TY - JOUR
T1 - Dispersal syndromes in challenging environments
T2 - A cross-species experiment
AU - Cote, Julien
AU - Dahirel, Maxime
AU - Schtickzelle, Nicolas
AU - Altermatt, Florian
AU - Ansart, Armelle
AU - Blanchet, Simon
AU - Chaine, Alexis S.
AU - De Laender, Frederik
AU - De Raedt, Jonathan
AU - Haegeman, Bart
AU - Jacob, Staffan
AU - Kaltz, Oliver
AU - Laurent, Estelle
AU - Little, Chelsea J.
AU - Madec, Luc
AU - Manzi, Florent
AU - Masier, Stefano
AU - Pellerin, Felix
AU - Pennekamp, Frank
AU - Therry, Lieven
AU - Vong, Alexandre
AU - Winandy, Laurane
AU - Bonte, Dries
AU - Fronhofer, Emanuel A.
AU - Legrand, Delphine
N1 - Funding Information:
FA thanks the Swiss National Science Foundation (grants no. PP00P3 150698 310030_197410 and PP00P3_179089 and the University of Zurich Research Priority Programme URPP on Global Change and Biodiversity). FrP thanks the Swiss National Science Foundation for support (Grant 310030_197811). DB and SM thank the FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | grant no. G018017N). SJ, EL and NS thank UCLouvain and F.R.S.-FNRS; SJ acknowledges a ‘Move-In Louvain’ postdoc position at UCLouvain; NS is Senior Research Associate of F.R.S.-FNRS. DL, MD, JC and LW thank Fyssen Foundation for funding. JDR thanks the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders—grant n. FWO14/ASP/075). FDL was supported by the ARC DIVERCE, a concerted research action from the special research fund (Convention 18/23-095). FrP was financially supported by Swiss National Science Foundation Grant 31003A 159498. JC was supported by the ERA-Net BiodivERsA, with the national funder ONEMA, part of the 2012-2013 BiodivERsA call for research proposals, and a funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 817779). DL, AC, SJ, SB and JC are supported by the French Laboratory of Excellence project “TULIP” (ANR-10-LABX-41). This work was supported by an Investissements d'Avenir programme from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (no. ANR-11-INBS-0001AnaEE-Services). DL and JC thank Audrey Trochet and Olivier Calvez for their valuable input in experiments involving newts, toads and snakes. MD, AA and LM are especially grateful to Christelle Van Gheluwe for running the experiments, and to Maryvonne Charrier for providing Deroceras reticulatum slugs. This is publication ISEM-2022-227 of the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution—Montpellier, and BRC395 of the Biodiversity Research Centre—UCLouvain. We thank Elvire Bestion for an external review of the analysis code. We thank Eugene W. Schupp, Remo Ryser and the editor for their constructive comments on the manuscript.
Funding Information:
FA thanks the Swiss National Science Foundation (grants no. PP00P3 150698 310030_197410 and PP00P3_179089 and the University of Zurich Research Priority Programme URPP on Global Change and Biodiversity). FrP thanks the Swiss National Science Foundation for support (Grant 310030_197811). DB and SM thank the FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | grant no. G018017N). SJ, EL and NS thank UCLouvain and F.R.S.‐FNRS; SJ acknowledges a ‘Move‐In Louvain’ postdoc position at UCLouvain; NS is Senior Research Associate of F.R.S.‐FNRS. DL, MD, JC and LW thank Fyssen Foundation for funding. JDR thanks the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders—grant n. FWO14/ASP/075). FDL was supported by the ARC DIVERCE, a concerted research action from the special research fund (Convention 18/23‐095). FrP was financially supported by Swiss National Science Foundation Grant 31003A 159498. JC was supported by the ERA‐Net BiodivERsA, with the national funder ONEMA, part of the 2012‐2013 BiodivERsA call for research proposals, and a funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 817779). DL, AC, SJ, SB and JC are supported by the French Laboratory of Excellence project “TULIP” (ANR‐10‐LABX‐41). This work was supported by an Investissements d'Avenir programme from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (no. ANR‐11‐INBS‐0001AnaEE‐Services). DL and JC thank Audrey Trochet and Olivier Calvez for their valuable input in experiments involving newts, toads and snakes. MD, AA and LM are especially grateful to Christelle Van Gheluwe for running the experiments, and to Maryvonne Charrier for providing Deroceras reticulatum slugs. This is publication ISEM‐2022‐227 of the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution—Montpellier, and BRC395 of the Biodiversity Research Centre—UCLouvain. We thank Elvire Bestion for an external review of the analysis code. We thank Eugene W. Schupp, Remo Ryser and the editor for their constructive comments on the manuscript.
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PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Dispersal is a central biological process tightly integrated into life-histories, morphology, physiology and behaviour. Such associations, or syndromes, are anticipated to impact the eco-evolutionary dynamics of spatially structured populations, and cascade into ecosystem processes. As for dispersal on its own, these syndromes are likely neither fixed nor random, but conditional on the experienced environment. We experimentally studied how dispersal propensity varies with individuals' phenotype and local environmental harshness using 15 species ranging from protists to vertebrates. We reveal a general phenotypic dispersal syndrome across studied species, with dispersers being larger, more active and having a marked locomotion-oriented morphology and a strengthening of the link between dispersal and some phenotypic traits with environmental harshness. Our proof-of-concept metacommunity model further reveals cascading effects of context-dependent syndromes on the local and regional organisation of functional diversity. Our study opens new avenues to advance our understanding of the functioning of spatially structured populations, communities and ecosystems.
AB - Dispersal is a central biological process tightly integrated into life-histories, morphology, physiology and behaviour. Such associations, or syndromes, are anticipated to impact the eco-evolutionary dynamics of spatially structured populations, and cascade into ecosystem processes. As for dispersal on its own, these syndromes are likely neither fixed nor random, but conditional on the experienced environment. We experimentally studied how dispersal propensity varies with individuals' phenotype and local environmental harshness using 15 species ranging from protists to vertebrates. We reveal a general phenotypic dispersal syndrome across studied species, with dispersers being larger, more active and having a marked locomotion-oriented morphology and a strengthening of the link between dispersal and some phenotypic traits with environmental harshness. Our proof-of-concept metacommunity model further reveals cascading effects of context-dependent syndromes on the local and regional organisation of functional diversity. Our study opens new avenues to advance our understanding of the functioning of spatially structured populations, communities and ecosystems.
KW - context-dependent dispersal
KW - dispersal strategy
KW - distributed experiment
KW - predation risk
KW - resource limitation
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M3 - Article
C2 - 36223413
AN - SCOPUS:85139612332
SN - 1461-023X
VL - 25
SP - 2675
EP - 2687
JO - Ecology Letters
JF - Ecology Letters
IS - 12
ER -
