Biodiversity: The role of interaction diversity

Brittany E Pugh; Richard Field

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.063

Biodiversity: The role of interaction diversity

Curr Biol. 2022 May 9;32(9):R423-R426. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.063.

Authors

Brittany E Pugh¹, Richard Field²

Affiliations

¹ School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
² School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. Electronic address: richard.field@nottingham.ac.uk.

PMID: 35537394
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.063

Abstract

Links between the diversity of ecological interactions and community structure have long been recognised but remain broadly understudied. A new study concludes that vertebrate trophic interaction diversity is nearly uncorrelated with either phylogenetic or functional biodiversity and largely reproduces flora-defined bioregions.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biodiversity*
Phylogeny
Vertebrates*