Search Results - "Mason, Norman"

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances by Mouillot, David, Graham, Nicholas A.J., Villéger, Sébastien, Mason, Norman W.H., Bellwood, David R.

“…Understanding the processes shaping biological communities under multiple disturbances is a core challenge in ecology and conservation science. Traditionally,…”
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Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales by Carmona, Carlos P., de Bello, Francesco, Mason, Norman W.H., Lepš, Jan

“…Owing to the conceptual complexity of functional diversity (FD), a multitude of different methods are available for measuring it, with most being operational…”
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Functional structure of biological communities predicts ecosystem multifunctionality by Mouillot, David, Villéger, Sébastien, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Mason, Norman W H

“…The accelerating rate of change in biodiversity patterns, mediated by ever increasing human pressures and global warming, demands a better understanding of the…”
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Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules by Mouchet, Maud A., Villéger, Sébastien, Mason, Norman W. H., Mouillot, David

“…1. Indices quantifying the functional aspect of biodiversity are essential in understanding relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and…”
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Niche overlap reveals the effects of competition, disturbance and contrasting assembly processes in experimental grassland communities by Mason, Norman W.H., de Bello, Francesco, Doležal, Jiři, Lepš, Jan

“…1. Understanding the processes by which species sort themselves into communities remains a central puzzle for attempts to maintain biodiversity. It remains…”
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Trait probability density (TPD): measuring functional diversity across scales based on TPD with R by Carmona, Carlos P., de Bello, Francesco, Mason, Norman W. H., Lepš, Jan

“…Functional diversity (FD) has the potential to address many ecological questions, from impacts of global change on biodiversity to ecological restoration…”
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Functional richness, functional evenness and functional divergence: the primary components of functional diversity by Mason, Norman W. H., Mouillot, David, Lee, William G., Wilson, J. Bastow

“…Functional diversity is hypothesised as being beneficial for ecosystem functions, such as productivity and resistance to invasion. However, a precise…”
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Resource-use efficiency drives overyielding via enhanced complementarity by Mason, Norman W. H., Orwin, Kate H., Lambie, Suzanne, Waugh, Deanne, Pronger, Jack, Carmona, Carlos Perez, Mudge, Paul

“…Overyielding, the primary metric for assessing biodiversity effects on ecosystem functions, is often partitioned into “complementarity” and “selection”…”
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Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long-term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity by Mason, Norman W. H., Richardson, Sarah J., Peltzer, Duane A., de Bello, Francesco, Wardle, David A., Allen, Robert B.

“…1. Functional trait diversity can reveal mechanisms of species coexistence in plant communities. Few studies have tested whether functional diversity for…”
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A guide for using functional diversity indices to reveal changes in assembly processes along ecological gradients by Mason, Norman W.H., de Bello, Francesco, Mouillot, David, Pavoine, Sandrine, Dray, Stéphane

“…Question: Which functional diversity indices have the power to reveal changes in community assembly processes along abiotic stress gradients? Is their power…”
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Are endemics functionally distinct? Leaf traits of native and exotic woody species in a New Zealand forest by Heberling, J Mason, Mason, Norman W H

“…Recent studies have concluded that native and invasive species share a common set of trait relationships. However, native species in isolated regions might be…”
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Functional diversity: a tool for answering challenging ecological questions by Mason, Norman W. H., de Bello, Francesco

“…Functional trait diversity provides a powerful means of addressing ecology's persistent questions, through its dual role as an indicator of mechanisms driving…”
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Propagating Uncertainty in Plot-based Estimates of Forest Carbon Stock and Carbon Stock Change by Holdaway, Robert J., McNeill, Stephen J., Mason, Norman W. H., Carswell, Fiona E.

“…Ecosystem science increasingly relies on highly derived metrics to synthesize across large datasets. However, full uncertainty associated with these metrics is…”
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Trait hierarchies and intraspecific variability drive competitive interactions in Mediterranean annual plants by Carmona, Carlos P., Bello, Francesco, Azcárate, Francisco M., Mason, Norman W. H., Peco, Begoña, Barber, Nicholas

“…Both intra‐ and interspecific differences in traits may modulate interactions between plants. Two mechanisms are hypothesized to regulate these effects:…”
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Towards a consensus for calculating dendrogram-based functional diversity indices by Mouchet, Maud, Guilhaumon, François, Villéger, Sébastien, Mason, Norman W.H, Tomasini, Jean-Antoine, Mouillot, David

“…The widely used FD index of functional diversity is based on the construction of a dendrogram. This index has been the subject of a strong debate concerning…”
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Science for social licence to arrest an ecosystem-transforming invasion by Mason, Norman W. H., Kirk, Nicholas A., Price, Robbie J., Law, Richard, Bowman, Richard, Sprague, Rowan I.

“…The primary role for scientific information in addressing complex environmental problems, such as biological invasions, is generally assumed to be as a guide…”
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Stand development moderates effects of ungulate exclusion on foliar traits in the forests of New Zealand by Mason, Norman W. H., Peltzer, Duane A., Richardson, Sarah J., Bellingham, Peter J., Allen, Robert B.

“…1. Ungulate herbivores may greatly alter the functional composition of plant communities through their selection of leaves with high nutrient concentrations…”
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Correlations between phylogenetic and functional diversity: mathematical artefacts or true ecological and evolutionary processes? by Pavoine, Sandrine, Gasc, Amandine, Bonsall, Michael B., Mason, Norman W.H.

“…Questions: Is phylogenetic diversity (PD) an accurate surrogate for functional diversity (FD)? How are FD:PD correlations affected by the diversity index used,…”
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Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits by Alam, Md Azharul, Wyse, Sarah V., Buckley, Hannah L., Perry, George L. W., Sullivan, Jon J., Mason, Norman W. H., Buxton, Rowan, Richardson, Sarah J., Curran, Timothy J., Gilliam, Frank

“…Flammability is an important plant trait, relevant to plant function, wildfire behaviour and plant evolution. However, systematic comparison of plant…”
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Nationally Representative Plot Network Reveals Contrasting Drivers of Net Biomass Change in Secondary and Old-Growth Forests by Holdaway, Robert J., Easdale, Tomás A., Carswell, Fiona E., Richardson, Sarah J., Peltzer, Duane A., Mason, Norman W. H., Brandon, Andrea M., Coomes, David A.

“…Uncertainty about the mechanisms driving biomass change at broad spatial scales limits our ability to predict the response of forest biomass storage to global…”
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