Linking species functional traits of terrestrial vertebrates and environmental filters: A case study in temperate mountain systems.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge on the relationships between species functional traits and environmental filters is key to understanding the mechanisms underlying the current patterns of biodiversity loss from a multi-taxa perspective. The aim of this study was to identify the main environmental factors driving the functional structure of a terrestrial vertebrate community (mammals, breeding birds, reptiles and amphibians) in a temperate mountain system (the Cantabrian Mountains; NW Spain). Based on the Spanish Inventory of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species, we selected three functional traits (feeding guild, habitat use type and daily activity) and defined, for each trait, a set of functional groups considering vertebrate species with common functional characteristics. The community functional structure was evalu

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Llamas P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366930 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature