The use of functional diversity analyses in ecology has grown exponentially over the past
two decades, broadening our understanding of biological diversity and its change across …

Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

Abstract The United Nations recently agreed to major expansions of global protected areas
(PAs) to slow biodiversity declines. However, although reserves often reduce habitat loss …

The use of n‐dimensional hypervolumes in trait‐based ecology is rapidly increasing. By
representing the functional space of a species or community as a Hutchinsonian niche, the …

Land‐use change is the leading driver of global biodiversity loss thus characterising its
impacts on the functional structure of ecological communities is an urgent challenge. Using …

The global trend in losing biodiversity is affecting ecosystems due to changes in their
functions and services. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning has become increasingly …

Abstract Knowledge of benthic diatom traits can help understand ecosystem function and
guide biodiversity conservation. This is particularly important in rivers on which there are …

Functional diversity is widely used and widespread. However, the main packages used to
compute functional diversity indices are not flexible and not adapted to the volume of data …

The impact of the variation of the number of functional traits on functional diversity
assessment is still poorly known. Although the covariation between these two parameters …

Two main aspects of the study of diversity can be distinguished: the first is related to the
inventory of living organisms, the second is related to the organization of life at the level of …