Data from: Species contributions to ecosystem stability change with disturbance type

dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - White, Lydia
dc.contributor.affiliationTrinity College Dublin - O'Connor, Nessa
dc.contributor.affiliationTrinity College Dublin - Gilson, Abby
dc.contributor.affiliationTrinity College Dublin - Donohue, Ian
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Lydia
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Nessa
dc.contributor.authorGilson, Abby
dc.contributor.authorDonohue, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-24T15:19:01Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-25
dc.date.issued2024-03-25
dc.descriptionSimultaneous exposure to multiple stressors complicates the challenge of predicting ecological responses to global environmental change. Here, we show that the contributions of individual species and functional groups to the overall stability of ecosystems can be modified by the presence of different stressors, both individually and in combination. By disturbing natural rocky shore communities with nutrients and sediments and simulating extinction of predatory whelks and grazers, we also found that consumers can simultaneously stabilise and destabilise communities along different stability dimensions, irrespective of their trophic position. Our results suggest that our experimental disturbances influenced consumer contributions to stability indirectly by modifying the interactions between consumers and macroalgae in different ways. These findings merit further exploration in different systems exposed to a range of different stressors to better understand how perturbations of different kinds can modify the multifaceted contributions of species to the overall stability of ecosystems.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sj3tx96c8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hydatakatalogi-test-24.it.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/10335
dc.rightsOpen
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectrecovery
dc.subjectresistance
dc.subjectGlobal Change
dc.subjectdisturbance
dc.titleData from: Species contributions to ecosystem stability change with disturbance type
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