Rarity dimension Trait dimension Study Taxon Trait
Range size Tolerance Birds Niche breadth
Diet breadth
Plants Habitat breadth
Interactions Plants Herbivory levels
Laube et al., 2013 Birds Trophic level
Movement Laube et al., 2013 Birds Dispersal ability
Estrada et al., 2015 Plants Dispersal potential
Birds Dispersal ability
Life history Lavergne et al., 2004 Plants SLA
leaf N
LDMC
Flower number
Flower size
Stigma-anther separation
Pollen/ovule ratios
Propagule structure
Plants SLA
Laube et al., 2013 Birds Fecundity
Body size
Estrada et al., 2015 Plants Clonality
Seed mass
Age of maturity
Reproductive frequency
Self-fertilisation capacity
SLA
Bohning-Gaese et al., 2006 Birds Body size
Range size (con’t) Seed weight
Plants Seed production
Seedbank longevity
Lavergne et al., 2004 Plants Seed mass
Seed size
Seed bank persistence
Occupancy Tolerance Aquatic invertebrates Niche breadth (outlying mean index)
Birds Niche breadth (outlying mean index)
Aquatic invertebrates Niche breadth (outlying mean index)
Aquatic invertebrates Niche breadth
Diatoms pH range
Interactions Hurlbert & White, 2007 Birds Trophic level
Plants Mycorrhizal associations
Movement Aquatic invertebrates Dispersal mode
Heino & Gronroos, 2014 Aquatic invertebrates Dispersal mode
van der Veken et al., 2007 Plants Long distance dispersal capacity
Life history Hurlbert & White, 2007 Birds Body size
Birds Foraging strategy
Lachaise et al., 2021 Plants Life history strategy (SLA)
Plants Inflorescence type
Ovule number
Seeds/plant
Occupancy (con’t) Seed setting rate
Seed mass
Plants SLA
Seed number per reproductive unit
Clonality
Seed mass
Vilmi et al., 2019 Diatoms Body size
Heino & Gronroos, 2014 Aquatic invertebrates Body size
van der Veken et al., 2007 Plants Seed production
Seed bank longevity
Seed dispersal mode
Seed weight
Seed size
Plants Seed bank longevity
Abundance Tolerance Heino & Tolonen, 2018 Aquatic invertebrates Niche breadth
Marino et al., 2019 Aquatic invertebrates Niche breadth (outlying mean index)
Kolb et al., 2006 Plants pH range
Heino & Gronroos, 2014 Aquatic invertebrates Niche breadth
Interactions Butterflies Food availability
Lachaise et al., 2021 Plants Mycorrhizal associations
Plants Herbivory
Mycorrhizal associations
Kolb et al. 2006 Plants Pollination mode
Movement Plants Dispersal ability
Abundance (con’t) Kolb et al., 2006 Plants Long distance dispersal capacity
Heino & Gronroos, 2014 Aquatic invertebrates Dispersal mode
Life history Plants Clonality
Seed number
SLA
Seed weight
Reader, 1998 Plants Growth rate
Plants Leaf longevity (life history strategy)
Sporbert et al., 2021 Plants SLA
Seed number per reproductive unit
Clonality
Seed mass
Vilmi et al., 2019 Diatoms Body size
Kolb et al., 2006 Plants Clonality
Seed number
Seed size
Seedbank persistence
Heino & Gronroos, 2014 Aquatic invertebrates Body size
Lachaise et al., 2021 Plants Seed weight