Data from: Decomposing changes in phylogenetic and functional diversity over space and time ...

• Main Authors: Chalmandrier, Loïc, Münkemüller, Tamara, Devictor, Vincent, Lavergne, Sébastien, Thuiller, Wilfried
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2015
• Subjects: Apus pallidus; Luscinia svecica; Merops apiaster; Falco subbuteo; Sterna sandvicensis; Passer montanus; Lanius excubator subsp. meridionalis; Lanius excubitor; Lagopus mutus; Charadrius alexandrinus; Cinclus cinclus; Phylloscopus trochilus; Sturnus unicolor; Scolopax rusticola; Streptopelia turtur; Emberiza hortulana; Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Carduelis cannabina; Hirundo daurica; Buteo buteo; Ardea purpurea; Asio otus; Circaetus gallicus; Netta rufina; Milvus milvus; Parus cristatus; Jynx torquilla; Parus ater; Circus aeruginosus; Lanius senator; Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Larus melanocephalus; Athene noctua; Dryocopus martius; Miliaria calandra; Lanius collurio; Sylvia hortensis; Cygnus olor; Erithacus rubecula; Corvus corax; Picus canus; Tyto alba; Phoenicopterus ruber; Pyrrhula pyrrhula; Motacilla flava; Prunella collaris; Delichon urbica; Luscinia megarhynchos; Haematopus ostralegus; Regulus ignicapillus; Olor; Parus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.93n5r; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.93n5r

1. The α, β, γ diversity decomposition methodology is commonly used to investigate changes in diversity over space or time but rarely conjointly. However, with the ever-increasing availability of large-scale biodiversity monitoring data, there is a need for a sound methodology capable of simultaneously accounting for spatial and temporal changes in diversity. 2. Using the properties of Chao's index, we adapted Rao's framework of diversity decomposition between orthogonal dimensions to a multiplicative α, β, γ decomposition of functional or phylogenetic diversity over space and time, thereby combining their respective properties. We also developed guidelines for interpreting both temporal and spatial β-diversities and their interaction. 3. We characterised the range of β-diversity estimates and their relationship to the nested decomposition of diversity. Using simulations, we empirically demonstrated that temporal and spatial β-diversities are independent from each other and from α and γ-diversities when the ... : DataThe datafile contains five files: (1) The site by species matrices of the four studied regions. Row labels indicate the identity of the site and the year of sampling separated by "_". (2) the functional tree of 217 bird species from France in Newick format, see supplementary material for details about its construction. ...