"Author","Year","Title","Continent","Hab","Taxon","Aim","SpatialExtent","NumberOfReps","TemporalReplicates","Temp.extent","Temp.grain","Ordination1","Ordination2","Ordination3","No.ordinations","Cluster","AnalysisType1","AnalysisType2","AnalysisType3","AnalysisType4","AnalysisType5","AnalysisType6","AnalysisType7","Time_inclusion" "Acuna Plavan, Alicia et al.",2010,"FISH ASSEMBLAGE IN A TEMPERATE ESTUARY ON THE URUGUAYAN COAST: SEASONAL VARIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE","South America","Estuarine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","dbRDA","PCoA",NA,"2","0","Table ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Aneiros, Fernando et al.",2014,"A functional approach to the seasonal variation of benthic mollusc assemblages in an estuarine-like system","Europe","Estuarine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",13,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","PERMANOVA","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Defew, E C et al.",2002,"The use of natural microphytobenthic assemblages as laboratory model systems","Europe","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Microscale",2,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","Reciprocal averaging",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Yu, WN; Cao, JX; Dai, WF; Qiu, QF; Xiong, JB",2018,"Quantitative PCR Analysis of Gut Disease-Discriminatory Phyla for Determining Shrimp Disease Incidence","Asia","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",13,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Denitto, Francesco et al.",2007,"Settlement and primary succession in a shallow submarine cave: spatial and temporal benthic assemblage distinctness","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Succession","Local",5,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zhao, AH; Liu, L; Xu, TL; Shi, LL; Xie, W; Zhang, W; Fu, SL; Feng, HY; Chen, BD",2018,"Influences of Canopy Nitrogen and Water Addition on AM Fungal Biodiversity and Community Composition in a Mixed Deciduous Forest of China","Asia","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Line graph ra","Partial Mantel at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Zimudzi, J; van der Waals, JE; Coutinho, TA; Cowan, DA; Valverde, A",2018,"Temporal shifts of fungal communities in the rhizosphere and on tubers in potato fields","Africa","Agricultural","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",13,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","venn diagram","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zinchenko, TD; Golovatyuk, LV; Abrosimova, EV; Popchenko, TV",2017,"Macrozoobenthos in saline rivers in the Lake Elton basin: Spatial and temporal dynamics","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - multiple","Regional",12,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dieser, Markus et al.",2013,"Physicochemical and biological dynamics in a coastal Antarctic lake as it transitions from frozen to open water","Antarctica","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Bar graph ra","Table ra","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dimitriu, Pedro A et al.",2013,"Temporal stability of the mouse gut microbiota in relation to innate and adaptive immunity","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",7,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Time lag regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Doblas-Miranda, Enrique et al.",2007,"Soil macroinvertebrate fauna of a Mediterranean arid system: Composition and temporal changes in the assemblage","Europe","Grassland","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Chi-square test",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dobrovol'skaya, T G et al.",2006,"The spatial-temporal dynamics of the structure of bacterial complexes on the Medvenka River floodplain (Moscow oblast)","Europe","Grassland","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Angelberger, Sieglinde et al.",2013,"Temporal Bacterial Community Dynamics Vary Among Ulcerative Colitis Patients After Fecal Microbiota Transplantation","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Succession","Regional",11,"Daily","Months","Days","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dong, Hong-Yun et al.",2014,"Temporal variation of soil friedelin and microbial community under different land uses in a long-term agroecosystem","Asia","Grassland","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Local",4,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Bar graph ra","rmANOVA","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Doxa, Aggeliki et al.",2012,"Preventing biotic homogenization of farmland bird communities: The role of High Nature Value farmland","Europe","Agricultural","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",8,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Coefficient of variation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Duggan, I C et al.",1998,"Rotifers in relation to littoral ecotone structure in Lake Rotomanuka, North Island, New Zealand","Australia","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",34,"Weekly","Years","Weeks","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Heatmap ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dumbrell, Alex J et al.",2011,"Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing","Europe","Grassland","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",11,"Monthly","Years","Months","CA",NA,NA,"1","0","Linear regression of beta diversity",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Dunn, Ryan J K et al.",2013,"Macroinfauna Dynamics and Sediment Parameters of a Subtropical Estuarine Lake-Coombabah Lake (Southern Moreton Bay, Australia)","Australia","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Angeler, David G et al.",2007,"Zooplankton community resilience after press-type anthropogenic stress in temporary ponds","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",25,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Duriez, Patrick et al.",2007,"Temporal dynamics and impact of manure storage on antibiotic resistance patterns and population structure of Escherichia coli isolates from a commercial swine farm","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",6,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Table changes in functional group",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "e Silva, Michele C et al.",2013,"Temporal Dynamics of Abundance and Composition of Nitrogen-Fixing Communities across Agricultural Soils","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",3,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "e Silva, Michele C et al.",2013,"Temporal Dynamics of Abundance and Composition of Nitrogen-Fixing Communities across Agricultural Soils","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",3,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "e Silva, Michele C et al.",2013,"Temporal Dynamics of Abundance and Composition of Nitrogen-Fixing Communities across Agricultural Soils","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",3,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCoA","RDA",NA,"2","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Eiler, Alexander et al.",2012,"Coherent dynamics and association networks among lake bacterioplankton taxa","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",33,"Weekly","Years","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Network analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ellis, Christopher J et al.",2014,"Archaeobotanical evidence for climate as a driver of ecological community change across the anthropocene boundary","Europe","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",63,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","GLMM where samples are times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley A et al.",2013,"Impact of Oral Typhoid Vaccination on the Human Gut Microbiota and Correlations with S. Typhi-Specific Immunological Responses","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",10,"Daily","Months","Days","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Graphical table",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Eskinazi-Sant'Anna, E M et al.",2013,"Zooplankton assemblages in eutrophic reservoirs of the Brazilian semi-arid","South America","Freshwater","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Graphical table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Esperschuetz, J et al.",2009,"Microbial response to exudates in the rhizosphere of young beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) after dormancy","Europe","Artificial","Mixed","Succession","Point sample",8,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Angeler, David G et al.",2012,"Patterns of temporal community turnover are spatially synchronous across boreal lakes","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",20,"Seasonally","Decades","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Intra-class correlation coefficient",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Faisal, Mohamed et al.",2011,"SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS INFECTING FOUR LAKE WHITEFISH (COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS) STOCKS IN NORTHERN LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON, USA","North America","Host","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Farah, F T et al.",2014,"Forest destructuring as revealed by the temporal dynamics of fundamental species - Case study of Santa Genebra Forest in Brazil","South America","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Local",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","Procrustes",NA,NA,"1","0","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Faunce, C H et al.",1999,"Tilapia-dominated fish assemblages within an impounded mangrove ecosystem in east-central Florida","North America","Estuarine","Vertebrates","Succession","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","CA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fernandez, A et al.",1999,"How stable is stable? Function versus community composition","North America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Point sample",7,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Feser, Kelsey M et al.",2014,"TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF SHALLOW SEAGRASS-ASSOCIATED MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES IN ST. CROIX, US VIRGIN ISLANDS: TOWARD THE CALIBRATION OF TAPHONOMIC INERTIA","North America","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","SIMPER","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fisher, Jonathan A D et al.",2010,"Breaking Bergmann's rule: truncation of Northwest Atlantic marine fish body sizes","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",7,"Annually","Decades","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Flores, Gilberto E et al.",2014,"Temporal variability is a personalized feature of the human microbiome","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Regional",7,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Mantel test with Unifraq","Mantel test with Manhatten","bar graph ra","beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Arakaki, Seiji et al.",2006,"Short-term dynamics of tidepool fish community: Diel and seasonal variation","Asia","Intertidal","Vertebrates","Dynamics - multiple","Local",24,"Hourly","Years","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Table ra","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fornwalt, Paula J et al.",2014,"Understorey plant community dynamics following a large, mixed severity wildfire in a Pinus ponderosa-Pseudotsuga menziesii forest, Colorado, USA","North America","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",6,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Graphical table ra","Boxplots ra","ANOVA ra","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Frampton, G K et al.",2001,"Diel activity patterns in an arable collembolan community","Europe","Agricultural","Invertebrates","Dynamics - fine","Point sample",88,"Hourly","Seasons","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","PRC",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fraser, Danielle et al.",2014,"Mean Annual Precipitation Explains Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cenozoic Mammal Beta Diversity and Latitudinal Diversity Gradients in North America","North America","Multiple","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",21,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Freestone, Amy L et al.",2015,"Nonrandom community assembly and high temporal turnover promote regional coexistence in tropics but not temperate zone","Multi-continent","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Continental",2,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","Temporal beta diversity by site",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fuhlendorf, S D et al.",1998,"The influence of soil depth on plant species response to grazing within a semi-arid savanna","North America","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",30,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fulton, M R et al.",2002,"Fine-scale predictability of forest community dynamics","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",12,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Fulton and Harker method",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gajer, Pawel et al.",2012,"Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",32,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Graphical table ra","Graphical table Jensen-Shannon distance","Beta diversity through time_Jensen",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ganser, Claudia et al.",2013,"Patterns of spatio-temporal distribution, abundance, and diversity in a mosquito community from the eastern Smoky Hills of Kansas","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",11,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Garcia, Sarahi L et al.",2013,"Depth-discrete profiles of bacterial communities reveal pronounced spatio-temporal dynamics related to lake stratification","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Pie chart ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Araujo, H M P et al.",2008,"Zooplankton community dynamics in relation to the seasonal cycle and nutrient inputs in an urban tropical estuary in Brazil","South America","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",40,"Hourly","Seasons","Hours","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOVA abundance of each over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Geijzendorffer, I R et al.",2011,"Sustained dynamic transience in a Lotka-Volterra competition model system for grassland species","Europe","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",3,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Scatterplot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gihring, Thomas M et al.",2011,"A Limited Microbial Consortium Is Responsible for Extended Bioreduction of Uranium in a Contaminated Aquifer","North America","Subterranean","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",7,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Pie chart ra","Heat map ra","Geographic map ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Glaz, Patricia N et al.",2009,"Macroinvertebrates on coarse woody debris in the littoral zone of a boreal lake","North America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",3,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Table ra","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gomez-Rodriguez, Carola et al.",2010,"Inter-annual variability in amphibian assemblages: implications for diversity assessment and conservation","Europe","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Annually","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Bar graph occupancy",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gomez-Rodriguez, Carola et al.",2010,"Relative importance of dynamic and static environmental variables as predictors of amphibian diversity patterns","Europe","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS","db-RDA",NA,"0","0","ANOSIM","Graphical table pa","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gonzalez, J M et al.",2003,"Macroinvertebrate communities along a third-order Iberian stream","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Arscott, D B et al.",2003,"Spatio-temporal patterns of benthic invertebrates along the continuum of a braided Alpine river","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Graham, Eileen S et al.",2010,"Macrozooplankton Community Dynamics in Relation to Environmental Variables in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA","North America","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",24,"Weekly","Years","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Indicator species analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Graham, J L et al.",2006,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of microcystin in a Missouri reservoir","North America","Freshwater","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Gross, D V et al.",2010,"Burning history, time of burning, and year effects on plant community structure and heterogeneity in Fescue Prairie","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",7,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Guo, Q F et al.",1996,"Temporal fluctuations and experimental effects in desert plant communities","North America","Desert","Plants","Interactions","Regional",10,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCA","Canonical discriminant analysis",NA,"1","0","Table ra","rmANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ha, K et al.",2002,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton communities along a regulated river system, the Nakdong River, Korea","Asia","Freshwater","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",49,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Piechart ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hanquet, D et al.",2004,"Ontogenetic microhabitat shifts in stream invertebrates with different biological traits","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graphical map ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hansson, Lars-Anders et al.",2007,"Cyanobacterial chemical warfare affects zooplankton community composition","Europe","Freshwater","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",14,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Correlation","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Hardbower, Dana M et al.",2012,"Optimization of viral profiling approaches reveals strong links between viral and bacterial communities in a eutrophic freshwater lake","North America","Freshwater","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Local",18,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","BioEnv","Mantel test with Manhatten","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Asnaghi, Valentina et al.",2015,"Colonisation processes and the role of coralline algae in rocky shore community dynamics","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Succession","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","SIMPER","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hardoim, Cristiane C P et al.",2014,"Temporal dynamics of prokaryotic communities in the marine sponge Sarcotragus spinosulus","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Point sample",3,"Annually","Years","Years","PCoA","RDA",NA,"2","1","Heatmap ra","bar graph ra","Network analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hassler, S K et al.",2010,"Vegetation pattern divergence between dry and wet season in a semiarid savanna - Spatio-temporal dynamics of plant diversity in northwest Namibia","Africa","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Regional",2,"Annually","Seasons","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time simple matching","Beta diversity through time sorenson",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Henglong, Xu et al.",2010,"Temporal dynamics of phytoplankton communities in a semi-enclosed mariculture pond and their responses to environmental factors","Asia","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",15,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Line graph ra","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Henry, M et al.",2004,"Species composition, abundance and vertical stratification of a bat community (Megachiroptera : Pteropodidae) in a West African rain forest","Africa","Forest","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Herben, T et al.",2003,"Year-to-year variation in plant competition in a mountain grassland","Europe","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",10,"Annually","Years","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Heslinga, Justin L et al.",2010,"Assessing Plant Community Changes Over Sixteen Years of Restoration in a Remnant Michigan Tallgrass Prairie","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table rank abundances","Pearson correlation ra over time","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hewitt, Judi E et al.",2010,"Empirical evidence of an approaching alternate state produced by intrinsic community dynamics, climatic variability and management actions","Australia","Marine","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",16,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","MVDISP","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Table ra","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,"Variable" "Hill, M F et al.",2002,"Spatio-temporal variation in Markov chain models of subtidal community succession","North America","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Succession","Local",9,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Markov chain modelling",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hillebrand, Helmut",2011,"Temperature mediates competitive exclusion and diversity in benthic microalgae under different N:P stoichiometry","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Microscale",15,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hilt, Nadine et al.",2007,"Temporal dynamics of rich moth ensembles in the montane forest zone in southern Ecuador","South America","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOVA","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hobbs, Richard J et al.",2007,"Long-term data reveal complex dynamics in grassland in relation to climate and disturbance","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",20,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","ANOVA functional group ra","Line graph ra","corraltions with environment ra over time",NA,NA,"Variable" "Hopfensperger, K N et al.",2009,"Vegetation and seed bank dynamics in a tidal freshwater marsh","North America","Intertidal","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","GLM turnover",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hsieh, Yu-Lung et al.",2012,"Seasonal dynamics of arboreal spider diversity in a temperate forest","Europe","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Table ra","Table beta diversity",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Huffard, C L et al.",2014,"Pelagic Sargassum community change over a 40-year period: temporal and spatial variability","Oceanic","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",9,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM","RELATE","MVDISP","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hurlbert, Allen H et al.",2007,"Fish and fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea: a century of boom and bust","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",15,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hussein, Nabila R et al.",2012,"Studies on spatio-temporal dynamics of phytoplankton in El-Umum drain in west of Alexandria, Egypt","Africa","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",13,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Azeria, Ermias T et al.",2006,"Temporal dynamics and nestedness of an oceanic island bird fauna","Africa","Grassland","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Nestedness analysis at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ibarbalz, Federico M et al.",2014,"The Bias Associated with Amplicon Sequencing Does Not Affect the Quantitative Assessment of Bacterial Community Dynamics","South America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Linear regression of beta diversity","beta diversity through time ","Moving window analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ilg, Christiane et al.",2009,"Extreme flood events favour floodplain mollusc diversity","Europe","Grassland","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",6,"Annually","Years","Years","CA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Beta diversity through time sorenson",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ishii, Shun'ichi et al.",2014,"Microbial population and functional dynamics associated with surface potential and carbon metabolism","North America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Succession","Local",4,"Monthly","Months","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Heat map beta diversity",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jackson, Stephen T et al.",2014,"Inferring local to regional changes in forest composition from Holocene macrofossils and pollen of a small lake in central Upper Michigan","North America","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",7,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table PA","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Jarrin, Jose R Marin et al.",2011,"Spatio-temporal dynamics of the surf-zone faunal assemblages at a Southern Oregon sandy beach","North America","Coastal","Mixed","Dynamics - multiple","Local",12,"Hourly","Months","Hours","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","MRPP","Indicator species analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jaureguizar, Andres J et al.",2006,"Fish assemblages of the northern Argentine coastal system: spatial patterns and their temporal variations","South America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",6,"Annually","Years","Years","DCCA",NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Table ra","beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jiang, Ya-Zhou et al.",2009,"Temporal changes in the fish community resulting from a summer fishing moratorium in the northern East China Sea","Asia","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",7,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","Beta diversity through time","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Agis, Martin et al.",2007,"A cautionary note: Examples of possible microbial community dynamics in dilution grazing experiments","Europe","Estuarine","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Point sample",2,"Hourly","Days","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Azeria, Ermias T et al.",2008,"Nestedness, niche metrics and temporal dynamics of a metacommunity in a dynamic natural model system","South America","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",8,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Nestedness analysis at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jonas, Jayne L et al.",2007,"Grasshopper (Orthoptera : Acrididae) communities respond to fire, bison grazing and weather in North American tallgrass prairie: a long-term study","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",22,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Fourth-corner analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kalmokoff, M et al.",2013,"Temporal change in the gut community of rats fed high amylose cornstarch is driven by endogenous urea rather than strictly on carbohydrate availability","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",5,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Heatmap ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kampichler, Christian et al.",2012,"Large-Scale Changes in Community Composition: Determining Land Use and Climate Change Signals","Europe","Multiple","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",25,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Time lag analysis","Coefficient of variation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kampichler, Christian et al.",2014,"Temporal dynamics of bird community composition: an analysis of baseline conditions from long-term data","Multi-continent","Multiple","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Global",20,"Annually","Decades","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","Time lag analysis","MEMs",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kanavillil, Nandakumar et al.",2013,"Temporal variation of periphyton communities: a 3-year study from northwest Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",3,"Annually","Years","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kangur, Kulli et al.",2007,"Patterning long-term changes of fish community in large shallow Lake Peipsi","Europe","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",64,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","SOM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kapfer, Jutta et al.",2011,"Fine-scale changes in vegetation composition in a boreal mire over 50 years","Europe","Wetland & Riparian","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Table ra","Bar graph ra","Rank frequency change",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kara, Emily et al.",2009,"Temporal Dynamics of South End Tidal Creek (Sapelo Island, Georgia) Bacterial Communities","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",3,"Hourly","Days","Hours","CCA","CA","PCA","3","0","ANOSIM","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Azevedo-Ramos, C et al.",1999,"Predation as the key factor structuring tadpole assemblages in a savanna area in Central Amazonia","South America","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",30,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graphical table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kardol, Paul et al.",2010,"Long-term successional forest dynamics: species and community responses to climatic variability","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",8,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","PCA","RDA",NA,"2","0","Line graph mortality rates","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Keller, David P et al.",2014,"Turbidity Maximum Entrapment of Phytoplankton in the Chesapeake Bay","North America","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kent, Angela D et al.",2007,"Synchrony in aquatic microbial community dynamics","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",19,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","CA","pCCA","Procrustes","2","0","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kent, Angela D et al.",2007,"Synchrony in aquatic microbial community dynamics","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",19,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","CA","pCCA","Procrustes","2","0","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Keymer, Daniel P et al.",2014,"Contribution of nitrogen fixation to first year Miscanthus x giganteus","North America","Grassland","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kirkham, Amy R et al.",2013,"A global perspective on marine photosynthetic picoeukaryote community structure","Oceanic","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Global",NA,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kolehmainen, Reija E et al.",2008,"Spatial and temporal changes in Actinobacterial dominance in experimental artificial groundwater recharge","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kopecky, Martin et al.",2013,"Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices","Europe","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Conditional inference tree",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kopylov, A I et al.",2001,"Microplanktonic communities in the coastal waters, harbor, and salt lagoon of Saint Paul Island (Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea): Structural and functional analysis","North America","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kuiters, A T",2013,"Diversity-stability relationships in plant communities of contrasting habitats","Europe","Coastal","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",36,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Population stability and community stability",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "La Sorte, Frank A et al.",2014,"The role of urban and agricultural areas during avian migration: an assessment of within-year temporal turnover","North America","Multiple","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","GAMM turnover",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ladwig, Laura M et al.",2010,"Spatiotemporal dynamics of lianas during 50 years of succession to temperate forest","North America","Forest","Plants","Succession","Local",50,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Regression of change ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Landman, Marietjie et al.",2014,"Long-term monitoring reveals differing impacts of elephants on elements of a canopy shrub community","Africa","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Langenheder, S et al.",2004,"Growth dynamics within bacterial communities in riverine and estuarine batch cultures","Europe","Estuarine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Microscale",11,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Gels","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bagchi, Sumanta et al.",2012,"Empirical assessment of state-and-transition models with a long-term vegetation record from the Sonoran Desert","North America","Desert","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",68,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Pie chart transition between clusters",NA,NA,"Variable" "Lara, C",2006,"Temporal dynamics of flower use by hummingbirds in a highland temperate forest in Mexico","North America","Multiple","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Larson, Chad A et al.",2012,"Taxonomic and functional composition of the algal benthos exhibits similar successional trends in response to nutrient supply and current velocity","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Microscale",8,"Daily","Months","Days","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","BIOENV","beta diversity through time","Correlations ra at different times","Colonisation rate",NA,"Variable" "Ledger, Mark E et al.",2008,"Disturbance frequency influences patch dynamics in stream benthic algal communities","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Disturbance","Regional",21,"Monthly","Years","Months","pRDA",NA,NA,"1","0","rmANOMA","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lee, O et al.",2005,"Small-scale spatio-temporal variability in ichthyoplankton and zooplankton distribution in relation to a tidal-mixing front in the","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","DCA","pRDA",NA,"1","0","ANOVA","table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Leflaive, Josephine et al.",2008,"Temporal patterns in epilithic biofilm-relation with a putative allelopathic activity","Europe","Freshwater","Mixed","Interactions","Point sample",24,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","SOM","Table RA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lekve, K et al.",2002,"Spatio-temporal dynamics of species richness in coastal fish communities","Europe","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",40,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Extinction rate","Turnover rate","ANCOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lellouch, Laurent et al.",2014,"Monitoring temporal change of bird communities with dissimilarity acoustic indices","Europe","Forest","Vertebrates","Dynamics - multiple","Local",72,"Minutes","Months","Minutes",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Pivot days",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Li, Jin et al.",2007,"Grassland responses to multiple disturbances on the New England Tablelands in NSW, Australia","Australia","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",8,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Maleability",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Liang, W J et al.",2007,"Temporal dynamics of soil nematode community structure under invasive Ambrosia trifida and native Chenopodium serotinum","Asia","Grassland","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",5,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","rmANOMA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lightfoot, David C et al.",2012,"Bottom-up regulation of desert grassland and shrubland rodent communities: implications of species-specific reproductive potentials","North America","Shrubland","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",22,"Seasonally","Decades","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Linear regression ra at different times","time lag regression ",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Lin, Xueju et al.",2012,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of the microbial community in the Hanford unconfined aquifer","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",380,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Random forest","Graphical map ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bahlai, Christine A et al.",2013,"Long-Term Functional Dynamics of an Aphidophagous Coccinellid Community Remain Unchanged despite Repeated Invasions","North America","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",24,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Litz, Marisa N C et al.",2014,"Biotic and abiotic factors influencing forage fish and pelagic nekton community in the Columbia River plume (USA) throughout the upwelling season 1999-2009","North America","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - multiple","Local",20,"Seasonally","Decades","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Liu, C X et al.",1997,"Effects of prescribed fire on the composition of woody plant communities in southeastern Texas","North America","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",3,"Annually","Years","Years","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Liu, Lemian et al.",2014,"Synchronous dynamics and correlations between bacteria and phytoplankton in a subtropical drinking water reservoir","Asia","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Point sample",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Liu, Lemian et al.",2014,"Synchronous dynamics and correlations between bacteria and phytoplankton in a subtropical drinking water reservoir","Asia","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Point sample",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Magalhaes, C et al.",2008,"Dynamics of nitrous oxide reductase genes (nosZ) in intertidal rocky biofilms and sediments of the douro river estuary (Portugal), and their relation to N-biogeochemistry","Europe","Intertidal","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Microscale",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Magalhaes, M Filomena et al.",2007,"Effects of multi-year droughts on fish assemblages of seasonally drying Mediterranean streams","Europe","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",8,"Annually","Years","Years","PCA","RDA",NA,"2","0","Time lag analysis","Species turnover rate","Coefficient of variation",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Baho, Didier L et al.",2012,"Resistance and resilience of microbial communities - temporal and spatial insurance against perturbations","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Microscale",4,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Baho, Didier L et al.",2012,"Resistance and resilience of microbial communities - temporal and spatial insurance against perturbations","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Microscale",4,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Manning, C A et al.",2005,"Multivariate analysis of the copepod community of near-shore waters in the western Gulf of Maine","North America","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Geographical maps ra","ANOSIM ra","ANOVA at different times",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Maracahipes, Leandro et al.",2014,"Post-fire dynamics of woody vegetation in seasonally flooded forests (impucas) in the Cerrado-Amazonian Forest transition zone","South America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Marques, Sonia Cotrim et al.",2007,"Zooplankton distribution and dynamics in a temperate shallow estuary","Europe","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Martin-Platero, Antonio M et al.",2008,"Polyphasic approach to bacterial dynamics during the ripening of Spanish farmhouse cheese, using culture-dependent and -independent methods","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Succession","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Martinez, M L et al.",2001,"Spatial and temporal variability during primary succession on tropical coastal sand dunes","North America","Coastal","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Local",16,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Matabos, Marjolaine et al.",2014,"High-frequency study of epibenthic megafaunal community dynamics in Barkley Canyon: A multi-disciplinary approach using the NEPTUNE Canada network","North America","Marine","Mixed","Succession","Local",31,"Daily","Weeks","Days","dbRDA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","MEMS",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Matthews, William J et al.",2006,"Temporal changes in replicated experimental stream fish assemblages: predictable or not?","North America","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Succession","Local",18,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Meadow, J F et al.",2014,"Indoor airborne bacterial communities are influenced by ventilation, occupancy, and outdoor air source","North America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",30,"Hourly","Days","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Line graph ra","Phylogenetic diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Menalled, F D et al.",2001,"Weed aboveground and seedbank community responses to agricultural management systems","North America","Agricultural","Plants","Disturbance","Local",6,"Annually","Years","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity in time","Spearman correlation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Metzke, B A et al.",2012,"Cladoceran Community Dynamics Reflect Temperature Gradients in a Cooling Water Reservoir","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",24,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Meyer, Clinton K et al.",2010,"Plant Community Recovery following Restoration in Temporally Variable Riparian Wetlands","North America","Wetland & Riparian","Plants","Succession","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Milchunas, D G et al.",2000,"Plant community structure in relation to long-term disturbance by mechanized military maneuvers in a semiarid region","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",5,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Bar plot ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Militza, C C N et al.",2006,"Effect of nutrient periodicity on microbial community dynamics","North America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",16,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Gel ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Moore-Kucera, Jennifer et al.",2008,"PLFA profiling of microbial community structure and seasonal shifts in soils of a Douglas-fir chronosequence","North America","Forest","Mixed","Disturbance","Local",7,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Moreira, J et al.",2010,"Temporal dynamics of gastropod fauna on subtidal sandy sediments of the Ensenada de Baiona (NW Iberian Peninsula)","Europe","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",13,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","SIMPROF","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Moreira, Juan et al.",2010,"TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF THE BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE IN THE MUDDY SEDIMENTS OF THE HARBOUR OF BAIONA (GALICIA, NW IBERIAN PENINSULA)","Europe","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",13,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar chart ra","Line graph ra","Table RA","ANOVA species ","SIMPROF","BioEnv",NA,"Variable" "Morgan, J W",2001,"Seedling recruitment patterns over 4 years in an Australian perennial grassland community with different fire histories","Australia","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",4,"Annually","Years","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","MANOVA","Table ra","Survival rate",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Mueller, Melanie et al.",2013,"The effects of stream substratum texture on interstitial conditions and bacterial biofilms: Methodological strategies","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",3,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Balzan, Mario V",2012,"Associations of dragonflies (Odonata) to habitat variables within the Maltese Islands: A spatio-temporal approach","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",10,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Murphy, Stephen J et al.",2014,"Temporal change in the herbaceous understory community of an old-growth forest: from seasons to decades","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - multiple","Local",12,"Monthly","Decades","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Scatter plot species at two times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Muylaert, K et al.",2000,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton communities in a freshwater tidal estuary (Schelde, Belgium)","Europe","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","pCCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Heatmap ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Nacorda, H M E et al.",1997,"Structure and temporal dynamics of macroinfaunal communities of a sandy reef flat in the northwestern Philippines","Asia","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Newton, R J et al.",2006,"Microbial community dynamics in a humic lake: differential persistence of common freshwater phylotypes","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",20,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graphical table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Newton, Ryan J et al.",2013,"Shifts in the Microbial Community Composition of Gulf Coast Beaches Following Beach Oiling","North America","Coastal","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Regional",6,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Graphical map ra","beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Noll, M et al.",2005,"Succession of bacterial community structure and diversity in a paddy soil oxygen gradient","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",4,"Hourly","Seasons","Hours","CA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table RA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Nurra, Nicola et al.",2013,"Monitoring of a Posidonia oceanica bed (Punta Manara, Eastern Ligurian Sea, Italy) and the associated molluscs twenty years after: What's new?","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",6,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","SIMPER","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "OCONNOR, T G et al.",1995,"VEGETATION CHANGES (1949-71) IN A SEMIARID, GRASSY DWARF SHRUBLAND IN THE KAROO, SOUTH-AFRICA - INFLUENCE OF RAINFALL VARIABILITY AND GRAZING BY SHEEP","Africa","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Regional",5,"Multiyear","Years","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Aguado-Santacruz, G A et al.",1998,"Environmental factors and community dynamics at the southernmost part of the North American Graminetum - I. On the contribution of climatic factors to temporal variation in species composition","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",11,"Annually","Decades","Years","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Okullo, Paul et al.",2012,"Termite activity, not grazing, is the main determinant of spatial variation in savanna herbaceous vegetation","Africa","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",8,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Principal response curves","MRPP","GLMM of relative abundance of functional groups","Betadisper",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Olsson, Jens et al.",2012,"Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea","Europe","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",5,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Opitz, Sebastian et al.",2014,"Oxygen availability and distance to surface environments determine community composition and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing prokaroytes in two superimposed pristine limestone aquifers in the Hainich region, Germany","Europe","Subterranean","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",23,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Gel ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Or, Amitai et al.",2012,"Fine-Scale Temporal Dynamics of a Fragmented Lotic Microbial Ecosystem","Asia","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Point sample",23,"Hourly","Days","Hours","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ostman, Orjan et al.",2013,"Weak seasonality and synchrony among bacterial communities in small pools","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",8,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS","PCA",NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Time lag regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pagarete, A et al.",2013,"Strong Seasonality and Interannual Recurrence in Marine Myovirus Communities","Europe","Marine","Viruses","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",28,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","1","SIMPROF","ANOSIM","SIMPER","BEST",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Papageorgiou, Nafsika et al.",2006,"Multicausal environmental severity: A flexible framework for microtidal sandy beaches and the role of polychaetes as an indicator taxon","Europe","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",6,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","BioEnv",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Papiol, V et al.",2012,"Influence of environmental variables on the spatio-temporal dynamics of bentho-pelagic assemblages in the middle slope of the Balearic Basin (NW Mediterranean)","Europe","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Correlation with environmental variables in time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Barros, Francisco et al.",2014,"A framework for investigating general patterns of benthic beta-diversity along estuaries","Multi-continent","Estuarine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Global",5,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Passy, S I",2006,"Diatom community dynamics in streams of chronic and episodic acidification: The roles of environment and time","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",7,"Monthly","Years","Months","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pasulka, Alexis L et al.",2013,"Temporal dynamics of phytoplankton and heterotrophic protists at station ALOHA","North America","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",50,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Boxplot ra","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Paver, Sara F et al.",2010,"Temporal Patterns in Glycolate-Utilizing Bacterial Community Composition Correlate with Phytoplankton Population Dynamics in Humic Lakes","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",6,"Daily","Months","Days","CA","pCCA",NA,"2","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Paver, Sara F et al.",2013,"Temporal succession of putative glycolate-utilizing bacterioplankton tracks changes in dissolved organic matter in a high-elevation lake","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","RELATE",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Payne, Sarah J et al.",2014,"Temporal changes in the sensitivity of coastal Antarctic zooplankton communities to diesel fuel: A comparison between single- and multi-species toxicity tests","Antarctica","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Payne, Sarah J et al.",2014,"Temporal changes in the sensitivity of coastal Antarctic zooplankton communities to diesel fuel: A comparison between single- and multi-species toxicity tests","Antarctica","Artificial","Microeukaryotes","Disturbance","Local",8,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","SIMPER","Survival treatment to control","Percent dominance over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pelham, M E et al.",2001,"Diet dynamics of the juvenile piscivorous fish community in Spirit Lake, Iowa, USA, 1997-1998","North America","Host","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",7,"Annually","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Relative abundance of species at two times","Percent diet overlap at different times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pen-Mouratov, S et al.",2004,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of nematode populations under Zygophyllum dumosum in and environments","Asia","Desert","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",25,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Table RA","Table pa","ANOVA",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Petanidou, Theodora et al.",2008,"Long-term observation of a pollination network: fluctuation in species and interactions, relative invariance of network structure and implications for estimates of specialization","Europe","Grassland","Mixed","Interactions","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Network analysis","Nestedness analysis at times","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bartha, S et al.",2003,"Plant colonization windows in a mesic old field succession","North America","Forest","Plants","Succession","Local",28,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Percent colonisation and extinction over time","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Peters, Lars et al.",2012,"Temporal patterns in macrograzer effects on epilithic algae and meiofauna: a comparative approach to test for single species and whole grazer community effects","Europe","Freshwater","Mixed","Interactions","Regional",4,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","rmANOVA","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Petsch, Danielle Katharine et al.",2015,"Temporal nestedness in Chironomidae and the importance of environmental and spatial factors in species rarity","South America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Monthly","Years","Months","pRDA",NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","Nestedness analysis at times","MEMs",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Piao, Hailan et al.",2014,"Temporal dynamics of fibrolytic and rnethanogenic rumen microorganisms during in situ incubation of switchgrass determined by 16S rRNA gene profiling","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",9,"Hourly","Days","Hours","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Picard, V et al.",2005,"Spatio-temporal investigations on the planktonic organisms of the Middle Loire (France), during the low water period: biodiversity and community dynamics","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",8,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pinto, Ameet J et al.",2014,"Spatial-Temporal Survey and Occupancy-Abundance Modeling To Predict Bacterial Community Dynamics in the Drinking Water Microbiome","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",15,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Bar plot ra","PERMANOVA","ANOSIM","Beta diversity through time","Mantel test","Association analysis using MINE","Variable" "Pitta, D W et al.",2014,"Temporal dynamics in the ruminal microbiome of dairy cows during the transition period","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",4,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","GLMM with time ra","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "POLLI, B et al.",1992,"QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE PLANKTONIC POPULATIONS IN LAKE LUGANO","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",8,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table pa","Bar plot ra","Graphical map ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Poretsky, Rachel et al.",2014,"Strengths and Limitations of 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing in Revealing Temporal Microbial Community Dynamics","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",4,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Portillo, Maria C et al.",2012,"Temporal variability in the diversity and composition of stream bacterioplankton communities","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",55,"Weekly","Years","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Prevey, Janet S et al.",2014,"Mowing Reduces Exotic Annual Grasses but Increases Exotic Forbs in a Semiarid Grassland","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",11,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pruett, Grechen et al.",2008,"Temporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal community composition on root systems of oak seedlings infected with Burgundy truffle","North America","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Local",3,"Annually","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Qin, Ying-Ying et al.",2008,"Population dynamics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in an aerated submerged biofilm reactor for micropolluted raw water pretreatment","Asia","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "QUINN, M A et al.",1991,"SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IN APHID (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE) SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES COLLECTED WITH SUCTION TRAPS IN IDAHO","North America","Multiple","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",3,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "QUINN, M A et al.",1991,"HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS AND GRASSHOPPER COMMUNITY DYNAMICS ON MIXED-GRASS RANGELAND","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",7,"Weekly","Years","Weeks","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rahman, M Hasinur et al.",2008,"Dynamics of microbial community in Japanese Andisol of apple orchard production systems","Asia","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",5,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rambaud, Maelle et al.",2009,"Does channelization alter spatial and temporal dynamics of macrophyte communities and their physical habitat?","Europe","Freshwater","Plants","Disturbance","Local",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Rayner, Thomas S et al.",2009,"Spatio-temporal dynamics of fish feeding in the lower Mulgrave River, north-eastern Queensland: the influence of seasonal flooding, instream productivity and invertebrate abundance","Australia","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Interactions","Local",5,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","Semi-strong hybrid NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","MANOVA","ANOSIM","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Redford, Amanda J et al.",2009,"Bacterial Succession on the Leaf Surface: A Novel System for Studying Successional Dynamics","North America","Forest","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",8,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Bar chart ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Battan Horenstein, Moira et al.",2012,"Community dynamics of carrion flies and their parasitoids in experimental carcasses in central Argentina","South America","Forest","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Redjadj, Claire et al.",2014,"Intra- and Interspecific Differences in Diet Quality and Composition in a Large Herbivore Community","Europe","Forest","Mixed","Dynamics - fine","Regional",12,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Regan, Kathleen M et al.",2014,"Seasonal controls on grassland microbial biogeography: Are they governed by plants, abiotic properties or both?","Europe","Grassland","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Reymond, Claire E et al.",2013,"Millennium-scale records of benthic foraminiferal communities from the central Great Barrier Reef reveal spatial differences and temporal consistency","Australia","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",5,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","PERMDISP","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Riera, Rodrigo et al.",2013,"Temporal dynamics of shallow subtidal meiobenthos from a beach in Tenerife (Canary Islands, northeast Atlantic Ocean)","Africa","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Table ra","Bar plot ra","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Riis, T et al.",2004,"Colonisation and temporal dynamics of macrophytes in artificial stream channels with contrasting flow regimes","Oceania","Freshwater","Plants","Disturbance","Local",39,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rindi, F et al.",2005,"Spatio-temporal variability of intertidal algal assemblages of the Slovenian coast (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea)","Europe","Intertidal","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","SIMPER","ANOSIM","ANOVA ra","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rober, Allison R et al.",2014,"Spatial and temporal variability of algal community dynamics and productivity in floodplain wetlands along the Tanana River, Alaska","North America","Wetland & Riparian","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",7,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Beche, Leah A et al.",2007,"Short-term climatic trends affect the temporal variability of macroinvertebrates in California Mediterranean streams","North America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",20,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Beta diversity through time","Time lag regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Roberg, Stian et al.",2011,"Dynamics of bacterial community exposed to hydrocarbons and oleophilic fertilizer in high-Arctic intertidal beach","Europe","Intertidal","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Microscale",6,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Robinson, Courtney J et al.",2010,"Robustness of the Bacterial Community in the Cabbage White Butterfly Larval Midgut","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",5,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Coefficient of variation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "RODRIGUEZ, M A",1993,"A COMPARISON OF PHYTOPLANKTON AND ALGAE GROWING ON PLEXIGLAS SLIDES IN AN OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE","North America","Freshwater","Mixed","Succession","Local",12,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rogers, B F et al.",2001,"Temporal analysis of the soil microbial community along a toposequence in Pineland soils","North America","Forest","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",5,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Roitman, I et al.",2008,"Tree dynamics of a fire-protected cerrado sensu stricto surrounded by forest plantations, over a 13-year period (1991-2004) in Bahia, Brazil","South America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Mortality and recruitment rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa et al.",2012,"Plant community dynamics of a tropical semi-arid system following experimental removals of an exotic grass","Oceanic","Coastal","Plants","Interactions","Local",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rollinson, Christine R et al.",2012,"Community assembly responses to warming and increased precipitation in an early successional forest","North America","Forest","Plants","Environment","Local",36,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Romero, Oscar E et al.",2009,"Seasonal and interannual dynamics in diatom production in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela","South America","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",56,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rooney-Varga, J N et al.",2005,"Links between Phytoplankton and bacterial community dynamics in a coastal marine environment","North America","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rooney-Varga, J N et al.",2005,"Links between Phytoplankton and bacterial community dynamics in a coastal marine environment","North America","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Rueda, Jose L et al.",2008,"Diel and seasonal variation of a molluscan taxocoenosis associated with a Zostera marina bed in southern Spain (Alboran Sea)","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - multiple","Regional",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Table ra","Bar plot ra","ANOSIM","SIMPER","ANOVA ra","Beta diversity through time",NA,"Variable" "Rueda, Jose L et al.",2009,"Changes in the composition and structure of a molluscan assemblage due to eelgrass loss in southern Spain (Alboran Sea)","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Table RA","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ruhl, Henry A",2008,"Community change in the variable resource habitat of the abyssal northeast Pacific","North America","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",37,"Seasonally","Decades","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Relative abundance of species at different times","Mantel test","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ruhl, Henry A et al.",2014,"Links between deep-sea respiration and community dynamics","Oceania","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Global",8,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Beldade, R et al.",2006,"Composition and temporal dynamics of a temperate rocky cryptobenthic fish assemblage","Europe","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sales, M A et al.",2015,"Influence of Leaf Quality in Microbial Decomposition in a Headwater Stream in the Brazilian Cerrado: a 1-Year Study","South America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Salgado, Jorge et al.",2010,"Assessing aquatic macrophyte community change through the integration of palaeolimnological and historical data at Loch Leven, Scotland","Europe","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",36,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graphical table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Salmaso, N",1996,"Seasonal variation in the composition and rate of change of the phytoplankton community in a deep subalpine lake (Lake Garda, northern Italy). An application of nonmetric multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",18,"Weekly","Years","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar graph ra","Graphical table","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Salvador Hernandez-Aviles, Justo et al.",2010,"Prokaryotic picoplankton dynamics in a warm-monomictic saline lake: temporal and spatial variation in structure and composition","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sanchez-Castro, Ivan et al.",2012,"Temporal dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots of representative shrub species in a semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystem","Europe","Shrubland","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Bar graph ra","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Berrios, Patricia A et al.",2011,"Spatio-temporal variability in ontogenetic guild structure of an intertidal fish assemblage in central Chile","South America","Intertidal","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Beta diversity through time with null model",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Savilaakso, Sini et al.",2009,"Long lasting impact of forest harvesting on the diversity of herbivorous insects","Africa","Forest","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Local",24,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Non-parametric MPP",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schaefer, J et al.",2005,"A test for community change using a null model approach","North America","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",19,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Null model",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schaefer, J et al.",2005,"A test for community change using a null model approach","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",18,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Null model",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schaefer, J et al.",2005,"A test for community change using a null model approach","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",15,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Null model",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schmidt, O et al.",2001,"Population dynamics of earthworms (Lumbricidae) and their role in nitrogen turnover in wheat and wheat-clover cropping systems","Europe","Agricultural","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schneider, Katie et al.",2011,"The influence of resource subsidies on cave invertebrates: results from an ecosystem-level manipulation experiment","North America","Subterranean","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",23,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Mantel test","GLMM with time ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schratzberger, M et al.",2008,"Nematode community dynamics over an annual production cycle in the central North Sea","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","ANOVA ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sebastian-Gonzalez, Esther et al.",2010,"Processes driving temporal dynamics in the nested pattern of waterbird communities","Europe","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",11,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Nestedness analysis at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Selje, N et al.",2003,"Composition and dynamics of particle-associated and free-living bacterial communities in the Weser estuary, Germany","Europe","Estuarine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",9,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Selje, N et al.",2003,"Composition and dynamics of particle-associated and free-living bacterial communities in the Weser estuary, Germany","Europe","Estuarine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",9,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Selleslagh, Jonathan et al.",2012,"Seasonal succession of estuarine fish, shrimps, macrozoobenthos and plankton: Physico-chemical and trophic influence. The Gironde estuary as a case study","Europe","Estuarine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Berthon, Vincent et al.",2014,"Sensitivity and responses of diatoms to climate warming in lakes heavily influenced by humans","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",50,"Multiyear","Years","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Sharip, Zati et al.",2012,"Eutrophication, agriculture and water level control shift aquatic plant communities from floating-leaved to submerged macrophytes in Lake Chini, Malaysia","Asia","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Geographic map ra","DISTLM at different times","PERMANOVA at different times",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sheaves, Marcus et al.",2010,"Temporal dynamics of fish assemblages of natural and artificial tropical estuaries","Australia","Estuarine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",11,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Multivariate regression and classification trees",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Shen, Ze-Hao et al.",2007,"Community dynamics of seed rain in mixed evergreen broad-leaved and deciduous forests in a subtropical mountain of central China","Asia","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Local",5,"Daily","Months","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Shertzer, Kyle W et al.",2009,"Spatial structure and temporal patterns in a large marine ecosystem: Exploited reef fishes of the southeast United States","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",28,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Table ra for two time points",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Short, S M et al.",2003,"Temporal dynamics of natural communities of marine algal viruses and eukaryotes","North America","Marine","Viruses","Dynamics - medium","Local",64,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Aguado-Santacruz, G A et al.",2002,"Environmental factors and community dynamics at the southernmost part of the North American Graminetum - II. Temporal plant assemblages determined by rainfall patterns","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",11,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Graphical table relative frequency of clusters in time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Simek, Karel et al.",2014,"A finely tuned symphony of factors modulates the microbial food web of a freshwater reservoir in spring","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",11,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sintes, Eva et al.",2013,"Temporal dynamics in the free-living bacterial community composition in the coastal North Sea","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - multiple","Point sample",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Beta diversity over time","Line graph ra","Mean daily change in similarity",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Siokou-Frangou, I et al.",1998,"Zooplankton assemblages and influence of environmental parameters on them in a Mediterranean coastal area","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",24,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS","CA",NA,"2","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Siokou, I et al.",2014,"Zooplankton community dynamics in the N. Aegean front (E. Mediterranean) in the winter-spring period","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Table ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Smilauer, P et al.",2013,"Asymmetric relationship between grasses and forbs: results from a field experiment under nutrient limitation","Europe","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",3,"Annually","Years","Years","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Coefficient of variation","Complementarity at different times","Pie graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Smith, Rachel S et al.",2014,"The Role of Habitat Complexity in Community Development Is Mediated by Resource Availability","Australia","Marine","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",2,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Song, Keunyea et al.",2011,"Denitrification rates and community structure of denitrifying bacteria in newly constructed wetland","Asia","Wetland & Riparian","Prokaryotes","Succession","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","MRPP",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Spaenhoff, Bernd et al.",2010,"Wood in different stream types: Epixylic biofilm and wood-inhabiting invertebrates in a lowland versus an upland stream","Europe","Freshwater","Mixed","Succession","Regional",11,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","GLM including time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Spaenhoff, Bernd et al.",2010,"Wood in different stream types: Epixylic biofilm and wood-inhabiting invertebrates in a lowland versus an upland stream","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Succession","Regional",11,"Monthly","Years","Months","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "SPAULDING, S A et al.",1993,"WINTER PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS IN A SUB-ALPINE LAKE, COLORADO, USA","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sponaugle, S et al.",2003,"Dynamics of larval fish assemblages over a shallow coral reef in the Florida Keys","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",7,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bhadauria, T et al.",2012,"Earthworm populations in a traditional village landscape in Central Himalaya, India","Asia","Forest","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",6,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Stead, T K et al.",2003,"All creatures great and small: patterns in the stream benthos across a wide range of metazoan body size","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",14,"Monthly","Years","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOVA at different times","Bar plot ra","Line graph ra","Relative abundance distributions at times","Table ra",NA,NA,"Variable" "Stoffels, Rick J et al.",2015,"Temporal dynamics of a local fish community are strongly affected by immigration from the surrounding metacommunity","Australia","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",5,"Annually","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Pie graph ra","Graphical map",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sugiura, Shinji et al.",2013,"Effects of an invasive alien tree on the diversity and temporal dynamics of an insect assemblage on an oceanic island","Oceania","Multiple","Invertebrates","Interactions","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Principal response curves",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Swenson, Nathan G et al.",2012,"Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity","South America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of phylogenetic turnover at different times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Swenson, Nathan G et al.",2012,"Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity","South America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of functional turnover at differnet times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Binckley, Christopher A et al.",2009,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of habitat selection across canopy gradients generates patterns of species richness and composition in aquatic beetles","North America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Environment","Microscale",6,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Repeated measures MANOVA","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sylvan, J B et al.",2012,"Time-series analysis of two hydrothermal plumes at 9 degrees 50'N East Pacific Rise reveals distinct, heterogeneous bacterial populations","North America","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Pie chart ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tager, Danika et al.",2010,"Community dynamics of Pleistocene coral reefs during alternative climatic regimes","Oceania","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Local",7,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Beta diversity over time","Mantel test",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Tan, Xiang et al.",2014,"Temporal variations of benthic diatom community and its main influencing factors in a subtropical river, China","Asia","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",7,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS","db-RDA",NA,"2","0","MRPP","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Taylor, R B",1998,"Seasonal variation in assemblages of mobile epifauna inhabiting three subtidal brown seaweeds in northeastern New Zealand","Australia","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",36,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Thibault, K M et al.",2004,"Temporal dynamics in the structure and composition of a desert rodent community","North America","Desert","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",25,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Time lag analysis","Relative abundance distributions through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Thibault, Katherine M et al.",2010,"Long-term insights into the influence of precipitation on community dynamics in desert rodents","North America","Desert","Vertebrates","Environment","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","GLM at different times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Thomas, S et al.",2006,"Quantifying the responses of calcareous periphyton crusts to rehydration: A microcosm study (Florida Everglades)","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Microscale",3,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "BINGHAM, B L et al.",1995,"STOCHASTIC EVENTS AND DYNAMICS OF A MANGROVE ROOT EPIFAUNAL COMMUNITY","North America","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",26,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Transitions between clusters","Beta diversity through time","Line graph ra","Table ra changes",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "THOMPSON, I P et al.",1995,"SHORT-TERM COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN THE PHYLLOSPHERE MICROBIOLOGY OF FIELD-GROWN SUGAR-BEET","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",8,"Hourly","Days","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tian, Jing et al.",2013,"Microbial response to rhizodeposition depending on water regimes in paddy soils","Europe","Agricultural","Mixed","Environment","Microscale",2,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tijdens, Marjolijn et al.",2008,"Population dynamics and diversity of viruses, bacteria and phytoplankton in a shallow eutrophic lake","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",18,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","BioEnv","Gel",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tijdens, Marjolijn et al.",2008,"Population dynamics and diversity of viruses, bacteria and phytoplankton in a shallow eutrophic lake","Europe","Freshwater","Viruses","Dynamics - fine","Local",18,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","BioEnv","Gel",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Toth, L A",2005,"Plant community structure and temporal variability in a channelized subtropical floodplain","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Treusch, Alexander H et al.",2009,"Seasonality and vertical structure of microbial communities in an ocean gyre","Oceanic","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Bar graph ra","Heatmap ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Turner, S J et al.",1999,"Seagrass patches and landscapes: The influence of wind-wave dynamics and hierarchical arrangements of spatial structure on macrofaunal seagrass communities","Australia","Intertidal","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS","CCA",NA,"2","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tweiten, Michael A et al.",2009,"The response of a jack pine forest to late-Holocene climate variability in northwestern Wisconsin","North America","Forest","Mixed","Environment","Point sample",14,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Tworek, S",2004,"Factors affecting temporal dynamics of avian assemblages in a heterogeneous landscape","Europe","Grassland","Vertebrates","Environment","Local",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Turnover rate",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Umana-Villalobos, Gerardo",2010,"Temporal variation of phytoplankton in a small tropical crater lake, Costa Rica","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",30,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks","DCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Scatterplot ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Umani, S F et al.",2005,"Inter-annual variations of planktonic food webs in the northern Adriatic Sea","Oceanic","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",38,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Unsworth, Richard K F et al.",2010,"INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLES UPON A SEAGRASS CARIDEAN SHRIMP ASSEMBLAGE","Asia","Intertidal","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",8,"Hourly","Months","Hours","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Urra, Javier et al.",2013,"Seasonal dynamics of molluscan assemblages associated with littoral soft bottoms of the NW Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea)","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM","SIMPER","Table ra","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Valladares, G et al.",2001,"Community dynamics of leafminers (Diptera : Agromyzidae) and their parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in a natural habitat from Central Argentina","South America","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Valles, Yvonne et al.",2014,"Microbial Succession in the Gut: Directional Trends of Taxonomic and Functional Change in a Birth Cohort of Spanish Infants","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Succession","Regional",5,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","CCA","pCCA",NA,"2","1","Beta diversity through time","Heat map ra","Time core Venn diagram","Self organising map",NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Valles, Yvonne et al.",2014,"Microbial Succession in the Gut: Directional Trends of Taxonomic and Functional Change in a Birth Cohort of Spanish Infants","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Succession","Regional",5,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","CCA","pCCA",NA,"2","1","Beta diversity through time","Heat map ra","Time core Venn diagram","Self organising map",NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Van Rein, H et al.",2011,"Development of benthic monitoring methods using photoquadrats and scuba on heterogeneous hard-substrata: a boulder-slope community case study","Europe","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","PERMANOVA","SIMPER","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Boschilia, Solana Meneghel et al.",2012,"The immediate and long-term effects of water drawdown on macrophyte assemblages in a large subtropical reservoir","South America","Freshwater","Plants","Disturbance","Local",16,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","C-score","Non-par MPP","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Vazquez, S et al.",2009,"Bacterial Community Dynamics during Bioremediation of Diesel Oil-Contaminated Antarctic Soil","Antarctica","Subterranean","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",3,"Daily","Days","Days","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Vidakovic, Jasna et al.",2011,"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEMATODE COMMUNITY AND BIOMASS AND COMPOSITION OF PERIPHYTON DEVELOPING ON ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES IN FLOODPLAIN LAKE","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM","Bar plot ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Viketoft, Maria et al.",2011,"Temporal dynamics of soil nematode communities in a grassland plant diversity experiment","Europe","Grassland","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Wilke's lambda multivariate test",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Volant, Aurelie et al.",2014,"Diversity and spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial communities: physicochemical and other drivers along an acid mine drainage","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",7,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graphical table",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Volant, Aurelie et al.",2014,"Diversity and spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial communities: physicochemical and other drivers along an acid mine drainage","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",7,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graphical table",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Boteva, Silvena et al.",2011,"COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF PELAGIC BACTERIA IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN LAKE SULZATA - RILA MOUNTAIN, BULGARIA","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Pie chart ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Vuono, David C et al.",2015,"Disturbance and temporal partitioning of the activated sludge metacommunity","North America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",63,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time weighted UniFRAC","Beta diversity through time Morista-Horn",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wagner, Markus et al.",2006,"Seed bank assembly in an unmanaged ruderal grassland recovering from long-term exposure to industrial emissions","Europe","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Annually","Years","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Pie chart ra","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Walker, John F et al.",2008,"Seasonal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungus assemblages on oak seedlings in the southeastern Appalachian Mountains","North America","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Indicator species analysis","MRPP","Bar graph ra","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Walker, Simon J et al.",2014,"Limited habitat and conservation value of a young artificial reef","Australia","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Weeks, R D et al.",2000,"Habitat and season in structuring ground-dwelling spider (Araneae) communities in a shortgrass steppe ecosystem","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Dynamics - multiple","Local",8,"Monthly","Years","Months","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table of species ranks through time","rmANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wei, Cunzheng et al.",2012,"Nitrogen Addition Regulates Soil Nematode Community Composition through Ammonium Suppression","Asia","Grassland","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",2,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Widdicombe, C E et al.",2010,"Long-term phytoplankton community dynamics in the Western English Channel","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",180,"Weekly","Decades","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Bar graph ra","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Boteva, Silvena et al.",2013,"COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF PELAGIC BACTERIA IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN LAKE BUBREKA, RILA MOUNTAIN, BULGARIA","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Pie chart ra","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Winter, Christian et al.",2010,"Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Reveals Tight Links between Viruses and Microbes in the Bathypelagic Zone of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea","Europe","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",16,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Mantel test",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Winters, Andrew D et al.",2014,"Spatio-temporal dynamics of parasites infecting Diporeia spp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) in southern Lake Michigan (USA)","North America","Freshwater","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",5,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Generalised Estimating Equation Models versus environmental variables",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Woehler, E J et al.",2003,"Decadal-scale seabird assemblages in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica","Antarctica","Coastal","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",8,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Bar plot species constancy","Geographical maps ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wollgast, Susanne et al.",2008,"Effects of regular and irregular temporal patterns of disturbance on biomass accrual and species composition of a subtidal hard-bottom assemblage","Europe","Intertidal","Mixed","Succession","Local",10,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "WONDZELL, S et al.",1995,"COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF DESERT GRASSLANDS - INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE, LANDFORMS, AND SOILS","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","Canonical discriminant analysis",NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","rm multivariate ANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Woods, Kerry D",2007,"Predictability, contingency, and convergence in late succession: Slow systems and complex data-sets","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Line graph ra","Mantel test on Euclidean distances",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wu, M et al.",2004,"Assessment of microbial dynamics in the Pearl River Estuary by 16S rRNA terminal restriction fragment analysis","Asia","Estuarine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",9,"Hourly","Days","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Electropherogram",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wu, Naicheng et al.",2011,"Distribution of phytoplankton in a German lowland river in relation to environmental factors","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS","CCA",NA,"2","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bouali, Moez et al.",2012,"The structure and spatio-temporal distribution of the Archaea in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland","Africa","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Microscale",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wu, Wei Xiang et al.",2009,"Use of C-13 labeling to assess carbon partitioning in transgenic and nontransgenic (parental) rice and their rhizosphere soil microbial communities","Asia","Artificial","Mixed","Environment","Regional",4,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Xia, Zhang et al.",2014,"Phytoplankton assemblage structure shaped by key environmental variables in the Pearl River Estuary, South China","Asia","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"0","0","SIMPER","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Xiong, Jinbo et al.",2014,"The Temporal Scaling of Bacterioplankton Composition: High Turnover and Predictability during Shrimp Cultivation","Asia","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMS","PCoA","CCA","3","0","Bar plot ra","SIMPER","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Xu, Henglong et al.",2009,"An approach to analyses of periphytic ciliate communities for monitoring water quality using a modified artificial substrate in Korean coastal waters","Asia","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Point sample",10,"Daily","Weeks","Days","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Yeakel, Justin D et al.",2014,"Collapse of an ecological network in Ancient Egypt","Africa","Desert","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",25,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graphical table pa","PSW dynamic food web stability over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Yeo, Sara K et al.",2013,"Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Dynamics in Response to a Natural Disturbance","Oceania","Marine","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",5,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","Geographic map ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Yoshida, Megumi et al.",2009,"Temporal shifts in diversity and quantity of nirS and nirK in a rice paddy field soil","Asia","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",4,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Boucher, Jonathan et al.",2012,"Saproxylic beetles in disturbed boreal forests: Temporal dynamics, habitat associations, and community structure","North America","Forest","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",3,"Annually","Years","Years","PCoA",NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Indicator species analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zhang, Bin et al.",2012,"Soil microbial community dynamics over a maize (Zea mays L.) growing season under conventional- and no-tillage practices in a rainfed agroecosystem","Asia","Agricultural","Mixed","Disturbance","Local",5,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Aguirre, L F et al.",2003,"Consistency and variation in the bat assemblages inhabiting two forest islands within a neotropical savanna in Bolivia","South America","Forest","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",3,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Rank abundance distributions at times","Turnover rate",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bouletreau, Stephanie et al.",2010,"Temporal Dynamics of River Biofilm in Constant Flows: A Case Study in a Riverside Laboratory Flume","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Succession","Local",15,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bouletreau, Stephanie et al.",2010,"Temporal Dynamics of River Biofilm in Constant Flows: A Case Study in a Riverside Laboratory Flume","Europe","Freshwater","Plants","Succession","Local",15,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Day et al",2017,"Annual dynamics and resilience…","North America","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",11,"Multiyear","Years","Years","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Time lag analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dalu et al ",2017,"Variation partitioning of benthic diatom community matrices","Africa","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","pRDA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Mathers et al",2017,"Temporal effects of enhanced fine sediment loading on macroinvertebrate community structure and functional traits","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",9,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pereira et al",2017,"Bacterial community dynamics in a cooling tower with emphasis on","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",24,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar graph ra","SIMPER","Heat map","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Clare et al",2017,"Explaining ecological shifts: the roles of temperature and primary","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",40,"Seasonally","Decades","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hari et al",2017,"Temporal Microbial Community","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",5,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Heat map",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "De Tender et al",2017,"Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization on Plastic","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",13,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "De Tender et al",2017,"Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization on Plastic","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",13,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pedersen et al",2017,"Signatures of the collapse","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",26,"Seasonally","Decades","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Synchrony","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Boulinier, T et al.",2001,"Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: Inference at regional scales","North America","Forest","Vertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",2,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Extinction rate","Turnover rate",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zhang et al",2017,"Bacteriophage-prokayrote dynamics and ","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",12,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Association networks",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Allen et al",2017,"Among-site variability in the stochastic dynamics of East African coral reefs","Africa","Marine","Mixed","Disturbance","Continental",20,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Vector autoregressive model (VAR1)",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lopez et al",2017,"Structure and temporal dynamic of tropical turf-forming macroalgal","South America","Marine","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Giarrizzo et al",2017,"Re-visiting historical semi-natural grasslands in the ","Europe","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Beta diversity through time with regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bowers, Robert M et al.",2012,"Seasonal variability in airborne bacterial communities at a high-elevation site","North America","Desert","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",38,"Daily","Years","Days","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Mantel test","SIMPER","ANOSIM","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dudney et al",2017,"Lagging behind: have we overlooked","North America","Grassland","Plants","Environment","Local",8,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of ra through time","Coefficient of variation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bar-Massada and Hadar",2017,"Grazing and temporal turnover in herbaceous","Asia","Shrubland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",5,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Mulhouse et al",2017,"The influence of seasonal precipitation and grass","North America","Grassland","Plants","Environment","Local",19,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kantor et al",2017,"Genome-Resolved Meta-Omics Ties Microbial Dynamics to Process","Africa","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Perez-Losada",2017,"Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Diversity","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph of ra through time","Regression of change ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ristova et al",2017,"Temporal and Spatial Variations of Bacterial","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Succession","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ristova et al",2017,"Temporal and Spatial Variations of Bacterial","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Succession","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dong et al",2016,"Temporal dynamics of bacterioplankton communities in response to excessive nitrate","Asia","Marine","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",4,"Daily","Weeks","Days","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","DISTLM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Boyero, L et al.",2005,"Dynamics of invertebrate benthic communities and drift in a regulated river of central Spain","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - multiple","Local",40,"Hourly","Years","Hours","DCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Table ra","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Dobben and de Vries",2017,"The contribution of nitrogen deposition to the eutrophication","Europe","Forest","Plants","Environment","Continental",7,"Multiyear","Years","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","t-test change in ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ye et al",2017,"Differential plant species responses to interactions of","Asia","Grassland","Plants","Environment","Local",7,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOVA abundance of each over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Mason et al",2017,"Detecting state changes for ecosystem conservation with long-term","Australia","Grassland","Plants","Environment","Regional",4,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Fuzzy clustering",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins et al",2017,"Fragmentation affects plant community composition over time","Multi-continent","Multiple","Plants","Disturbance","Global",20,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Nestedness","Beta diversity through time regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pacioglu and Robertson",2017,"The invertebrate community of the chalk stream hyporheic zone","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gurdek and Acuna-Plavan",2017,"Temporal dynamics of a fi sh community in the lower portion of a tidal","South America","Estuarine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",2,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of ra through time","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sanful et al",2017,"Temporal dynamics and relationship between climate, limnological variables","Africa","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",50,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bista et al",2017,"Annual time-series analysis of aqueous eDNA","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",16,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bradshaw, C et al.",2002,"The role of scallop-dredge disturbance in long-term changes in Irish Sea benthic communities: a re-analysis of an historical dataset","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",10,"Annually","Years","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","1","ANOSIM","Beta diversity through time with regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Liu et al",2016,"Characterization and comparison of the temporal dynamics of ruminal","Asia","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",5,"Hourly","Days","Hours","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Table and graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sanaullah et al",2016,"How do microbial communities in top- and subsoil respond to root","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",6,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sanaullah et al",2016,"How do microbial communities in top- and subsoil respond to root","Europe","Agricultural","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Local",6,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hedwall and Brunet",2016,"Trait variations of ground flora species disentangle the","Europe","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph frequency change",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Kristoffersen et al",2016,"Diet-Dependent Modular Dynamic Interactions of the Equine Cecal Microbiota","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",13,"Hourly","Hours","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bray, Sarah R et al.",2012,"Temporal dynamics of microbial communities on decomposing leaf litter of 10 plant species in relation to decomposition rate","North America","Forest","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"0","0","Non-par MPP",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Chen et al",2016,"Excess phosphate loading shifts bacterioplankton community","Asia","Marine","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",5,"Daily","Weeks","Days","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time","ANCOVA on turnover rate","ANOSIM","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Knapp et al",2016,"Temporal dynamics and persistence of sponge assemblages","North America","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",3,"Annually","Years","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wetz et al",2016,"The amplitude of soil freeze-thaw cycles influences temporal","North America","Desert","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Regional",5,"Daily","Days","Days","CCA",NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Varela-Cervero",2016,"Spring to autumn changes in the arbuscular mycorrhizal","Europe","Shrubland","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Santalahti et al",2016,"Vertical and seasonal dynamics of fungal","Europe","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",8,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Chapman and McEwan",2016,"Thirty Years of Compositional Change in an","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMDS","Procrustes",NA,"0","0","graph ra through time","geographic map of presence in each year","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kraut-Cohen",2016,"Temporal and spatial assessment of microbial communities","Asia","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Janik et al",2016,"Tree spatial patterns of Fagus sylvatica expansion over 37 years","Europe","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra through time","recruitment rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Cleary et al",2016,"Temporal dynamics of sediment bacterial communities in","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",5,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Carson et al",2016,"Flowering phenology influences bee community dynamics inold","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Koerner et al",2016,"Nutrient additions cause divergence of tallgrass prairie","North America","Grassland","Plants","Environment","Local",13,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","variability - beta diversity compared to other times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Brown, Bryan L et al.",2010,"Habitat heterogeneity and activity of an omnivorous ecosystem engineer control stream community dynamics","North America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Interactions","Local",10,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Coefficient of variation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Fordyce and DeVries",2016,"A tale of two communities: Neotropical butterfly assemblages","South America","Forest","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",8,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","distance of sample from beta diversity centroid",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sen et al",2016,"Peripheral communities of the Eastern Lau Spreading","Oceania","Marine","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Deveau et al",2016,"Temporal changes of bacterial communities in the Tuber","Europe","Forest","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",4,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOVA ra","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Epele and Miserendino",2016,"Temporal dynamics of invertebrate and aquatic plant","South America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Epele and Miserendino",2016,"Temporal dynamics of invertebrate and aquatic plant","South America","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","graph pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Resende et al",2016,"Seasonal Variation on Microbial Community and Methane","South America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Saavedra et al",2016,"Seasonal species interactions minimize the impact of species","Europe","Forest","Vertebrates","Interactions","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Network analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Yu et al",2016,"Community structure and spatial-temporal variation of netzphytoplankton","Asia","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","1",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Franca et al",2016,"Early plant community dynamics following overseeding for","Europe","Grassland","Plants","Succession","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bryce, Rosalind et al.",2013,"Metapopulation Dynamics of a Burrowing Herbivore Drive Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Riparian Plant Communities","Europe","Wetland & Riparian","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",6,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","GLM ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Levi et al",2016,"Characterization of microbial communities in water and biofilms along a","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","pie chart ra over time and treatment","graph ra each time","table ra functional groups",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bautista-de los Santos",2016,"The impact of sampling, PCR, and sequencing replication on","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Regional",6,"Hourly","Hours","Hours",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","beta diversity through time","AMOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Barcelo et al",2016,"Eight decades of sampling reveal a contemporary novel","Europe","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - fine","Regional",73,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","1","MRPP","Fourth corner analysis of seasons",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Vetterli et al",2016,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of ammonia oxidizers in the sediments","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra seasons",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bugalho, Miguel N et al.",2013,"The effects of deer herbivory and forest type on tree recruitment vary with plant growth stage","North America","Forest","Plants","Interactions","Regional",4,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOVA ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Haslem et al",2016,"Landscape properties mediate the homogenization of bird","Australia","Forest","Vertebrates","Environment","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wallis et al",2015,"A longitudinal assessment of changes in bacterial community","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",6,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Samnegard et al",2015,"Turnover in bee species composition and functional trait distributions","Africa","Multiple","Invertebrates","Environment","Local",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Miyazaki and Terui",2016,"Temporal dynamics of fluvial fish community caused by marine","Asia","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","table ra","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Saccone and Virtanen",2016,"Extrapolating multi-decadal plant community changes based on","Europe","Tundra","Plants","Dynamics - multiple","Local",9,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"0","0","Markov chain models and transition matrices","PERMANOVA","ANOVA ra","graph ra through time",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zuccarini et al",2016,"Spatial and temporal variation of community composition and species","Europe","Coastal","Plants","Interactions","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","table ra","Mantel test",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Song et al",2015,"Dynamics of soil nematode communities in wheat fields under","Asia","Agricultural","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",4,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOVA ra groups",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Alin, S R et al.",2004,"The live, the dead, and the very dead: taphonomic calibration of the recent record of paleoecological change in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa","Africa","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",10,"Monthly","Years","Months","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Burgmer, Tanja et al.",2010,"Effects of snail grazers and light on the benthic microbial food web in periphyton communities","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Microscale",6,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Osazuwa-Peters et al",2015,"Selective logging: Do rates of forest turnover in stems, species","Africa","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Local",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","turnover rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kalenitchenko et al",2015,"Temporal and spatial constraints on community","Europe","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","SIMPROF","PERMANOVA","graph ra","Association network - Maximal information coefficient",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Cram et al",2015,"Cross-depth analysis of marine bacterial networks","North America","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Point sample",96,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Network analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Leveau et al",2015,"Urbanization and the temporal homogenization of bird","South America","Multiple","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wu et al",2015,"Temperature sensitivity of soil bacterial community along contrasting","Asia","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",4,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Temporal turnover rate",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Janetski and Ruetz",2015,"Spatiotemporal patterns of fish community","North America","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",3,"Annually","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","MRPP","Indicator species analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bauman et al",2015,"Plant communitydevelopmentfollowingrestoration","North America","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Local",3,"Annually","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","ANOVA ra groups","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Mormul et al",2015,"Space and seasonality effects on the aquatic macrophyte community","South America","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Tonetto et al",2015,"Spatial and temporal distribution of stream macroalgae in a tropical river basin","South America","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - fine","Regional",12,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Dominance curves",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wan et al",2015,"Selective grazing and seasonal precipitation play key roles","Asia","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",5,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table correlations ra","ANOVA ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Piao et al",2015,"Insightsintothebacterialcommunity","North America","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Point sample",6,"Daily","Weeks","Days","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Martínez-Ortiz et al",2015,"The Ecuadorian Artisanal Fishery for Large","South America","Marine","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",NA,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "de Castro Medeiros et al",2015,"Is the future blue-green or brown? The effects of extreme","South America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",24,"Monthly","Years","Months","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tamdrari et al",2015,"Spatio-temporal variations in demersal fish assemblages","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",20,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","k-dominance curves","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Mohiuddin and Schellhorn",2015,"Spatialandtemporaldynamicsofvirusoccurrenceintwofreshwater","North America","Freshwater","Viruses","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lamy et al",2015,"Understanding the Spatio-Temporal","Oceania","Marine","Vertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",12,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","Multivariate regression trees","Local contributions to beta diversity","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Spotswood et al",2015,"Hotspots of Community Change: Temporal","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",11,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Time lag analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jarzyna et al",2015,"Landscape fragmentation affects responses of avian","North America","Multiple","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Turnover","Bayesian regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Other variables represent time" "Rico et al",2015,"Rapid changes in key ruminal microbial populations during the induction of","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Regional",5,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra","regression ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tardy et al",2015,"Land Use History Shifts In Situ Fungal and","Europe","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",10,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","heat map ra","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tardy et al",2015,"Land Use History Shifts In Situ Fungal and","Europe","Agricultural","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",10,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","heat map ra","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Newman et al",2015,"Litter Breakdown and Microbial Succession","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Succession","Point sample",9,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","ANOSIM","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Broadway et al",2015,"Shift in a Large River Fish Assemblage: Body-","North America","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - fine","Local",31,"Annually","Decades","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Butler, J L et al.",2003,"Microbial community dynamics associated with rhizosphere carbon flow","North America","Forest","Mixed","Environment","Microscale",2,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","MANOVA","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zamora et al",2015,"LOnG-TErM ChAnGES In MOUnTAIn pASSErInE","Europe","Shrubland","Vertebrates","Dynamics - fine","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Turnover",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lee et al",2015,"Influence of influent wastewater communities on","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",18,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","heat map analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sheik et al",2015,"MicrobialcommunitiesoftheLemonCreekGlaciershowsubtlestructural","North America","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Regional",8,"Daily","Weeks","Days","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","heatmap",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Akite et al",2015,"Temporal patterns in Saturnidae (silk moth) and Sphingidae","Africa","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","table ra","graph ra","Turnover",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "O'Sullivan et al",2015,"Temporal and Spatial Differences in Microbial Composition during","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Regional",2,"Hourly","Months","Hours","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","graph ra","venn diagram",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Valanko et al",2015,"Does stability in local community composition depend on temporal variation in rates of dispersal and connectivity?","Europe","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - fine","Local",10,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity in time","k-dominance curves","SIMPER","Time lag analysis","Change in abundance",NA,NA,"Variable" "Alencar et al",2015,"Culicidae Community Composition and Temporal Dynamics in Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil","South America","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",15,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","PERMANOVA","GLM at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Zarraonaindia et al",2015,"The Soil Microbiome Influences Grapevine-Associated Microbiota","Multi-continent","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",2,"Annually","Years","Years","CCA","PCoA",NA,"2","0","Bar graph ra","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins and Xia",2015,"Long-Term Dynamics and Hotspots of Change in a Desert Grassland Plant Community","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",20,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Time lag analysis","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Oja et al",2015,"Temporal patterns of orchid mycorrhizal fungi in meadows and forests as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing","Europe","Multiple","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Cotton et al",2015,"Fungi in the future: interannual variation and effects of atmospheric change on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities","North America","Agricultural","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",3,"Multiyear","Years","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Trosvik et al",2015,"Biotic interactions and temporal dynamics of the human gastrointestinal microbiota","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",332,"Daily","Months","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Time lag regression",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ju and Zhang",2015,"Bacterial assembly and temporal dynamics in activated sludge of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - multiple","Local",58,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Line graph ra","Network analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Shimadzu et al",2015,"Measuring temporal turnover in ecological communities","Europe","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",372,"Monthly","Decades","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity in time","Shimadzu temporal turnover","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Shi et al",2016,"Responses of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria community composition to temporal changes in physicochemical parameters during food waste composting","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Succession","Local",6,"Daily","Days","Days","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pfreundt et al",2016,"Succession within the prokaryotic communities during the VAHINE mesocosms experiment in the New Caledonia lagoon","Oceania","Marine","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",23,"Daily","Weeks","Days","CCA","NMS",NA,"2","0","PERMANOVA","Scatterplot ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Xiong, Jinbo et al.",2015,"Evidence of bacterioplankton community adaptation in response to long-term mariculture disturbance","Asia","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",8,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Graphical table ra","Time lag analysis","PERMANOVA","DISTLM","Null model","Network analysis","Variable" "Kidé et al",2015,"Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Exploited Groundfish Species Assemblages Faced to Environmental and Fishing Forcings: Insights from the Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone","Africa","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",12,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA","Multiple co-inertia analysis",NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Westerholm et al",2015,"Trace element and temperature effects on microbial communities and links to biogas digester performance at high ammonia levels","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Pie chart ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Schückel et al",2015,"Linking long-term changes in trophic structure and function of an intertidal macrobenthic system to eutrophication and climate change using ecological network analysis","Europe","Marine","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",3,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Network analysis at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Tammert et al",2015,"Contrasting seasonal and interannual environmental drivers in bacterial communities within a large shallow lake: evidence from a seven year survey","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - multiple","Local",84,"Monthly","Years","Months","PCA","Multiple co-inertia analysis",NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Han et al",2017,"Temporal dynamics of fungal communities in soybean rhizosphere","Asia","Agricultural","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months","RDA",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar graph ra","PERMANOVA","Network analysis at times",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Abail, Z; Whalen, JK",2018,"Corn residue inputs influence earthworm population dynamics in a no-till corn-soybean rotation","North America","Agricultural","Plants","Environment","Local",20,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Alfonso, MB; Zunino, J; Piccolo, MC",2017,"Impact of water input on plankton temporal dynamics from a managed shallow saline lake","South America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",24,"Monthly","Years","Months","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Camatti, Elisa et al.",2008,"Annual dynamics of the mesozooplankton communities in a highly variable ecosystem (North Adriatic Sea, Italy)","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",11,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Andrew, C; Halvorsen, R; Heegaard, E; Kuyper, TW; Heilmann-Clausen, J; Krisai-Greilhuber, I; Baessler, C; Egli, S; Gange, AC; Hoiland, K; Kirk, PM; Senn-Irlet, B; Boddy, L; Buentgen, U; Kauserud, H",2018,"Continental-scale macrofungal assemblage patterns correlate with climate, soil carbon and nitrogen deposition","Europe","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Continental",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","NMDS","DCA",NA,"2","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "CARR, M H",1991,"HABITAT SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT OF AN ASSEMBLAGE OF TEMPERATE ZONE REEF FISHES","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",8,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra","Table ra","Bar graph PC occurrence",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Barcelo, C; Ciannelli, L; Brodeur, RD",2018,"Pelagic marine refugia and climatically sensitive areas in an eastern boundary current upwelling system","North America","Marine","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",17,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Barcelo, C; Ciannelli, L; Brodeur, RD",2018,"Pelagic marine refugia and climatically sensitive areas in an eastern boundary current upwelling system","North America","Marine","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",17,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Barros-Alves, SD; Alves, DFR; Cobo, VJ",2018,"Brachyuran crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) assemblage associated with Sargassum cymosum in southeastern Brazil","South America","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMDS","CA",NA,"1","0",NA,"ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bartow-McKenney, C; Hannigan, GD; Horwinski, J; Hesketh, P; Horan, AD; Mehta, S; Grice, EA",2018,"The microbiota of traumatic, open fracture wounds is associated with mechanism of injury","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Succession","Regional",5,"Weekly","Months","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Time lag visual",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bataille, A; Lee-Cruz, L; Tripathi, B; Waldman, B",2018,"Skin Bacterial Community Reorganization Following Metamorphosis of the Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)","Asia","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",5,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","venn diagram",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Carrillo, Yolima et al.",2011,"Soil fauna alter the effects of litter composition on nitrogen cycling in a mineral soil","North America","Forest","Mixed","Environment","Local",3,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Benedek, T; Szentgyorgyi, F; Szabo, I; Kriszt, B; Revesz, F; Rado, J; Maroti, G; Tancsics, A",2018,"Aerobic and oxygen-limited enrichment of BTEX-degrading biofilm bacteria: dominance of Malikia versus Acidovorax species","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",5,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","PCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar plot ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bergstad, OA; Johannesen, E; Hoines, A; Ellingsen, KE; Lien, VS; Byrkjedal, I; Yoccoz, NG; Tveraa, T; Wienerroither, R; Langhelle, G; Wenneck, TD",2018,"Demersal fish assemblages in the boreo-Arctic shelf waters around Svalbard during the warm period 2007-2014","Europe","Marine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",7,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graph of ra through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Bezemer, TM; Jing, JJ; Bakx-Schotman, JMT; Bijleveld, EJ",2018,"Plant competition alters the temporal dynamics of plant-soil feedbacks","Europe","Subterranean","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Regional",18,"Daily","Months","Days","PCA","dbRDA","CCA","3","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Caruso, Tancredi et al.",2013,"Biotic interactions as a structuring force in soil communities: evidence from the micro-arthropods of an Antarctic moss model system","Antarctica","Desert","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",72,"Annually","Years","Years","CCA","RDA",NA,"2","0","PCNM","MEMs","C-score",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Brasil, LS; Santos, DC; Vieira, TB; Cabette, HSR; Umetsu, RK; Giehl, NFD",2018,"Spatiotemporal dynamics in caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) of a Cerrado stream, Brazil","South America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",63,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","PCNM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Braz, GHR; Fernandez-Gonzalez, N; Lema, JM; Carballa, M",2018,"The time response of anaerobic digestion microbiome during an organic loading rate shock","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Regional",18,"Hourly","Days","Hours","NMDS","PCA",NA,"2","0","Time lag visual","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Brzeziecki, B; Bielak, K; Bolibok, L; Drozdowski, S; Zajaczkowski, J; Zybura, H",2018,"Structural and compositional dynamics of strictly protected woodland communities with silvicultural implications, using Bialowieia Forest as an example","Europe","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",7,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Graphic ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Buscardo, E; Geml, J; Schmidt, SK; Freitas, H; da Cunha, HB; Nagy, L",2018,"Spatio-temporal dynamics of soil bacterial communities as a function of Amazon forest phenology","South America","Forest","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",3,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","CCA",NA,NA,"1","0","beta diversity decomposition","PERMANOVA","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Casamayor, E O et al.",2001,"Composition and temporal dynamics of planktonic archaeal assemblages from anaerobic sulfurous environments studied by 16S rDNA denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",8,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra","Gels ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Buscardo, E; Geml, J; Schmidt, SK; Silva, ALC; Ramos, RTJ; Barbosa, SMR; Andrade, SS; Dalla Costa, R; Souza, AP; Freitas, H; Cunha, HB; Nagy, L",2018,"Of mammals and bacteria in a rainforest: Temporal dynamics of soil bacteria in response to simulated N pulse from mammalian urine","South America","Forest","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",3,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Carilla, J; Halloy, S; Cuello, S; Grau, A; Malizia, A; Cuesta, F",2018,"Vegetation trends over eleven years on mountain summits in NW Argentina","South America","Artificial","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Turnover",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Carrillo, Y; Bell, C; Koyama, A; Canarini, A; Boot, CM; Wallenstein, M; Pendall, E",2017,"Plant traits, stoichiometry and microbes as drivers of decomposition in the rhizosphere in a temperate grassland","North America","Grassland","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Local",3,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","PCoA","dbRDA",NA,"2","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Castellanos-Galindo, G A et al.",2014,"Long-term stability of tidal and diel-related patterns in mangrove creek fish assemblages in North Brazil","South America","Estuarine","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",39,"Hourly","Years","Hours","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra","Table ra","PERMANOVA","PERMDISP",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Castano, C; Alday, JG; Lindahl, BD; de Aragon, JM; de-Miguel, S; Colinas, C; Parlade, J; Pera, J; Bonet, JA",2018,"Lack of thinning effects over inter-annual changes in soil fungal community and diversity in a Mediterranean pine forest","Europe","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Disturbance","Local",4,"Annually","Years","Years","DCA","CCA",NA,"2","0",NA,"PRC",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Castano, C; Lindahl, BD; Alday, JG; Hagenbo, A; de Aragon, JM; Parlade, J; Pera, J; Bonet, JA",2018,"Soil microclimate changes affect soil fungal communities in a Mediterranean pine forest","Europe","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",12,"Monthly","Months","Months","CCA","DCA",NA,"2","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ceccarelli, D M et al.",2011,"Rapid increase in coral cover on an isolated coral reef, the Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve, north-western Australia","Australia","Marine","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",2,"Annually","Years","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","MANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Christensen, EM; Harris, DJ; Ernest, SKM",2018,"Long-term community change through multiple rapid transitions in a desert rodent community","North America","Desert","Vertebrates","Dynamics - fine","Local",436,"Monthly","Decades","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Latent dirichlet allocation",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Cirtwill, AR; Roslin, T; Rasmussen, C; Olesen, JM; Stouffer, DB",2018,"Between-year changes in community composition shape species' roles in an Arctic plant-pollinator network","Europe","Tundra","Mixed","Interactions","Local",4,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Turnover rate","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "das Chagas, DB; Pelicice, FM",2018,"Response of vegetation to fire disturbance: short-term dynamics in two savanna physiognomies","South America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",11,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar plot ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Davis, WJ; Picard, KT; Antonetti, J; Edmonds, J; Fults, J; Letcher, PM; Powell, MJ",2018,"Inventory of chytrid diversity in two temporary forest ponds using a multiphasic approach","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Regional",6,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar plot ra","Beta diversity over time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Chen, Guangjie et al.",2011,"Long-term zooplankton responses to nutrient and consumer subsidies arising from migratory sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Succession","Regional",15,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Di Gregorio, L; Congestri, R; Tandoi, V; Neu, TR; Rossetti, S; Di Pippo, F",2018,"Biofilm diversity, structure and matrix seasonality in a full-scale cooling tower","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCA","CCA",NA,"2","0","Bar plot ra","Heat map ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Douterelo, I; Fish, KE; Boxall, JB",2018,"Succession of bacterial and fungal communities within biofilms of a chlorinated drinking water distribution system","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",7,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar plot ra","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Douterelo, I; Fish, KE; Boxall, JB",2018,"Succession of bacterial and fungal communities within biofilms of a chlorinated drinking water distribution system","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",7,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar plot ra","ANOSIM",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "D'Souza, ML; Hebert, PDN",2018,"Stable baselines of temporal turnover underlie high beta diversity in tropical arthropod communities","South America","Forest","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",4,"Annually","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity over time","Graph - years present vs maximum abundance","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Chung, I-Chi et al.",2007,"Nutrients, temperature, and salinity as primary factors influencing the temporal dynamics of macroalgal abundance and assemblage structure on a reef of Du-Lang Bay in Taitung in southeastern Taiwan","Asia","Marine","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Local",11,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","1","SIMPER","ANOSIM","BVSTEP","k dominance curves at times",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Farneda, FZ; Rocha, R; Lopez-Baucells, A; Sampaio, EM; Palmeirim, JM; Bobrowiec, PED; Grelle, CEV; Meyer, CFJ",2018,"Functional recovery of Amazonian bat assemblages following secondary forest succession","South America","Forest","Vertebrates","Environment","Local",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Beta diversity decomposition",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Cianciaruso V, M et al.",2009,"Short-term community dynamics in seasonal and hyperseasonal cerrados","South America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time","Non-par MPP",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Gossner, MM",2018,"A three year study of the phenology of insect larvae (Coleoptera, Diptera) in water-filled tree holes in the canopy of a beech tree","Europe","Forest","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",17,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Clarke, Gina H et al.",2014,"Representation of aquatic vegetation change by plant macrofossils in a small and shallow freshwater lake","Europe","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",11,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Table ra","Geographical maps ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Grinath, JB; Deguines, N; Chesnut, JW; Prugh, LR; Brashares, JS; Suding, KN",2018,"Animals alter precipitation legacies: Trophic and ecosystem engineering effects on plant community temporal dynamics","North America","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",8,"Annually","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Guan, XY; Zhou, W; Hu, CM; Zhu, MX; Ding, YP; Gai, SS; Zheng, XX; Zhu, JY; Lu, QQ",2018,"Bacterial community temporal dynamics and disease-related variations in the seawater of Pyropia (layer) seedling pools","Asia","Marine","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",4,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Guden, RM; Vafeiadou, AM; De Meester, N; Derycke, S; Moens, T",2018,"Living apart-together: Microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat","Europe","Coastal","Invertebrates","Interactions","Local",4,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","PERMDISP","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Guo, F; Bunn, SE; Brett, MT; Fry, B; Hager, H; Ouyang, XG; Kainz, MJ",2018,"Feeding strategies for the acquisition of high-quality food sources in stream macroinvertebrates: Collecting, integrating, and mixed feeding","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",2,"Seasons","Seasons","Seasons","RDA","PCA",NA,"2","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Clasen, Jessica L et al.",2013,"Diversity and temporal dynamics of Southern California coastal marine cyanophage isolates","North America","Marine","Viruses","Dynamics - medium","Regional",14,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","ANOSIM","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hillebrand, H; Blasius, B; Borer, ET; Chase, JM; Downing, JA; Eriksson, BK; Filstrup, CT; Harpole, WS; Hodapp, D; Larsen, S; Lewandowska, AM; Seabloom, EW; Van de Waal, DB; Ryabov, AB",2018,"Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring","Europe","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - multiple","Regional",120,"Monthly","Years","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","turnover rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hillebrand, H; Blasius, B; Borer, ET; Chase, JM; Downing, JA; Eriksson, BK; Filstrup, CT; Harpole, WS; Hodapp, D; Larsen, S; Lewandowska, AM; Seabloom, EW; Van de Waal, DB; Ryabov, AB",2018,"Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - multiple","Regional",27,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","turnover rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hillebrand, H; Blasius, B; Borer, ET; Chase, JM; Downing, JA; Eriksson, BK; Filstrup, CT; Harpole, WS; Hodapp, D; Larsen, S; Lewandowska, AM; Seabloom, EW; Van de Waal, DB; Ryabov, AB",2018,"Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring","Multi-continent","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - multiple","Global",8,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","turnover rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hodapp, D; Borer, ET; Harpole, WS; Lind, EM; Seabloom, EW; Adler, PB; Alberti, J; Arnillas, CA; Bakker, JD; Biederman, L; Cadotte, M; Cleland, EE; Collins, S; Fay, PA; Firn, J; Hagenah, N; Hautier, Y; Iribarne, O; Knops, JMH; McCulley, RL; MacDougall, A; Moore, JL; Morgan, JW; Mortensen, B; La Pierre, KJ; Risch, AC; Schutz, M; Peri, P; Stevens, CJ; Wright, J; Hillebrand, H",2018,"Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation","Multi-continent","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Global",5,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity over time","Beta diversity decomposition",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Alvarez-Cabria, Mario et al.",2011,"Macroinvertebrate community dynamics in a temperate European Atlantic river. Do they conform to general ecological theory?","Europe","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Clavero, Miguel et al.",2006,"Homogenization dynamics and introduction routes of invasive freshwater fish in the Iberian Peninsula","Europe","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",4,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Geographical maps ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Hovel, RA; Thorson, JT; Carter, JL; Quinn, TP",2017,"Within-lake habitat heterogeneity mediates community response to warming trends","North America","Freshwater","Vertebrates","Environment","Local",59,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Joint species distribution modelling",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Hung, KLJ; Ascher, JS; Holway, DA",2017,"Urbanization-induced habitat fragmentation erodes multiple components of temporal diversity in a Southern California native bee assemblage","North America","Shrubland","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",121,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMDISP",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Isobe, K; Oka, H; Watanabe, T; Tateno, R; Urakawa, R; Liang, C; Senoo, K; Shibata, H",2018,"High soil microbial activity in the winter season enhances nitrogen cycling in a cool-temperate deciduous forest","Asia","Forest","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - fine","Local",12,"Monthly","Months","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph ra","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Coci, M et al.",2005,"Effect of salinity on temporal and spatial dynamics of ammonia-oxidising bacteria from intertidal freshwater sediment","Europe","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Local",2,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Gels",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jiang, XT; Ye, L; Ju, F; Li, B; Ma, LP; Zhang, T",2018,"Temporal dynamics of activated sludge bacterial communities in two diversity variant full-scale sewage treatment plants","Asia","Artificial","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",24,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","CCA","RDA",NA,"2","0","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jones, NT; Gilbert, B",2018,"Geographic signatures in species turnover: decoupling colonization and extinction across a latitudinal gradient","North America","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity decomposition","Temporal turnover rate",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Jones, SK; Ripplinger, J; Collins, SL",2017,"Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long-term dynamics in grassland communities","North America","Grassland","Mixed","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",20,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Time lag analysis","Rank frequency change",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collantes, Marta B et al.",2013,"Grazing and Grazing Exclusion Along a Resource Gradient in Magellanic Meadows of Tierra del Fuego","South America","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Regional",2,"Annually","Years","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Kennedy, RC; Fling, RR; Robeson, MS; Saxton, AM; Schneider, LG; Darcy, JL; Bemis, DA; Zhao, L; Chen, JG",2018,"Temporal dynamics of gut microbiota in triclocarban-exposed weaned rats","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",9,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","Graph ra","Table ra","Heat map ra",NA,NA,NA,NA "Collier, K J",2004,"Invertebrate community dynamics in soft-bottomed streams of northern New Zealand: a spatio-temporal hierarchy","Australia","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Local",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Leung, MHY; Tong, XZ; Wilkins, D; Cheung, HHL; Lee, PKH",2018,"Individual and household attributes influence the dynamics of the personal skin microbiota and its association network","Asia","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph ra","Beta diversity at times","Network analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins, S L",2000,"Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",18,"Annually","Decades","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins, S L",2000,"Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Local",10,"Annually","Years","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins, S L",2000,"Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie","North America","Grassland","Vertebrates","Disturbance","Local",14,"Annually","Decades","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins, S L",2000,"Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie","North America","Grassland","Vertebrates","Disturbance","Local",15,"Annually","Decades","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Beta diversity through time",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Li, B; Wu, WM; Watson, DB; Cardenas, E; Chao, YQ; Phillips, DH; Mehlhorn, T; Lowe, K; Kelly, SD; Li, PS; Tao, HC; Tiedje, JM; Criddle, CS; Zhang, T",2018,"Bacterial Community Shift and Coexisting/Coexcluding Patterns Revealed by Network Analysis in a Uranium-Contaminated Site after Bioreduction Followed by Reoxidation","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS","CCA",NA,"2","1","SIMPER","Table ra","Bar graph ra","Network analysis","ANOSIM",NA,NA,"Variable" "Li, L; Li, QH; Chen, JA; Wang, JF; Jiao, SL; Chen, FF",2018,"Temporal and spatial distribution of phytoplankton functional groups and role of environment factors in a deep subtropical reservoir","Asia","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",12,"Seasonally","Months","Seasons","DCA","RDA",NA,"2","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Liu, C; Yao, MJ; Stegen, JC; Rui, JP; Li, JB; Li, XZ",2017,"Long-term nitrogen addition affects the phylogenetic turnover of soil microbial community responding to moisture pulse","Asia","Grassland","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",12,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Null model",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "COLLINS, S L",1992,"FIRE FREQUENCY AND COMMUNITY HETEROGENEITY IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE VEGETATION","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",18,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Beta diversity through time","Correlation percent dissimilarity with environment",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Liu, SH; Huang, YC; Chen, LY; Yu, SC; Yu, HY; Chuang, SS",2018,"The skin microbiome of wound scars and unaffected skin in patients with moderate to severe burns in the subacute phase","Asia","Host","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",4,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","Heat map ra","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Lopez-Joven, C; Rolland, JL; Haffner, P; Caro, A; Roques, C; Carre, C; Travers, MA; Abadie, E; Laabir, M; Bonnet, D; Destoumieux-Garzon, D",2018,"Oyster Farming, Temperature, and Plankton Influence the Dynamics of Pathogenic Vibrios in the Thau Lagoon","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Local",12,"Monthly","Months","Months","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins, Scott L et al.",2006,"Scale-dependent interaction of fire and grazing on community heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie","North America","Grassland","Plants","Disturbance","Local",7,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Slope of rate of change against treatments","Euclidean distance against treatments",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Malazarte, JM; Lee, H; Kim, HW; Sin, Y",2017,"Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Potentially Toxic Cyanobacteria in the Riverine Region of a Temperate Estuarine System Altered by Weirs","Asia","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Environment","Local",12,"Monthly","Months","Months","DCA","RDA",NA,"2","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Marques, MF; Depra, MS; Gaglianone, MC",2018,"Seasonal Variation in Bee-Plant Interactions in an Inselberg in the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil","South America","Forest","Mixed","Interactions","Local",12,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Network analysis at times","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Marra, RC; Algarte, VM; Ludwig, TAV; Padial, AA",2018,"Diatom diversity at multiple scales in urban reservoirs in Southern Brazil reveals the likely role of trophic state","South America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Beta diversity decomposition",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Collins, Scott L et al.",2015,"Long-Term Dynamics and Hotspots of Change in a Desert Grassland Plant Community","North America","Desert","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",19,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Time lag analysis",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Menke, SB; Ward, PS; Holway, DA",2018,"Long-term record of Argentine ant invasions reveals enduring ecological impacts","North America","Forest","Invertebrates","Interactions","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Nagarkar, M; Countway, PD; Yoo, YD; Daniels, E; Poulton, NJ; Palenik, B",2018,"Temporal dynamics of eukaryotic microbial diversity at a coastal Pacific site","North America","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",17,"Monthly","Months","Months","CCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Bar graph ra","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Noto, AE; Shurin, JB",2017,"Mean conditions predict salt marsh plant community diversity and stability better than environmental variability","North America","Coastal","Plants","Environment","Continental",5,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Coefficient of variation","Turnover rates",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "Obaza, AK; Williams, JP",2018,"Spatial and temporal dynamics of the overwater structure fouling community in southern California","North America","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Local",4,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","PERMANOVA","SIMPER",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Obertegger, U; Bertilsson, S; Pindo, M; Larger, S; Flaim, G",2018,"Temporal variability of bacterioplankton is habitat driven","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",30,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","Betadisper","Beta diversity decomposition","PERMANOVA","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Ochoa-Hueso, R; Mondragon-Cortes, T; Concostrina-Zubiri, L; Serrano-Grijalva, L; Estebanez, B",2017,"Nitrogen deposition reduces the cover of biocrust-forming lichens and soil pigment content in a semiarid Mediterranean shrubland","Europe","Shrubland","Microeukaryotes","Disturbance","Local",3,"Multiyear","Years","Years","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Andersson, Anders F et al.",2010,"Pyrosequencing reveals contrasting seasonal dynamics of taxa within Baltic Sea bacterioplankton communities","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Point sample",8,"Weekly","Years","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Line graph ra","Table","Graphical table similarity","Mantel test","BIOENV",NA,NA,"Variable" "Coppedge, B R et al.",2004,"Predicting juniper encroachment and CRP effects on avian community dynamics in southern mixed-grass prairie, USA","North America","Grassland","Vertebrates","Dynamics - coarse","Local",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Table ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Park, JS; Post, DM",2018,"Evolutionary history of Daphnia drives divergence in grazing selectivity and alters temporal community dynamics of producers","North America","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Interactions","Regional",10,"Daily","Weeks","Days",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","rmMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Patrick, CJ; Weller, DE; Orth, RJ; Wilcox, DJ; Hannam, MP",2018,"Land Use and Salinity Drive Changes in SAV Abundance and Community Composition","North America","Marine","Plants","Environment","Regional",25,"Annually","Decades","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Costa, R M et al.",2009,"Mesozooplankton of the Curuca Estuary (Amazon Coast, Brazil)","South America","Estuarine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Seasonally","Seasons","Seasons",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","SIMPER","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Pollet, T; Berdjeb, L; Chardon, C; Jacquet, S",2018,"Contrasting temporal patterns in ammonia-oxidizing archaeal community dynamics in two peri-alpine lakes with different trophic status","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",24,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Potgieter, S; Pinto, A; Sigudu, M; du Preez, H; Ncube, E; Venter, S",2018,"Long-term spatial and temporal microbial community dynamics in a large-scale drinking water distribution system with multiple disinfectant regimes","Africa","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",413,"Daily","Years","Days","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","beta diversity over time","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Preiswerk, D; Walser, JC; Ebert, D",2018,"Temporal dynamics of microbiota before and after host death","Europe","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",29,"Hours","Weeks","Hours","PCoA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Price, EPF; Spyreas, G; Matthews, JW",2018,"Biotic homogenization of regional wetland plant communities within short time-scales in the presence of an aggressive invader","North America","Wetland & Riparian","Plants","Interactions","Regional",5,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS","NMDS",NA,"1","0","beta diversity through time","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Crutsinger, Gregory M et al.",2008,"Temporal dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host-plant genotypic diversity","North America","Grassland","Invertebrates","Interactions","Local",5,"Monthly","Seasons","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Riginos, C; Porensky, LM; Veblen, KE; Young, TP",2018,"Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community","Africa","Grassland","Plants","Interactions","Local",25,"Seasons","Years","Seasons","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PRC","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Scarpitta, AB; Bardat, J; Lalanne, A; Vellend, M",2017,"Long-term community change: bryophytes are more responsive than vascular plants to nitrogen deposition and warming","Europe","Forest","Plants","Environment","Regional",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","PCA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMDISP","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Scherer, PI; Millard, AD; Miller, A; Schoen, R; Raeder, U; Geist, J; Zwirglmaier, K",2017,"Temporal Dynamics of the Microbial Community Composition with a Focus on Toxic Cyanobacteria and Toxin Presence during Harmful Algal Blooms in Two South German Lakes","Europe","Freshwater","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",13,"Weekly","Seasons","Weeks",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sharpton, T; Lyalina, S; Luong, J; Pham, J; Deal, EM; Armour, C; Gaulke, C; Sanjabi, S; Pollard, KS",2017,"Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Linked to a Longitudinal Restructuring of the Gut Metagenome in Mice","North America","Host","Prokaryotes","Interactions","Regional",5,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMDS","NMDS",NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Solbu, EB; Diserud, OH; Kalas, JA; Engen, S",2018,"Heterogeneity among species and community dynamics-Norwegian bird communities as a case study","Europe","Multiple","Vertebrates","Environment","Regional",22,"Annually","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Line graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "da Costa, K G et al.",2011,"Effects of seasonality on zooplankton community dynamics in the macrotidal coastal zone of the Amazon region","South America","Marine","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",6,"Monthly","Years","Months","NMS",NA,NA,"1","0","ANOSIM","Table pa",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Sotelo-Casas, RC; Cupul-Magana, AL; Rodriguez-Zaragoza, FA; Solis-Marin, FA; Rodriguez-Troncoso, AP",2018,"Structural and environmental effects on an assemblage of echinoderms associated with a coral community","South America","Marine","Invertebrates","Environment","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","RDA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA","SIMPER","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Spohn, M; Zavisic, A; Nassal, P; Bergkemper, F; Schulz, S; Marhan, S; Schloter, M; Kandeler, E; Polle, A",2018,"Temporal variations of phosphorus uptake by soil microbial biomass and young beech trees in two forest soils with contrasting phosphorus stocks","Europe","Forest","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",3,"Weekly","Weeks","Weeks","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Springer, JD; Huffman, DW; Stoddard, MT; Meador, AJS; Waltz, AEM",2018,"Plant community dynamics following hazardous fuel treatments and mega-wildfire in a warm-dry mixed-conifer forest of the USA","North America","Forest","Plants","Disturbance","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Stenert, C; de Mello, ICMF; Pires, MM; Knauth, DS; Katayama, N; Maltchik, L",2018,"Responses of macroinvertebrate communities to pesticide application in irrigated rice fields","South America","Agricultural","Invertebrates","Disturbance","Regional",5,"Weekly","Months","Weeks","NMDS",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "da Costa, V B et al.",2011,"Effects of a high energy coastal environment on the structure and dynamics of phytoplankton communities (Brazilian Amazon littoral)","South America","Coastal","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Local",12,"Monthly","Seasons","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","1","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Teyssier, A; Rouffaer, LO; Hudin, NS; Strubbe, D; Matthysen, E; Lens, L; White, J",2018,"Inside the guts of the city: Urban-induced alterations of the gut microbiota in a wild passerine","Europe","Multiple","Prokaryotes","Environment","Regional",2,"Seasonally","Months","Seasons","NMDS","PCoA",NA,"2","0","Mantel test",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Davidson, T A et al.",2005,"A 250 year comparison of historical, macrofossil and pollen records of aquatic plants in a shallow lake","Europe","Freshwater","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",149,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","Bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Paleotime" "Tovar, C; Infantas, ES; Roth, VT",2018,"Plant community dynamics of lomas fog oasis of Central Peru after the extreme precipitation caused by the 1997-98 El Nino event","South America","Forest","Plants","Environment","Local",15,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Day, Nicola J et al.",2013,"Twenty-five years of plant community dynamics and invasion in New Zealand tussock grasslands","Australia","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",3,"Multiyear","Decades","Years","DCA",NA,NA,"1","1","Transitions between clusters",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Verbeek, L; Vanhamel, M; van den Berg, E; Hanashiro, FTT; Gianuca, AT; Striebel, M; Lemmens, P; Declerck, SAJ; Hillebrand, H; De Meester, L",2018,"Compositional and functional consequences of environmental change in Belgian farmland ponds","Europe","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Environment","Regional",2,"Multiyear","Years","Years","dbRDA","dbRDA",NA,"1","0","raw dissimilarity",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Vogt, JC; Albach, DC; Palinska, KA",2018,"Cyanobacteria of the Wadden Sea: seasonality and sediment influence on community composition","Europe","Marine","Prokaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",5,"Seasonally","Months","Seasons","NMDS","PCoA",NA,"2","0","venn diagram","bar graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Waller, DM; Mudrak, EL; Rogers, DA",2018,"Do metacommunity mass effects predict changes in species incidence and abundance?","North America","Forest","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Local",2,"Multiyear","Decades","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","turnover rates","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wang, JY; Ye, SW; Wang, ZC; Liu, JS; Zhang, TL; Lek, S; Li, ZJ",2018,"TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON FUNCTIONAL GROUPS AND MAIN DRIVING FACTORS IN THE THREE GORGES RESERVOIR, CHINA","Asia","Freshwater","Microeukaryotes","Dynamics - medium","Regional",6,"Seasonally","Years","Seasons","DCA",NA,NA,"1","0","PERMANOVA",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wang, LX; Deng, S; Qiu, S; Yan, YJ",2017,"Trophic dynamics of macroinvertebrate communities of a subtropical river in China","Asia","Freshwater","Invertebrates","Dynamics - medium","Regional",12,"Monthly","Months","Months",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Debinski, Diane M et al.",2010,"Montane meadow change during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group","North America","Grassland","Plants","Dynamics - coarse","Regional",5,"Annually","Years","Years",NA,NA,NA,"0","0","Multiplicative change in percent cover",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable" "Wu, M; Li, GL; Chen, XF; Liu, J; Liu, M; Jiang, CY; Li, ZP",2018,"Rational dose of insecticide chlorantraniliprole displays a transient impact on the microbial metabolic functions and bacterial community in a silty-loam paddy soil","North America","Agricultural","Prokaryotes","Disturbance","Regional",8,"Daily","Months","Days","NMDS",NA,NA,"0","0","graph ra",NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,"Variable"