Distance decay 2.0 – a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional decay in ecological communities

Graco-Roza, Caio; Aarnio, Sonja; Abrego, Nerea; Acosta, Alicia T. R.; Alahuhta, Janne; Altman, Jan; Angiolini, Claudia; Aroviita, Jukka; Attorre, Fabio; Baastrup-Spohr, Lars; Barrera-Alba, José Juan; Belmaker, Jonathan; Biurrun, Idoia; Bonari, Gianmaria; Bruelheide, Helge; Burrascano, Sabina; Carboni, Marta; Cardoso, Pedro; Carvalho, José Carlos; Castaldelli, Giuseppe; Christensen, Morten; Correa, Gilsineia; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Dolezal, Jiri; Domingos, Patricia; Erös, Tibor; Ferreira, Carlos E. L.; Filibeck, Goffredo; Floeter, Sergio R.; Friedlander, Alan M.; Gammal, Johanna; Gavioli, Anna; Gossner, Martin M.; Granot, Itai; Guarino, Riccardo; Gustafsson, Camilla; Hayden, Brian; He, Siwen; Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob; Heino, Jani; Hunter, John T.; Huszar, Vera Lucia de Moraes; Janišová, Monika; Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, Jenny; Kahilainen, Kimmo K.; Kemppinen, Julia; Kozub, Łukasz; Kruk, Carla; Kulbiki, Michel; Kuzemko, Anna; le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Lima, Domênica Teixeira de; Lopez-urrutia, Angel; Lukács, Balázs A.; Luoto, Miska; Mammola, Stefano; Marinho, Marcelo Manzi; Menezes, Luciana da Silva; Milardi, Marco; Miranda, Marcela; Moser, Gleyci Aparecida Oliveira; Mueller, Joerg; Niitynen, Pekka; Norkko, Alf; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Ometto, Jean P.; Ovaskainen, Otso; Overbeck, Gerhard E.; Pacheco, Felipe Siqueira; Pajunen, Virpi; Palpurina, Salza; Picazo, Félix; Prieto, Juan Antonio Campos; Rodil, Iván F.; Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Salingré, Shira; Sanctis, Michele De; Segura, Angel M.; Silva, Lucia Helena Sampaio da; Stevanovic, Zora Dajic; Swacha, Grzegorz; Teittinen, Anette; Tolonen, Kimmo T.; Tsiripidis, Ioannis; Virta, Leena; Wang, Beixin; Wang, Jianjun; Weisser, Wolfgang; XU, Yuan; Soininen, Janne

doi:10.5281/zenodo.6406911

Published April 1, 2022 | Version v2

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Distance decay 2.0 – a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional decay in ecological communities

1. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O Box 64, FI‒00014 Helsinki, Finland
2. Department of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI–00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
3. Department of Science, University of Roma Tre – Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, I–00146, Rome, Italy
4. Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FI–90014 Oulu, Finland
5. Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ–25243, Průhonice, Czech Republic
6. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4 I–53100, Siena, Italy.
7. Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre, P.O. Box 413, FI–90014 Oulu, Finland.
8. Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I–00185, Rome, Italy.
9. Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
10. Departamento de Ciências do Mar, Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo. R. Carvalho de Mendonça, 144. Encruzilhada, 11070-100, Santos (SP), Brazil.
11. School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
12. Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.
13. Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università, 5, 39100, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.
14. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108 Halle, Germany
15. Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
16. Department of Science, University of Roma Tre - Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, I–00146, Rome, Italy
17. Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki, Finland.
18. Department of Biology, CBMA—Centre for Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.
19. University of Ferrara, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Ferrara, V. Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Italy.
20. Hvidtjørnevej 1, DK–4180 Sorø, Denmark.
21. Laboratory of Ecology and Physiology of Phytoplankton, Department of Plant Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, PHLC, Sala 511, 20550-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
22. Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Institure of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
23. Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Grüentalstr. 14, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
24. Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, 25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic
25. Laboratory of Phycology and Environmental Education, Department of Plant Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, PHLC, Sala 525/1, 20550-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
26. Balaton Limnological Research Institute, ELKH, Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3., H-8237 Tihany, Hungary
27. Reef Systems Ecology and Conservation Lab, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28. Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
29. Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Lab, Depto. de Ecologia e Zoologia, CCB, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
30. Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744. USA
31. Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, J.A. Palménin tie 260, 10900, Hanko, Finland
32. Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf CH–8903, Switzerland
33. Department STEBICEF – Botanical Unit, via Archirafi, 38, 90123 Palermo
34. University of New Brunswick, Rivers Institute, New Brunswick, Canada
35. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
36. Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, DK–2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
37. Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre, Paavo Havaksen Tie 3, FI–90570 Oulu, Finland.
38. School of Rural and Environmental Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, NSW.
39. Phycology Laboratory, Botany Department, National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
40. Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ďumbierska 1, 974 11 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
41. Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Pääjärventie 320, FI–16900 Lammi, Finland
42. Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
43. IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Laboratoire d'Excellence Labex Corail, UMR IRD-UR-CNRS ENTROPIE, Université de Perpignan, 66860 Perpignan Cedex 9, France
44. M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2, Tereshchenkivska str. 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
45. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
46. Finnish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 17, FI–00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
47. Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica (DOB), Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 2055-090, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
48. Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, 33212 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
49. Wetland Ecology Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Bem tér 18/C, Debrecen 4026, Hungary
50. Laboratory of Grassland Vegetation, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
51. Fisheries New Zealand, Tini a Tangaroa, Ministry for Primary Industries, Manatū Ahu Matua, 34-38 Bowen Street, Wellington, New Zealand
52. National Institute for Space Research, Earth System Science Center, CCST/INPE, Av. dos Astronautas, 1758, Jardim da Granja, São José dos Campos, SP 12227-010, Brazil
53. Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
54. Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden - Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland
55. National Institute for Space Research, Earth System Science Center, CCST/INPE, Av. dos Astronautas, 1758, Jardim da Granja, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
56. Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (Survontie 9C), FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
57. Department of Botany, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
58. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
59. Department of Ecology/Research Unit Modeling Nature (MNat), University of Granada, Faculty of Sciences, Campus Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
60. Department of Biology, INMAR, University of Cadiz, International Campus of Excellence of the Sea (CEIMAR), 11510, Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain
61. Department of Environmental Biology, University Sapienza of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
62. Modelización y Análisis de Recursos Naturales, CURE-Rocha, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
63. Phycology Laboratory, Botany Department, National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
64. Department of Agrobotany, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia
65. Botanical Garden, University of Wrocław, ul. Henryka Sienkiewicza 23, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
66. Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre, Jyväskylä Office, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI–40014, Finland
67. Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
68. State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008 Nanjing, China
69. Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
70. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 200241, Shanghai, China.

Datasets used in the analysis of the manuscript by Graco-Roza, C., Aarnio, S., Abrego, N., Acosta, A. T., Alahuhta, J., Altman, J., ... & Soininen, J. (2022). Distance decay 2.0–a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

raw_data.zip - Includes the raw datasets used in the analysis.

processed_data.xlsx - Includes the results from the distance decay analysis, specifically:

- Dataset : dataset code (same as in raw_data)

- Beta_type: The component of beta diversity (i.e., total similarity, replacement, richness differences)

- Level : Taxonomic (TAX) or functional (FUN)

- Based: Occurrence (occ) or Abundance (abund)

- Organism: Code used to describe organisms (see Appendix S1 of the paper)

- Realm: Aquatic, Terrestrial, or Freshwaters

- Body_size

- Dispersal_mode: Seeds, Passive or Active

- Latitude: Mean latitude of the dataset (average of all data points)

- Latitude_range Distance in kilometres between the two vertically most distant points.

- Longitude_range: Distance in kilometres between the two horizontally most distant points.

- spa_min: minimum distance between sites (in kilometres)

- spa_mean: average distance between sites (in kilometres)

- spa_max: maximum distance between sites (in kilometres)

- ext: area in kilometres covered by all sites in the dataset

- n_sites: Number of sites in each dataset

- n_var: Number of environmental variables in each dataset

- gamma_spe: Number of species observed in each dataset

- gamma_trait: Volume of the hypervolume constructed using the traits in each dataset

- n_traits: Number of traits in each dataset

- Intercept_spa: Intercept of GLM including community similarity and spatial distances

- Slope_Spa: Slope of GLM including community similarity and spatial distances

- R2_spa: R² of GLM including community similarity and spatial distances

- Intercept_env: Intercept of GLM including community similarity and environmental distances

- Slope_env: Slope of GLM including community similarity and environmental distances

- R2_env: R² of GLM including community similarity and environmental distances

- Mantel_spa: Mantel statistics of community similarity and spatial distances

- spa_signif: Significance of Mantel statistics considering community similarity and spatial distances

- Mantel_env: Mantel statistics considering community similarity and environmental distances

- env_signif: Significance of Mantel statistics considering community similarity and environmental distances

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