Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components

Anne Chao; Chun-Huo Chiu; Kai-Hsiang Hu; Fons van der Plas; Marc W. Cadotte; Oliver Mitesser; Simon Thorn; Akira S. Mori; Michael Scherer-Lorenzen; Nico Eisenhauer; Claus Bässler; Benjamin Delory; Heike Feldhaar; Andreas Fichtner; Torsten Hothorn; Marcell K. Peters; Kerstin Pierick; Goddert von Oheimb; Jörg Müller

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Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components

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Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components. / Chao, Anne; Chiu, Chun-Huo; Hu, Kai-Hsiang et al.
In: Ecology Letters, Vol. 27, No. 1, e14336, 01.2024.

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Chao, A, Chiu, C-H, Hu, K-H, van der Plas, F, Cadotte, MW, Mitesser, O, Thorn, S, Mori, AS, Scherer-Lorenzen, M, Eisenhauer, N, Bässler, C, Delory, B, Feldhaar, H, Fichtner, A, Hothorn, T, Peters, MK, Pierick, K, von Oheimb, G & Müller, J 2024, 'Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components', Ecology Letters, vol. 27, no. 1, e14336. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14336

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Chao, A., Chiu, C.-H., Hu, K.-H., van der Plas, F., Cadotte, M. W., Mitesser, O., Thorn, S., Mori, A. S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N., Bässler, C., Delory, B., Feldhaar, H., Fichtner, A., Hothorn, T., Peters, M. K., Pierick, K., von Oheimb, G., & Müller, J. (2024). Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components. Ecology Letters, 27(1), Article e14336. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14336

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Chao A, Chiu CH, Hu KH, van der Plas F, Cadotte MW, Mitesser O et al. Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components. Ecology Letters. 2024 Jan;27(1):e14336. Epub 2023 Dec 10. doi: 10.1111/ele.14336

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title = "Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components",

abstract = "Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research has provided strong evidence and mechanistic underpinnings to support positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning, from single to multiple functions. This research has provided knowledge gained mainly at the local alpha scale (i.e. within ecosystems), but the increasing homogenization of landscapes in the Anthropocene has raised the potential that declining biodiversity at the beta (across ecosystems) and gamma scales is likely to also impact ecosystem functioning. Drawing on biodiversity theory, we propose a new statistical framework based on Hill–Chao numbers. The framework allows decomposition of multifunctionality at gamma scales into alpha and beta components, a critical but hitherto missing tool in BEF research; it also allows weighting of individual ecosystem functions. Through the proposed decomposition, new BEF results for beta and gamma scales are discovered. Our novel approach is applicable across ecosystems and connects local- and landscape-scale BEF assessments from experiments to natural settings.",

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author = "Anne Chao and Chun-Huo Chiu and Kai-Hsiang Hu and {van der Plas}, Fons and Cadotte, {Marc W.} and Oliver Mitesser and Simon Thorn and Mori, {Akira S.} and Michael Scherer-Lorenzen and Nico Eisenhauer and Claus B{\"a}ssler and Benjamin Delory and Heike Feldhaar and Andreas Fichtner and Torsten Hothorn and Peters, {Marcell K.} and Kerstin Pierick and {von Oheimb}, Goddert and J{\"o}rg M{\"u}ller",

note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the Senior Editor (John Drake), the Editor (Jason Matthiopoulos) and four reviewers (Robert Bagchi and three anonymous) for providing very thoughtful and constructive comments, which have led to substantial improvement in this paper. The publication was produced as part of two workshops of the BETA‐FOR Research Unit, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)—459717468. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",

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AU - Chiu, Chun-Huo

AU - Hu, Kai-Hsiang

AU - van der Plas, Fons

AU - Cadotte, Marc W.

AU - Mitesser, Oliver

AU - Thorn, Simon

AU - Mori, Akira S.

AU - Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael

AU - Eisenhauer, Nico

AU - Bässler, Claus

AU - Delory, Benjamin

AU - Feldhaar, Heike

AU - Fichtner, Andreas

AU - Hothorn, Torsten

AU - Peters, Marcell K.

AU - Pierick, Kerstin

AU - von Oheimb, Goddert

AU - Müller, Jörg

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Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components

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