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"Fournier B" Authored Publications:

Title Authors PubMed ID
1 Species compositions mediate biomass conservation: the case of lake fish communities Arranz I; Fournier B; Lester NP; Shuter BJ; Peres-Neto PR; 34905222
BIOLOGY
2 The spatial frequency of climatic conditions affects niche composition and functional diversity of species assemblages: the case of Angiosperms. Fournier B, Vázquez-Rivera H, Clappe S, Donelle L, Braga PHP, Peres-Neto PR 31749270
BIOLOGY
3 Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists. Singer D, Mitchell EAD, Payne RJ, Blandenier Q, Duckert C, Fernández LD, Fournier B, Hernández CE, Granath G, Rydin H, Bragazza L, Koronatova NG, Goia I, Harris LI, Kajukalo K, Kosakyan A, Lamentowicz M, Kosykh NP, Vellak K, Lara E 31055860
BIOLOGY

 

Title:The spatial frequency of climatic conditions affects niche composition and functional diversity of species assemblages: the case of Angiosperms.
Authors:Fournier B,  Vázquez-Rivera H,  Clappe S,  Donelle L,  Braga PHP,  Peres-Neto PR
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31749270?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1111/ele.13425
Publication:Ecology letters
Keywords:Angiosperms;  climate frequency;  climate heterogeneity;  functional diversity;  functional trait;  generalist;  niche breadth;  specialist; 
PMID:31749270 Category:Ecol Lett Date Added:2019-11-22
Dept Affiliation: BIOLOGY
1 Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France.
3 Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Villeurbanne, France.
4 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada.

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The spatial frequency of climatic conditions affects niche composition and functional diversity of species assemblages: the case of Angiosperms.

Ecol Lett. 2019 Nov 21;:

Authors: Fournier B, Vázquez-Rivera H, Clappe S, Donelle L, Braga PHP, Peres-Neto PR

Abstract

Climatic conditions vary in spatial frequency globally. Spatially rare climatic conditions provide fewer suitable environments than common ones and should impose constraints on the types of species present locally and regionally. We used data on 467 North American angiosperms to test the effects of the spatial frequency of climatic conditions on ecological niche specialisation and functional diversity. We predicted that rare climates should favour generalist species that are able to inhabit a broader range of climatic conditions. Our results show that climate frequency filters species that differ in niche breadths and rare environments host species combinations with greater functional diversity. The proposed analytical approaches and hypotheses can be adapted to investigate different aspects of ecological assemblies and their biodiversity. We discuss different mechanisms regarding how spatial frequency of environments can affect niche composition and functional diversity. These should be useful while developing theoretical frameworks for generating a deeper understanding of its underpinnings.

PMID: 31749270 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]




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