{"id":31962,"date":"2021-07-26T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T14:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/?post_type=ressource&#038;p=31962"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:50:51","slug":"free-1-causes-and-consequences-of-functional-rarity-from-local-to-global-scales","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/ressource\/free-1-causes-and-consequences-of-functional-rarity-from-local-to-global-scales\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE 1 | Causes and consequences of functional rarity from local to global scales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rarity has always fascinated conservation and evolutionary biologists with the goal to uncover species characteristics causing extinction risk.\u00a0<strong>Recently, some results suggest that rare species may over-contribute to the diversity of traits within communities thus supporting irreplaceable roles while others show that rare species are functionally\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>redundant with\u00a0common species.\u00a0<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Beyond the rarity of species, the rarity of functions played by species, coined as functional rarity, is thus key to understand the impact of biodiversity decline on ecosystem functioning. However, functional rarity still lacks a clear definition and a quantitative framework while its emergence and maintenance within communities is largely unknown.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The aim of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/the-frb-in-action\/programs-and-projects\/le-cesab\/free\/\"><strong>FRB-CESAB <\/strong><\/a><\/span><b>FREE 1 <\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">working group was to advance the concept of functional rarity and examine the <strong>causes and consequences of functional rarity from local to global scales<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This document summarizes in a few pages the group\u2019s context and objectives, the methods and approaches used, the main findings, as well as the impact for science, society, and both public and private decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31963,"template":"","categories":[],"sujet_publi":[91],"angle":[],"type_ressource":[189],"class_list":["post-31962","ressource","type-ressource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sujet_publi-autres-sujets-en","type_ressource-resultats-de-projet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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