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Multidecadal changes in functional diversity lag behind the recovery of taxonomic diversity [PDF]

open access: yesEcology 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]

open access: yesNature 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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Biodegradable plastic exposure enhances microbial functional diversity while reducing taxonomic diversity across multi-kingdom soil microbiota in cherry tomato fields [PDF]

open access: yesCommunications Biology
Plastic 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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Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of flowering plants: Biodiversity hotspots and coldspots

open access: yesPlant 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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Taxonomic and functional diversity covary in rock pool microalgal communities despite their different drivers

open access: yesEcology 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
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic beta diversity in the Inner Mongolia grassland

open access: yesGlobal 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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Functional and taxonomic beta diversity of butterfly assemblages in an archipelago: relative importance of island characteristics, climate, and spatial factors

open access: yesEcological 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]

open access: yesПраці 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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Spatial Factors Outperform Local Environmental and Geo-Climatic Variables in Structuring Multiple Facets of Stream Macroinvertebrates’ β-Diversity

open access: yesAnimals, 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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Diversity of Lacewings (Neuroptera) in an Altitudinal Gradient of the Tacaná Volcano, Southern Mexico

open access: yesInsects, 2022
Neuroptera is an order of insects with a moderate diversity of species numbers yet a high between-family morphological diversity, which has a significant ecological role as a predator.
Rodolfo J. Cancino-López   +2 more
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