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To establish a functional diversity framework that integrates species' Eltonian niches by evaluating ecological roles through interaction partners and resources rather than isolated organismal traits.

July 10, 2018Oikos

Bringing the Eltonian niche into functional diversity

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DDD. Matthias DehlingAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute DSDaniel B. StoufferUniversity of Canterbury

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates a resource-partner approach to functional diversity in ecological communities, highlighting process-level comparisons across distinct taxa.

Key Points

To establish a functional diversity framework that integrates species' Eltonian niches by evaluating ecological roles through interaction partners and resources rather than isolated organismal traits.
Synthesized principles across ecological network theory, Grinnellian and Eltonian niche concepts, and functional trait ecology.
Formulated a framework that measures species' functional roles directly via the phenotypic traits of their resources and mutualistic or trophic partners.
Applied the framework to evaluate the Eltonian functional diversity of frugivorous species within mutualistic seed-dispersal networks.
Addresses the Eltonian shortfall by refocusing functional diversity assessments onto ecological processes rather than single-taxon morphological traits.
Permits standardized functional comparisons among taxonomically distant organisms that participate in identical ecological processes regardless of morphological differences.

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Dehling et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02ca3d75054b3fdf9e20f5 https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05415

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July 10, 2018Oikos

Bringing the Eltonian niche into functional diversity

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Authors

DDD. Matthias DehlingAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute DSDaniel B. StoufferUniversity of Canterbury

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Overview

Conceptual analysis demonstrates a resource-partner approach to functional diversity in ecological communities, highlighting process-level comparisons across distinct taxa.

Key Points

To establish a functional diversity framework that integrates species' Eltonian niches by evaluating ecological roles through interaction partners and resources rather than isolated organismal traits.
Synthesized principles across ecological network theory, Grinnellian and Eltonian niche concepts, and functional trait ecology.
Formulated a framework that measures species' functional roles directly via the phenotypic traits of their resources and mutualistic or trophic partners.
Applied the framework to evaluate the Eltonian functional diversity of frugivorous species within mutualistic seed-dispersal networks.
Addresses the Eltonian shortfall by refocusing functional diversity assessments onto ecological processes rather than single-taxon morphological traits.
Permits standardized functional comparisons among taxonomically distant organisms that participate in identical ecological processes regardless of morphological differences.

Cite This Study

Dehling et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02ca3d75054b3fdf9e20f5 https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05415

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