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The inherent multidimensionality of temporal variability: how common and rare species shape stability patterns.


ABSTRACT: Empirical knowledge of diversity-stability relationships is mostly based on the analysis of temporal variability. Variability, however, often depends on external factors that act as disturbances, which makes comparisons across systems difficult to interpret. Here, we show how variability can reveal inherent stability properties of ecological communities. This requires that we abandon one-dimensional representations, in which a single variability measurement is taken as a proxy for how stable a system is, and instead consider the whole set of variability values generated by all possible stochastic perturbations. Despite this complexity, in species-rich systems, a generic pattern emerges from community assembly, relating variability to the abundance of perturbed species. Strikingly, the contrasting contributions of different species abundance classes to variability, driven by different types of perturbations, can lead to opposite diversity-stability patterns. We conclude that a multidimensional perspective on variability helps reveal the dynamical richness of ecological systems and the underlying meaning of their stability patterns.

SUBMITTER: Arnoldi JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756922 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The inherent multidimensionality of temporal variability: how common and rare species shape stability patterns.

Arnoldi Jean-François JF   Loreau Michel M   Haegeman Bart B  

Ecology letters 20190716 10


Empirical knowledge of diversity-stability relationships is mostly based on the analysis of temporal variability. Variability, however, often depends on external factors that act as disturbances, which makes comparisons across systems difficult to interpret. Here, we show how variability can reveal inherent stability properties of ecological communities. This requires that we abandon one-dimensional representations, in which a single variability measurement is taken as a proxy for how stable a s  ...[more]

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