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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.
Nathan Jay Baker +4 more
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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
Cong Wang +6 more
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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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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.
Zhen Shi +6 more
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Plant Diversity, 2023 Species diversity of angiosperms (flowering plants) varies greatly among regions. Geographic patterns of variation in species diversity are shaped by the interplay of ecological and evolutionary processes.
Hong Qian, Jian Zhang, Meichen Jiang
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Local biodiversity has traditionally been estimated with taxonomic diversity metrics such as species richness. Recently, the concept of biodiversity has been extended beyond species identity by ecological traits determining the functional role of a ...
Sonja Aarnio, Janne Soininen
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Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic beta diversity in the Inner Mongolia grassland
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Beta diversity, which measures the variation in community composition along environmental gradients, has great significance for biodiversity conservation and nature reserve construction.
Fengshi Li +4 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Islands host a disproportionate fraction of global biodiversity and provide ideal systems for investigating the factors affecting patterns of biodiversity. However, islands are also vulnerable systems and epicenters of biodiversity loss.
Shuchan Zhou +6 more
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Diversity of Muroid rodent communities in key habitats of the Skole Beskids (Eastern Carpathians) [PDF]
Праці Теріологічної школи, 2016 Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the structure of muroid rodent communities has been conducted in nine biotope types of the Skole Beskids National Park.
Nadia Stetsula +2 more
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Animals, 2022 One of the key targets of community ecology and biogeography concerns revealing the variability and underlying drivers of biodiversity. Most current studies understand biodiversity based on taxonomic information alone, but few studies have shown the ...
Naicheng Wu +5 more
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