Trait‐based ecology of terrestrial arthropods

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Trait‐based ecology of terrestrial arthropods
著者: Wong, Mark K. L. ; Guénard, Benoit ; Lewis, Owen T.
主題: Adaptation, Physiological ; Animal Distribution ; Animals ; ant ; Arthropoda ; Arthropods ; Arthropods - physiology ; Assembly ; bee ; Bees ; beetle ; Beetles ; Biodiversity ; Butterflies & moths ; butterfly ; Coexistence ; community assembly ; Ecological monitoring ; Ecology ; ecosystem function ; Ecosystems ; Environmental gradient ; functional diversity ; functional trait ; Functionals ; Heterotrophic organisms ; insect ; invertebrate ; Niches ; Organisms ; Original ; Plant communities ; Plant populations ; Pollination ; Predation ; review ; Reviews ; Sampling methods ; Scaling ; spider ; Spiders ; Studies ; Terrestrial environments ; Trophic relationships
所屬期刊: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2019-06, Vol.94 (3), p.999-1022
描述: ABSTRACT In focusing on how organisms' generalizable functional properties (traits) interact mechanistically with environments across spatial scales and levels of biological organization, trait‐based approaches provide a powerful framework for attaining synthesis, generality and prediction. Trait‐based research has considerably improved understanding of the assembly, structure and functioning of plant communities. Further advances in ecology may be achieved by exploring the trait–environment relationships of non‐sessile, heterotrophic organisms such as terrestrial arthropods, which are geographically ubiquitous, ecologically diverse, and often important functional components of ecosystems. Trait‐based studies and trait databases have recently been compiled for groups such as ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, spiders and many others; however, the explicit justification, conceptual framework, and primary‐evidence base for the burgeoning field of ‘terrestrial arthropod trait‐based ecology’ have not been well established. Consequently, there is some confusion over the scope and relevance of this field, as well as a tendency for studies to overlook important assumptions of the trait‐based approach. Here we aim to provide a broad and accessible overview of the trait‐based ecology of terrestrial arthropods. We first define and illustrate foundational concepts in trait‐based ecology with respect to terrestrial arthropods, and justify the application of trait‐based approaches to the study of their ecology. Next, we review studies in community ecology where trait‐based approaches have been used to elucidate how assembly processes for terrestrial arthropod communities are influenced by niche filtering along environmental gradients (e.g. climatic, structural, and land‐use gradients) and by abiotic and biotic disturbances (e.g. fire, floods, and biological invasions). We also review studies in ecosystem ecology where trait‐based approaches have been used to investigate biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships: how the functional diversity of arthropod communities relates to a host of ecosystem functions and services that they mediate, such as decomposition, pollination and predation. We then suggest how future work can address fundamental assumptions and limitations by investigating trait functionality and the effects of intraspecific variation, assessing the potential for sampling methods to bias the traits and trait values observed, and enhancing the quality and consolidation of trait information in databases. A roadmap to guide observational trait‐based studies is also presented. Lastly, we highlight new areas where trait‐based studies on terrestrial arthropods are well positioned to advance ecological understanding and application. These include examining the roles of competitive, non‐competitive and (multi‐)trophic interactions in shaping coexistence, and macro‐scaling trait–environment relationships to explain and predict patterns in biodiversity and ecosystem functions across space and time. We hope this review will spur and guide future applications of the trait‐based framework to advance ecological insights from the most diverse eukaryotic organisms on Earth.
出版者: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
語言: 英文
識別號: ISSN: 1464-7931
EISSN: 1469-185X
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12488
PMID: 30548743
資源來源: Wiley Online Library All Journals
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Trait‐based ecology of terrestrial arthropods

Wong, Mark K. L. ; Guénard, Benoit ; Lewis, Owen T.

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