Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

• Autores: Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Jiménez Alfaro, Borja; Jandt, Ute; Chytrý, Milan; Field, Richard; Kessler, Michael; Lenoir, Jonathan; Schrodt, Franziska; Wiser, Susan K.; Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S.; Attorre, Fabio; Cayuela, Luis; De Sanctis, Michele; Dengler, Jürgen; Haider, Sylvia; Hatim, Mohamed Z.; Indreica, Adrian; Jansen, Florian; Pauchard, Aníbal; Peet, Robert K.; Petřík, Petr; Pillar, Valério D.; Sandel, Brody; Schmidt, Marco; Speziale, Karina Lilian; Strohbach, Ben J.; Vásquez Martínez, Rodolfo; Wang, HuaFeng; Wesche, Karsten; Bruelheide, Helge
• Año de publicación: 2022
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: local communities; gamma diversity; global patterns; vascular plants diversity
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

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.
Fil: Sabatini, Francesco Maria. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Alemania. Universidad de Bologna; Italia. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Jiménez Alfaro, Borja. Universidad de Oviedo; España. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Alemania
Fil: Jandt, Ute. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Chytrý, Milan. Masaryk University; República Checa
Fil: Field, Richard. University of Nottingham; Estados Unidos. Science and Technology Facilities Council of Nottingham. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Reino Unido
Fil: Kessler, Michael. Universitat Zurich; Suiza
Fil: Lenoir, Jonathan. Universite de Picardie Jules Verne (universite de Picardie Jules V);
Fil: Schrodt, Franziska. University of Nottingham; Estados Unidos. Science and Technology Facilities Council of Nottingham. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Reino Unido
Fil: Wiser, Susan K.. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S.. Shahjalal University Of Science And Technology; Bangladesh
Fil: Attorre, Fabio. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Italia
Fil: Cayuela, Luis. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; España
Fil: De Sanctis, Michele. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Italia
Fil: Dengler, Jürgen. University of Bayreuth; Alemania. Zhaw Zurich University Of Applied Sciences; Suiza
Fil: Haider, Sylvia. Martin-universität Halle-wittenberg; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Hatim, Mohamed Z.. Tanta University; Egipto. University of Agriculture Wageningen; Países Bajos
Fil: Indreica, Adrian. Universitatea Transilvania Din Brasov; Rumania
Fil: Jansen, Florian. Universität Rostock; Alemania
Fil: Pauchard, Aníbal. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; Chile
Fil: Peet, Robert K.. University of North Carolina; Estados Unidos
Fil: Petřík, Petr. Czech Academy of Sciences; República Checa
Fil: Pillar, Valério D.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Sandel, Brody. Santa Clara University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Schmidt, Marco. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre; Alemania
Fil: Speziale, Karina Lilian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Strohbach, Ben J.. Namibia University Of Science And Technlogy; Namibia
Fil: Vásquez Martínez, Rodolfo. Jardin Botanico de Missouri; Perú
Fil: Wang, HuaFeng. Hainan University; China
Fil: Wesche, Karsten. Senckenberg Museum Of Natural History Görlitz; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania. Technische Universität Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Bruelheide, Helge. Martin-universität Halle-wittenberg; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania