Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

Staude, Ingmar R.; Pereira, Henrique M.; Daskalova, Gergana N.; Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus; Diekmann, Martin; Pauli, Harald; Van Calster, Hans; Vellend, Mark; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Brunet, Jörg; De Frenne, Pieter; Hédl, Radim; Jandt, Ute; Lenoir, Jonathan; Myers‐Smith, Isla H.; Verheyen, Kris; Wipf, Sonja; Wulf, Monika; Andrews, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-272X; Barančok, Peter; Barni, Elena; Benito‐Alonso, José‐Luis; Bennie, Jonathan; Berki, Imre; Blüml, Volker; Chudomelová, Markéta; Decocq, Guillaume; Dick, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338; Dirnböck, Thomas; Durak, Tomasz; Eriksson, Ove; Erschbamer, Brigitta; Graae, Bente Jessen; Heinken, Thilo; Schei, Fride Høistad; Jaroszewicz, Bogdan; Kopecký, Martin; Kudernatsch, Thomas; Macek, Martin; Malicki, Marek; Máliš, František; Michelsen, Ottar; Naaf, Tobias; Nagel, Thomas A.; Newton, Adrian C.; Nicklas, Lena; Oddi, Ludovica; Ortmann‐Ajkai, Adrienne; Palaj, Andrej; Petraglia, Alessandro; Petřík, Petr; Pielech, Remigiusz; Porro, Francesco; Puşcaş, Mihai; Reczyńska, Kamila; Rixen, Christian; Schmidt, Wolfgang; Standovár, Tibor; Steinbauer, Klaus; Świerkosz, Krzysztof; Teleki, Balázs; Theurillat, Jean‐Paul; Turtureanu, Pavel Dan; Ursu, Tudor‐Mihai; Vanneste, Thomas; Vergeer, Philippine; Vild, Ondřej; Villar, Luis; Vittoz, Pascal; Winkler, Manuela; Baeten, Lander. 2022 Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters, 25 (2). 466-482. 10.1111/ele.13937

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Abstract/Summary

Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger-ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient-rich habitats having larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile findings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community-scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1111/ele.13937
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1461-023X
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	alpine, biodiversity change, forest, forestREplot, GLORIA, grassland, homogenization, resurvey, winner and loser species
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	24 Jan 2022 16:08 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531813

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