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| Escalas, Arthur; Hale, Lauren; Voordeckers, James W.; Yang, Yunfeng; Firestone, Mary K.; Alvarez‐cohen, Lisa; Zhou, Jizhong. |
| Functional diversity is increasingly recognized by microbial ecologists as the essential link between biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, determining the trophic relationships and interactions between microorganisms, their participation in biogeochemical cycles, and their responses to environmental changes. Consequently, its definition and quantification have practical and theoretical implications. In this opinion paper, we present a synthesis on the concept of microbial functional diversity from its definition to its application. Initially, we revisit to the original definition of functional diversity, highlighting two fundamental aspects, the ecological unit under study and the functional traits used to characterize it. Then, we discuss how... |
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Palavras-chave: Functional diversity; Functional traits; Microbial communities; Theoretical frameworks of diversity; Trait-based ecology. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69631/67487.pdf |
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| Hadj-hammou, Jeneen; Mouillot, David; Graham, Nicholas A. J.. |
| The response-and-effect framework is a trait-based approach that seeks to break down the mechanistic links between ecosystem disturbances, species' traits, and ecosystem processes. We apply this framework to a review of the literature on coral reef fish traits, in order to illustrate the research landscape and structure a path forward for the field. Traits were categorized into five broad groupings: behavioral, life history, morphological, diet, and physiological. Overall, there are fewer studies linking effect traits to ecosystem processes (number of papers on herbivory, n = 14; predation, n = 12; bioerosion, n = 2; nutrient cycling, n = 0) than there are linking response traits to disturbances (climate change, n = 26; fishing, n = 20; pollution, n = 4).... |
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Palavras-chave: Ecosystem processes; Environmental disturbances; Functional diversity; Coral reef ecology; Ecosystem function; Trait-based ecology; Systematic review. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00688/79975/82919.pdf |
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