Clay, C.G. orcid.org/0000-0003-0482-4042, Dunhill, A.M., Reimer, J.D. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Trait Networks: Assessing Marine Community Resilience and Extinction Recovery. iScience, 27 (10). 110962. ISSN 2589-0042
Abstract
Extensive global habitat degradation and the climate crisis are tipping the biosphere towards a “sixth” mass extinction and marine communities will not be spared from this catastrophic loss of biodiversity. The resilience of marine communities following large-scale disturbances or extinction events is mediated by the life-history traits of species and their interplay within communities. The presence and abundance of traits in communities provide proxies of function, but whether the breakdown of their associations with species loss can delineate functional loss remains unclear. Here, we propose that relationships between traits within trait networks provide unique perspectives on the importance of specific traits, trait combinations, and their role in supporting the stability of communities, whilst exploring the vulnerability of both past deep time and present-day marine communities.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2024 11:17 |
Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2025 14:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110962 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217365 |