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Journal Articles Ecology and Evolution Year : 2023

Species richness drives selection of individuals within wetlands based on traits related to acquisition and utilization of light

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Selection within natural communities has mainly been studied along large abiotic gradients, while the selection of individuals within populations should occur locally in response to biotic filters. To better leverage the role of the latter, we considered the hierarchal nature of environmental selection for the multiple dimensions of the trait space across biological levels, that is, from the species to the community and the ecosystem levels. We replicated a natural species richness gradient where communities included from two to 16 species within four wetlands (bog, fen, meadow, and marsh) contrasting in plant productivity. We sampled functional traits from individuals in each community and used hierarchical distributional modeling in order to analyze the independent variation of the mean and dispersion of functional trait space at ecosystem, community, and species levels. The plant productivity gradient observed between wetlands led to species turnover and selection of traits related to leaf nutrient conservation/acquisition strategy. Within wetlands, plant species richness drove trait variation across both communities and species. Among communities, variation of species richness correlated with the selection of individuals according to their use of vertical space and leaf adaptations to light conditions. Within species, intraspecific light-related trait variation in response to species richness was associated with stable population density for some species, while others reached low population density in more diverse communities. Within ecosystems, variation in biotic conditions selects individuals along functional dimensions that are independent of those selected across ecosystems. Within-species variations of light-related traits are related to demographic responses, linking biotic selection of individuals within communities to eco-evolutionary dynamics of species.
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hal-04095315 , version 1 (11-05-2023)

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Lucas Deschamps, Raphaël Proulx, Guillaume Rheault, Nicolas Gross, Christopher Watson, et al.. Species richness drives selection of individuals within wetlands based on traits related to acquisition and utilization of light. Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 13 (4), ⟨10.1002/ece3.9959⟩. ⟨hal-04095315⟩
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