Ecological Archives E096-216-A2
Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas, David Sánchez-Fernández, Josefa Velasco, Andrés Millán, and Núria Bonada. 2015. Similarity in difference: changes in community functional features along natural and anthropogenic stress gradients. Ecology 96:2458–2466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1447.1
Appendix B (Table B1). Pearson correlation coefficients between community-weighted biological trait categories expressed as percentages and the stress intensity.
Biological trait |
Category |
log-Conductivity |
arcsin-sqrt-Land-use intensity |
Maximal potential size (mm) |
≤ 2.5 |
0.73 |
0.21 |
|
> 2.5-5 |
0.17 |
0.28 |
|
> 5-10 |
0.07 |
-0.05 |
|
> 10-20 |
-0.65 |
-0.16 |
|
> 20-40 |
-0.63 |
-0.42 |
|
> 40-80 |
-0.07 |
-0.30 |
Life cycle duration (year) |
≤ 1 |
-0.72 |
-0.02 |
|
> 1 |
0.72 |
0.01 |
Reproductive cycles (year-1) |
<1 |
-0.70 |
-0.42 |
|
1 |
-0.75 |
-0.42 |
|
> 1 |
0.82 |
0.49 |
Aquatic stages |
egg |
-0.84 |
0.05 |
|
larva |
-0.74 |
-0.06 |
|
nymph |
-0.70 |
-0.47 |
|
adult |
0.87 |
0.20 |
Reproduction |
ovoviviparity |
0.09 |
0.12 |
|
isolated eggs, free |
-0.42 |
0.31 |
|
isolated eggs, cemented |
-0.80 |
0.11 |
|
clutches, cemented or fixed |
-0.17 |
-0.17 |
|
clutches, free |
-0.40 |
-0.16 |
|
clutches, in vegetation |
0.28 |
-0.07 |
|
clutches, terrestrial |
0.62 |
0.01 |
Dispersal |
aquatic passive |
-0.34 |
0.11 |
|
aquatic active |
-0.63 |
-0.22 |
|
aerial passive |
-0.75 |
0.00 |
|
aerial active |
0.77 |
0.02 |
Resistance forms |
eggs, statoblasts |
-0.72 |
0.16 |
|
cocoons |
-0.22 |
-0.18 |
|
diapause or dormancy |
0.12 |
0.14 |
|
none |
0.43 |
-0.16 |
Respiration |
tegument |
-0.84 |
-0.37 |
|
gill |
-0.87 |
-0.07 |
|
plastron |
0.84 |
-0.06 |
|
spiracle |
0.51 |
0.20 |
|
hydrostatic vesicle |
0.55 |
0.27 |
Locomotion and substrate relation |
flier |
0.85 |
0.28 |
|
surface swimmer |
-0.11 |
-0.04 |
|
full water swimmer |
0.47 |
0.34 |
|
crawler |
-0.75 |
-0.21 |
|
burrower |
0.55 |
-0.24 |
|
interstitial |
-0.71 |
0.14 |
|
temporarily attached |
-0.64 |
-0.30 |
|
permanently attached |
-0.25 |
-0.19 |
Food |
microorganisms |
0.63 |
0.28 |
|
detritus< 1mm |
-0.62 |
-0.06 |
|
dead plant >= 1mm |
0.22 |
0.06 |
|
living microphytes |
-0.21 |
-0.24 |
|
living macrophytes |
-0.13 |
-0.16 |
|
dead animal >= 1mm |
-0.17 |
0.03 |
|
living microinvertebrates |
0.45 |
0.29 |
|
living macroinvertebrates |
0.09 |
0.05 |
|
vertebrates |
-0.10 |
-0.07 |
Feeding habits |
shredder |
-0.66 |
0.29 |
|
scraper |
-0.20 |
-0.27 |
|
filter-feeder |
0.14 |
-0.23 |
|
piercer |
-0.57 |
-0.09 |
|
predator |
0.27 |
0.20 |
|
parasite |
0.24 |
0.03 |
Body form* |
flattened |
-0.20 |
0.53 |
|
cylindrical |
0.77 |
-0.25 |
|
streamlined |
-0.85 |
-0.37 |
Sclerotisation degree* |
slight |
-0.60 |
-0.57 |
|
partial |
0.63 |
0.12 |
|
full |
0.15 |
0.45 |