Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity
Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
36050293
PubMed Central
PMC9436951
DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z
PII: 10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- MeSH
- biodiverzita * MeSH
- cévnaté rostliny * MeSH
- ekosystém MeSH
- rostliny MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain controversial. Using data on 170,272 georeferenced local plant assemblages, we created global maps of alpha diversity (local species richness) for vascular plants at three different spatial grains, for forests and non-forests. We show that alpha diversity is consistently high across grains in some regions (for example, Andean-Amazonian foothills), but regional 'scaling anomalies' (deviations from the positive correlation) exist elsewhere, particularly in Eurasian temperate forests with disproportionally higher fine-grained richness and many African tropical forests with disproportionally higher coarse-grained richness. The influence of different climatic, topographic and biogeographical variables on alpha diversity also varies across grains. Our multi-grain maps return a nuanced understanding of vascular plant biodiversity patterns that complements classic maps of biodiversity hotspots and will improve predictions of global change effects on biodiversity.
Botany Department Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz PO Box 300 154 02806 Görlitz Germany
CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE IRD Montpellier France
Charles University Department of Botany Benátská 2 12801 Prague Czech Republic
Cirad UPR Forêts et Sociétés Yamoussoukro Côte d'Ivoire
College of Tropical Crops Hainan University Haikou 570228 China
Faculty of Environment UJEP Pasteurova 3632 15 400 96 Ústí nad Labem Czech Republic
INIBOMA Department of Ecology Pasaje Gutierrez 125 8400 Bariloche Argentina
Institute of Environmental Sciences Leiden University 2333 CC Leiden the Netherlands
Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad Las Palmeras 342 7750000 Santiago Chile
International Institute Zittau Technische Universität Dresden Markt 23 02763 Zittau Germany
Jardín Botánico de Missouri Oxapampa Bolognesi Mz E 6 Oxapampa Pasco Peru
Palmengarten Frankfurt Scientific Service Siesmayerstr 61 60323 Frankfurt Germany
Peking University College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Yiheyuan Rd 5 100871 Beijing China
Santa Clara University Department of Biology 500 El Camino Real 95053 Santa Clara CA USA
Sapienza University of Rome Department of Environmental Biology P le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
Sigur Nature Trust Chadapatti Mavinhalla PO Nilgiris 643223 Mavinhalla India
Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Washington DC USA
Transilvania University of Brasov Department of Silviculture Sirul Beethoven 1 500123 Brasov Romania
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco Av de la Cultura 733 Cusco Peru
Université de Montpellier UPR Forêts et Sociétés Montpellier France
Université Félix Houphouët Boigny Laboratoire de Botanique Campus de Cocody Abdijan Côte d'Ivoire
University of Göttingen Biodiversity Macroecology and Biogeography 37077 Göttingen Germany
University of Göttingen Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use 37077 Göttingen Germany
University of Leeds School of Geography Woodhouse Lane LS2 9JT Leeds UK
University of North Carolina Department of Biology Campus Box 3280 27599 3280 Chapel HIll NC USA
University of Nottingham School of Geography University Park NG7 2RD Nottingham UK
University of Zurich Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Zollikerstrasse 107 8008 Zurich Switzerland
Zurich University of Applied Sciences Grüentalstr 14 8820 Wädenswil Switzerland
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