Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats
Authors
BIURRUN, I. (guarantor), R. PIELECH, I. DEMBICZ, F. GILLET, L. KOZUB, Corrado MARCENO' (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), T. REITALU, K. VAN MEERBEEK, R. GUARINO, Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), R.J. PAKEMAN, Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), S. BURRASCANO, S. BARTHA, S. BOCH, H.H. BRUUN, T. CONRADI, P. DE FRENNE, F. ESSL, G. FILIBECK, Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), B. JIMENEZ-ALFARO, A. KUZEMKO, Z. MOLNAR, M. PARTEL, R. PATSCH, H.C. PRENTICE, J. ROLECEK, L.M.E. SUTCLIFFE, M. TERZI, M. WINKLER, J.S. WU, S. ACIC, A.T.R. ACOSTA, E. AFIF, M. AKASAKA, J.M. ALATALO, M. ALEFFI, A. ALEKSANYAN, A. ALI, I. APOSTOLOVA, P. ASHOURI, Z. BATORI, E. BAUMANN, T. BECKER, E. BELONOVSKAYA, J.L.B. ALONSO, A. BERASTEGI, A. BERGAMINI, K.P. BHATTA, I. BONINI, M.O. BUCHLER, V. BUDZHAK, A. BUENO, F. BULDRINI, J.A. CAMPOS, L. CANCELLIERI, M. CARBONI, T. CEULEMANS, A. CHIARUCCI, C. CHOCARRO, L. CONTI, A.M. CSERGO, B. CYKOWSKA-MARZENCKA, M. CZARNIECKA-WIERA, M. CZARNOCKA-CIECIURA, P. CZORTEK, Jiří DANIHELKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), F. BELLO, B. DEAK, L. DEMETER, L. DENG, M. DIEKMANN, J. DOLEZAL, C. DOLNIK, Pavel DŘEVOJAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), C. DUPRE, K. ECKER, H. EJTEHADI, B. ERSCHBAMER, J. ETAYO, J. ETZOLD, T. FARKAS, M. FARZAM, G. FAYVUSH, M.R.F. CALZADO, M. FINCKH, W. FJELLSTAD, G. FOTIADIS, D. GARCIA-MAGRO, I. GARCIA-MIJANGOS, R.G. GAVILAN, M. GERMANY, S. GHAFARI, G.P.G. DEL GALDO, J.A. GRYTNES, B. GULER, A. GUTIERREZ-GIRON, A. HELM, M. HERRERA, E.M. HULLBUSCH, N. INGERPUU, A.K. JAGERBRAND, U. JANDT, M. JANISOVA, P. JEANNERET, F. JELTSCH, K. JENSEN, A. JENTSCH, Z. KACKI, K. KAKINUMA, J. KAPFER, M. KARGAR, A. KELEMEN, K. KIEHL, P. KIRSCHNER, A. KOYAMA, N. LANGER, L. LAZZARO, J. LEPS, C.F. LI, F.Y. LI, D. LIENDO, R. LINDBORG, S. LOBEL, A. LOMBA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel LUSTYK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), A.L. LUZURIAGA, M.a. WH, S. MACCHERINI, M. MAGNES, M. MALICKI, M. MANTHEY, C. MARDARI, F. MAY, H. MAYRHOFER, E.S. MEIER, F. MEMARIANI, Kristina MERUNKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), O. MICHELSEN, J.M. MESA, H. MORADI, I. MOYSIYENKO, M. MUGNAI, A. NAQINEZHAD, R. NATCHEVA, J.M. NINOT, M. NOBIS, J. NOROOZI, A. NOWAK, V. ONIPCHENKO, S. PALPURINA, H. PAULI, H. PEDASHENKO, C. PEDERSEN, R.K. PEET, A. PEREZ-HAASE, J. PETERS, N. PIPENBAHER, C. PIRINI, E. PLADEVALL-IZARD, Zuzana PLESKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), G. POTENZA, S. RAHMANIAN, M.P. RODRIGUEZ-ROJO, V. RONKIN, L. ROSATI, E. RUPRECHT, S. RUSINA, M. SABOVLJEVIC, A. SANAEI, A.M. SANCHEZ, F. SANTI, G. SAVCHENKO, M.T. SEBASTIA, D. SHYRIAIEVA, V. SILVA, S. SKORNIK, Eva ŠMERDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), J. SONKOLY, M.G. SPERANDII, M. STANIASZEK-KIK, C. STEVENS, S. STIFTER, S. SUCHROW, G. SWACHA, S. SWIERSZCZ, A. TALEBI, B. TELEKI, Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), C. TOLGYESI, M. TORCA, P. TOROK, N. TSAREVSKAYA, I. TSIRIPIDIS, I. TURISOVA, A. USHIMARU, O. VALKO, C. VAN MECHELEN, T. VANNESTE, I. VASHENIAK, K. VASSILEV, D. VICIANI, L. VILLAR, R. VIRTANEN, I. VITASOVIC-KOSIC, A. VOJTKO, D. VYNOKUROV, E. WALDEN, Y. WANG, F. WEISER, L. WEN, K. WESCHE, H. WHITE, S. WIDMER, S. WOLFRUM, A. WROBEL, Z.Q. YUAN, D. ZELENY, L.Q. ZHAO and J. DENGLER
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Journal of Vegetation Science, HOBOKEN, Wiley, 2021, 1100-9233
Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain richness values of Palaearctic open habitats for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and complete vegetation (i.e., the sum of the former three groups). Location Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods We used 126,524 plots of eight standard grain sizes from the GrassPlot database: 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 m(2) and calculated the mean richness and standard deviations, as well as maximum, minimum, median, and first and third quartiles for each combination of grain size, taxonomic group, biome, region, vegetation type and phytosociological class. Results Patterns of plant diversity in vegetation types and biomes differ across grain sizes and taxonomic groups. Overall, secondary (mostly semi-natural) grasslands and natural grasslands are the richest vegetation type. The open-access file "GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks" and the web tool "GrassPlot Diversity Explorer" are now available online () and provide more insights into species richness patterns in the Palaearctic open habitats. Conclusions The GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks provide high-quality data on species richness in open habitat types across the Palaearctic. These benchmark data can be used in vegetation ecology, macroecology, biodiversity conservation and data quality checking. While the amount of data in the underlying GrassPlot database and their spatial coverage are smaller than in other extensive vegetation-plot databases, species recordings in GrassPlot are on average more complete, making it a valuable complementary data source in macroecology.
BIURRUN, I., R. PIELECH, I. DEMBICZ, F. GILLET, L. KOZUB, Corrado MARCENO', T. REITALU, K. VAN MEERBEEK, R. GUARINO, Milan CHYTRÝ, R.J. PAKEMAN, Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ, Irena AXMANOVÁ, S. BURRASCANO, S. BARTHA, S. BOCH, H.H. BRUUN, T. CONRADI, P. DE FRENNE, F. ESSL, G. FILIBECK, Michal HÁJEK, B. JIMENEZ-ALFARO, A. KUZEMKO, Z. MOLNAR, M. PARTEL, R. PATSCH, H.C. PRENTICE, J. ROLECEK, L.M.E. SUTCLIFFE, M. TERZI, M. WINKLER, J.S. WU, S. ACIC, A.T.R. ACOSTA, E. AFIF, M. AKASAKA, J.M. ALATALO, M. ALEFFI, A. ALEKSANYAN, A. ALI, I. APOSTOLOVA, P. ASHOURI, Z. BATORI, E. BAUMANN, T. BECKER, E. BELONOVSKAYA, J.L.B. ALONSO, A. BERASTEGI, A. BERGAMINI, K.P. BHATTA, I. BONINI, M.O. BUCHLER, V. BUDZHAK, A. BUENO, F. BULDRINI, J.A. CAMPOS, L. CANCELLIERI, M. CARBONI, T. CEULEMANS, A. CHIARUCCI, C. CHOCARRO, L. CONTI, A.M. CSERGO, B. CYKOWSKA-MARZENCKA, M. CZARNIECKA-WIERA, M. CZARNOCKA-CIECIURA, P. CZORTEK, Jiří DANIHELKA, F. BELLO, B. DEAK, L. DEMETER, L. DENG, M. DIEKMANN, J. DOLEZAL, C. DOLNIK, Pavel DŘEVOJAN, C. DUPRE, K. ECKER, H. EJTEHADI, B. ERSCHBAMER, J. ETAYO, J. ETZOLD, T. FARKAS, M. FARZAM, G. FAYVUSH, M.R.F. CALZADO, M. FINCKH, W. FJELLSTAD, G. FOTIADIS, D. GARCIA-MAGRO, I. GARCIA-MIJANGOS, R.G. GAVILAN, M. GERMANY, S. GHAFARI, G.P.G. DEL GALDO, J.A. GRYTNES, B. GULER, A. GUTIERREZ-GIRON, A. HELM, M. HERRERA, E.M. HULLBUSCH, N. INGERPUU, A.K. JAGERBRAND, U. JANDT, M. JANISOVA, P. JEANNERET, F. JELTSCH, K. JENSEN, A. JENTSCH, Z. KACKI, K. KAKINUMA, J. KAPFER, M. KARGAR, A. KELEMEN, K. KIEHL, P. KIRSCHNER, A. KOYAMA, N. LANGER, L. LAZZARO, J. LEPS, C.F. LI, F.Y. LI, D. LIENDO, R. LINDBORG, S. LOBEL, A. LOMBA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Pavel LUSTYK, A.L. LUZURIAGA, M.a. WH, S. MACCHERINI, M. MAGNES, M. MALICKI, M. MANTHEY, C. MARDARI, F. MAY, H. MAYRHOFER, E.S. MEIER, F. MEMARIANI, Kristina MERUNKOVÁ, O. MICHELSEN, J.M. MESA, H. MORADI, I. MOYSIYENKO, M. MUGNAI, A. NAQINEZHAD, R. NATCHEVA, J.M. NINOT, M. NOBIS, J. NOROOZI, A. NOWAK, V. ONIPCHENKO, S. PALPURINA, H. PAULI, H. PEDASHENKO, C. PEDERSEN, R.K. PEET, A. PEREZ-HAASE, J. PETERS, N. PIPENBAHER, C. PIRINI, E. PLADEVALL-IZARD, Zuzana PLESKOVÁ, G. POTENZA, S. RAHMANIAN, M.P. RODRIGUEZ-ROJO, V. RONKIN, L. ROSATI, E. RUPRECHT, S. RUSINA, M. SABOVLJEVIC, A. SANAEI, A.M. SANCHEZ, F. SANTI, G. SAVCHENKO, M.T. SEBASTIA, D. SHYRIAIEVA, V. SILVA, S. SKORNIK, Eva ŠMERDOVÁ, J. SONKOLY, M.G. SPERANDII, M. STANIASZEK-KIK, C. STEVENS, S. STIFTER, S. SUCHROW, G. SWACHA, S. SWIERSZCZ, A. TALEBI, B. TELEKI, Lubomír TICHÝ, C. TOLGYESI, M. TORCA, P. TOROK, N. TSAREVSKAYA, I. TSIRIPIDIS, I. TURISOVA, A. USHIMARU, O. VALKO, C. VAN MECHELEN, T. VANNESTE, I. VASHENIAK, K. VASSILEV, D. VICIANI, L. VILLAR, R. VIRTANEN, I. VITASOVIC-KOSIC, A. VOJTKO, D. VYNOKUROV, E. WALDEN, Y. WANG, F. WEISER, L. WEN, K. WESCHE, H. WHITE, S. WIDMER, S. WOLFRUM, A. WROBEL, Z.Q. YUAN, D. ZELENY, L.Q. ZHAO and J. DENGLER. Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science. HOBOKEN: Wiley, 2021, vol. 32, No 4, p. "e13050", 21 pp. ISSN 1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13050.
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PY - 2021 TI - Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats JF - Journal of Vegetation Science VL - 32 IS - 4 SP - "e13050" EP - "e13050" PB - Wiley SN - 11009233 KW - benchmark KW - bryophyte KW - fine-grain biodiversity KW - grassland KW - GrassPlot Diversity Explorer KW - lichen KW - open habitat KW - Palaearctic KW - scale dependence KW - species-area relationship KW - vascular plant KW - vegetation plot UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13050 N2 - Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain richness values of Palaearctic open habitats for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and complete vegetation (i.e., the sum of the former three groups). Location Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods We used 126,524 plots of eight standard grain sizes from the GrassPlot database: 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 m(2) and calculated the mean richness and standard deviations, as well as maximum, minimum, median, and first and third quartiles for each combination of grain size, taxonomic group, biome, region, vegetation type and phytosociological class. Results Patterns of plant diversity in vegetation types and biomes differ across grain sizes and taxonomic groups. Overall, secondary (mostly semi-natural) grasslands and natural grasslands are the richest vegetation type. The open-access file "GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks" and the web tool "GrassPlot Diversity Explorer" are now available online () and provide more insights into species richness patterns in the Palaearctic open habitats. Conclusions The GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks provide high-quality data on species richness in open habitat types across the Palaearctic. These benchmark data can be used in vegetation ecology, macroecology, biodiversity conservation and data quality checking. While the amount of data in the underlying GrassPlot database and their spatial coverage are smaller than in other extensive vegetation-plot databases, species recordings in GrassPlot are on average more complete, making it a valuable complementary data source in macroecology. ER -
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