期刊
ECOLOGY LETTERS
卷 25, 期 2, 页码 330-343出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13926
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functional diversity; land use; terrestrial vertebrates; traits
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- Royal Society
Land-use change significantly impacts the functional diversity of vertebrate assemblages globally, with the strongest effects seen in the most disturbed land uses. Both tropical and temperate areas experience important functional losses, which are only partially offset by functional gains.
Land-use change is the leading driver of global biodiversity loss thus characterising its impacts on the functional structure of ecological communities is an urgent challenge. Using a database describing vertebrate assemblages in different land uses, we assess how the type and intensity of land use affect the functional diversity of vertebrates globally. We find that human land uses alter local functional structure by driving declines in functional diversity, with the strongest effects in the most disturbed land uses (intensely used urban sites, cropland and pastures), and among amphibians and birds. Both tropical and temperate areas experience important functional losses, which are only partially offset by functional gains. Tropical assemblages are more likely to show decreases in functional diversity that exceed those expected from species loss alone. Our results indicate that land-use change non-randomly reshapes the functional structure of vertebrate assemblages, raising concerns about the continuation of ecological processes sustained by vertebrates.
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