Online-only Table 3 Overview of ceste, the non-spatial ancillary to CESTES.

From: A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space

DatasetName

Taxonomic group

Ecosystem and ___location

Ecosystem type

Level of human disturbance

Extent (km2)

Sampling date(s)/period

nbEnv

nbTra

nbSpe

nbSit

Example of traits

Example of environmental variables

References

Belskaya2017

Insects

Spruce-fir forest, Middle Ural Copper Smelter, Revda, Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia

Terrestrial

Mixed

429

2009, 2013

1

1

54

3 or 10

Bodz size

Pollution level

Belskaya, E. A., & Zolotarev, M. P. (2017). Changes in the size structure of carabid communities in forest ecosystems under technogenic transformation. Russian Journal of Ecology, 48(2), 152–160. doi:10.1134/S1067413617010040

Chambers201X

Plants

Grassland restoration

Terrestrial

Agricultural

NA

NA

9

7

21

24

specific leaf area|height|Nfixer|entomophily|dispersal

moisture|litter|pH|phosphorous|available nitrogen

Unpublished

Cleary2007d

Sponges

Coral reefs, Spermonde Archipelago, Makassar, southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia

Marine

Mixed

2418

1989

16

3

150

30

bioactivity|reproductive mode|growth form

turbidity|mean velocity|mean salinity|mean temperature|exposure to oceanic currents

Cleary, D. F. R., Becking, L. E., de Voogd, N. J., Renema, W., de Beer, M., van Soest, R. W. M., & Hoeksema, B. W. (2005). Variation in the diversity and composition of benthic taxa as a function of distance offshore, depth and exposure in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 65(3), 557–570. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2005.06.025

de Voogd, N. J., & Cleary, D. F. R. (2007). Relating species traits to environmental variables in Indonesian coral reef sponge assemblages. Marine and Freshwater Research, 58(3), 240–249. doi:10.1071/MF06125

Cormont2011

Birds

Marshland, forests, Netherlands

Terrestrial

Natural

41000

1984–2004

20

13

43

21

nest ___location|mean diet type|development|migration strategy

winter severity|mean temperature of the coldest month|precipitation over non-breeding season|precipitation over breeding season|number of heatwave days

Cormont, A., Vos, C., van Turnhout, C., Foppen, R., & ter Braak, C. (2011). Using life-history traits to explain bird population responses to changing weather variability. Climate Research, 49(1), 59–71. doi:10.3354/cr01007

Huebner2012

Collembola

Fire forest, Gault Nature Reserve Québec, Canada

Terrestrial

Natural

NA

2009

11

35

17

40

shape of dentes|number of eyes|total body length|furcula|pigmentation

ground fire intensity|moisture content

Huebner, K., Lindo, Z., & Lechowicz, M. J. (2012). Post-fire succession of collembolan communities in a northern hardwood forest. European Journal of Soil Biology, 48, 59–65. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2011.10.004

Jamil2012a

Plants

Outdoor mesocosms, floodplain, whole Netherlands (?)

Terrestrial

Experimental

NA

2006

3

45

28

80

seed weight|germination percentage|height of seedlings|mean leaf weight|mean leaf area

treatment of canopy presence|treatment of waterlogging|treatment of mowing

Jamil, T., Kruk, C., & ter Braak, C. J. F. (2014). A unimodal species response model relating traits to environment with application to phytoplankton communities. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e97583. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097583

Jamil2012b

Plants

Outdoor mesocosms, floodplain, whole Netherlands (?)

Terrestrial

Experimental

NA

2007

3

45

28

80

seed weight|germination percentage|height of seedlings|mean leaf weight|mean leaf area

treatment of canopy presence|treatment of waterlogging|treatment of mowing

Jamil, T., Kruk, C., & ter Braak, C. J. F. (2014). A unimodal species response model relating traits to environment with application to phytoplankton communities. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e97583. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097583

Jamil2012c

Plants

Outdoor mesocosms, floodplain, whole Netherlands (?)

Terrestrial

Experimental

NA

2008

3

45

28

80

seed weight|germination percentage|height of seedlings|mean leaf weight|mean leaf area

treatment of canopy presence|treatment of waterlogging|treatment of mowing

Jamil, T., Kruk, C., & ter Braak, C. J. F. (2014). A unimodal species response model relating traits to environment with application to phytoplankton communities. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e97583. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097583

Jamil2014

Phytoplankton

Lakes, South America, Europe, and North America

Freshwater

Mixed

52000000

1999, 2005–2006

13

8

60

201

volume|surface area|maximum linear dimension|aerotopes|flagella

temperature|inorganic suspended solids|water column mix depth|light attenuation coefficient|conductivity

Jamil, T., Opdekamp, W., van Diggelen, R., & ter Braak, C. J. F. (2012). Trait-Environment Relationships and Tiered Forward Model Selection in Linear Mixed Models. International Journal of Ecology, 2012, 1–12. doi:10.1155/2012/947103

Palozzi2017

Plants

White River Experimental Watersheds, Boreal peatland complex, Ontario, Canada

Terrestrial

Experimental

4

2015

15

9

14

10

heigth|leaf area|dry leaf mass|specific leaf area|leaf mass per area

water pH|electrical conductivity|moisture content|phosphate concentration|basal respiration

Palozzi, J. E., & Lindo, Z. (2017). Boreal peat properties link to plant functional traits of ecosystem engineers. Plant and Soil, 418(1–2), 277–291. doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3291-0