Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

J 2021

Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

TESTOLIN, Riccardo, Fabio ATTORRE, Peter BORCHARDT, Robert F. BRAND, Helge BRUELHEIDE et. al.

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Original name

Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

Authors

TESTOLIN, Riccardo, Fabio ATTORRE, Peter BORCHARDT, Robert F. BRAND, Helge BRUELHEIDE, Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), M. DE SANCTIS, Jiri DOLEZAL, Manfred FINCKH, Sylvia HAIDER, Andreas HEMP, Ute JANDT, Michael KESSLER, Andrey Yu KOROLYUK, Jonathan LENOIR, Natalia MAKUNINA, George P. MALANSON, Daniel B. MONTESINOS-TUBÉE, Jalil NOROOZI, Arkadiusz NOWAK, Robert K. PEET, Gwendolyn PEYRE, Francesco Maria SABATINI, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Petr SKLENÁŘ, Steven P. SYLVESTER, Kiril VASSILEV, Risto VIRTANEN, Wolfgang WILLNER, Susan K. WISER, Evgeny G. ZIBZEEV and Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO

Edition

Global ecology and biogeography, HOBOKEN, WILEY, 2021, 1466-822X

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Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor: 6.909

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00119090

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Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13297

UT WoS

000635352800001

Keywords in English

Alpine vegetation; biodiversity hotspots; biogeographical history; global patterns; multiscale analysis; plant species richness

Abstract

V originále

Aim Alpine ecosystems differ in area, macroenvironment and biogeographical history across the Earth, but the relationship between these factors and plant species richness is still unexplored. Here, we assess the global patterns of plant species richness in alpine ecosystems and their association with environmental, geographical and historical factors at regional and community scales. Location Global. Time period Data collected between 1923 and 2019. Major taxa studied Vascular plants. Methods We used a dataset representative of global alpine vegetation, consisting of 8,928 plots sampled within 26 ecoregions and six biogeographical realms, to estimate regional richness using sample-based rarefaction and extrapolation. Then, we evaluated latitudinal patterns of regional and community richness with generalized additive models. Using environmental, geographical and historical predictors from global raster layers, we modelled regional and community richness in a mixed-effect modelling framework. Results The latitudinal pattern of regional richness peaked around the equator and at mid-latitudes, in response to current and past alpine area, isolation and the variation in soil pH among regions. At the community level, species richness peaked at mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, despite a considerable within-region variation. Community richness was related to macroclimate and historical predictors, with strong effects of other spatially structured factors. Main conclusions In contrast to the well-known latitudinal diversity gradient, the alpine plant species richness of some temperate regions in Eurasia was comparable to that of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems, such as the paramo. The species richness of these putative hotspot regions is explained mainly by the extent of alpine area and their glacial history, whereas community richness depends on local environmental factors. Our results highlight hotspots of species richness at mid-latitudes, indicating that the diversity of alpine plants is linked to regional idiosyncrasies and to the historical prevalence of alpine ecosystems, rather than current macroclimatic gradients.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

TESTOLIN, Riccardo, Fabio ATTORRE, Peter BORCHARDT, Robert F. BRAND, Helge BRUELHEIDE, Milan CHYTRÝ, M. DE SANCTIS, Jiri DOLEZAL, Manfred FINCKH, Sylvia HAIDER, Andreas HEMP, Ute JANDT, Michael KESSLER, Andrey Yu KOROLYUK, Jonathan LENOIR, Natalia MAKUNINA, George P. MALANSON, Daniel B. MONTESINOS-TUBÉE, Jalil NOROOZI, Arkadiusz NOWAK, Robert K. PEET, Gwendolyn PEYRE, Francesco Maria SABATINI, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Petr SKLENÁŘ, Steven P. SYLVESTER, Kiril VASSILEV, Risto VIRTANEN, Wolfgang WILLNER, Susan K. WISER, Evgeny G. ZIBZEEV and Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO. Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness. Global ecology and biogeography. HOBOKEN: WILEY, 2021, vol. 30, No 6, p. 1218-1231. ISSN 1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13297.

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TY  - JOUR
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AU  - Testolin, Riccardo - Attorre, Fabio - Borchardt, Peter - Brand, Robert F. - Bruelheide, Helge - Chytrý, Milan - De Sanctis, M. - Dolezal, Jiri - Finckh, Manfred - Haider, Sylvia - Hemp, Andreas - Jandt, Ute - Kessler, Michael - Korolyuk, Andrey Yu - Lenoir, Jonathan - Makunina, Natalia - Malanson, George P. - Montesinos-Tubée, Daniel B. - Noroozi, Jalil - Nowak, Arkadiusz - Peet, Robert K. - Peyre, Gwendolyn - Sabatini, Francesco Maria - Šibík, Jozef - Sklenář, Petr - Sylvester, Steven P. - Vassilev, Kiril - Virtanen, Risto - Willner, Wolfgang - Wiser, Susan K. - Zibzeev, Evgeny G. - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja
PY  - 2021
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JF  - Global ecology and biogeography
VL  - 30
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EP  - 1218-1231
PB  - WILEY
SN  - 1466822X
KW  - Alpine vegetation
KW  - biodiversity hotspots
KW  - biogeographical history
KW  - global patterns
KW  - multiscale analysis
KW  - plant species richness
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13297
N2  - Aim Alpine ecosystems differ in area, macroenvironment and biogeographical history across the Earth, but the relationship between these factors and plant species richness is still unexplored. Here, we assess the global patterns of plant species richness in alpine ecosystems and their association with environmental, geographical and historical factors at regional and community scales. Location Global. Time period Data collected between 1923 and 2019. Major taxa studied Vascular plants. Methods We used a dataset representative of global alpine vegetation, consisting of 8,928 plots sampled within 26 ecoregions and six biogeographical realms, to estimate regional richness using sample-based rarefaction and extrapolation. Then, we evaluated latitudinal patterns of regional and community richness with generalized additive models. Using environmental, geographical and historical predictors from global raster layers, we modelled regional and community richness in a mixed-effect modelling framework. Results The latitudinal pattern of regional richness peaked around the equator and at mid-latitudes, in response to current and past alpine area, isolation and the variation in soil pH among regions. At the community level, species richness peaked at mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, despite a considerable within-region variation. Community richness was related to macroclimate and historical predictors, with strong effects of other spatially structured factors. Main conclusions In contrast to the well-known latitudinal diversity gradient, the alpine plant species richness of some temperate regions in Eurasia was comparable to that of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems, such as the paramo. The species richness of these putative hotspot regions is explained mainly by the extent of alpine area and their glacial history, whereas community richness depends on local environmental factors. Our results highlight hotspots of species richness at mid-latitudes, indicating that the diversity of alpine plants is linked to regional idiosyncrasies and to the historical prevalence of alpine ecosystems, rather than current macroclimatic gradients.
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TESTOLIN, Riccardo, Fabio ATTORRE, Peter BORCHARDT, Robert F. BRAND, Helge BRUELHEIDE, Milan CHYTRÝ, M. DE SANCTIS, Jiri DOLEZAL, Manfred FINCKH, Sylvia HAIDER, Andreas HEMP, Ute JANDT, Michael KESSLER, Andrey Yu KOROLYUK, Jonathan LENOIR, Natalia MAKUNINA, George P. MALANSON, Daniel B. MONTESINOS-TUBÉE, Jalil NOROOZI, Arkadiusz NOWAK, Robert K. PEET, Gwendolyn PEYRE, Francesco Maria SABATINI, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Petr SKLENÁŘ, Steven P. SYLVESTER, Kiril VASSILEV, Risto VIRTANEN, Wolfgang WILLNER, Susan K. WISER, Evgeny G. ZIBZEEV and Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO. Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness. \textit{Global ecology and biogeography}. HOBOKEN: WILEY, 2021, vol.~30, No~6, p.~1218-1231. ISSN~1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13297.

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