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Do Iberian and European fish faunas exhibit convergent functional structure along environmental gradients?

Est-ce que les faunes piscicoles de la péninsule ibérique et de l'Europe de l'ouest présente des structures fonctionnelles convergentes le long des gradients environnementaux ?

Maxime Logez
Didier Pont
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We tested whether the functional structures of Mediterranean and temperate western European fish communities responded similarly along environmental gradients. The species pools of the 2 regions were quite different, with few species common to both regions. Each species was assigned to 1 trait for each of 6 guilds considered. We aggregated occurrences or densities of the species sharing the same traits and then computed 26 metrics describing the functional structure of fish assemblages. For each metric, we fitted and then compared 3 nested models. The 1st model related the metric to environmental variables without taking into account the region. Therefore, the response was assumed to be the same between regions. The 2nd model related the metric to the environmental variables with the region as an additive parameter. Therefore, the response was assumed to be similar between regions but with a constant deviation between them. The 3rd model took into account all interactions between the environmental variables and region. Therefore, the response to the environmental gradient was assumed to be different in the 2 regions. For the 17 metrics finally tested, 11 metrics responded similarly to environmental gradients but generally showed a constant deviation between the 2 regions, and responses of 6 metrics differed between the regions. Our results highlight the roles played by biogeographical factors and the environment on current community structure in 2 neighbouring but ecologically distinct regions.
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hal-02593660 , version 1 (15-05-2020)

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Maxime Logez, Didier Pont, M.T. Ferreira. Do Iberian and European fish faunas exhibit convergent functional structure along environmental gradients?. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 2010, 29 (4), pp.1310-1323. ⟨10.1899/09-125.1⟩. ⟨hal-02593660⟩
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