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Big thanks to @SwanseaUni for supporting this study!. Paper link below.

Key takeaways for conservation.→ Focus on preserving & restoring 3D structures for optimal biodiversity benefits.→ Prioritize interventions in stressful, variable environments where het offers refugia. → Tailor actions to the traits and needs of focal species groups. 7/7.

Finally, we produced a conceptual model to promote further hypotheses across systems. ✔ Which heterogeneity facets (e.g., 3D vs. 2D) drive outcomes.✔ How species’ traits mediate their response.✔ How broader environmental stress amplifies or dampens effects. 6/7

✅ Effects were strongest in stressful environments (like intertidal zones) and on biogenic substrates (like mussel beds or macroalgae). We also found some interesting latitudinal effects along the way!. 5/7

✅ Small-bodied and mobile species (like microinvertebrates) benefited the most since they can exploit fine-scale structural variation. Heterogeneity had the clearest effects promoting recruitment and reducing grazing. 4/7

Using this framework, we found that. ✅ 3D structures (like rugose reefs, kelp canopies) had the strongest positive effects, mainly by expanding niche space and habitat area. 3/7

Using previous work (McCoy & Bell, Stein, Loke et al.) we linked ‘heterogeneity facets’ with ‘heterogeneity metrics’, which allowed to synthesise information across >100 terms used for heterogeneity into six parsimonious ‘facets’. 2/7

🎉 New paper out! 🪸🌊. Using rocky reefs as a model and a new organising framework, we show heterogeneity effects depend on: 1) how heterogeneity is generated and measured: 2) the traits of responding organisms; and 3) environmental stress. @JNGriffy @RSocPublishing . 1/7 🧵

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