Local environmental variables are key drivers of ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity in a Mediterranean dryland.

Clara Frasconi Wendt, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Alice Nunes, Robin Verble, Giacomo Santini, Mário Boieiro, Cristina Branquinho

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

Land Use Shapes Ant Communities: Functional and Compositional Differences Between Oak Forests and Chestnut Orchards in Mediterranean Mountain Landscapes of Northern Portugal.Insects · 2026
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Shaping beta diversity in arid landscape through native plant species contributions: synergy of climate, soil, and species traits.Frontiers in plant science · 2025
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Environmental Filters Structure Cushion Bogs' Floristic Composition along the Southern South American Latitudinal Gradient.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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7 authors.

Clara Frasconi WendtcE3c-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, C2, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.

Ana Ceia-HassecE3c-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, C2, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.

Alice NunescE3c-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, C2, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.

Robin VerbleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA.

Giacomo SantiniDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

Mário BoieirocE3c-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, 9700-042, Terceira, Azores, Portugal.

Cristina BranquinhocE3c-Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, C2, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal. cmbranquinho@fc.ul.pt.

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PD/BD/114364/2016

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decomposition of beta-diversity (β-diversity) into its replacement (β

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PMID33504935

DOI10.1038/s41598-021-82059-w

PMCPMC7840911

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