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

Creators

  • 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.

Description

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

Null_models.zip - Includes the results from the null models for each dataset.

 

 

 

 

 

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