Changes in the functional diversity of modern bird species over the last million years

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 120; no. 7; p. e2201945119
• Main Authors: Germain, Ryan R, Feng, Shaohong, Buffan, Lucas, Carmona, Carlos P, Chen, Guangii, Graves, Gary R, Tobias, Joseph A, Rahbek, Carsten, Lei, Fumin, Fjeldså, Jon, Hosner, Peter A, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Zhang, Guojie, Nogués-Bravo, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 14.02.2023; National Academy of Sciences
• Series: The Past as a Lens for Biodiversity Conservation on a Dynamically Changing Planet
• Subjects: Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biological Sciences; Biosphere; Biota; Birds; Birds - genetics; Climate Change; Demographics; Demography; Disturbances; Ecosystem; effective population size; functional diversity; functional traits; functional traits | functional diversity | trait space | paleodemography | effective population size; Global warming; Human impact; Humans; Integrity; Life history; paleodemography; Pleistocene; Population decline; Population number; Species; Species diversity; Time Factors; trait space; effective population size; functional diversity; trait space; paleodemography; functional traits

Despite evidence of declining biosphere integrity, we currently lack understanding of how the functional diversity associated with changes in abundance among ecological communities has varied over time and before widespread human disturbances. We combine morphological, ecological, and life-history t...