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Maire, Eva; Villeger, Sebastien; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Cinner, Joshua; Ferse, Sebastian C. A.; Aliaume, Catherine; Booth, David J.; Feary, David A.; Kulbicki, Michel; Sandin, Stuart A.; Vigliola, Laurent; Mouillot, David. |
Determining whether many functionally complementary species or only a subset of key species are necessary to maintain ecosystem functioning and services is a critical question in community ecology and biodiversity conservation. Identifying such key species remains challenging, especially in the tropics where many species co-occur and can potentially support the same or different processes. Here, we developed a new community-wide scan CWS) approach, analogous to the genome-wide scan, to identify fish species that significantly contribute, beyond the socio-environmental and species richness effects, to the biomass and coral cover on Indo-Pacific reefs. We found that only a limited set of species (51 out of approx. 400, = approx. 13%), belonging to various... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem functioning; Biodiversity; Fish community; Key species; Ecosystem services; Coral reefs. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00452/56388/68019.pdf |
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