Nature Communications (Jan 2022)
Heterogeneity within and among co-occurring foundation species increases biodiversity
- Mads S. Thomsen,
- Andrew H. Altieri,
- Christine Angelini,
- Melanie J. Bishop,
- Fabio Bulleri,
- Roxanne Farhan,
- Viktoria M. M. Frühling,
- Paul E. Gribben,
- Seamus B. Harrison,
- Qiang He,
- Moritz Klinghardt,
- Joachim Langeneck,
- Brendan S. Lanham,
- Luca Mondardini,
- Yannick Mulders,
- Semonn Oleksyn,
- Aaron P. Ramus,
- David R. Schiel,
- Tristan Schneider,
- Alfonso Siciliano,
- Brian R. Silliman,
- Dan A. Smale,
- Paul M. South,
- Thomas Wernberg,
- Stacy Zhang,
- Gerhard Zotz
Affiliations
- Mads S. Thomsen
- Marine Ecology Research Group and Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
- Andrew H. Altieri
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Christine Angelini
- Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida
- Melanie J. Bishop
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
- Fabio Bulleri
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, CoNISMa
- Roxanne Farhan
- Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
- Viktoria M. M. Frühling
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Paul E. Gribben
- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
- Seamus B. Harrison
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Qiang He
- Coastal Ecology Lab, MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
- Moritz Klinghardt
- Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
- Joachim Langeneck
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, CoNISMa
- Brendan S. Lanham
- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
- Luca Mondardini
- Marine Ecology Research Group and Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
- Yannick Mulders
- School of Biological Sciences and UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia
- Semonn Oleksyn
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
- Aaron P. Ramus
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington
- David R. Schiel
- Marine Ecology Research Group and Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
- Tristan Schneider
- Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
- Alfonso Siciliano
- Marine Ecology Research Group and Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
- Brian R. Silliman
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Dan A. Smale
- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory
- Paul M. South
- Cawthron Institute
- Thomas Wernberg
- School of Biological Sciences and UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia
- Stacy Zhang
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Gerhard Zotz
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28194-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Species interactions that can enhance habitat heterogeneity such as facilitation cascades of foundation species have been overlooked in biodiversity models. This study conducted 22 geographically distributed experiments in different ecosystems and biogeographical regions to assess the extent to which biodiversity is explained by three axes of habitat heterogeneity in facilitation cascades.
