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Functional Alpha Diversity: A New Distance-Based Measurement Calculations Technique That Accounts for Intraspecific Variability
AbstractA new technique for assessing functional diversity is proposed, which is essentially a way to calculate Rao’s quadratic entropy. In contrast...
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Shrub alters the spatial patterns of nematode taxonomic and functional diversity on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Background and aimsShrub effect with climate change is known to alter alpha diversity of organism groups at the taxonomic level, but how it...
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Local-scale soil nematode diversity in a subtropical forest depends on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of neighbor trees
PurposeUnderstanding the impact of neighbor tree diversity on soil biodiversity at the individual tree scale and clarifying which facets of neighbor...
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Functional diversity of fish assemblages across a latitudinal gradient in coral ecosystems of the Mexican Tropical Pacific
Fishes are relevant indicators of reefs’ conservation status due to the wide variety of functions they perform in the ecosystem. Natural and...
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Land use intensification has extensive effects on the functional and phylogenetic diversity of neotropical ant communities
The effects of land-use change on biodiversity can be idiosyncratic, varying not only across taxa and land-use type, but also between different...
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Exploring urban remnant forest soil bacterial diversity responses to woody plant leaf functional traits
AimsWhile the factors that influence aboveground biodiversity in urban remnant forests are well-established, the key factors that affect underground...
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Site dependence of local variations in taxonomic and functional diversity of plant communities in semi-natural dry grasslands
Grasslands represent biodiversity hotspots in temperate Europe and, for this reason, have been extensively studied in the last century. As diversity...
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Dryland reservoirs support greater taxonomic and functional beta diversity of zooplankton regardless of hydrological period
More heterogeneous environments allow for greater availability of ecological niches, thus favoring greater species diversity. However, it is not yet...
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Climatic water availability modifies tree functional diversity effects on soil organic carbon storage in European forests
Forest stand and environmental factors influence soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, but little is known about their relative impacts in different...
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River–lake connectivity, wetland, and human stress factors shape fish diversity (alpha and beta) patterns in the middle and lower Yangtze River, China
ContextAlterations of landscapes and riverscapes by humans have fundamentally altered patterns in freshwater biodiversity throughout the world’s...
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A Matter of Metals: Copper but Not Cadmium Affects the Microbial Alpha-Diversity of Soils and Sediments — a Meta-analysis
Heavy metal (HM) accumulation in soil affects plants and soil fauna, yet the effect on microbial alpha-diversity remains unclear, mainly due to the...
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Structural and functional diversity of type IV secretion systems
Considerable progress has been made in recent years in the structural and molecular biology of type IV secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria....
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Termite species and functional diversity as determined by vegetation and edaphic characteristics in a savanna ecosystem
BackgroundSavanna ecosystems support a diversity of biota and are influenced by vegetation and edaphic characteristics, sha** resident communities....
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Influence of species invasion, seasonality, and connectivity on fish functional and taxonomic beta-diversity in a Neotropical floodplain
Studies that combine functional and taxonomic beta-diversity are essential for explaining some ecological processes, including the process of species...
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The functional diversity of microbial communities in the multi-compartment biofilters of shrimp mariculture effluents using 16S rRNA metabarcoding
Microbes play important roles in mariculture biofilter systems, such as biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and organic matter degradation. However,...
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Soil microbial richness and community composition are primarily mediated by functional trait diversity of fine roots in subtropical forests
AimsAlthough plant–microbial interactions are essential to sustain terrestrial ecosystem functions, root–microbial interactions remain poorly...
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The effects of co-invasion by three Asteraceae invasive alien species on plant taxonomic and functional diversity in herbaceous ruderal communities in southern Jiangsu, China
Invasive alien species can affect plant taxonomic and functional diversity. Multiple invasive alien species can co-invade the same plant community....
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Diversity and functional prediction of fungal communities in different segments of mongolian horse gastrointestinal tracts
BackgroundAnaerobic fungi are effective fibre-degrading microorganisms in the digestive tract of horses. However, our understanding of their...
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Increased bacterial taxonomic and functional diversity is associated with impaired rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in infants from India and Malawi
The immunogenicity and effectiveness of oral rotavirus vaccines (ORVs) against severe rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis are impaired in low- and...
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Functional diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in streams in mining areas located in the Eastern Amazon
The effects of mining-induced changes on natural environments extend from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems. Our study aimed to investigate how...
