Spatial and seasonal trait selection in dung beetle assemblages along an aridity gradient in the Sahara

Ecology · 2025 · PMC12079014

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RESULTS ( Q1 ) How does phylogenetic and functional community structure vary with aridity through space and time? Phylogenetic diversity increased with increasing aridity in both the wet and dry seasons, although more strongly in 2014 than in 2013 (when the dry season showed only marginally significant differences) (Appendix S1 : Table S3 ).

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