Melanie J. Edgar
A5067452347- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Plant and animal studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Natural History Museum
2015-2020
Abstract Human land use has caused substantial declines in global species richness. Evidence from different taxonomic groups and geographic regions suggests that does not equally impact all organisms within terrestrial ecological communities, functional of may respond differently. In particular, we expect large carnivores to decline more disturbed uses than other animal groups. We present the first synthesis responses across using data a wide set species, including herbivores, omnivores,...
The use of functional information in the form species traits plays an important role explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between composition, their traits, environment have been extensively studied on a case-by-case basis, results are variable, it remains unclear how generalizable these across ecosystems, taxa spatial scales. To address this gap, we collated 80 datasets from trait-based studies into global database for metaCommunity...