Distance decay 2.0 - a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities.
C. Graco-Roza, S. Aarnio, N. Abrego, A. T. R. Acosta, J. Alahuhta, J. Altman, C. Angiolini, J. Aroviita, F. Attorre, L. Baastrup-Spohr, J. J. Barrera-Alba, J. Belmaker, I. Biurrun, G. Bonari, H. Bruelheide, , Hunter
This paper synthesizes global taxonomic and functional distance decay patterns across 149 datasets, finding taxonomic decay is stronger than functional decay, with mid-latitude datasets showing the fastest taxonomic spatial decay.
bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2021Ecology