Think globally, measure locally: The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring plant species distributions along elevation gradients

• Autores: Haider, Sylvia; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; McDougall, Keith; Pauchard, Aníbal; Alexander, Jake M.; Barros, Ana Agustina; Cavieres González, Lohengrin Alexis; Rashid, Irfan; Rew, Lisa J.; Aleksanyan, Alla; Arévalo, José R.; Aschero, Valeria; Chisholm, Chelsea; Clark, V. Ralph; Clavel, Jan; Daehler, Curtis; Dar, Pervaiz A.; Dietz, Hansjörg; Dimarco, Romina Daniela; Edwards, Peter; Essl, Franz; Fuentes Lillo, Eduardo; Guisan, Antoine; Gwate, Onalenna; Hargreaves, Anna L.; Jakobs, Gabi; Jiménez, Alejandra; Kardol, Paul; Kueffer, Christoph; Larson, Christian
• Año de publicación: 2022
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: CLIMATE CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; MIREN; MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY; MOUNTAIN INVASION RESEARCH NETWORK; RANGE DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSIONS
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Climate change and other global change drivers threaten plant diversity in mountains worldwide. A widely documented response to such environmental modifications is for plant species to change their elevational ranges. Range shifts are often idiosyncratic and difficult to generalize, partly due to variation in sampling methods. There is thus a need for a standardized monitoring strategy that can be applied across mountain regions to assess distribution changes and community turnover of native and non-native plant species over space and time. Here, we present a conceptually intuitive and standardized protocol developed by the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) to systematically quantify global patterns of native and non-native species distributions along elevation gradients and shifts arising from interactive effects of climate change and human disturbance. Usually repeated every five years, surveys consist of 20 sample sites located at equal elevation increments along three replicate roads per sampling region. At each site, three plots extend from the side of a mountain road into surrounding natural vegetation. The protocol has been successfully used in 18 regions worldwide from 2007 to present. Analyses of one point in time already generated some salient results, and revealed region-specific elevational patterns of native plant species richness, but a globally consistent elevational decline in non-native species richness. Non-native plants were also more abundant directly adjacent to road edges, suggesting that disturbed roadsides serve as a vector for invasions into mountains. From the upcoming analyses of time series, even more exciting results can be expected, especially about range shifts. Implementing the protocol in more mountain regions globally would help to generate a more complete picture of how global change alters species distributions. This would inform conservation policy in mountain ecosystems, where some conservation policies remain poorly implemented.
Fil: Haider, Sylvia. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Lembrechts, Jonas J.. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica
Fil: McDougall, Keith. Industry And Environment; Australia
Fil: Pauchard, Aníbal. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; Chile
Fil: Alexander, Jake M.. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
Fil: Barros, Ana Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientifícas y Tecnológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Cavieres González, Lohengrin Alexis. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; Chile
Fil: Rashid, Irfan. University Of Kashmir; India
Fil: Rew, Lisa J.. Montana State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aleksanyan, Alla. Armenian National Agrarian University; Armenia. National Academy Of Sciences Of The Republic Of Armenia; Armenia
Fil: Arévalo, José R.. Universidad de La Laguna; España
Fil: Aschero, Valeria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientifícas y Tecnológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Chisholm, Chelsea. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
Fil: Clark, V. Ralph. University Of The Free State; Sudáfrica
Fil: Clavel, Jan. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica
Fil: Daehler, Curtis. University of Hawaii at Manoa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Dar, Pervaiz A.. Amar Singh College; India
Fil: Dietz, Hansjörg. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
Fil: Dimarco, Romina Daniela. University Of Houston; Estados Unidos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Edwards, Peter. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
Fil: Essl, Franz. Universidad de Viena; Austria
Fil: Fuentes Lillo, Eduardo. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; Chile. Universidad de Chile; Chile. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica
Fil: Guisan, Antoine. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza
Fil: Gwate, Onalenna. University Of The Free State; Sudáfrica
Fil: Hargreaves, Anna L.. Université Mcgill; Canadá
Fil: Jakobs, Gabi. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
Fil: Jiménez, Alejandra. Universidad de Concepción; Chile. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad; Chile
Fil: Kardol, Paul. Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (slu);
Fil: Kueffer, Christoph. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
Fil: Larson, Christian. Montana State University; Estados Unidos