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1. Topographic complexity drives trait composition as well as functional and phylogenetic diversity of understory plant communities in microrefugia: New insights for conservation

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Kata Frei, Anna E-Vojtkó, Csaba Tölgyesi, András Vojtkó, Tünde Farkas, László Erdős, Gábor Li, Ádám Lőrincz, and Zoltán Bátori

Subjects
Doline, Forest herbs, Functional diversity, Microclimate, Microhabitat, Phylogenetic diversity, Ecology, QH540-549.5
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Topographic complexity supports the maintenance of a high diversity of microhabitats, which may act as important ‘safe havens’ – or microrefugia – for biodiversity. Microrefugia are sites with specific environmental conditions that facilitate the persistence of species during environmental changes and exhibit unique eco-evolutionary dynamics. However, our knowledge about how topographic complexity and related eco-evolutionary selective forces influence the functional and phylogenetic signatures of species assemblages in microrefugia is very limited. Although the conceptual framework on the systematic integration of plant functional traits into the study of refugia is well established, more empirical studies on functional trait composition and functional diversity in refugia are urgently needed for more effective conservation. Here we analyzed the distribution of various plant functional traits and phylogenetic patterns in microhabitats (south- and north-facing slopes, and bottoms) of 30 large topographic depressions (i.e. doline microrefugia) and microhabitats of the surrounding plateaus in two distant forested karst regions. We found that plant assemblages in the understory of dolines and their surroundings are characterized by unique functional values and combinations of traits. Doline bottoms had the highest functional diversity among doline microhabitats and supported plant assemblages with considerably different trait compositions from the plateaus. Bottoms also had the highest phylogenetic diversity. These results suggest that topographic complexity in forested dolines has a significant effect on the distribution of plant functional traits in the understory. High functional and phylogenetic diversity in doline bottoms can have important consequences for the long-term survival of plant populations, highlighting that these microhabitats may provide a higher resilience and support an adaptive community-level response to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Understanding mechanisms that drive the survival of species within microrefugia is required to determine the best conservation and management strategies.

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2025
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2. 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

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

3. Closely related species differ in their traits, but competition induces high intra‐specific variability

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Eva Janíková, Marie Konečná, Aleš Lisner, Markéta Applová, Petr Blažek, Anna E‐Vojtkó, Lars Götzenberger, and Jan Lepš

Subjects
Carex species, closely related species, competition, functional traits, greenhouse experiment, interspecific trait variability, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

Abstract Theories explaining community assembly assume that biotic and abiotic filters sort species into communities based on the values of their traits and are thus based on between‐species trait variability (BTV). Nevertheless, these filters act on individuals rather than on species. Consequently, the selection is also influenced by intraspecific trait variability (ITV) and its drivers. These drivers may be abiotic (e.g., water availability) or biotic (e.g., competition). Although closely related species should have similar traits, many of them coexist. We investigated the relative magnitudes of BTV and ITV in coexisting closely related species and how their individual traits differ under different drivers of ITV. We manipulated conditions in a greenhouse pot experiment with four common Carex species, where individuals of each species originated from four source localities. Individuals were grown in factorial combinations of two moisture levels, with and without a competitor (grass species Holcus lanatus, a frequent competitor). We analyzed the variability of six morphological traits on individuals in the greenhouse and three morphological traits in the source localities. Species identity was the main determinant of differences in most traits. Competition exerted a greater effect than water availability. For leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and vegetative height, competition's effect even exceeded the variability among species. On the contrary, for specific leaf area (SLA) and clonal spread, the interspecific differences exceeded ITV induced by experimental treatments. SLA measured in the greenhouse closely correlated with values measured in field populations, while LDMC did not. The variability caused by source locality of ramets in the greenhouse was small, although sometimes significant. Closely related species differ in their traits, but for some traits, ITV can exceed BTV. We can expect that ITV can modify the processes of community assembly, particularly among coexisting closely related species.

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2024
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4. PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits

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Judit Sonkoly, Edina Tóth, Nóra Balogh, Lajos Balogh, Dénes Bartha, Kinga Csendesné Bata, Zoltán Bátori, Nóra Békefi, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, János Bölöni, Anikó Csecserits, János Csiky, Péter Csontos, István Dancza, Balázs Deák, Zoltán Konstantin Dobolyi, Anna E-Vojtkó, Ferenc Gyulai, Alida Anna Hábenczyus, Tamás Henn, Ferenc Horváth, Mária Höhn, Gusztáv Jakab, András Kelemen, Gergely Király, Szabolcs Kis, Gergely Kovacsics-Vári, András Kun, Éva Lehoczky, Attila Lengyel, Barbara Lhotsky, Viktor Löki, Balázs András Lukács, Gábor Matus, Andrea McIntosh-Buday, Attila Mesterházy, Tamás Miglécz, Attila Molnár V, Zsolt Molnár, Tamás Morschhauser, László Papp, Patrícia Pósa, Tamás Rédei, Dávid Schmidt, Ferenc Szmorad, Attila Takács, Júlia Tamás, Viktor Tiborcz, Csaba Tölgyesi, Katalin Tóth, Béla Tóthmérész, Orsolya Valkó, Viktor Virók, Tamás Wirth, and Péter Török

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Science
Abstract

Abstract The existing plant trait databases’ applicability is limited for studies dealing with the flora and vegetation of the eastern and central part of Europe and for large-scale comparisons across regions, mostly because their geographical data coverage is limited and they incorporate records from several different sources, often from regions with markedly different climatic conditions. These problems motivated the compilation of a regional dataset for the flora of the Pannonian region (Eastern Central Europe). PADAPT, the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits relies on regional data sources and collates data on 54 traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian region. The current version covers approximately 90% of the species of the region and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora.

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2023
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7. 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

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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

8. Effects of different types of low‐intensity management on plant‐pollinator interactions in Estonian grasslands

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Elena Motivans Švara, Valentin Ştefan, Esther Sossai, Reinart Feldmann, Dianne Joy Aguilon, Anna Bontsutsnaja, Anna E‐Vojtkó, Isabel C. Kilian, Piret Lang, Marilin Mõtlep, Elisabeth Prangel, Mari‐Liis Viljur, Tiffany M. Knight, and Lena Neuenkamp

Subjects
biodiversity, conservation, land use, plant−pollinator networks, seminatural grasslands, Ecology, QH540-549.5
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Abstract In the face of global pollinator decline, extensively managed grasslands play an important role in supporting stable pollinator communities. However, different types of extensive management may promote particular plant species and thus particular functional traits. As the functional traits of flowering plant species (e.g., flower size and shape) in a habitat help determine the identity and frequency of pollinator visitors, they can also influence the structures of plant−pollinator interaction networks (i.e., pollination networks). The aim of this study was to examine how the type of low‐intensity traditional management influences plant and pollinator composition, the structure of plant−pollinator interactions, and their mediation by floral and insect functional traits. Specifically, we compared mown wooded meadows to grazed alvar pastures in western Estonia. We found that both management types fostered equal diversity of plants and pollinators, and overlapping, though still distinct, plant and pollinator compositions. Wooded meadow pollination networks had significantly higher connectance and specialization, while alvar pasture networks achieved higher interaction diversity at a standardized sampling of interactions. Pollinators with small body sizes and short proboscis lengths were more specialized in their preference for particular plant species and the specialization of individual pollinators was higher in alvar pastures than in wooded meadows. All in all, the two management types promoted diverse plant and pollinator communities, which enabled the development of equally even and nested pollination networks. The same generalist plant and pollinator species were important for the pollination networks of both wooded meadows and alvar pastures; however, they were complemented by management‐specific species, which accounted for differences in network structure. Therefore, the implementation of both management types in the same landscape helps to maintain high species and interaction diversity.

Published
2021
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10. Leaf trait records of vascular plant species in the Pannonian flora with special focus on endemics and rarities

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E-Vojtkó, Anna, Balogh, Nóra, Deák, Balázs, Kelemen, András, Kis, Szabolcs, Kiss, Réka, Lovas-Kiss, Ádám, Löki, Viktor, Lukács, Katalin, V., Attila Molnár, Nagy, Timea, Sonkoly, Judit, Süveges, Kristóf, Takács, Attila, Tóth, Edina, Tóth, Katalin, Tóthmérész, Béla, Török, Péter, Valkó, Orsolya, Vojtkó, András, and Lukács, Balázs András

Published
2020

13. Closely related species differ in their traits, but competition induces high intra‐specific variability.

Author

Janíková, Eva, Konečná, Marie, Lisner, Aleš, Applová, Markéta, Blažek, Petr, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Götzenberger, Lars, and Lepš, Jan

Subjects
WATER supply, LEAF area, INVESTIGATIONAL therapies, CAREX, SPECIES
Abstract

Theories explaining community assembly assume that biotic and abiotic filters sort species into communities based on the values of their traits and are thus based on between‐species trait variability (BTV). Nevertheless, these filters act on individuals rather than on species. Consequently, the selection is also influenced by intraspecific trait variability (ITV) and its drivers. These drivers may be abiotic (e.g., water availability) or biotic (e.g., competition). Although closely related species should have similar traits, many of them coexist. We investigated the relative magnitudes of BTV and ITV in coexisting closely related species and how their individual traits differ under different drivers of ITV. We manipulated conditions in a greenhouse pot experiment with four common Carex species, where individuals of each species originated from four source localities. Individuals were grown in factorial combinations of two moisture levels, with and without a competitor (grass species Holcus lanatus, a frequent competitor). We analyzed the variability of six morphological traits on individuals in the greenhouse and three morphological traits in the source localities. Species identity was the main determinant of differences in most traits. Competition exerted a greater effect than water availability. For leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and vegetative height, competition's effect even exceeded the variability among species. On the contrary, for specific leaf area (SLA) and clonal spread, the interspecific differences exceeded ITV induced by experimental treatments. SLA measured in the greenhouse closely correlated with values measured in field populations, while LDMC did not. The variability caused by source locality of ramets in the greenhouse was small, although sometimes significant. Closely related species differ in their traits, but for some traits, ITV can exceed BTV. We can expect that ITV can modify the processes of community assembly, particularly among coexisting closely related species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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16. E-Vojtko_et_al_PD-FD_JEcol.xlsx

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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E-Vojtkó, Anna, de Bello, Francesco, Lososová, Zdeňka, Götzenberger, Lars, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E-Vojtkó, Anna, de Bello, Francesco, Lososová, Zdeňka, and Götzenberger, Lars

Published
2023

17. Phylogenetic diversity is a weak proxy for functional diversity but they are complementary in explaining community assembly patterns in temperate vegetation

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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E-Vojtkó, Anna, de Bello, Francesco, Lososová, Zdeňka, Götzenberger, Lars, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E-Vojtkó, Anna, de Bello, Francesco, Lososová, Zdeňka, and Götzenberger, Lars

Abstract

Ecological differences between coexisting species within plant communities can be assessed by considering functional and phylogenetic dissimilarities either separately or in a complementary way. Here, we studied (a) the potential overlap between functional (FD) and phylogenetic diversities (PD) and (b) their combined and unique roles in explaining community assembly patterns across different temperate vegetation types and across functional traits representing multiple dimensions of plant strategy (plant size, leaf, floral and reproductive, clonal and bud bank traits). We tested the strength of the PD–FD relationship within and across vegetation types and functional traits (Pearson correlations) and tested whether it depended on the strength of the phylogenetic signal (Pagel's lambda and Blomberg's K). We tested deviations from random expectations in FD and ‘decoupled FD’ (i.e. functional dissimilarity after accounting for the effect of phylogenetic distances between species) to reveal the importance of ecological differences for community assembly. PD–FD correlations were predominantly significant but rarely strong, and largely depended on the studied functional trait and vegetation type. Phylogenetic signals were partially but inconsistently related to the overlap between FD and PD. Community assembly patterns tended to shift from under-dispersion (FD lower than random expectations) towards over-dispersion (FD higher than random expectations) when functional distances were decoupled from phylogenetic distances indicating that species within the same clade were dissimilar to each other regarding their traits. However, we found the opposite pattern as well, mainly for floral and below-ground traits, which indicated functional differentiation across clades. Synthesis. Decoupling functional and phylogenetic differences between species might provide further information on plant community assembly: showing cases where the strongest ecological differentiation between coex

Published
2023

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

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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

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

Author

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.

Published
2023
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20. Colonization resistance and establishment success along gradients of functional and phylogenetic diversity in experimental plant communities

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Petr Blažek, Jan Lepš, Ildikó Orbán, Hana Dvořáková, Anna E-Vojtkó, Thomas Galland, Lars Götzenberger, Francesco de Bello, Vojtěch Lanta, Michele Lussu, Enrique Valencia, Carlos P. Carmona, Guillaume Adeux, Javier Puy, Czech Science Foundation, European Commission, Estonian Research Council, Comunidad de Madrid, Galland, Thomas, Adeux, Guillaume, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Orbán, Ildikó, Lussu, Michele, Puy, J., Blažek, Petr, Lanta, Vojtech, Lepš, J., Bello, Francesco de, Carmona, Carlos P., Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, L., Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Agroécologie [Dijon], Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Institute of Life Sciences of Sant’Anna [Pisa], Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Università di Cagliari, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), University of Tartu, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos [Madrid] (URJC), Czech Science FoundationGrant Agency of the Czech Republic [GA16-15012S], European CommissionEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre [626392, PSG293, 2017-T2], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Adeux, Guillaume [0000-0003-0903-391X], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Orbán, Ildikó [0000-0003-1547-675X], Lussu, Michele [0000-0002-1313-4732], Puy, J. [0000-0002-6422-2791], Blažek, Petr [0000-0002-0901-4578], Lanta, Vojtech [0000-0003-4484-3838], Lepš, J.[0000-0002-4822-7429], Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], and Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900]

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], media_common.quotation_subject, Biodiversity, Plant Science, Biology, Invaders, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Competition (biology), CWM, [SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology, Colonization, Mean pairwise distance, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, media_common, Competition, Ecology, Phylogenetic tree, Resistance (ecology), Plant community, 15. Life on land, Phylogenetic diversity, Sowing experiment, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Trait, Niche complementarity, Functional traits, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

Functional and phylogenetic diversity (FD and PD respectively) of the resident community are expected to exert a key role in community resistance to colonization by surrounding species, and their establishment success. However, few studies have explored this topic experimentally or evaluated the interactive effects of these diversity measures. We implemented a diversity experiment to disentangle the role of FD and PD by sowing mixtures of 6 species, drawn from a pool of 19 species naturally coexisting in central European mesic meadows. The mixtures were designed to cover four independent combinations of high and low FD and PD. Species covers were estimated in spring and late summer over two growing seasons. We then assessed the establishment success of colonizers as a function of their mean traits and phylogenetic distance to the resident (i.e. sown) communities, as well as the resistance of the resident communities to natural colonizers as a function of their functional and phylogenetic structure. Results generally indicated a temporal shift regarding which trait values made a colonizer successful, from an acquisitive strategy in early stages to a more conservative trait syndrome in later stages. FD decreased community resistance to natural colonization. However, PD tempered this effect: with high PD, FD was not significant, suggesting complementary information between these two components of biodiversity. On average, colonizing species were more functionally distant from the resident species in sown communities with high functional diversity, i.e. those that were more colonized. Synthesis. Our results confirm an interplay between FD and PD during community assembly processes, namely resistance to colonizers, suggesting that these two descriptors of biodiversity only partially overlap in their contribution to the overall ecological structure of a community. The hypothesis that higher FD increases resistance through a more complete use of resources was challenged. Results rather suggested that greater FD could provide an unsaturated functional trait space allowing functionally unique species to occupy it., The study was supported by Czech Science Foundation grant GA16‐15012S. C.P.C. was supported by a Marie Curie Intra‐European Fellowship within the European Commission 7th Framework Programme (TANDEM; project 626392) and the Estonian Research Council (project PSG293). E.V. was funded by the 2017 program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (no. 2017‐T2/AMB‐5406).

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2019
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21. PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits.

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Sonkoly, Judit, Tóth, Edina, Balogh, Nóra, Balogh, Lajos, Bartha, Dénes, Csendesné Bata, Kinga, Bátori, Zoltán, Békefi, Nóra, Botta-Dukát, Zoltán, Bölöni, János, Csecserits, Anikó, Csiky, János, Csontos, Péter, Dancza, István, Deák, Balázs, Dobolyi, Zoltán Konstantin, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Gyulai, Ferenc, Hábenczyus, Alida Anna, and Henn, Tamás

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BOTANY, PLANT species, DATABASES
Abstract

The existing plant trait databases' applicability is limited for studies dealing with the flora and vegetation of the eastern and central part of Europe and for large-scale comparisons across regions, mostly because their geographical data coverage is limited and they incorporate records from several different sources, often from regions with markedly different climatic conditions. These problems motivated the compilation of a regional dataset for the flora of the Pannonian region (Eastern Central Europe). PADAPT, the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits relies on regional data sources and collates data on 54 traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian region. The current version covers approximately 90% of the species of the region and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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22. PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Database of Plant Traits

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Judit Sonkoly, Edina Tóth, Nóra Balogh, Lajos Balogh, Dénes Bartha, Kinga Bata, Zoltán Bátori, Nóra Békefi, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, János Bölöni, Anikó Csecserits, János Csiky, Péter Csontos, István Dancza, Balázs Deák, Zoltán Konstantin Dobolyi, Anna E-Vojtkó, Ferenc Gyulai, Alida Anna Hábenczyus, Tamás Henn, Ferenc Horváth, Mária Höhn, Gusztáv Jakab, András Kelemen, Gergely Király, Szabolcs Kis, Gergely Kovacsics-Vári, András Kun, Éva Lehoczky, Attila Lengyel, Barbara Lhotsky, Viktor Löki, Balázs András Lukács, Gábor Matus, Andrea McIntosh-Buday, Attila Mesterházy, Tamás Miglécz, Attila Molnár V., Zsolt Molnár, Tamás Morschhauser, László Papp, Patrícia Pósa, Tamás Rédei, Dávid Schmidt, Ferenc Szmorad, Attila Takács, Júlia Tamás, Viktor Tiborcz, Csaba Tölgyesi, Katalin Tóth, Béla Tóthmérész, Orsolya Valkó, Viktor Virók, Tamás Wirth, and Péter Török

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We present PADAPT 1.0, the Pannonian Database of Plant Traits which relies on regional data sources and integrates existing data and new measurements on a wide range of traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian Biogeographical Region and makes it freely accessible atwww.padapt.eu. The current version covers the species of the region occurring in Hungary (cc. 90% of the region’s flora) and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. There are 53 plant attributes in PADAPT 1.0 organised in six major groups: (i) Habitus and strategy, (ii) Reproduction, (iii) Kariology, (iv) Distribution and conservation, (v) Ecological indicator values, and (vi) Leaf traits. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Data collection will continue in the future and the PADAPT team welcomes researchers interested in contributing with data. The main task before an updated version of the database is to include species of the Pannonian region not covered by the current version. In conclusion, although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora.

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2022
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23. Floral and reproductive traits are an independent dimension within the plant economic spectrum of temperate central Europe

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Lars Götzenberger, Anna E-Vojtkó, Robert R. Junker, Francesco De Bello, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), and Austrian Science Fund

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Plant Leaves, Europe, Phenotype, Physiology, Plant Science, Flowers, Plants, Phylogeny
Abstract

Major dimensions of plant ecological strategies have been widely studied bringing forward the concept of ‘economic spectra’ of plants. Sexual reproductive traits, ‘floral traits’, have been largely neglected in this context, despite their strong link to fitness. Here, we aimed at integrating floral traits into the dimensionality of plant form and function so far dominated by vegetative traits. We used principal component analyses and constructed trait networks to assess the correlation structure of leaf, belowground, plant size-related, and floral traits. We studied forbs within two independent datasets; one compiled from central European trait databases and one sampled in the Austrian Alps. Floral traits defined the second dimension of trait variability within both datasets, while plant size determined the first dimension. Floral traits were largely independent from the leaf economic spectrum. Flower size, however, positively scaled with plant size and leaf size. Mating system was the most well-connected trait across modules of plant tissue/organ types. The independence of floral traits was consistent also after accounting for phylogenetic relationships between species. Floral traits explained a unique part of the variation in plant form and function and thus, likely play a distinctive ecological role within the whole plant economic spectrum., The study was financially supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GACR 22-32198S). AE-V and LG received support by the long-term research development project number RVO 67985939 of the Czech Academy of Sciences. FB was supported by the Spanish Plan Nacional de I+D+i (project PGC2018-099027-B-I00). Data collection was partially funded by the Austrian Science Fund (P29142-B29).

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2022

24. PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Database of Plant Traits

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Sonkoly, Judit, primary, Tóth, Edina, additional, Balogh, Nóra, additional, Balogh, Lajos, additional, Bartha, Dénes, additional, Bata, Kinga, additional, Bátori, Zoltán, additional, Békefi, Nóra, additional, Botta-Dukát, Zoltán, additional, Bölöni, János, additional, Csecserits, Anikó, additional, Csiky, János, additional, Csontos, Péter, additional, Dancza, István, additional, Deák, Balázs, additional, Dobolyi, Zoltán Konstantin, additional, E-Vojtkó, Anna, additional, Gyulai, Ferenc, additional, Hábenczyus, Alida Anna, additional, Henn, Tamás, additional, Horváth, Ferenc, additional, Höhn, Mária, additional, Jakab, Gusztáv, additional, Kelemen, András, additional, Király, Gergely, additional, Kis, Szabolcs, additional, Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely, additional, Kun, András, additional, Lehoczky, Éva, additional, Lengyel, Attila, additional, Lhotsky, Barbara, additional, Löki, Viktor, additional, Lukács, Balázs András, additional, Matus, Gábor, additional, McIntosh-Buday, Andrea, additional, Mesterházy, Attila, additional, Miglécz, Tamás, additional, Molnár V., Attila, additional, Molnár, Zsolt, additional, Morschhauser, Tamás, additional, Papp, László, additional, Pósa, Patrícia, additional, Rédei, Tamás, additional, Schmidt, Dávid, additional, Szmorad, Ferenc, additional, Takács, Attila, additional, Tamás, Júlia, additional, Tiborcz, Viktor, additional, Tölgyesi, Csaba, additional, Tóth, Katalin, additional, Tóthmérész, Béla, additional, Valkó, Orsolya, additional, Virók, Viktor, additional, Wirth, Tamás, additional, and Török, Péter, additional

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2022
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25. Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

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Meelis Pärtel, Katja Klumpp, Jürgen Dengler, Romà Ogaya, Begoña Peco, Jiří Danihelka, Ricardo Ibáñez, Rob H. Marrs, Martin Stock, Thomas Galland, Susan K Wiser, Marc Estiarte, Anke Jentsch, Robin J. Pakeman, David Ward, Wolfgang Schmidt, Iker Pardo, Christian Smit, Martin Schuetz, Ricardo García-González, Martin Zobel, Eric Garnier, Hana Skálová, Minghua Song, Karsten Wesche, Richard F. Pywell, Vigdis Vandvik, Lars Götzenberger, Anna E-Vojtkó, Ben A. Woodcock, James Val, Marie Šmilauerová, Frédérique Louault, Norbert Juergens, Jan Lepš, Ute Schmiedel, Francesco de Bello, Susan Harrison, David J. Eldridge, Carlos P. Carmona, Josep Peñuelas, Peter B. Adler, Tomáš Herben, Roel van Klink, Fei-Hai Yu, Daniel Gómez-García, Miklós Kertész, Enrique Valencia, Gábor Ónodi, Petr Šmilauer, Marta Rueda, Truman P. Young, Conservation Ecology Group, Smit group, Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences [Tartu], University of Tartu, Universität Bayreuth, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos [Madrid] (URJC), University of South Bohemia, Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IPM / CAS), Utah State University (USU), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Zürich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), University of Bayreuth, University of New South Wales [Sydney] (UNSW), CREAF - Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Universidad de Navarra [Pamplona] (UNAV), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences [Hamburg], Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l'Ecosystème Prairial - UMR (UREP), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Liverpool, Open University of Catalonia [Barcelona], The James Hutton Institute, University of the Basque Country [Bizkaia] (UPV/EHU), Universidad Complutense de Madrid = Complutense University of Madrid [Madrid] (UCM), UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen), Georg-August-University [Göttingen], University of Hamburg, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Community and Conservation Ecology Group [Groningen], Université de Groningen, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), Landesbetrieb für Küstenschutz, Nationalpark und Meeresschutz Schleswig-Holstein [Husum, Allemagne] (LKN.SH), University of Bergen (UiB), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), Department of Biological Sciences [Bergen] (BIO / UiB), University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), Kent State University, Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research [Lincoln], Taizhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences (LCAS), 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], Bello, Francesco de, Galland, Thomas, Lepš, J., E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos P., García-González, Ricardo, and Götzenberger, L.

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0106 biological sciences, Carbon Sequestration, Life on Land, Climate Change, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, 333.7: Landflächen, Naturerholungsgebiete, Biodiversity, Land management, Climate change, Plant Development, climate change drivers, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Ecosystem services, Climate change driver, Soil, 577: Ökologie, species richness, Life Below Water, Ecosystem, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 2. Zero hunger, Ecological stability, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, synchrony, Plant community, 15. Life on land, Biological Sciences, Plants, stability, 13. Climate action, Species evenness, evenness, Species richness
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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., We were supported by US NSF Grants DEB-8114302, DEB8811884, DEB-9411972, DEB-0080382, DEB-0620652, DEB-1234162, and DEB0618210; the Nutrient Network (https://nutnet.org/) experiment from NSF Research Coordination Network Grant NSF-DEB-1042132; the New Zealand National Vegetation Survey Databank; and Institute on the Environment Grant DG-0001-13. Data (Dataset 56, SI Appendix, Supplementary Text S4) owned by NERC Database Right/Copyright NERC. Further support was provided by the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research project, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, and the University of Minnesota. The Rothamsted Long-term Experiments National Capability is supported by UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Grant BBS/E/C/000J0300 and the Lawes Agricultural Trust. This research was funded by Czech Science Foundation Grant GACR16-15012S and Czech Academy of Sciences Grant RVO 67985939. E.V. was funded by 2017 Program for Attracting and Retaining Talent of Comunidad de Madrid Grant 2017-T2/AMB-5406.

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2020
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26. Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year-to-year asynchrony

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Martin Schuetz, Eric Garnier, Hana Skálová, Martin Stock, Marc Estiarte, Marie Šmilauerová, Martin Zobel, Norbert Juergens, Karsten Wesche, Jiří Danihelka, Katja Klumpp, Wolfgang Schmidt, Josep Peñuelas, Ricardo Ibáñez, Christian Smit, Ute Schmiedel, Frédérique Louault, Begoña Peco, Ricardo García-González, Truman P. Young, Marta Rueda, Vigdis Vandvik, Thomas Galland, Fei-Hai Yu, Anna E-Vojtkó, Ben A. Woodcock, Daniel Gómez, Petr Šmilauer, Enrique Valencia, Tomáš Herben, Luisa Conti, Jürgen Dengler, Rob H. Marrs, Meelis Pärtel, Gábor Ónodi, Lars Götzenberger, Miklós Kertész, James Val, Francesco de Bello, Susan Harrison, David J. Eldridge, Anke Jentsch, Robin J. Pakeman, Minghua Song, Jan Lepš, Smit group, 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, Lepš, J., Galland, Thomas, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Götzenberger, L., Universidad Rey Juan Carlos [Madrid] (URJC), University of South Bohemia, Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Zürich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Universität Bayreuth, University of New South Wales [Sydney] (UNSW), CREAF - Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón [Saragoza, España] (ICMA-CSIC), University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California (UC), Charles University [Prague] (CU), Clínica Universidad de Navarra [Pamplona], Hamburg University of Applied Sciences [Hamburg], MTA-ELTE Research Group for Geology, Geophysics and Space Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l'Ecosystème Prairial - UMR (UREP), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Liverpool, The James Hutton Institute, University of Tartu, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Centro Nacional de Biotecnología [Madrid] (CNB-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen), Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf = University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf [Hamburg] (UKE), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (BIOLOGY CENTRE CAS), Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences [Groningen] (GELIFES), University of Groningen [Groningen], Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), Wadden Sea Centre, University of Bergen (UiB), Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Taizhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of California, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Biocomputing Unit [Madrid], Georg-August-University [Göttingen], 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], and Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900]

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0106 biological sciences, Asynchrony, Biodiversity, DIVERSITY, Plant Science, Biology, Year-to-year fluctuation, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Ecology and Environment, Year‐to‐year fluctuation, RICHNESS, Statistics, Ecosystem, Temporal dynamics, 577: Ökologie, Relative species abundance, year-to-year fluctuation, 2. Zero hunger, Ecology, STABILITY, temporal dynamics, synchrony, Plant community, Moving window, 15. Life on land, Population variability, COMMUNITY, Synchrony, 13. Climate action, COMPENSATORY DYNAMICS, BIODIVERSITY, Species richness, asynchrony, Quadrat, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Stability, 010606 plant biology & botany
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 community stability might have overemphasised the role of compensatory dynamics in real‐world ecosystems, and particularly in manipulative conditions, when not considering the possible overriding effects of long‐term directional trends., We thank multiple entities for the financial support necessary to obtain the different databases: the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant numbers DEB‐8114302, DEB‐8811884, DEB‐9411972, DEB‐0080382, DEB‐0620652, DEB‐1234162, DEB‐9707477, DEB‐0316402, DEB‐08‐16453, and DEB‐12‐56034, DEB‐0618210, the Nutrient Network (http://www.nutnet.org) experiment from the National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (NSF‐DEB‐1042132), the New Zealand National Vegetation Survey Databank, the Spanish MINECO (Project CGL2014‐53789‐R), the Madrid Regional Government (Projects REMEDINAL‐3 and REMEDINAL‐TE), the European Research Council Synergy grant 610028 (IMBALANCE‐P), the Institute on the Environment (DG‐0001‐13), the SOERE‐ACBB financed through French National Agency for Research (ANAEE‐F, ANR‐11‐INBS‐0001), the Estonian Research Council (IUT 20‐28, IUT 20‐29), Czech Science Foundation (GAČR 17‐05506S and 19‐28491X), the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence EcolChange), the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) for a grant to the NABU Hamburg (management experiment Calamagrostis epigejos), and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the framework of the project BIOTA Southern Africa (promotion numbers 01LC0024, 01LC0024A and 01LC0624A2), Task 159 of SASSCAL (promotion number 01LG1201) and the Scottish Government's Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services division. Acknowledgement Data owned by NERC© Database Right/Copyright NERC. Further support was provided by the Jornada Basin Long‐Term Ecological Research (LTER) project, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve and the University of Minnesota. We also thank the Lawes Agricultural Trust and Rothamsted Research for data from the e‐RA database. The Rothamsted Long‐term Experiments National Capability (LTE‐NCG) is supported by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Grant BBS/E/C/000J0300) and the Lawes Agricultural Trust.

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2020
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27. The neglected importance of floral traits in trait‐based plant community assembly

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Walter Durka, Lars Götzenberger, Francesco de Bello, Ingolf Kühn, Anna E-Vojtkó, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Bello, Francesco de, Durka, Walter, Kühn, Ingolf, Götzenberger, L., E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Durka, Walter [0000-0002-6611-2246], Kühn, Ingolf [0000-0003-1691-8249], and Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900]

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0106 biological sciences, media_common.quotation_subject, Plant Science, Biology, Functional diversity, Plant–pollinator interactions, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Competition (biology), media_common, Ecology, Reproductive success, Competition, Community assembly, Trait based, fungi, food and beverages, Plant community, Facilitation, Trophic interactions, 010606 plant biology & botany
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Aims: Floral traits are frequently studied in population biology and evolutionary ecology but are rarely considered in functional trait-based studies focusing on the assembly of communities. We address this gap in trait-based community assembly by synthesizing the existing literature on processes driving floral and pollination-related trait patterns at community scales. We highlight limitations of the field due to lack of data and suggest potential directions of future research. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search collating studies that investigated floral traits in the context of plant community assembly, which allowed us to synthesize the current state of the art and point out important gaps in our knowledge. Conclusions: The literature review shows that including pollination-related traits in community assembly studies can shed new light on species coexistence patterns not accounted for by other types of traits. The synthesis presented here shows the diversity of approaches and existing techniques which can generate a step forward in this open field of research. What currently seems to hinder comprehensive analyses of floral traits at community levels is the lack of data, particularly in existing large repositories for traits worldwide, as well as a gap in linking modern coexistence theory with floral traits., Akademie Věd České Republiky. Grant Number: RVO 67985939 Grantová Agentura České Republiky. Grant Number: GACR 16‐15012S

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2020

29. Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability worldwide

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

Abstract

SummaryEcological 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, specially across different ecosystems.To address this, we compiled a global collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (>7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a wide range of habitats and combined this with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits and multivariate axes of trait variations (PCoA axes).We found that species with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were consistently more stable over time (lower variability in species abundance) although other leaf traits played a significant role as well, albeit weaker. Using multivariate axes did not improve predictions by specific traits.Our results confirm existing theory, providing compelling empirical evidence on the importance of specific traits, which point at ecological trade-offs in different resource use and dispersal strategies, on the stability of plant populations worldwide.

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30. 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.

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31. Floral and reproductive traits are an independent dimension within the plant economic spectrum of temperate central Europe

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Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Austrian Science Fund, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Junker, Robert R., de Bello, Francesco, Götzenberger, Lars, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Austrian Science Fund, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Junker, Robert R., de Bello, Francesco, and Götzenberger, Lars

Abstract

Major dimensions of plant ecological strategies have been widely studied bringing forward the concept of ‘economic spectra’ of plants. Sexual reproductive traits, ‘floral traits’, have been largely neglected in this context, despite their strong link to fitness. Here, we aimed at integrating floral traits into the dimensionality of plant form and function so far dominated by vegetative traits. We used principal component analyses and constructed trait networks to assess the correlation structure of leaf, belowground, plant size-related, and floral traits. We studied forbs within two independent datasets; one compiled from central European trait databases and one sampled in the Austrian Alps. Floral traits defined the second dimension of trait variability within both datasets, while plant size determined the first dimension. Floral traits were largely independent from the leaf economic spectrum. Flower size, however, positively scaled with plant size and leaf size. Mating system was the most well-connected trait across modules of plant tissue/organ types. The independence of floral traits was consistent also after accounting for phylogenetic relationships between species. Floral traits explained a unique part of the variation in plant form and function and thus, likely play a distinctive ecological role within the whole plant economic spectrum.

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2022

32. LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

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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.

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2022

33. Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability worldwide

Author

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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34. LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

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Marta Gaia Sperandii, Francesco de Bello, Enrique Valencia, Lars Götzenberger, Manuele Bazzichetto, Thomas Galland, Anna E‐Vojtkó, Luisa Conti, Peter B. Adler, Hannah Buckley, Jiří Danihelka, Nicola J. Day, Jürgen Dengler, David J. Eldridge, Marc Estiarte, Ricardo García‐González, Eric Garnier, Daniel Gómez‐García, Lauren Hallett, Susan Harrison, Tomas Herben, Ricardo Ibáñez, Anke Jentsch, Norbert Juergens, Miklós Kertész, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Katja Klumpp, Mike Le Duc, Frédérique Louault, Rob H. Marrs, Gábor Ónodi, Robin J. Pakeman, Meelis Pärtel, Begoña Peco, Josep Peñuelas, Marta Rueda, Wolfgang Schmidt, Ute Schmiedel, Martin Schuetz, Hana Skalova, Petr Šmilauer, Marie Šmilauerová, Christian Smit, Ming‐Hua Song, Martin Stock, James Val, Vigdis Vandvik, Karsten Wesche, Susan K. Wiser, Ben A. Woodcock, Truman P. Young, Fei‐Hai Yu, Amelia A. Wolf, Martin Zobel, Jan Lepš, Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificacion (CIDE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos [Madrid] (URJC), Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA CESKE BUDEJOVICE CZE, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Utah State University (USU), Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Victoria University of Wellington, Zürich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), University of New South Wales [Kensington], CREAF - Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologìa = Pyrenean Institute of Ecology [Zaragoza] (IPE - CSIC), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, United States, University of California (UC), Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Viniicna 7, 128 43 Praha 2, Universidad Pública de Navarra [Espagne] = Public University of Navarra (UPNA), University of Hamburg, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), University of Liverpool, Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l'Ecosystème Prairial - UMR (UREP), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), The James Hutton Institute, University of Tartu, Autonomous University of Madrid, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Ecology, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Universidad de Sevilla / University of Sevilla, Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Land-use [University of Göttingen] (CBL), Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences [Hamburg], Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, University of South Bohemia, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences [Groningen] (GELIFES), University of Groningen [Groningen], Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wadden Sea National Park of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Bergen (UiB), Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research [Lincoln], Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Taizhou University, University of Texas-Pan, Smit group, 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), South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses [University of South Bohemia] (CENAKVA), Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia], University of South Bohemia -University of South Bohemia, Desertification Research Centre (CIDE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), University of Bayreuth, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), University of New South Wales [Sydney] (UNSW), Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Unit CREAF-CSIC-UABB, Global Ecology Unit (CREAF-CSIC-UAB), Université de Montpellier (UM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon [Eugene], University of Oregon [Eugene], Department of Computer Science [Univ California Davis] (CS - UC Davis), University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Charles University [Prague] (CU), Distributed Events Analysis Research Group (MTA SZTAKI Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Mpala Research Centre, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Institute of Computer Science [University of Tartu, Estonie], Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals - Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Partenaires INRAE, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (UCAS), Lake Ecosystems Group [Lancaster, U.K.] (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), Lancaster Environment Centre [Lancaster, U.K.], Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou, China, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Texas (ECE), University of Texas at Austin [Austin], ANR-11-INBS-0001,ANAEE-FR,ANAEE-Services(2011), Sperandii, M. G., de Bello, F., Valencia, E., Gotzenberger, L., Bazzichetto, M., Galland, T., E-Vojtko, A., Conti, L., Adler, P. B., Buckley, H., Danihelka, J., Day, N. J., Dengler, J., Eldridge, D. J., Estiarte, M., Garcia-Gonzalez, R., Garnier, E., Gomez-Garcia, D., Hallett, L., Harrison, S., Herben, T., Ibanez, R., Jentsch, A., Juergens, N., Kertesz, M., Kimuyu, D. M., Klumpp, K., Le Duc, M., Louault, F., Marrs, R. H., Onodi, G., Pakeman, R. J., Partel, M., Peco, B., Penuelas, J., Rueda, M., Schmidt, W., Schmiedel, U., Schuetz, M., Skalova, H., Smilauer, P., Smilauerova, M., Smit, C., Song, M. -H., Stock, M., Val, J., Vandvik, V., Wesche, K., Wiser, S. K., Woodcock, B. A., Young, T. P., Yu, F. -H., Wolf, A. A., Zobel, M., and Leps, J.

Subjects
Plant communities, temporal analysis, Plant community, Plant Science, ecological succession, Permanent plot, ecoinformatic, plant communitie, Ecology and Environment, ecoinformatics, vegetation, Ecological succession, Ecoinformatics, Global scale, 577: Ökologie, time-serie, Vegetation, ecosystem stability, Ecology, time-series, Temporal analysis, permanent plot, plant diversity, plant communities, temporal analysi, 580: Pflanzen (Botanik), Plant diversity, global scale, Ecosystem stability, Permanent plots, Time-series, permanent plots, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
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., The authors acknowledge institutional support as follows. Nicola J. Day: Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand (Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellowship). Jiří Danihelka: Czech Science Foundation (project no. 19-28491X) and Czech Academy of Sciences (project no. RVO 67985939). Francesco de Bello: Spanish Plan Nacional de I+D+i (project PGC2018-099027-B-I00). Eric Garnier: La Fage INRA experimental station. Tomáš Herben: GAČR grant 20-02901S. Anke Jentsch: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant 031B0516C - SUSALPS) and Oberfrankenstiftung (grant OFS FP00237). Norbert Juergens: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant 01LG1201N - SASSCAL ABC). Frédérique Louault and Katja Klumpp: AnaEE-France (ANR-11-INBS-0001). Robin J. Pakeman: Strategic Research Programme of the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division. Meelis Pärtel: Estonian Research Council (PRG609) and European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence EcolChange). Josep Peñuelas: Spanish Government (grant PID2019-110521GB-I00), Fundación Ramon Areces (grant ELEMENTAL-CLIMATE), Catalan Government (grant SGR 2017-1005), and European Research Council (Synergy grant ERC-SyG-2013-610028, IMBALANCE-P). Ute Schmiedel: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Promotion numbers 01LC0024, 01LC0024A, 01LC0624A2, 01LG1201A, 01LG1201N). Hana Skálová: GAČR grant 20-02901S. Karsten Wesche: International Institute Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden. Susan K. Wiser: New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment’s Strategic Science Investment Fund. Ben A. Woodcock: NERC and BBSRC (NE/N018125/1 LTS-M ASSIST - Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems). Enrique Valencia: Program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (no. 2017-T2/AMB-5406) and Community of Madrid and Rey Juan Carlos University (Young Researchers R&D Project. Ref. M2165 – INTRANESTI). Truman P. Young: National Science Foundation (LTREB DEB 19-31224).

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

37. The neglected importance of floral traits in trait‐based plant community assembly

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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Durka, Walter [0000-0002-6611-2246], Kühn, Ingolf [0000-0003-1691-8249], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], E‐Vojtkó, Anna, de Bello, Francesco, Durka, Walter, Kühn, Ingolf, Götzenberger, Lars, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Durka, Walter [0000-0002-6611-2246], Kühn, Ingolf [0000-0003-1691-8249], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], E‐Vojtkó, Anna, de Bello, Francesco, Durka, Walter, Kühn, Ingolf, and Götzenberger, Lars

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Aims: Floral traits are frequently studied in population biology and evolutionary ecology but are rarely considered in functional trait-based studies focusing on the assembly of communities. We address this gap in trait-based community assembly by synthesizing the existing literature on processes driving floral and pollination-related trait patterns at community scales. We highlight limitations of the field due to lack of data and suggest potential directions of future research. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search collating studies that investigated floral traits in the context of plant community assembly, which allowed us to synthesize the current state of the art and point out important gaps in our knowledge. Conclusions: The literature review shows that including pollination-related traits in community assembly studies can shed new light on species coexistence patterns not accounted for by other types of traits. The synthesis presented here shows the diversity of approaches and existing techniques which can generate a step forward in this open field of research. What currently seems to hinder comprehensive analyses of floral traits at community levels is the lack of data, particularly in existing large repositories for traits worldwide, as well as a gap in linking modern coexistence theory with floral traits.

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2020

38. 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, Wolf, Amelia A., additional, Zobel, Martin, additional, and Lepš, Jan, additional

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

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

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0106 biological sciences, Resource (biology), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecology (disciplines), Biodiversity, Sampling (statistics), Plant community, Ecological succession, Vegetation, 15. Life on land, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Plant ecology, Geography, Physical geography, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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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 vascular plants in permanent plots. With 79 datasets from five continents and 7789 vegetation time-series monitored for at least six 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.

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2021
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41. Iris sibirica has unusual, practically non-different heat tolerance of PSII at different geographical exposures on the Bükk-plateau (North-Hungary)

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Sándor Dulai, Dóra Szopkó, Ammar Allem, Réka Tarnai, András Vojtkó, Anna E-Vojtkó, and Dóra Salamon

Subjects
Heat tolerance, Paleontology, geography, medicine.anatomical_structure, Plateau, geography.geographical_feature_category, medicine, General Medicine, Iris (anatomy), Geology
Abstract

Heat tolerance of photosystem II (PSII) was examined in Siberian flag (Iris sibirica L.) living in different microhabitats of a non-forested enclosed depression surface (doline) on the Bükk-plateau. Although the microclimatic parameters of the habitats with different facing sites show sharp contrasts, there was no significant difference between the heat tolerance of PSII in leaves of I. sibirica growing in these expositions neither in dark- nor in light-adapted state.

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2020
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42. Carbon forms, nutrients and water velocity filter hydrophyte and riverbank species differently: A trait‐based study

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Lars Götzenberger, Anna E-Vojtkó, Tibor Erős, Sandor Szabo, V Attila Molnár, and Balázs András Lukács

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0106 biological sciences, Ecology, Specific leaf area, Aquatic ecosystem, Plant community, Plant Science, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Macrophyte, Aquatic plant, Trait, Ecosystem, Terrestrial ecosystem, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

QUESTIONS: The majority of theories of trait‐based plant community assembly have been developed and tested predominantly in terrestrial ecosystems. Studies investigating the functional trait composition of aquatic plant communities and their relation to environmental determinants remain scarce. Macrophytes are essential components of aquatic ecosystems, and a more detailed knowledge of their trait‐based assembly is crucial for their management. We identified how plant functional traits respond to environmental gradients in streams and rivers. LOCATION: Danube River Catchment, Hungary. METHODS: We studied the processes governing community assembly along major environmental gradients related to carbon‐ and nutrient‐limiting factors as well as physical strain. We used six continuous traits (leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, seed weight, seed shape, woodiness) and calculated community‐weighted mean and standardised effect size of functional diversity for each community. We then used stepwise regression analyses for each trait along the environmental gradients to test which environmental factors explain the changes in community‐weighted mean and functional diversity. All analyses were conducted for aquatic (hydato‐helophyte) and riverbank species separately. RESULTS: We found that the effect of environmental filtering significantly increased toward higher pH, indicating the response of functional traits to carbon limitation. Our results showed trait convergence among riverbank species in rivers with higher productivity. Larger functional diversity (i.e., trait divergence) among hydato‐helophyte species suggests an increase in the diversity of resource acquisition strategies under higher productivity. CONCLUSIONS: Here, we have shown that the functional trait distribution of aquatic and riverbank plant communities responds to major environmental drivers related to nutrient and carbon availability. The understanding of how community assembly mechanisms varied along environmental gradients might be useful when proposing future management and restoration plans and actions towards the conservation of the aquatic vegetation in streams and rivers.

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2019
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44. Effects of different types of low‐intensity management on plant‐pollinator interactions in Estonian grasslands

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Motivans Švara, Elena, primary, Ştefan, Valentin, additional, Sossai, Esther, additional, Feldmann, Reinart, additional, Aguilon, Dianne Joy, additional, Bontsutsnaja, Anna, additional, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, additional, Kilian, Isabel C., additional, Lang, Piret, additional, Mõtlep, Marilin, additional, Prangel, Elisabeth, additional, Viljur, Mari‐Liis, additional, Knight, Tiffany M., additional, and Neuenkamp, Lena, additional

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2021
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45. 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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46. Colonization resistance and establishment success along gradients of functional and phylogenetic diversity in experimental plant communities

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Czech Science Foundation, European Commission, Estonian Research Council, Comunidad de Madrid, Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Adeux, Guillaume [0000-0003-0903-391X], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Orbán, Ildikó [0000-0003-1547-675X], Lussu, Michele [0000-0002-1313-4732], Puy, J. [0000-0002-6422-2791], Blažek, Petr [0000-0002-0901-4578], Lanta, Vojtech [0000-0003-4484-3838], Lepš, J.[0000-0002-4822-7429], Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], Galland, Thomas, Adeux, Guillaume, Dvořáková, Hana, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Orbán, Ildikó, Lussu, Michele, Puy, J., Blažek, Petr, Lanta, Vojtech, Lepš, J., de Bello, Francesco, Carmona, Carlos P., Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Czech Science Foundation, European Commission, Estonian Research Council, Comunidad de Madrid, Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Adeux, Guillaume [0000-0003-0903-391X], E‐Vojtkó, Anna [0000-0001-6370-680X], Orbán, Ildikó [0000-0003-1547-675X], Lussu, Michele [0000-0002-1313-4732], Puy, J. [0000-0002-6422-2791], Blažek, Petr [0000-0002-0901-4578], Lanta, Vojtech [0000-0003-4484-3838], Lepš, J.[0000-0002-4822-7429], Bello, Francesco de [0000-0001-9202-8198], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Götzenberger, L. [0000-0003-3040-2900], Galland, Thomas, Adeux, Guillaume, Dvořáková, Hana, E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Orbán, Ildikó, Lussu, Michele, Puy, J., Blažek, Petr, Lanta, Vojtech, Lepš, J., de Bello, Francesco, Carmona, Carlos P., Valencia, Enrique, and Götzenberger, Lars

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Functional and phylogenetic diversity (FD and PD respectively) of the resident community are expected to exert a key role in community resistance to colonization by surrounding species, and their establishment success. However, few studies have explored this topic experimentally or evaluated the interactive effects of these diversity measures. We implemented a diversity experiment to disentangle the role of FD and PD by sowing mixtures of 6 species, drawn from a pool of 19 species naturally coexisting in central European mesic meadows. The mixtures were designed to cover four independent combinations of high and low FD and PD. Species covers were estimated in spring and late summer over two growing seasons. We then assessed the establishment success of colonizers as a function of their mean traits and phylogenetic distance to the resident (i.e. sown) communities, as well as the resistance of the resident communities to natural colonizers as a function of their functional and phylogenetic structure. Results generally indicated a temporal shift regarding which trait values made a colonizer successful, from an acquisitive strategy in early stages to a more conservative trait syndrome in later stages. FD decreased community resistance to natural colonization. However, PD tempered this effect: with high PD, FD was not significant, suggesting complementary information between these two components of biodiversity. On average, colonizing species were more functionally distant from the resident species in sown communities with high functional diversity, i.e. those that were more colonized. Synthesis. Our results confirm an interplay between FD and PD during community assembly processes, namely resistance to colonizers, suggesting that these two descriptors of biodiversity only partially overlap in their contribution to the overall ecological structure of a community. The hypothesis that higher FD increases resistance through a more complete use of resources was challenged. R

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2019

47. Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle

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Maria Májeková, Luisa Conti, Alicia Montesinos-Navarro, Lauren M. Hallett, Christiane Roscher, Juli G. Pausas, Thomas Galland, Eric Garnier, Miguel Verdú, Sandra Lavorel, Jan Lepš, Marta Goberna, Lars Götzenberger, Francesco de Bello, Enrique Valencia, Anna E-Vojtkó, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) (CSIC), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of South Bohemia, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Generalitat Valenciana, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), and Comunidad de Madrid

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0106 biological sciences, Functional diversity and redundancy, Population, Biodiversity, Insurance effect, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Ecosystem services, Economics, Ecosystem, education, Empirical evidence, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Ecological stability, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Environmental resource management, Global change, 15. Life on land, Community weighted mean, Compensatory dynamics, Phenotype, 13. Climate action, Trait probability density, Trait, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, business, 010606 plant biology & botany
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Under global change, how biological diversity and ecosystem services are maintained in time is a fundamental question. Ecologists have long argued about multiple mechanisms by which local biodiversity might control the temporal stability of ecosystem properties. Accumulating theories and empirical evidence suggest that, together with different population and community parameters, these mechanisms largely operate through differences in functional traits among organisms. We review potential trait-stability mechanisms together with underlying tests and associated metrics. We identify various trait-based components, each accounting for different stability mechanisms, that contribute to buffering, or propagating, the effect of environmental fluctuations on ecosystem functioning. This comprehensive picture, obtained by combining different puzzle pieces of trait-stability effects, will guide future empirical and modeling investigations., This study is the result of an international workshop financed by the Valencian government in Spain (Generalitat Valenciana, reference AORG/2018/) and was supported by Spanish Plan Nacional de I+D+i (project PGC2018-099027-B-I00). E.V. was supported by the 2017 program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (no. 2017-T2/ AMB-5406).

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2020
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48. Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle

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Bello, Francesco de, Lavorel, Sandra, Hallett, Lauren, Valencia Gómez, Enrique, Garnier, Eric, Roscher, Christiane, Conti, Luisa, Galland, Thomas, Goberna, Marta, Májeková, Maria, Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Pausas, Juli, Verdú, Miguel, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, Jan, Bello, Francesco de, Lavorel, Sandra, Hallett, Lauren, Valencia Gómez, Enrique, Garnier, Eric, Roscher, Christiane, Conti, Luisa, Galland, Thomas, Goberna, Marta, Májeková, Maria, Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Pausas, Juli, Verdú, Miguel, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Götzenberger, Lars, and Lepš, Jan

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Acknowledgments This study is the result of an international workshop financed by the Valencian government in Spain (Generalitat Valenciana, reference AORG/2018/) and was supported by Spanish Plan Nacional de I+D+i (project PGC2018-099027-B-I00). E.V. was supported by the 2017 program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (no. 2017-T2/ AMB-5406)., Under global change, how biological diversity and ecosystem services are maintained in time is a fundamental question. Ecologists have long argued about multiple mechanisms by which local biodiversity might control the temporal stability of ecosystem properties. Accumulating theories and empirical evidence suggest that, together with different population and community parameters, these mechanisms largely operate through differences in functional traits among organisms. We review potential trait-stability mechanisms together with underlying tests and associated metrics. We identify various trait-based components, each accounting for different stability mechanisms, that contribute to buffering, or propagating, the effect of environmental fluctuations on ecosystem functioning. This comprehensive picture, obtained by combining different puzzle pieces of trait-stability effects, will guide future empirical and modeling investigations., Comunidad de Madrid, Generalitat Valenciana, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Depto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Fac. de Ciencias Biológicas, TRUE, pub

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2021

49. Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle

Author

Generalitat Valenciana, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Comunidad de Madrid, de Bello, Francesco, Lavorel, Sandra, Hallett, Lauren, Valencia, Enrique, Garnier, Eric, Roscher, Christiane, Conti, Luisa, Galland, Thomas, Goberna, M., Majekova, M., Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Pausas, J. G., Verdú, Miguel, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., Generalitat Valenciana, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Comunidad de Madrid, de Bello, Francesco, Lavorel, Sandra, Hallett, Lauren, Valencia, Enrique, Garnier, Eric, Roscher, Christiane, Conti, Luisa, Galland, Thomas, Goberna, M., Majekova, M., Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Pausas, J. G., Verdú, Miguel, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Götzenberger, Lars, and Lepš, J.

Abstract

Under global change, how biological diversity and ecosystem services are maintained in time is a fundamental question. Ecologists have long argued about multiple mechanisms by which local biodiversity might control the temporal stability of ecosystem properties. Accumulating theories and empirical evidence suggest that, together with different population and community parameters, these mechanisms largely operate through differences in functional traits among organisms. We review potential trait-stability mechanisms together with underlying tests and associated metrics. We identify various trait-based components, each accounting for different stability mechanisms, that contribute to buffering, or propagating, the effect of environmental fluctuations on ecosystem functioning. This comprehensive picture, obtained by combining different puzzle pieces of trait-stability effects, will guide future empirical and modeling investigations.

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2021

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

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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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