High elevation bird communities in the Swiss Alps exhibit reduced fecundity and lifespan independently of phylogenetic effects

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 991 - 1010
• Main Authors: García-Navas, Vicente, Sattler, Thomas, Schmid, Hans, Ozgul, Arpat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: altitude; Animal breeding; Assembly; Biodiversity; Biological evolution; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Birds; Breeding; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Clustering; Clutch size; Clutches; Community ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Dispersal; Dispersion; Ecological effects; Ecology; Environmental associations; Environmental changes; Environmental gradient; Evolution; Fecundity; Geographical distribution; Gradients; Habitats; Life history; Life Sciences; Life span; Longevity; Original Paper; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Species; Treeline; Alps; Mountains; Life‐history traits; Trait‐environment; Environmental filtering; Elevational gradient; Clutch size; Phylogenetic composition; Alpine communities; Lifespan; Switzerland

The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology allows us to link broader evolutionary processes to local ecological processes, thereby increasing our understanding of community assembly. A recurrent way to test how species assemblages respond to different abiotic conditions and evaluate t...