ArticleGlobal ecology and biogeography : a journal of macroecology2022
Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities.
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Caio Graco-RozaDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0353-9154
Sonja AarnioDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.
Nerea AbregoDepartment of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6347-6127
Alicia T R AcostaDepartment of Science University of Roma Tre Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-3187
Janne AlahuhtaGeography Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-9361
Jan AltmanInstitute of Botany The Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4879-5773
Claudia AngioliniDepartment of Life Sciences University of Siena Siena Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9125-764X
Jukka AroviitaFreshwater Centre Finnish Environment Institute Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-0731
Fabio AttorreDepartment of Environmental Biology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy.
Lars Baastrup-SpohrFreshwater Biological Laboratory Department of Biology University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken København Ø Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8382-984X
José J Barrera-AlbaDepartamento de Ciências do Mar Instituto do Mar Universidade Federal de São Paulo. R. Carvalho de Mendonça Santos SP Brazil.
Jonathan BelmakerGeorge S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences School of Zoology Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-7359
Idoia BiurrunDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Bilbao Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-0433
Gianmaria BonariFaculty of Science and Technology Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Bozen-Bolzano Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5574-6067
Helge BruelheideInstitute for Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Halle Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3135-0356
Sabina BurrascanoDepartment of Environmental Biology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6537-3313
Marta CarboniDepartment of Science University of Roma Tre Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9348-4758
Pedro CardosoLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe) Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8119-9960
José C CarvalhoLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe) Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.
Giuseppe CastaldelliDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology University of Ferrara Ferrara Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5954-1133
Morten ChristensenMorten Chr. Consult Sorø Denmark.
Gilsineia CorreaLaboratory of Ecology and Physiology of Phytoplankton Department of Plant Biology State University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil.
Iwona DembiczDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Conservation Faculty of Biology Institute of Environmental Biology University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-1519
Jürgen DenglerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3221-660X
Jiri DolezalInstitute of Botany The Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5829-4051
Patricia DomingosLaboratory of Phycology and Environmental Education Department of Plant Biology State University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7011-9240
Tibor ErösBalaton Limnological Research Institute ELKH Tihany Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2252-3115
Carlos E L FerreiraReef Systems Ecology and Conservation Lab Departamento de Biologia Marinha Universidade Federal Fluminense Niterói RJ Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4311-0491
Goffredo FilibeckDepartment of Agricultural and Forest Sciences (DAFNE) University of Tuscia Viterbo Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4187-9467
Sergio R FloeterMarine Macroecology and Biogeography Lab Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia CCB Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianopolis SC Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3201-6504
Alan M FriedlanderHawai'i Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawai'i Kaneohe Hawaii USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4858-006X
Johanna GammalTvärminne Zoological Station University of Helsinki Hanko Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-2693
Anna GavioliDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology University of Ferrara Ferrara Italy.
Martin M GossnerForest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1516-6364
Itai GranotGeorge S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences School of Zoology Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-3440
Riccardo GuarinoDepartment STEBICEF - Botanical Unit University of Palermo Palermo Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-9416
Camilla GustafssonTvärminne Zoological Station University of Helsinki Hanko Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7308-3802
Brian HaydenCanadian Rivers Institute Biology Department University of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8524-7373
Siwen HeDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-9119
Jacob Heilmann-ClausenCentre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Ø Denmark.
Jani HeinoFreshwater Centre Finnish Environment Institute Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1235-6613
John T HunterSchool of Rural and Environmental Sciences University of New England Armidale New South Wales Australia.
Vera L M HuszarPhycology Laboratory Botany Department National Museum Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-1404
Monika JanišováPlant Science and Biodiversity Center Institute of Botany Slovak Academy of Sciences Banská Bystrica Slovakia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-0823
Jenny Jyrkänkallio-MikkolaDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0340-6001
Kimmo K KahilainenLammi Biological Station University of Helsinki Lammi Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1539-014X
Julia KemppinenDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7521-7229
Łukasz KozubDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Conservation Faculty of Biology Institute of Environmental Biology University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland.
Carla KrukSección Limnología IECA Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0760-1186
Michel KulbikiLaboratoire d'Excellence Labex Corail UMR IRD-UR-CNRS ENTROPIE IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) Université de Perpignan Perpignan Cedex France.
Anna KuzemkoNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany Kyiv Ukraine.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-2756
Peter Christiaan le RouxDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7941-7444
Aleksi LehikoinenFinnish Museum of Natural History University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-277X
Domênica Teixeira de LimaDepartamento de Oceanografia Biológica (DOB) Faculdade de Oceanografia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8478-2158
Angel Lopez-UrrutiaCentro Oceanográfico de Gijón Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) Gijón Asturias Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-2937
Balázs A LukácsCentre for Ecological Research Wetland Ecology Research Group Debrecen Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-1281
Miska LuotoDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-5143
Stefano MammolaLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe) Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-9055
Marcelo M MarinhoLaboratory of Ecology and Physiology of Phytoplankton Department of Plant Biology State University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5661-4528
Luciana S MenezesLaboratory of Grassland Vegetation Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre RS Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-0190
Marco MilardiFisheries New Zealand Tini a Tangaroa Ministry for Primary Industries Wellington New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6104-294X
Marcela MirandaEarth System Science Center CCST/INPE National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-8690
Gleyci A O MoserDepartamento de Oceanografia Biológica (DOB) Faculdade de Oceanografia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
Joerg MuellerInstitute for Biochemistry and Biology University of Potsdam Potsdam Germany.
Pekka NiittynenDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-029X
Alf NorkkoTvärminne Zoological Station University of Helsinki Hanko Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9741-4458
Arkadiusz NowakCenter for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden Warsaw Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8638-0208
Jean P OmettoEarth System Science Center CCST/INPE National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4221-1039
Otso OvaskainenDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-4421
Gerhard E OverbeckDepartment of Botany Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Alegre RS Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8716-5136
Felipe S PachecoEarth System Science Center CCST/INPE National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-5225
Virpi PajunenDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5608-9353
Salza PalpurinaNational Museum of Natural History Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-5622
Félix PicazoDepartment of Ecology/Research Unit Modeling Nature (MNat) Faculty of Sciences University of Granada Granada Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-6775
Juan A C PrietoDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Bilbao Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-2753
Iván F RodilTvärminne Zoological Station University of Helsinki Hanko Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-1598
Francesco M SabatiniInstitute for Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Halle Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7202-7697
Shira SalingréGeorge S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences School of Zoology Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-9982
Michele De SanctisDepartment of Environmental Biology University Sapienza of Rome Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7280-6199
Angel M SeguraModelización y Análisis de Recursos Naturales CURE-Rocha Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-8899
Lucia H S da SilvaPhycology Laboratory Botany Department National Museum Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-3603
Zora D StevanovicDepartment of Agrobotany Faculty of Agriculture University of Belgrade Belgrade-Zemun Serbia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9275-4499
Grzegorz SwachaBotanical Garden University of Wrocław Wrocław Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-2954
Anette TeittinenDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0531-4530
Kimmo T TolonenFreshwater Centre Finnish Environment Institute Jyväskylä Office University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-7691
Ioannis TsiripidisDepartment of Botany School of Biology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9373-676X
Leena VirtaDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5966-2047
Beixin WangDepartment of Entomology College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5253-8799
Jianjun WangState Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7039-7136
Wolfgang WeisserTerrestrial Ecology Research Group Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany.
Yuan XuState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research East China Normal University Shanghai China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-6234
Janne SoininenDepartment of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-3137
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Abstract
Aim: Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., β-diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β-diversity is to evaluate directional variation in community composition by measuring the decay in the similarity among pairs of communities along spatial or environmental distance. We provide the first global synthesis of taxonomic and functional distance decay along spatial and environmental distance by analysing 148 datasets comprising different types of organisms and environments. Location: Global. Time period: 1990 to present. Major taxa studied: From diatoms to mammals. Method: We measured the strength of the decay using ranked Mantel tests (Mantel Results: Taxonomic distance decay was stronger than functional distance decay along both spatial and environmental distance. Functional distance decay was random given the taxonomic distance decay. The rate of taxonomic and functional spatial distance decay was fastest in the datasets from mid-latitudes. Overall, datasets covering larger spatial extents showed a lower rate of decay along spatial distance but a higher rate of decay along environmental distance. Marine ecosystems had the slowest rate of decay along environmental distances. Main conclusions: In general, taxonomic distance decay is a useful tool for biogeographical research because it reflects dispersal-related factors in addition to species responses to climatic and environmental variables. Moreover, functional distance decay might be a cost-effective option for investigating community changes in heterogeneous environments.
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