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dc.contributor.authorJones, Faith A. M.
dc.contributor.authorMagurran, Anne E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-12T23:39:47Z
dc.date.available2019-06-12T23:39:47Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.identifier.citationJones , F A M & Magurran , A E 2018 , ' Dominance structure of assemblages is regulated over a period of rapid environmental change ' , Biology Letters , vol. 14 , no. 6 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0187en
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 253355253
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: a6cff251-f5d8-466c-b5bc-046b53f12742
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: urn:4a2abc34458aba4c9d12b9a9523ff628
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85049630157
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-0036-2795/work/45744976
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6571-714X/work/45744991
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000437005700011
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17880
dc.descriptionF.A.M.J. is financed by the School of Biology, University of St Andrews. A.E.M. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERCAdG BioTIME 250189 and ERCPoC BioCHANGE 727440).en
dc.description.abstractEcological assemblages are inherently uneven, with numerically dominant species contributing disproportionately to ecosystem services. Marked biodiversity change due to growing pressures on the world's ecosystems is now well documented. However, the hypothesis that dominant species are becoming relatively more abundant has not been tested. We examined the prediction that the dominance structure of contemporary communities is shifting, using a meta-analysis of 110 assemblage timeseries. Changes in relative and absolute dominance were evaluated with mixed and cyclic-shift permutation models. Our analysis uncovered no evidence of a systematic change in either form of dominance, but established that relative dominance is preserved even when assemblage size (total N) changes. This suggests that dominance structure is regulated alongside richness and assemblage size, and highlights the importance of investigating multiple components of assemblage diversity when evaluating ecosystem responses to environmental drivers.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBiology Lettersen
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0187en
dc.subjectDominanceen
dc.subjectTime seriesen
dc.subjectAssemblageen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleDominance structure of assemblages is regulated over a period of rapid environmental changeen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Research Councilen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Research Councilen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Fish Behaviour and Biodiversity Research Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modellingen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0187
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-06-13
dc.identifier.grantnumber250189en
dc.identifier.grantnumber727440en


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