{"id":31974,"date":"2019-04-26T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/ressource\/functionalwebs-diversite-fonctionnelle-des-reseaux-trophiques-le-lien-entre-ecologie-physiologie-et-biogeographie\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T17:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:12:53","slug":"functionalwebs-diversite-fonctionnelle-des-reseaux-trophiques-le-lien-entre-ecologie-physiologie-et-biogeographie","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/ressource\/functionalwebs-diversite-fonctionnelle-des-reseaux-trophiques-le-lien-entre-ecologie-physiologie-et-biogeographie\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNCTIONALWEBS | The functional diversity of food webs: linking ecology, physiology and biogeography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trait-based ecology recasts community ecology\u2019s central question about species coexistence as:\u00a0<strong>which processes determine the functional trait composition of ecological communities?<\/strong>\u00a0Spatial scale is implicit in this question, as different processes are expected to act at different scales.<\/p>\n<p>Community ecology has struggled to provide predictive models that link environmental drivers with the structure of biological communities. Greater progress could be made by focussing on the functional traits of species (their physiological, biological and ecological attributes), rather than on their identities. We are specifically missing analyses of trait diversity at large spatial scales where dispersal between sites is rare, so that we cannot determine if functional diversity in general is constrained local resources or limited by dispersal, evolution, or biogeography.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/the-frb-in-action\/programs-and-projects\/le-cesab\/functionalwebs\/\"><strong> FRB-CESAB FUNCTIONALWEBS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0focal system (the invertebrates inhabiting water-filled bromeliad leaves) has been sampled from 22 neotropical locations, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/knb.ecoinformatics.org\/view\/doi:10.5063\/F1VD6WMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>dataset<\/strong><\/a> (850 taxa; 1750 bromeliads; 12 traits; environmental variables) has been collated in an SQL database. The working group\u2019s fundamental question was: which processes determine functional community structure at different spatial scales?\u00a0<\/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":31973,"template":"","categories":[],"sujet_publi":[236],"angle":[],"type_ressource":[189],"class_list":["post-31974","ressource","type-ressource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sujet_publi-concepts","type_ressource-resultats-de-projet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FUNCTIONALWEBS | The functional diversity of food webs: linking ecology, physiology and biogeography - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversit\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/ressource\/functionalwebs-diversite-fonctionnelle-des-reseaux-trophiques-le-lien-entre-ecologie-physiologie-et-biogeographie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FUNCTIONALWEBS | The functional diversity of food webs: linking ecology, physiology and biogeography - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversit\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trait-based ecology recasts community ecology\u2019s central question about species coexistence as:\u00a0which processes determine the functional trait composition of ecological communities?\u00a0Spatial scale is implicit in this question, as different processes are expected to act at different scales. 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