Functional trait analysis reveals the hidden stability of multitrophic communities.

ABSTRACT: Although important for understanding how ecosystems will fare with increasing global change, the relationship between diversity and stability in multitrophic communities is still debated. Our best understanding comes from work within competitive guilds, where the relationship between stability and functional diversity is generally positive and also more direct and mechanistic than the relationship with species diversity. To expand our understanding, there is a need to examine empirically how functional trait identity relates to spatial and temporal stability within multitrophic communities relative to species identity. Here, we measured 13 functional traits of six coastal pond fish communities to examine temporal and spatial community stability through the lenses of functional trait divers

SUBMITTER: Yeager ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848122 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature