Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss

Environmental change and species diversity could jointly affect the stability of animal communities. Here the authors use citizen science data on bats, birds, and butterflies along urbanization and agricultural intensification gradients in France to show that both environmental change and diversity...

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Main Authors: Théophile Olivier, Elisa Thébault, Marianne Elias, Benoit Fontaine, Colin Fontaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16240-6
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spelling doaj-c438284e095241a0a5f318b0ec9fb2ae2021-06-06T11:15:18ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-06-011111910.1038/s41467-020-16240-6Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity lossThéophile Olivier0Elisa Thébault1Marianne Elias2Benoit Fontaine3Colin Fontaine4Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR 7204 MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de ParisSorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Université Paris Est Créteil, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES-Paris)Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université-EPHE-Université des Antilles, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de ParisCentre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR 7204 MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de ParisCentre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR 7204 MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de ParisEnvironmental change and species diversity could jointly affect the stability of animal communities. Here the authors use citizen science data on bats, birds, and butterflies along urbanization and agricultural intensification gradients in France to show that both environmental change and diversity loss destabilise communities, but in different ways.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16240-6
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Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
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title Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
title_short Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
title_full Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
title_fullStr Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
title_sort urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss
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series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2020-06-01
description Environmental change and species diversity could jointly affect the stability of animal communities. Here the authors use citizen science data on bats, birds, and butterflies along urbanization and agricultural intensification gradients in France to show that both environmental change and diversity loss destabilise communities, but in different ways.
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