Pierre-André Crochet

Oct 30, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Paul Dufour |Pierre-André Crochet |Charlie Huveneers |Adrienne Gooden

The promise of trait-based approaches to coexistence One of the central justifications for a trait-based approach to ecology is that by focusing on species’ functional traits (see Glossary) instead of their taxonomic names, ecologists can achieve greater generality and predictive power [1., 2., 3.].

Feb 17, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Paul Dufour |Univ Montpellier |IRD Montpellier France |Pierre-André Crochet

1 INTRODUCTION One of the most conspicuous biogeographical patterns on Earth is the decrease of species diversity in most groups of organisms from low to high latitudes (Hillebrand, 2004; Mannion et al., 2014). The origins of this latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) have been the subject of much research and debate over the last 50 years (Jablonski et al., 2017; Pianka, 1966; Willig et al., 2003) but no consensus has emerged so far (see Pontarp et al., 2019).