Limited theoretical and empirical evidence that response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change

作者：Samuel R. P.‐J. Ross, Takehiro Sasaki · 发表于：Ecological Research · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1111/1440-1703.12434 · 被引用次数：21 · 研究领域：Ecosystem dynamics and resilience、Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies、Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Abstract Response diversity describes the variation in species' ecological responses to environmental change, where higher response diversity represents a greater variety of species–environment responses. The concept complements the insurance hypothesis that biodiversity increases and stabilizes ecosystem functions because population declines of one species with environmental change are compensated for by opposing responses of others. Accordingly, response diversity is a promising, but still largely untested, candidate mechanism explaining the generally positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability across a range of systems. In the 10 years since, Mori et al. (2013, Biological Reviews , 88 , 349–364) reviewed the relationship between response diversity and ecological resilience (a key dimension of stability), the topic has garnered significant attention. Their review has attracted over 600 citations to date and continues to be well cited. However, in a recent review of empirical work on response diversity, we found fewer than 50 studies empirically measuring what the authors called response diversity. Here we discuss possible reasons for the slow uptake of empirical response diversity research, including lack of standardized methods and heavy data requirements, as well as next steps to achieve a robust framework for empirical research on response diversity and stability, such as by leveraging new methods and coordinating research efforts through interdisc...