Global changes threaten functional and taxonomic diversity of insular species worldwide

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 402 - 414
• Main Authors: Leclerc, Camille, Villéger, Sébastien, Marino, Clara, Bellard, Céline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.04.2020; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Bioclimatology; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH; Birds; Body mass; Climate change; Cultivation; diet; Diversity indices; ecological invasion; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Endangered & extinct species; Endemic species; Environmental Sciences; Extinction; functional diversity; functional originality; functional richness; functional specialization; habitats; indigenous species; islands; Life Sciences; Mammals; risk; small mammals; Specialization; Species diversity; Species extinction; species traits; Taxonomy; Threatened species; Threats; Urbanization; vulnerability; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife habitats; functional richness; mammals; islands; functional originality; species traits; functional specialization; vulnerability; birds

Aim The assessment of biodiversity patterns under global changes is currently biased towards taxonomic diversity, thus overlooking the ecological and functional aspects of species. Here, we characterized both taxonomic and functional diversity of insular biodiversity threatened by multiple threats....