Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity
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PARTEL, Meelis; Riin TAMME; Carlos P CARMONA; Kersti RIIBAK; Mari MOORA; Jonathan A BENNETT; Alessandro CHIARUCCI; Milan CHYTRÝ; Francesco DE BELLO; Ove ERIKSSON; Susan HARRISON; Robert John LEWIS; Angela T MOLES; Maarja OPIK; Jodi N PRICE; Vistorina AMPUTU; Diana ASKARIZADEH; Zohreh ATASHGAHI; Isabelle AUBIN; Francisco M AZCARATE; Matthew D BARRETT; Maral BASHIRZADEH; Zoltan BATORI; Natalie BEENAERTS; Kolja BERGHOLZ; Kristine BIRKELI; Idoia BIURRUN; Jose M BLANCO-MORENO; Kathryn J BLOODWORTH; Laura BOISVERT-MARSH; Bazartseren BOLDGIV; Pedro H S BRANCALION; Francis Q BREARLEY; Charlotte BROWN; C Guillermo BUENO; Gabriella BUFFA; James F CAHILL; Juan A CAMPOS; Giacomo CANGELMI; Michele CARBOGNANI; Christopher CARCAILLET; Bruno E L CERABOLINI; Richard CHEVALIER; Jan S CLAVEL; Jose M COSTA; Sara A O COUSINS; Jan CUDA; Mariana DAIREL; Dalle Fratte MICHELE; Alena DANILOVA; John DAVISON; Balazs DEAK; Del Vecchio SILVIA; Iwona DEMBICZ; Juergen DENGLER; Jiri DOLEZAL; Xavier DOMENE; Miroslav DVORSKY; Hamid EJTEHADI; Lucas ENRICO; Dmitrii EPIKHIN; Anu ESKELINEN; Franz ESSL; Gaohua FAN; Edy FANTINATO; Fatih FAZLIOGLU; Eduardo FERNANDEZ-PASCUAL; Arianna FERRARA; Alessandra FIDELIS; Markus FISCHER; Maren FLAGMEIER; T'ai G W FORTE; Lauchlan H FRASER; Junichi FUJINUMA; Fernando F FURQUIM; Berle GARRIS; Heath W GARRIS; Melisa A GIORGIS; del Galdo Gianpietro GIUSSO; Ana GONZALEZ-ROBLES; Megan K GOOD; Moises GUARDIOLA; Riccardo GUARINO; Irene GUERRERO; Joannes GUILLEMOT; Behlul GULER; Yinjie GUO; Stef HAESEN; Martin HEJDA; Ruben H HELENO; Toke T HOYE; Richard HRIVNAK; Yingxin HUANG; John T HUNTER; Dmytro IAKUSHENKO; Ricardo IBANEZ; Nele INGERPUU; Severin D H IRL; Eva JANIKOVA; Florian JANSEN; Florian JELTSCH; Anke JENTSCH; Borja JIMENEZ-ALFARO; Madli JKS; Mohammad H JOURI; Sahar KARAMI; Negin KATAL; Andras KELEMEN; Bulat I KHAIRULLIN; Anzar A KHUROO; Kimberly J KOMATSU; Marie KONECNA; Ene KOOK; Lotte KORELL; Natalia KOROLEVA; Kirill A KORZNIKOV; Maria V KOZHEVNIKOVA; Lukasz KOZUB; Lauri LAANISTO; Helena LAGER; Vojtech LANTA; Romina G LASAGNO; Jonas J LEMBRECHTS; Liping LI; Ales LISNER; Houjia LIU; Kun LIU; Xuhe LIU; Manuel Esteban LUCAS-BORJA; Kristin LUDEWIG; Katalin LUKACS; Jona LUTHER-MOSEBACH; Petr MACEK; Michela MARIGNANI; Richard MICHALET; Tamas MIGLECZ; Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND; Karlien MOEYS; Daniel MONTESINOS; Eduardo MORENO-JIMENEZ; Ivan MOYSIYENKO; Ladislav MUCINA; Miriam MUNOZ-ROJAS; Raytha A MURILLO; Sylvia M NAMBAHU; Lena NEUENKAMP; Signe NORMAND; Arkadiusz NOWAK; Paloma NUCHE; Tatjana OJA; Vladimir G ONIPCHENKO; Kalina L PACHEDJIEVA; Bruno PAGANELI; Begona PECO; Ana M L PERALTA; Aaron PEREZ-HAASE; Pablo L PERI; Alessandro PETRAGLIA; Gwendolyn PEYRE; Pedro Antonio PLAZA-ALVAREZ; Jan PLUE; Honor C PRENTICE; Vadim E PROKHOROV; Dajana RADUJKOVIC; Soroor RAHMANIAN; Triin REITALU; Michael RISTOW; Agnes A ROBIN; Ana Belen ROBLES; Daniel A Rodriguez GINART; Raul ROMAN; Ruben E ROOS; Leonardo ROSATI; Jiri SADLO; Karina SALIMBAYEVA; de Dios Rut SANCHEZ; Khaliun SANCHIR; Cornelia SATTLER; John D SCASTA; Ute SCHMIEDEL; Julian SCHRADER; Nick L SCHULTZ; Giacomo SELLAN; Josep M SERRA-DIAZ; Giulia SILAN; Hana SKALOVA; Nadiia SKOBEL; Judit SONKOLY; Katerina STAJEROVA; Ivana SVITKOVA; Sebastian SWIERSZCZ; Andrew J TANENTZAP; Fallon M TANENTZAP; Ruben TARIFA; Pablo TEJERO; Dzhamal K TEKEEV; Michael THOLIN; Ruben S THORMODSAETER; Yichen TIAN; Alla TOKARYUK; Csaba TOELGYESI; Marcello TOMASELLI; Enrico TORDONI; Peter TOEROEK; Bela TOTHMERESZ; Aurele TOUSSAINT; Blaise TOUZARD; Diego P F TRINDADE; James L TSAKALOS; Sevda TURKIS; Enrique VALENCIA; Mercedes VALERIO; Orsolya VALKO; Van Meerbeek KOENRAAD; Vigdis VANDVIK; Jesus VILLELLAS; Risto VIRTANEN; Michaela VITKOVA; Martin VOJIK; von Hessberg ANDREAS; von Oppen JONATHAN; Viktoria WAGNER; Ji-Zhong WAN; Chun-Jing WANG; Sajad A WANI; Lina WEISS; Tricia WEVILL; Sa XIAO; Oscar Zarate MARTINEZ a Martin ZOBEL
Anthropogenic biodiversity decline threatens the functioning of ecosystems and the many benefits they provide to humanity(1). As well as causing species losses in directly affected locations, human influence might also reduce biodiversity in relatively unmodified vegetation if far-reaching anthropogenic effects trigger local extinctions and hinder recolonization. Here we show that local plant diversity is globally negatively related to the level of anthropogenic activity in the surrounding region. Impoverishment of natural vegetation was evident only when we considered community completeness: the proportion of all suitable species in the region that are present at a site. To estimate community completeness, we compared the number of recorded species with the dark diversity-ecologically suitable species that are absent from a site but present in the surrounding region(2). In the sampled regions with a minimal human footprint index, an average of 35% of suitable plant species were present locally, compared with less than 20% in highly affected regions. Besides having the potential to uncover overlooked threats to biodiversity, dark diversity also provides guidance for nature conservation. Species in the dark diversity remain regionally present, and their local populations might be restored through measures that improve connectivity between natural vegetation fragments and reduce threats to population persistence.
PARTEL, Meelis; Riin TAMME; Carlos P CARMONA; Kersti RIIBAK; Mari MOORA; Jonathan A BENNETT; Alessandro CHIARUCCI; Milan CHYTRÝ; Francesco DE BELLO; Ove ERIKSSON; Susan HARRISON; Robert John LEWIS; Angela T MOLES; Maarja OPIK; Jodi N PRICE; Vistorina AMPUTU; Diana ASKARIZADEH; Zohreh ATASHGAHI; Isabelle AUBIN; Francisco M AZCARATE; Matthew D BARRETT; Maral BASHIRZADEH; Zoltan BATORI; Natalie BEENAERTS; Kolja BERGHOLZ; Kristine BIRKELI; Idoia BIURRUN; Jose M BLANCO-MORENO; Kathryn J BLOODWORTH; Laura BOISVERT-MARSH; Bazartseren BOLDGIV; Pedro H S BRANCALION; Francis Q BREARLEY; Charlotte BROWN; C Guillermo BUENO; Gabriella BUFFA; James F CAHILL; Juan A CAMPOS; Giacomo CANGELMI; Michele CARBOGNANI; Christopher CARCAILLET; Bruno E L CERABOLINI; Richard CHEVALIER; Jan S CLAVEL; Jose M COSTA; Sara A O COUSINS; Jan CUDA; Mariana DAIREL; Dalle Fratte MICHELE; Alena DANILOVA; John DAVISON; Balazs DEAK; Del Vecchio SILVIA; Iwona DEMBICZ; Juergen DENGLER; Jiri DOLEZAL; Xavier DOMENE; Miroslav DVORSKY; Hamid EJTEHADI; Lucas ENRICO; Dmitrii EPIKHIN; Anu ESKELINEN; Franz ESSL; Gaohua FAN; Edy FANTINATO; Fatih FAZLIOGLU; Eduardo FERNANDEZ-PASCUAL; Arianna FERRARA; Alessandra FIDELIS; Markus FISCHER; Maren FLAGMEIER; T'ai G W FORTE; Lauchlan H FRASER; Junichi FUJINUMA; Fernando F FURQUIM; Berle GARRIS; Heath W GARRIS; Melisa A GIORGIS; del Galdo Gianpietro GIUSSO; Ana GONZALEZ-ROBLES; Megan K GOOD; Moises GUARDIOLA; Riccardo GUARINO; Irene GUERRERO; Joannes GUILLEMOT; Behlul GULER; Yinjie GUO; Stef HAESEN; Martin HEJDA; Ruben H HELENO; Toke T HOYE; Richard HRIVNAK; Yingxin HUANG; John T HUNTER; Dmytro IAKUSHENKO; Ricardo IBANEZ; Nele INGERPUU; Severin D H IRL; Eva JANIKOVA; Florian JANSEN; Florian JELTSCH; Anke JENTSCH; Borja JIMENEZ-ALFARO; Madli JKS; Mohammad H JOURI; Sahar KARAMI; Negin KATAL; Andras KELEMEN; Bulat I KHAIRULLIN; Anzar A KHUROO; Kimberly J KOMATSU; Marie KONECNA; Ene KOOK; Lotte KORELL; Natalia KOROLEVA; Kirill A KORZNIKOV; Maria V KOZHEVNIKOVA; Lukasz KOZUB; Lauri LAANISTO; Helena LAGER; Vojtech LANTA; Romina G LASAGNO; Jonas J LEMBRECHTS; Liping LI; Ales LISNER; Houjia LIU; Kun LIU; Xuhe LIU; Manuel Esteban LUCAS-BORJA; Kristin LUDEWIG; Katalin LUKACS; Jona LUTHER-MOSEBACH; Petr MACEK; Michela MARIGNANI; Richard MICHALET; Tamas MIGLECZ; Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND; Karlien MOEYS; Daniel MONTESINOS; Eduardo MORENO-JIMENEZ; Ivan MOYSIYENKO; Ladislav MUCINA; Miriam MUNOZ-ROJAS; Raytha A MURILLO; Sylvia M NAMBAHU; Lena NEUENKAMP; Signe NORMAND; Arkadiusz NOWAK; Paloma NUCHE; Tatjana OJA; Vladimir G ONIPCHENKO; Kalina L PACHEDJIEVA; Bruno PAGANELI; Begona PECO; Ana M L PERALTA; Aaron PEREZ-HAASE; Pablo L PERI; Alessandro PETRAGLIA; Gwendolyn PEYRE; Pedro Antonio PLAZA-ALVAREZ; Jan PLUE; Honor C PRENTICE; Vadim E PROKHOROV; Dajana RADUJKOVIC; Soroor RAHMANIAN; Triin REITALU; Michael RISTOW; Agnes A ROBIN; Ana Belen ROBLES; Daniel A Rodriguez GINART; Raul ROMAN; Ruben E ROOS; Leonardo ROSATI; Jiri SADLO; Karina SALIMBAYEVA; de Dios Rut SANCHEZ; Khaliun SANCHIR; Cornelia SATTLER; John D SCASTA; Ute SCHMIEDEL; Julian SCHRADER; Nick L SCHULTZ; Giacomo SELLAN; Josep M SERRA-DIAZ; Giulia SILAN; Hana SKALOVA; Nadiia SKOBEL; Judit SONKOLY; Katerina STAJEROVA; Ivana SVITKOVA; Sebastian SWIERSZCZ; Andrew J TANENTZAP; Fallon M TANENTZAP; Ruben TARIFA; Pablo TEJERO; Dzhamal K TEKEEV; Michael THOLIN; Ruben S THORMODSAETER; Yichen TIAN; Alla TOKARYUK; Csaba TOELGYESI; Marcello TOMASELLI; Enrico TORDONI; Peter TOEROEK; Bela TOTHMERESZ; Aurele TOUSSAINT; Blaise TOUZARD; Diego P F TRINDADE; James L TSAKALOS; Sevda TURKIS; Enrique VALENCIA; Mercedes VALERIO; Orsolya VALKO; Van Meerbeek KOENRAAD; Vigdis VANDVIK; Jesus VILLELLAS; Risto VIRTANEN; Michaela VITKOVA; Martin VOJIK; von Hessberg ANDREAS; von Oppen JONATHAN; Viktoria WAGNER; Ji-Zhong WAN; Chun-Jing WANG; Sajad A WANI; Lina WEISS; Tricia WEVILL; Sa XIAO; Oscar Zarate MARTINEZ a Martin ZOBEL. Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. NATURE. London: NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2025, roč. 641, č. 8064, s. 917-924. ISSN 0028-0836. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5.
@article{2510957, author = {Partel, Meelis and Tamme, Riin and Carmona, Carlos P and Riibak, Kersti and Moora, Mari and Bennett, Jonathan A and Chiarucci, Alessandro and Chytrý, Milan and de Bello, Francesco and Eriksson, Ove and Harrison, Susan and Lewis, Robert John and Moles, Angela T and Opik, Maarja and Price, Jodi N and Amputu, Vistorina and Askarizadeh, Diana and Atashgahi, Zohreh and Aubin, Isabelle and Azcarate, Francisco M and Barrett, Matthew D and Bashirzadeh, Maral and Batori, Zoltan and Beenaerts, Natalie and Bergholz, Kolja and Birkeli, Kristine and Biurrun, Idoia and BlancoandMoreno, Jose M and Bloodworth, Kathryn J and BoisvertandMarsh, Laura and Boldgiv, Bazartseren and Brancalion, Pedro H S and Brearley, Francis Q and Brown, Charlotte and Bueno, C Guillermo and Buffa, Gabriella and Cahill, James F and Campos, Juan A and Cangelmi, Giacomo and Carbognani, Michele and Carcaillet, Christopher and Cerabolini, Bruno E L and Chevalier, Richard and Clavel, Jan S and Costa, Jose M and Cousins, Sara A O and Cuda, Jan and Dairel, Mariana and Michele, Dalle Fratte and Danilova, Alena and Davison, John and Deak, Balazs and Silvia, Del Vecchio and Dembicz, Iwona and Dengler, Juergen and Dolezal, Jiri and Domene, Xavier and Dvorsky, Miroslav and Ejtehadi, Hamid and Enrico, Lucas and Epikhin, Dmitrii and Eskelinen, Anu and Essl, Franz and Fan, Gaohua and Fantinato, Edy and Fazlioglu, Fatih and FernandezandPascual, Eduardo and Ferrara, Arianna and Fidelis, Alessandra and Fischer, Markus and Flagmeier, Maren and Forte, T'ai G W and Fraser, Lauchlan H and Fujinuma, Junichi and Furquim, Fernando F and Garris, Berle and Garris, Heath W and Giorgis, Melisa A and Giusso, del Galdo Gianpietro and GonzalezandRobles, Ana and Good, Megan K and Guardiola, Moises and Guarino, Riccardo and Guerrero, Irene and Guillemot, Joannes and Guler, Behlul and Guo, Yinjie and Haesen, Stef and Hejda, Martin and Heleno, Ruben H and Hoye, Toke T and Hrivnak, Richard and Huang, Yingxin and Hunter, John T and Iakushenko, Dmytro and Ibanez, Ricardo and Ingerpuu, Nele and Irl, Severin D H and Janikova, Eva and Jansen, Florian and Jeltsch, Florian and Jentsch, Anke and JimenezandAlfaro, Borja and Jks, Madli and Jouri, Mohammad H and Karami, Sahar and Katal, Negin and Kelemen, Andras and Khairullin, Bulat I and Khuroo, Anzar A and Komatsu, Kimberly J and Konecna, Marie and Kook, Ene and Korell, Lotte and Koroleva, Natalia and Korznikov, Kirill A and Kozhevnikova, Maria V and Kozub, Lukasz and Laanisto, Lauri and Lager, Helena and Lanta, Vojtech and Lasagno, Romina G and Lembrechts, Jonas J and Li, Liping and Lisner, Ales and Liu, Houjia and Liu, Kun and Liu, Xuhe and LucasandBorja, Manuel Esteban and Ludewig, Kristin and Lukacs, Katalin and LutherandMosebach, Jona and Macek, Petr and Marignani, Michela and Michalet, Richard and Miglecz, Tamas and Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold and Moeys, Karlien and Montesinos, Daniel and MorenoandJimenez, Eduardo and Moysiyenko, Ivan and Mucina, Ladislav and MunozandRojas, Miriam and Murillo, Raytha A and Nambahu, Sylvia M and Neuenkamp, Lena and Normand, Signe and Nowak, Arkadiusz and Nuche, Paloma and Oja, Tatjana and Onipchenko, Vladimir G and Pachedjieva, Kalina L and Paganeli, Bruno and Peco, Begona and Peralta, Ana M L and PerezandHaase, Aaron and Peri, Pablo L and Petraglia, Alessandro and Peyre, Gwendolyn and PlazaandAlvarez, Pedro Antonio and Plue, Jan and Prentice, Honor C and Prokhorov, Vadim E and Radujkovic, Dajana and Rahmanian, Soroor and Reitalu, Triin and Ristow, Michael and Robin, Agnes A and Robles, Ana Belen and Ginart, Daniel A Rodriguez and Roman, Raul and Roos, Ruben E and Rosati, Leonardo and Sadlo, Jiri and Salimbayeva, Karina and Sanchez, de Dios Rut and Sanchir, Khaliun and Sattler, Cornelia and Scasta, John D and Schmiedel, Ute and Schrader, Julian and Schultz, Nick L and Sellan, Giacomo and SerraandDiaz, Josep M and Silan, Giulia et al.}, article_location = {London}, article_number = {8064}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5}, keywords = {biodiversity; global perspective; human activity; plant community; species diversity; vegetation dynamics}, language = {eng}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {NATURE}, title = {Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity}, url = {https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25158059}, volume = {641}, year = {2025} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2510957 AU - Partel, Meelis - Tamme, Riin - Carmona, Carlos P - Riibak, Kersti - Moora, Mari - Bennett, Jonathan A - Chiarucci, Alessandro - Chytrý, Milan - de Bello, Francesco - Eriksson, Ove - Harrison, Susan - Lewis, Robert John - Moles, Angela T - Opik, Maarja - Price, Jodi N - Amputu, Vistorina - Askarizadeh, Diana - Atashgahi, Zohreh - Aubin, Isabelle - Azcarate, Francisco M - Barrett, Matthew D - Bashirzadeh, Maral - Batori, Zoltan - Beenaerts, Natalie - Bergholz, Kolja - Birkeli, Kristine - Biurrun, Idoia - Blanco-Moreno, Jose M - Bloodworth, Kathryn J - Boisvert-Marsh, Laura - Boldgiv, Bazartseren - Brancalion, Pedro H S - Brearley, Francis Q - Brown, Charlotte - Bueno, C Guillermo - Buffa, Gabriella - Cahill, James F - Campos, Juan A - Cangelmi, Giacomo - Carbognani, Michele - Carcaillet, Christopher - Cerabolini, Bruno E L - Chevalier, Richard - Clavel, Jan S - Costa, Jose M - Cousins, Sara A O - Cuda, Jan - Dairel, Mariana - Michele, Dalle Fratte - Danilova, Alena - Davison, John - Deak, Balazs - Silvia, Del Vecchio - Dembicz, Iwona - Dengler, Juergen - Dolezal, Jiri - Domene, Xavier - Dvorsky, Miroslav - Ejtehadi, Hamid - Enrico, Lucas - Epikhin, Dmitrii - Eskelinen, Anu - Essl, Franz - Fan, Gaohua - Fantinato, Edy - Fazlioglu, Fatih - Fernandez-Pascual, Eduardo - Ferrara, Arianna - Fidelis, Alessandra - Fischer, Markus - Flagmeier, Maren - Forte, T'ai G W - Fraser, Lauchlan H - Fujinuma, Junichi - Furquim, Fernando F - Garris, Berle - Garris, Heath W - Giorgis, Melisa A - Giusso, del Galdo Gianpietro - Gonzalez-Robles, Ana - Good, Megan K - Guardiola, Moises - Guarino, Riccardo - Guerrero, Irene - Guillemot, Joannes - Guler, Behlul - Guo, Yinjie - Haesen, Stef - Hejda, Martin - Heleno, Ruben H - Hoye, Toke T - Hrivnak, Richard - Huang, Yingxin - Hunter, John T - Iakushenko, Dmytro - Ibanez, Ricardo - Ingerpuu, Nele - Irl, Severin D H - Janikova, Eva - Jansen, Florian - Jeltsch, Florian - Jentsch, Anke - Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja - Jks, Madli - Jouri, Mohammad H - Karami, Sahar - Katal, Negin - Kelemen, Andras - Khairullin, Bulat I - Khuroo, Anzar A - Komatsu, Kimberly J - Konecna, Marie - Kook, Ene - Korell, Lotte - Koroleva, Natalia - Korznikov, Kirill A - Kozhevnikova, Maria V - Kozub, Lukasz - Laanisto, Lauri - Lager, Helena - Lanta, Vojtech - Lasagno, Romina G - Lembrechts, Jonas J - Li, Liping - Lisner, Ales - Liu, Houjia - Liu, Kun - Liu, Xuhe - Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban - Ludewig, Kristin - Lukacs, Katalin - Luther-Mosebach, Jona - Macek, Petr - Marignani, Michela - Michalet, Richard - Miglecz, Tamas - Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold - Moeys, Karlien - Montesinos, Daniel - Moreno-Jimenez, Eduardo - Moysiyenko, Ivan - Mucina, Ladislav - Munoz-Rojas, Miriam - Murillo, Raytha A - Nambahu, Sylvia M - Neuenkamp, Lena - Normand, Signe - Nowak, Arkadiusz - Nuche, Paloma - Oja, Tatjana - Onipchenko, Vladimir G - Pachedjieva, Kalina L - Paganeli, Bruno - Peco, Begona - Peralta, Ana M L - Perez-Haase, Aaron - Peri, Pablo L - Petraglia, Alessandro - Peyre, Gwendolyn - Plaza-Alvarez, Pedro Antonio - Plue, Jan - Prentice, Honor C - Prokhorov, Vadim E - Radujkovic, Dajana - Rahmanian, Soroor - Reitalu, Triin - Ristow, Michael - Robin, Agnes A - Robles, Ana Belen - Ginart, Daniel A Rodriguez - Roman, Raul - Roos, Ruben E - Rosati, Leonardo - Sadlo, Jiri - Salimbayeva, Karina - Sanchez, de Dios Rut - Sanchir, Khaliun - Sattler, Cornelia - Scasta, John D - Schmiedel, Ute - Schrader, Julian - Schultz, Nick L - Sellan, Giacomo - Serra-Diaz, Josep M - Silan, Giulia et al. PY - 2025 TI - Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity JF - NATURE VL - 641 IS - 8064 SP - 917-924 EP - 917-924 PB - NATURE PORTFOLIO SN - 00280836 KW - biodiversity KW - global perspective KW - human activity KW - plant community KW - species diversity KW - vegetation dynamics UR - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25158059 N2 - Anthropogenic biodiversity decline threatens the functioning of ecosystems and the many benefits they provide to humanity(1). As well as causing species losses in directly affected locations, human influence might also reduce biodiversity in relatively unmodified vegetation if far-reaching anthropogenic effects trigger local extinctions and hinder recolonization. Here we show that local plant diversity is globally negatively related to the level of anthropogenic activity in the surrounding region. Impoverishment of natural vegetation was evident only when we considered community completeness: the proportion of all suitable species in the region that are present at a site. To estimate community completeness, we compared the number of recorded species with the dark diversity-ecologically suitable species that are absent from a site but present in the surrounding region(2). In the sampled regions with a minimal human footprint index, an average of 35% of suitable plant species were present locally, compared with less than 20% in highly affected regions. Besides having the potential to uncover overlooked threats to biodiversity, dark diversity also provides guidance for nature conservation. Species in the dark diversity remain regionally present, and their local populations might be restored through measures that improve connectivity between natural vegetation fragments and reduce threats to population persistence. ER -
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