We are well aware that biological diversity plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and functionality of our natural world. The more diverse an ecosystem, the better we expect it to perform. Both the genetic and phenotypic variation within species are essential components contributing to the overall diversity among species. Within the DNA sequence, […]
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On the uniqueness of functional redundancy
Functional redundancy is gaining increasing attention in ecological studies as a critical element of biodiversity, potentially linked to ecosystems’ capacity to withstand environmental disturbances. While acknowledging that the conceptual and quantitative aspects of functional redundancy can be challenging, we aim to clarify various facets of this intriguing discussion. Our goal is to demonstrate that functional […]
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Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle
New paper out on the relationship between functional traits and the stability of species, communities and ecosystems, as a Featured Review in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. The paper is a result of a workshop organized in Valencia and financed by the Generalitat Valenciana. In the paper we show how researchers have started to connect, […]
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The webpage of LOTVS is live
The webpage of the Long Term Vegetation Sampling (LOTVS) initiative is now live! The page collects information about an initiative joining together a total of ~80 datasets around the World, with a total of ~8000 permanent vegetation plots, regularly sampled for at least 6 years. The resulting dataset is available upon request and resulted already […]
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