetation, increases with biodiversity.
Elisa Van Cleemput +2 more
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Metagenomic investigation of the equine faecal microbiome reveals extensive taxonomic diversity. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background The horse plays crucial roles across the globe, including in horseracing, as a working and companion animal and as a food animal. The horse hindgut microbiome makes a key contribution in turning a high fibre diet into body mass and horsepower.
Gilroy R +8 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2023 The rapid loss of biodiversity in tropical rainforests calls for new remote sensing approaches capable of providing rapid estimates of biodiversity over large areas.
Colette Badourdine +3 more
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Contrasting responses of functional diversity to major losses in taxonomic diversity [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 Significance Global biodiversity consists not only of the sum of taxonomic units such as species, but also of their ecological or functional variety. These two components of biodiversity might be expected to rise or fall in tandem, but we find they are capable of strikingly independent behavior.
Stewart M. Edie +2 more
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A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2020 Our knowledge about the gut microbiota of pigs is still scarce, despite the importance of these animals for biomedical research and agriculture. Here, we present a collection of cultured bacteria from the pig gut, including 110 species across 40 families
Wylensek D +45 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 Habitat fragmentation is considered as major threat to biodiversity worldwide. Biodiversity can be described as taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity.
Michał Bełcik +3 more
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Biodegradable plastic exposure enhances microbial functional diversity while reducing taxonomic diversity across multi-kingdom soil microbiota in cherry tomato fields [PDF]
Communications BiologyPlastic films are extensively utilized in agroecosystems, and their residues are accumulating in global soil at a worrying rate. Biodegradable films are employed as a substitute for polyethylene (PE) films due to their rapid degradation rate.
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