Extended Data Fig. 1: Example visualization of temporal changes in arthropod community assembly and associated biomass between a baseline community and a comparison community using vectors (arrows).

The vectors are colored according to the info box. The vectors of community assembly components of biomass change are displayed in the order of 1) species richness loss, 2) species identity loss, 3) species richness gain, 4) species identity gain, and 5) abundance change of persisting species. The vector of species richness losses assumes that the two species lost from the baseline community have average biomass relative to the complete baseline community. However, since they have a below-average total biomass, the vector of species identity losses corrects for that. The vector of species richness gains assumes that the one species gained in the comparison community has average biomass relative to the complete comparison community. However, since it has a below-average total biomass, the vector of species identity gains corrects for that. Finally, the vector of abundance changes in persisting species reflects on the declining abundance and biomass of the one persisting species. Credit: arthropod icons, Gabriele Rada/iDiv.