J 2021

Plant functional and taxonomic diversity in European grasslands along climatic gradients

BOONMAN, Coline C. F., Luca SANTINI, Bjorn J. M. ROBROEK, Selwyn HOEKS, Steven KELDERMAN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Plant functional and taxonomic diversity in European grasslands along climatic gradients

Authors

BOONMAN, Coline C. F., Luca SANTINI, Bjorn J. M. ROBROEK, Selwyn HOEKS, Steven KELDERMAN, Jürgen DENGLER, Ariel BERGAMINI, Idoia BIURRUN, Maria Laura CARRANZA, Bruno E. L. CERABOLINI, Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ute JANDT, Tatiana LYSENKO, Angela STANISCI, Irina TATARENKO, Solvita RUSINA and Mark A. J. HUIJBREGTS

Edition

Journal of Vegetation Science, Hoboken, Wiley, 2021, 1100-9233

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.389

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00119068

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000666878600026

Keywords in English

environmental filtering; favourability hypothesis; functional richness; grassland diversity; limiting similarity; null model; plant trait diversity; precipitation gradient; seasonality; taxonomic richness

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 18/1/2022 17:37, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Aim European grassland communities are highly diverse, but patterns and drivers of their continental-scale diversity remain elusive. This study analyses taxonomic and functional richness in European grasslands along continental-scale temperature and precipitation gradients. Location Europe. Methods We quantified functional and taxonomic richness of 55,748 vegetation plots. Six plant traits, related to resource acquisition and conservation, were analysed to describe plant community functional composition. Using a null-model approach we derived functional richness effect sizes that indicate higher or lower diversity than expected given the taxonomic richness. We assessed the variation in absolute functional and taxonomic richness and in functional richness effect sizes along gradients of minimum temperature, temperature range, annual precipitation, and precipitation seasonality using a multiple general additive modelling approach. Results Functional and taxonomic richness was high at intermediate minimum temperatures and wide temperature ranges. Functional and taxonomic richness was low in correspondence with low minimum temperatures or narrow temperature ranges. Functional richness increased and taxonomic richness decreased at higher minimum temperatures and wide annual temperature ranges. Both functional and taxonomic richness decreased with increasing precipitation seasonality and showed a small increase at intermediate annual precipitation. Overall, effect sizes of functional richness were small. However, effect sizes indicated trait divergence at extremely low minimum temperatures and at low annual precipitation with extreme precipitation seasonality. Conclusions Functional and taxonomic richness of European grassland communities vary considerably over temperature and precipitation gradients. Overall, they follow similar patterns over the climate gradients, except at high minimum temperatures and wide temperature ranges, where functional richness increases and taxonomic richness decreases. This contrasting pattern may trigger new ideas for studies that target specific hypotheses focused on community assembly processes. And though effect sizes were small, they indicate that it may be important to consider climate seasonality in plant diversity studies.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project
Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation