Ecological roles of underexplored groups, such as tropical invertebrates, can be inferred from their functional traits, such as body mass, dispersal ability, reproductive mode and feeding habits. Despite a strong need, a common database for invertebrate traits is yet to be created. Traits are defined as a property of individual organisms, however many parameters are similar in groups of organisms, i.e., in species or even at higher taxonomic levels. Such parameters may be attributed to taxa instead of individuals. Linking both facilitates ecological and conservation studies based on taxa or phylogenetic units. Another problem hampering understanding of tropical ecosystems is the high proportion of undescribed species, particularly in soil c...
It has been estimated that there are seven million terrestrial arthropod species on Earth consisting...
The importance of describing species patterns and the underlying processes explaining these patterns...
Traits and trait values describe the characteristics of a species and its phenotype. Traits are incr...
Ecological roles of underexplored groups, such as tropical invertebrates, can be inferred from their...
Major research progress in ecology is being achieved through large-scale collaborations across peopl...
Conventionally, species traits concepts have been conceived from an ecological perspective after gro...
Summary 1. Trait-based approaches are increasingly being used to test mechanisms underlying species...
1. Functional traits are commonly used in predictive models that link environmental drivers and comm...
Trait-based research spans from evolutionary studies of individual-level properties to global patter...
International audience1 - Use of invertebrate traits rather than species composition may facilitate ...
Contains fulltext : 32097_matcsptoa.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)The go...
Biodiversity data are well-indexed by taxonomic names. While names reconciliation remains a challeng...
Describing species patterns and their underlying processes are essential to assessing the status and...
International audienceTaxonomy is undoubtedly complementary to other fields in biology such as ecolo...
It has been estimated that there are seven million terrestrial arthropod species on Earth consisting...
The importance of describing species patterns and the underlying processes explaining these patterns...
Traits and trait values describe the characteristics of a species and its phenotype. Traits are incr...
Ecological roles of underexplored groups, such as tropical invertebrates, can be inferred from their...
Major research progress in ecology is being achieved through large-scale collaborations across peopl...
Conventionally, species traits concepts have been conceived from an ecological perspective after gro...
Summary 1. Trait-based approaches are increasingly being used to test mechanisms underlying species...
1. Functional traits are commonly used in predictive models that link environmental drivers and comm...
Trait-based research spans from evolutionary studies of individual-level properties to global patter...
International audience1 - Use of invertebrate traits rather than species composition may facilitate ...
Contains fulltext : 32097_matcsptoa.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)The go...
Biodiversity data are well-indexed by taxonomic names. While names reconciliation remains a challeng...
Describing species patterns and their underlying processes are essential to assessing the status and...
International audienceTaxonomy is undoubtedly complementary to other fields in biology such as ecolo...
It has been estimated that there are seven million terrestrial arthropod species on Earth consisting...
The importance of describing species patterns and the underlying processes explaining these patterns...
Traits and trait values describe the characteristics of a species and its phenotype. Traits are incr...