CHYTRÝ, Milan, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Michal HORSÁK, Bohuslav UHER, Tomáš ČEJKA, Jiří DANIHELKA, Karel FAJMON, Ondřej HÁJEK, Lucie JUŘÍČKOVÁ, Kateřina KINTROVÁ, Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK and Lubomír TICHÝ. Dispersal limitation is stronger in communities of microorganisms than macroorganisms across Central European cities. Journal of Biogeography. 2012, vol. 39, No 6, p. 1101-1111. ISSN 0305-0270. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02664.x.
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Original name Dispersal limitation is stronger in communities of microorganisms than macroorganisms across Central European cities
Authors CHYTRÝ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Bohuslav UHER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš ČEJKA (703 Slovakia), Jiří DANIHELKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karel FAJMON (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lucie JUŘÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Kateřina KINTROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of Biogeography, 2012, 0305-0270.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.863
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/12:00059937
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02664.x
UT WoS 000304139100008
Keywords in English Algae; body size; community structure; cyanobacteria; environmental filtering; land snails; spatial structure; urban ecology; variation partitioning; vascular plants
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Jiří Danihelka, Ph.D., učo 5926. Changed: 21/3/2016 17:07.
Abstract
Aim It is generally believed that communities of small organisms, or those with small propagules, are structured mainly by local niche-based processes, and less by dispersal limitation. Conversely, weaker environmental and stronger spatial structure, indicating dispersal limitation, are expected to occur more frequently in communities of large organisms. However, this hypothesis has rarely been tested by comparing spatial and environmental effects across groups of organisms of different size (or with different size of propagules) sampled at the same set of sites. Here, we test it in urban environments. Location Thirty-two cities in 10 countries of Central Europe and Benelux. Methods Wecompared effects of spatial location and climate on species composition of different groups of organisms sampled in corresponding types of urban habitats. The studied groups were: (1) subaerial cyanobacteria and algae, (2) vascular plants, (3) land snails; and subgroups of vascular plants with different life form and dispersal mode, namely: (4) herbs, (5) animal-dispersed trees and shrubs, and (6) wind-dispersed trees and shrubs. Data were analysed by variation partitioning based on redundancy analysis (RDA) with principal coordinates of neighbour matrices (PCNM). Eighteen PCNM eigenvectors (expressing spatial effects) and mean annual temperature, July–January temperature difference and annual precipitation sum (expressing environmental effects) were used as explanatory variables. Results Pure effects of climate on species composition, indicating niche-based processes, were not significant for any group or subgroup of the studied organisms. In contrast, pure effects of space, indicating dispersal limitation, were significant for all groups and subgroups except herbs. Surprisingly, the community of cyanobacteria/algae possessed much stronger spatial structure independent of climate than communities of larger organisms, although cyanobacteria/algae had the lowest beta diversity among the studied cities. Main conclusions We hypothesize that the community of subaerial cyanobacteria/ algae is structured by natural processes which involve dispersal limitation, whereas communities of urban plants and snails are influenced by human-assisted dispersal of their propagules between cities, which results in weaker dispersal limitation. Our study indicates that dispersal vectors can be more important for community structure than size of organisms or of their propagules.
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MSM0021622416, plan (intention)Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time
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