[LTER-BioProd] bimonthly update for LTER synthesis working group on scaling-up BEF

[Forest Isbell]

Dear all,

As promised, here is your bimonthly update on progress for each of the projects identified in our third meeting. For your reference, the list of projects and leaders can also be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iML_EzPHvhQjNI50Z0ITYCGj58kiP7lbUBSog9aQ5IU/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iML_EzPHvhQjNI50Z0ITYCGj58kiP7lbUBSog9aQ5IU/edit?usp=sharing>
If you would like to contribute to one or more of these projects, then please feel free to contact the project leader(s) and offer ways to help. If you have questions, then please feel free to ask the project leaders or me. Thanks in advance for your contributions!

Best wishes,

Forest, Jane, and Laura



Nonrandom changes in biodiversity and EF led by Tim Newbold
From Tim: The rarity paper is moving along more-or-less to the timeline we agreed in Santa Barbara. We are in the process of adding the new results from NutNet, BioTime and PREDICTS. Jarrett and I will be meeting with Maria Dornelas soon to discuss the BioTime results. Laura, Charlie and I have been working on the text of the manuscript. If anyone has time to look at the latest version, please let me know.

BEF causality review led by Laura Dee
From Laura: I will work on the revisions May 5 & 6th. Working with Julien to make Rshiny apps to accompany the paper to show sources of bias and the consequences of estimating models with different approaches, without considering them, and how our proposed solutions perform.

NutNet BEF causality analysis led by Laura Dee
From Laura: rafting, robustness tests and sensitivity analysis.

Global Change Drivers, Coexistence mechanisms, and Scaling BEF led by Jane Cowles
No update at this time.

Consequences of nonrandom species loss in BioCON led by Jane Cowles
From Jane: Analyses in process! Working on framing and writing in next few weeks.

Quantifying performance-enhancing insurance effects led by Forest Isbell
Waiting to determine whether there should first be a separate manuscript presenting the main results of the tree diversity experiments.

Global drivers of biodiversity loss (N) led by Yann Hautier
No update at this time.

SAR, EAR, and BEF led by Akira Mori
From Akira: I am waiting for inputs from some collaborators. I am beginning to work on other scenarios of climate and land use change.

Agenda 2049 led by Mary O’Connor
From Mary: We have draft 2.0, and aiming for 3.0 by May 9th. If anyone would like to discuss it May 3rd, I will work on it then, and I can send an update on May 9th with status.

Global BEF led by Sasha Wright
No update at this time.

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