Disentangling community functional components in a litter-macrodetritivore model system reveals the predominance of the mass ratio hypothesis

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67179843:_____/14:00424954

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.941" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.941</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.941" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.941</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Disentangling community functional components in a litter-macrodetritivore model system reveals the predominance of the mass ratio hypothesis

Original language description

Recent investigations have shown that two components of community trait composition are important for key ecosystem processes: (i) the community-weighted mean trait value (CWM), related to the mass ratio hypothesis and dominant trait values in the community, and (ii) functional diversity (FD), related to the complementarity hypothesis and the divergence of trait values. However, no experiments controlling for the inherent dependence between CWM and FD have been conducted so far. We used a novel experimental framework to disentangle the unique and shared effects of CWM and FD in a leaf litter-macrodetritivore model system. We manipulated isopod assemblages varying in species number, CWM and FD of litter consumption rate to test the relative contributionof these community parameters in the decomposition process. We showed that CWM, but also the combination of CWM and FD, is a main factor controlling litter decomposition. When we tested individual biodiversity components separately, CWM

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EF - Botany

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecology and Evolution

ISSN

2045-7758

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

408-416

UT code for WoS article

000331354500008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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