FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The ecological causes of functional distinctiveness in communities BT AF Munoz, François Klausmeier, Christopher Gaüzère, Pierre Kandlikar, Gaurav Litchman, Elena Mouquet, Nicolas Ostling, Annette Thuiller, Wilfried Algar, Adam Auber, Arnaud Cadotte, Marc Delalandre, Leo Denelle, Pierre Enquist, Brian Fortunel, Claire Grenié, Matthias Loiseau, Nicolas Mahaut, Lucie Maire, Anthony Mouillot, David Violle, Cyrille Kraft, Nathan AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:4;4:5,6;5:2,3;6:7,8;7:9;8:4;9:10;10:11;11:12;12:13;13:13,14;14:15;15:16;16:13,17,18;17:7;18:8,13;19:19;20:7;21:20,21,22;22:6; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:; C1 Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Departments of Plant Biology & Integrative Biology, Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan, USA Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Grenoble, France Division of Biological Sciences and Division of Plant Science & Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France FRB –CESAB, Montpellier, France Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada IFREMER, Unité Halieutique Manche Mer du Nord, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, Boulogne-sur- Mer, France Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto-Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA AMAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, France German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena- Leipzig Puschstraße 4, Leipzig, Germany Leipzig University Ritterstraße 26, Leipzig, Germany EDF R&D, LNHE -Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique et Environnement, Chatou, France Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama C2 UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES, FRANCE UNIV MICHIGAN STATE, USA CARNEGIE INST SCI, USA UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES, FRANCE UNIV MISSOURI, USA UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, USA UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE FRB –CESAB, FRANCE UNIV TEXAS AUSTIN, USA UNIV LAKEHEAD, CANADA IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV TORONTO, CANADA UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UNIV GOTTINGEN, GERMANY UNIV ARIZONA, USA UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE IDIV, GERMANY UNIV LEIPZIG, GERMANY EDF, FRANCE UNIV ZURICH, SWITZERLAND UNIV SWANSEA, UK SMITHSONIAN TROP RES INST, PANAMA SI BOULOGNE SE PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 8.8 TC 5 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00797/90908/103469.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;coexistence;community assembly;ecological interactions;fitness landscape;functional traits;source-sink dynamics AB Recent work has shown that evaluating functional trait distinctiveness, the average trait distance of a species to other species in a community offers promising insights into biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem functioning. However, the ecological mechanisms underlying the emergence and persistence of functionally distinct species are poorly understood. Here, we address the issue by considering a heterogeneous fitness landscape whereby functional dimensions encompass peaks representing trait combinations yielding positive population growth rates in a community. We identify four ecological cases contributing to the emergence and persistence of functionally distinct species. First, environmental heterogeneity or alternative phenotypic designs can drive positive population growth of functionally distinct species. Second, sink populations with negative population growth can deviate from local fitness peaks and be functionally distinct. Third, species found at the margin of the fitness landscape can persist but be functionally distinct. Fourth, biotic interactions (positive or negative) can dynamically alter the fitness landscape. We offer examples of these four cases and guidelines to distinguish between them. In addition to these deterministic processes, we explore how stochastic dispersal limitation can yield functional distinctiveness. Our framework offers a novel perspective on the relationship between fitness landscape heterogeneity and the functional composition of ecological assemblages. PY 2023 PD AUG SO Ecology Letters SN 1461-023X PU Wiley / Blackwell VL 26 IS 8 UT 001008390100001 BP 1452 EP 1465 DI 10.1111/ele.14265 ID 90908 ER EF