@article{fdi:010061158,
  title = {{I}s the species flock concept operational ? {T}he {A}ntarctic shelf case},
  author = {{L}ecointre, {G}. and {A}meziane, {N}. and {B}oisselier, {M}. {C}. and {B}onillo, {C}. and {B}usson, {F}. and {C}ausse, {R}. and {C}henuil, {A}. and {C}ouloux, {A}. and {C}outanceau, {J}. {P}. and {C}ruaud, {C}. and d'{A}coz, {C}. {D}. and {D}e {R}idder, {C}. and {D}enys, {G}. and {D}ettai, {A}. and {D}uhamel, {G}. and {E}leaume, {M}. and {F}eral, {J}. {P}. and {G}allut, {C}. and {H}avermans, {C}. and {H}eld, {C}. and {H}emery, {L}. and {L}autredou, {A}. {C}. and {M}artin, {P}. and {O}zouf-{C}ostaz, {C}. and {P}ierrat, {B}. and {P}ruvost, {P}. and {P}uillandre, {N}. and {S}amadi, {S}arah and {S}aucede, {T}. and {S}chubart, {C}. and {D}avid, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}here has been a significant body of literature on species flock definition but not so much about practical means to appraise them. {W}e here apply the five criteria of {E}astman and {M}c{C}une for detecting species flocks in four taxonomic components of the benthic fauna of the {A}ntarctic shelf: teleost fishes, crinoids (feather stars), echinoids (sea urchins) and crustacean arthropods. {P}ractical limitations led us to prioritize the three historical criteria (endemicity, monophyly, species richness) over the two ecological ones (ecological diversity and habitat dominance). {W}e propose a new protocol which includes an iterative fine-tuning of the monophyly and endemicity criteria in order to discover unsuspected flocks. {A}s a result nine "full" species flocks (fulfilling the five criteria) are briefly described. {E}ight other flocks fit the three historical criteria but need to be further investigated from the ecological point of view (here called "core flocks"). {T}he approach also shows that some candidate taxonomic components are no species flocks at all. {T}he present study contradicts the paradigm that marine species flocks are rare. {T}he hypothesis according to which the {A}ntarctic shelf acts as a species flocks generator is supported, and the approach indicates paths for further ecological studies and may serve as a starting point to investigate the processes leading to flock-like patterning of biodiversity.},
  keywords = {{ANTARCTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {e68787},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0068787},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061158},
}