Stuart W. Livingstone

TL;DR: The extent of the trait data compiled in TRY is evaluated and emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness are analyzed to conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements.

TL;DR: This work introduces 12 different forms of functional rarity along gradients of species scarcity and trait distinctiveness and highlights the potential key role offunctional rarity in the long-term and large-scale maintenance of ecosystem processes.

TL;DR: This work has shown that the ability to predict community composition and diversity can offer fundamental insights into ecosystem resilience and restoration.

TL;DR: It is shown that the available evidence supports the proposition that NIS benefit from urbanization, with NIS obtaining higher abundances and greater diversity in more urbanized habitats.

TL;DR: The concept of "niche breadth" as discussed by the authors is a unifying concept spanning diverse aspects of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology, and it usually refers to the diversity of resources used or environments.