Taxonomic and functional diversity change is scale dependent.
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SUBMITTER: Jarzyna MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6028399 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
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Taxonomic and functional diversity change is scale dependent.
Jarzyna Marta A MA Jetz Walter W
Nature communications 20180702 1
Estimates of recent biodiversity change remain inconsistent, debated, and infrequently assessed for their functional implications. Here, we report that spatial scale and type of biodiversity measurement influence evidence of temporal biodiversity change. We show a pervasive scale dependence of temporal trends in taxonomic (TD) and functional (FD) diversity for an ~50-year record of avian assemblages from North American Breeding Bird Survey and a record of global extinctions. Average TD and FD in ...[more]
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