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Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms

(2012) ECOLOGY LETTERS. 15(7). p.740-747
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Relationships between traits of organisms and the structure of their metacommunities have so far mainly been explored with meta-analyses. We compared metacommunities of a wide variety of aquatic organism groups (12 groups, ranging from bacteria to fish) in the same set of 99 ponds to minimise biases inherent to meta-analyses. In the category of passive dispersers, large-bodied groups showed stronger spatial patterning than small-bodied groups suggesting an increasing impact of dispersal limitation with increasing body size. Metacommunities of organisms with the ability to fly (i.e. insect groups) showed a weaker imprint of dispersal limitation than passive dispersers with similar body size. In contrast, dispersal movements of vertebrate groups (fish and amphibians) seemed to be mainly confined to local connectivity patterns. Our results reveal that body size and dispersal mode are important drivers of metacommunity structure and these traits should therefore be considered when developing a predictive framework for metacommunity dynamics.
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spatial scale, dispersal limitation, spatial context, DIVERSITY, COMMUNITIES, PATTERNS, FISH, SPATIAL PROCESSES, SPECIES RICHNESS, MULTIPLE SCALES, DISTANCE DECAY, SEED SIZE, MEM analysis, variation partitioning, NEIGHBOR MATRICES PCNM, species sorting, passive dispersal, propagule size, pond, Active dispersal

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De Bie, T., et al. “Body Size and Dispersal Mode as Key Traits Determining Metacommunity Structure of Aquatic Organisms.” ECOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 15, no. 7, 2012, pp. 740–47, doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01794.x.
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De Bie, T., De Meester, L., Brendonck, L., Martens, K., Goddeeris, B., Ercken, D., … Declerck, S. (2012). Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 15(7), 740–747. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01794.x
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De Bie, T, L De Meester, L Brendonck, Koenraad Martens, B Goddeeris, D Ercken, H Hampel, et al. 2012. “Body Size and Dispersal Mode as Key Traits Determining Metacommunity Structure of Aquatic Organisms.” ECOLOGY LETTERS 15 (7): 740–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01794.x.
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De Bie, T, L De Meester, L Brendonck, Koenraad Martens, B Goddeeris, D Ercken, H Hampel, L Denys, L Vanhecke, Katleen Van Der Gucht, Jeroen Van Wichelen, Wim Vyverman, and SAJ Declerck. 2012. “Body Size and Dispersal Mode as Key Traits Determining Metacommunity Structure of Aquatic Organisms.” ECOLOGY LETTERS 15 (7): 740–747. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01794.x.
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De Bie T, De Meester L, Brendonck L, Martens K, Goddeeris B, Ercken D, et al. Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;15(7):740–7.
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T. De Bie et al., “Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms,” ECOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 740–747, 2012.
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