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Intraspecific functional diversity of common species enhances community stability

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Title
Intraspecific functional diversity of common species enhances community stability
Published in
Ecology and Evolution, February 2017
DOI 10.1002/ece3.2721
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Connor M. Wood, Shawn T. McKinney, Cynthia S. Loftin

Abstract

Common species are fundamental to the structure and function of their communities and may enhance community stability through intraspecific functional diversity (iFD). We measured among-habitat and within-habitat iFD (i.e., among- and within-plant community types) of two common small mammal species using stable isotopes and functional trait dendrograms, determined whether iFD was related to short-term population stability and small mammal community stability, and tested whether spatially explicit trait filters helped explain observed patterns of iFD. Southern red-backed voles (Myodes gapperi) had greater iFD than deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), both among habitats, and within the plant community in which they were most abundant (their "primary habitat"). Peromyscus maniculatus populations across habitats differed significantly between years and declined 78% in deciduous forests, their primary habitat, as did the overall deciduous forest small mammal community. Myodes gapperi populations were stable across habitats and within coniferous forest, their primary habitat, as was the coniferous forest small mammal community. Generalized linear models representing internal trait filters (e.g., competition), which increase within-habitat type iFD, best explained variation in M. gapperi diet, while models representing internal filters and external filters (e.g., climate), which suppress within-habitat iFD, best explained P. maniculatus diet. This supports the finding that M. gapperi had higher iFD than P. maniculatus and is consistent with the theory that internal trait filters are associated with higher iFD than external filters. Common species with high iFD can impart a stabilizing influence on their communities, information that can be important for conserving biodiversity under environmental change.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 1%
Unknown 92 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 25%
Researcher 17 18%
Student > Master 16 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 8%
Student > Bachelor 5 5%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 15 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 49 53%
Environmental Science 14 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 2%
Physics and Astronomy 1 1%
Other 3 3%
Unknown 22 24%
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#15,173,117
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