Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats

0561440 - BÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Staude, I. R. - Pereira, H. M. - Daskalova, G. N. - Hédl, Radim - Chudomelová, Markéta - Kopecký, Martin - Macek, Martin - Petřík, Petr - Vild, Ondřej … Total 71 authors
Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats.
Ecology Letters. Roč. 25, č. 2 (2022), s. 466-482. ISSN 1461-023X. E-ISSN 1461-0248
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : biodiversity change * resurvey * winner and loser species
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 8.8, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937

Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger- ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient- rich habitats hav-ing larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller- ranged species could ref lect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile find-ings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community- scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0334063