Univariate Community Assembly Analysis (UniCAA): Combining hierarchical models with null models to test the influence of spatially restricted dispersal, environmental filtering, and stochasticity on community assembly
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4868
Abstract: Abstract Identifying the influence of stochastic processes and of deterministic processes, such as dispersal of individuals of different species and trait‐based environmental filtering, has long been a challenge in studies of community assembly. Here, we… read more here.
Keywords: community assembly; restricted dispersal; community; spatially restricted ... See more keywords
No evidence for environmental filtering of cavity‐nesting solitary bees and wasps by urbanization using trap nests
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9360
Abstract: Abstract Spatial patterns in biodiversity are used to establish conservation priorities and ecosystem management plans. The environmental filtering of communities along urbanization gradients has been used to explain biodiversity patterns but demonstrating filtering requires precise… read more here.
Keywords: bees wasps; evidence environmental; environmental filtering; cavity nesting ... See more keywords
Interaction of seed dispersal and environmental filtering affects woody encroachment patterns in coastal grassland
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2818
Abstract: Encroachment of woody plants into grasslands has occurred worldwide and includes coastal ecosystems. This conversion process is mediated by seed dispersal patterns, environmental filtering, and biotic interactions. As spatiotemporally heterogeneous, harsh environments, barrier islands present… read more here.
Keywords: woody encroachment; dispersal; seed dispersal; seed ... See more keywords
Linking patterns and processes of tree community assembly across spatial scales in tropical montane forests.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3058
Abstract: Many studies have tried to assess the role of both deterministic and stochastic processes in community assembly, yet a lack of consensus exists on which processes are more prevalent and at which spatial scales they… read more here.
Keywords: community assembly; spatial scales; community; tropical montane ... See more keywords
Species’ traits do not converge on optimum values in preferred habitats
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-4041-y
Abstract: Plant trait expression is shaped by filters, which can alter trait means and variances, theoretically driving species toward an “optimum” trait value for a set of environmental conditions. Recent research has highlighted the ubiquity of… read more here.
Keywords: trait; core habitats; species traits; traits converge ... See more keywords
Ecological uniqueness of macroinvertebrate communities in high-latitude streams is a consequence of deterministic environmental filtering processes
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DOI: 10.1007/s10452-017-9642-3
Abstract: Variation in biological communities is a consequence of stochastic and deterministic factors. Examining the relative importance of these factors helps to understand variation in the whole biodiversity in a region. We examined the roles of… read more here.
Keywords: high latitude; filtering processes; macroinvertebrate communities; environmental filtering ... See more keywords
Environmental filtering underpins the island species—area relationship in a subtropical anthropogenic archipelago
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13272
Abstract: Numerous mechanisms have been proposed to explain the island species–area relationship (ISAR), including the passive sampling effect, the habitat diversity effect, ecological drift and a group of mechanisms jointly termed environmental filtering (or abiotic selection… read more here.
Keywords: area; environmental filtering; island species; area relationship ... See more keywords
Environmental filtering increases with elevation for the assembly of gut microbiota in wild pikas
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DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13450
Abstract: Despite their important roles in host nutrition, metabolism and adaptability, the knowledge on how the mammalian gut microbial community assemble is relatively scanty, especially regarding the ecological mechanisms that govern microbiota along environmental gradients. To… read more here.
Keywords: pikas; microbiota wild; gut microbiota; elevation ... See more keywords
A spatially explicit trait-based approach uncovers changes in assembly processes under warming.
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DOI: 10.1111/ele.14225
Abstract: The re-assembly of plant communities during climate warming depends on several concurrent processes. Here, we present a novel framework that integrates spatially explicit sampling, plant trait information and a warming experiment to quantify shifts in… read more here.
Keywords: assembly processes; spatially explicit; trait; environmental filtering ... See more keywords
Tracking wetland community evolution using Diptera taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic structure
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DOI: 10.1111/icad.12271
Abstract: Different processes drive spatial variation in community composition. Standard measures of composition are useful in species‐based conservation and ecology, but they may be less informative in the context of evolutionary history and functional diversity. Functional… read more here.
Keywords: functional phylogenetic; wetland; diversity; community ... See more keywords
Environmental filtering by pH and soil nutrients drives community assembly in fungi at fine spatial scales
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14414
Abstract: Whether niche processes, like environmental filtering, or neutral processes, like dispersal limitation, are the primary forces driving community assembly is a central question in ecology. Here, we use a natural experimental system of isolated tree… read more here.
Keywords: spatial scales; community; soil; fine spatial ... See more keywords