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


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