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A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space.
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80 authors.
Alienor JeliazkovGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Deutscher Platz 5E, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. alienor.jeliazkov@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5765-3721
Darko MijatovicGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Deutscher Platz 5E, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Stéphane ChantepieDepartment of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nigel AndrewZoology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2850-2307
Raphaël ArlettazDivision of Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Luc BarbaroDynafor, INRA-INPT, Univ. Toulouse, Auzeville, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7454-5765
Nadia BarsoumCentre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity, Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, UK.
Alena BartonovaBiology Centre CAS, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-2466
Elena BelskayaInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Eighth March Street 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russia.
Núria BonadaGrup de Recerca "Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management" (FEHM), Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2983-3335
Anik Brind'AmourUnité Écologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique, IFREMER, Rue de l'île d'Yeu, B.P. 21105, 44311, Nantes, Cedex 03, France.
Rodrigo CarvalhoDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Palmeiras de Goiás, Palmeiras de Goiás, Goiás, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2398-1935
Helena CastroCFE- Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1818-1535
Damian ChmuraInstitute of Environmental Protection and Engineering, University of Bielsko-Biala, Willowa 2, 43-309, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-8962
Philippe CholerUniv. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, F-38000, Grenoble, France.
Karen Chong-SengARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia.
Daniel ClearyDepartment of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-3390
Anouk CormontWageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3-3 A, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
William CornwellEcology and Evolution Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-4073
Ramiro de CamposPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Av. Colombo, 5790, CEP, 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7170-3449
Nicole de VoogdNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Marine Biodiversity, Vondellaan 55, 2332 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Sylvain DoledecUMR 5023 LEHNA, Université Lyon 1, Université Lyon, Villeurbanne, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-7866
Joshua DrewDepartment of Environmental and Forest Biology. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1 Forestry Dr. Syracuse, New York, NY, 13210, USA.
Frank DziockUniversity of Applied Sciences HTW Dresden, Pillnitzer Platz 2, D-01326, Dresden, Germany.
Anthony EallonardoOBG, Part of Ramboll, 400 Andrews St., Suite 710, Rochester, NY, 14604, USA.
Melanie J EdgarDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-7937
Fábio FarnedaDepartment of Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6765-2861
Domingo Flores HernandezInstituto EPOMEX, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Av. Héroe de Nacozari No. 480, Campus VI de Investigación-UAC, San Francisco de Campeche, 24020, Campeche, México.
Cédric Frenette-DussaultInstitut de recherche en biologie végétale, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Guillaume FriedAnses, Laboratoire de la Santé des Végétaux, Unité Entomologie et Plantes Invasives, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3653-195X
Belinda GallardoPyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC). Avda. Montanana, 1005, zaragoza, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-8233
Heloise GibbDepartment of Ecology, Environment and Evolution and Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3086, Australia.
Thiago Gonçalves-SouzaDepartment of Biology, Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation Lab, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-7479
Janet HigutiPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Av. Colombo, 5790, CEP, 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
Jean-Yves HumbertDivision of Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Boris R KrasnovMitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 8499000, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-3331
Eric Le SauxCentre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Zoe LindoDepartment of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-7204
Adria Lopez-BaucellsBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 69011-970, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8446-0108
Elizabeth LoweDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Bryndis MarteinsdottirThe soil conservation service of Iceland, Gunnarsholt, 851, Hella, Iceland.
Koen MartensRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8680-973X
Peter Meffertcorvus, Lüchow 2, D-17179, Altkalen, Germany.
Andres Mellado-DíazDepartamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4426-4385
Myles H M MenzDepartment of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315, Radolfzell, Germany.
Christoph F J MeyerBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 69011-970, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-8913
Julia Ramos MirandaInstituto EPOMEX, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Av. Héroe de Nacozari No. 480, Campus VI de Investigación-UAC, San Francisco de Campeche, 24020, Campeche, México.
David MouillotMARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France.
Alessandro OssolaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-6026
Robin PakemanThe James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK.
Sandrine PavoineCentre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Burak PekinIstanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey.
Joan PinoCREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallés 08193, Spain/UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallés, 08193, Spain.
Arnaud PochevilleCNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, Bât. 4R1, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062, Toulouse, cedex 9, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-1873
Francesco PomatiEawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Water Science and Technology, Uberlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dubendorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9746-3735
Peter PoschlodEcology and Conservation Biology, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Regensburg, D-93040, Regensburg, Germany.
Honor C PrenticeDepartment of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, SE 223 62, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2548-0525
Oliver PurschkeDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Valerie RaevelCEFE UMR 5175, CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE, 1919 route de Mende, F-34293, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9631-114X
Triin ReitaluInstitute of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia.
Willem RenemaNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Marine Biodiversity, Vondellaan 55, 2332 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ignacio RiberaInstitute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Maritim Barceloneta 37, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-7615
Natalie RobinsonNational Ecological Observatory Network, 1685 38th Street Suite 100, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA.
Bjorn RobroekSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-0652
Ricardo RochaBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 69011-970, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2757-7347
Sen-Her ShiehDepartment of Ecological Humanities, Providence University, 200, Sec. 7, Taiwan Boulevard, Shalu Dist., Taichung, 43301, Taiwan.
Rebecca SpakeSchool of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Monika Staniaszek-KikDepartment of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland.
Michal StankoInstitute of Parasitology and Institute of Zoology, Slovak Acad. Sci., Loffl erova 10, SK-04001, Kosice, Slovakia.
Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-GarroCentro de Biologia Aquática, Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Campus II. Av. Engler s/n, Jd. Mariliza, Goiânia, Goiás, CEP 74885460, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-8108
Cajo Ter BraakBiometris, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-8745
Mark C UrbanUniversity of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
Roel van KlinkGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Deutscher Platz 5E, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8125-1463
Sébastien VillégerMARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2362-7178
Ruut WegmanWageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3-3 A, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Martin J WestgateFenner School of Environment & Society, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0854-2034
Jonas WolffDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-0326
Jan ŻarnowiecInstitute of Environmental Protection and Engineering, University of Bielsko-Biala, Willowa 2, 43-309, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
Maxim ZolotarevInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Eighth March Street 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russia.
Jonathan M ChaseGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Deutscher Platz 5E, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-4303
Funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) DFG FZT 118
Abstract
The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between species composition, their traits, and the environment have been extensively studied on a case-by-case basis, results are variable, and it remains unclear how generalizable these relationships are across ecosystems, taxa and spatial scales. To address this gap, we collated 80 datasets from trait-based studies into a global database for metaCommunity Ecology: Species, Traits, Environment and Space; "CESTES". Each dataset includes four matrices: species community abundances or presences/absences across multiple sites, species trait information, environmental variables and spatial coordinates of the sampling sites. The CESTES database is a live database: it will be maintained and expanded in the future as new datasets become available. By its harmonized structure, and the diversity of ecosystem types, taxonomic groups, and spatial scales it covers, the CESTES database provides an important opportunity for synthetic trait-based research in community ecology.
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