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Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity. / Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Jandt, Ute et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, 4683, 01.09.2022.

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Harvard

Sabatini, FM, Jiménez-Alfaro, B, Jandt, U, Chytrý, M, Field, R, Kessler, M, Lenoir, J, Schrodt, F, Wiser, SK, Arfin Khan, MAS, Attorre, F, Cayuela, L, De Sanctis, M, Dengler, J, Haider, S, Hatim, MZ, Indreica, A, Jansen, F, Pauchard, A, Peet, RK, Petřík, P, Pillar, VD, Sandel, B, Schmidt, M, Tang, Z, van Bodegom, P, Vassilev, K, Violle, C, Alvarez-Davila, E, Davidar, P, Dolezal, J, Hérault, B, Galán-de-Mera, A, Jiménez, J, Kambach, S, Kepfer-Rojas, S, Kreft, H, Lezama, F, Linares-Palomino, R, Monteagudo Mendoza, A, N’Dja, JK, Phillips, OL, Rivas-Torres, G, Sklenář, P, Speziale, K, Strohbach, BJ, Vásquez Martínez, R, Wang, HF, Wesche, K & Bruelheide, H 2022, 'Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity', Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, 4683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z

APA

Sabatini, F. M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Jandt, U., Chytrý, M., Field, R., Kessler, M., Lenoir, J., Schrodt, F., Wiser, S. K., Arfin Khan, M. A. S., Attorre, F., Cayuela, L., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Haider, S., Hatim, M. Z., Indreica, A., Jansen, F., Pauchard, A., ... Bruelheide, H. (2022). Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 4683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z

Vancouver

Sabatini FM, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Jandt U, Chytrý M, Field R, Kessler M et al. Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity. Nature Communications. 2022 Sept 1;13(1):4683. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z

Bibtex

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title = "Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity",
abstract = "Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain controversial. Using data on 170,272 georeferenced local plant assemblages, we created global maps of alpha diversity (local species richness) for vascular plants at three different spatial grains, for forests and non-forests. We show that alpha diversity is consistently high across grains in some regions (for example, Andean-Amazonian foothills), but regional {\textquoteleft}scaling anomalies{\textquoteright} (deviations from the positive correlation) exist elsewhere, particularly in Eurasian temperate forests with disproportionally higher fine-grained richness and many African tropical forests with disproportionally higher coarse-grained richness. The influence of different climatic, topographic and biogeographical variables on alpha diversity also varies across grains. Our multi-grain maps return a nuanced understanding of vascular plant biodiversity patterns that complements classic maps of biodiversity hotspots and will improve predictions of global change effects on biodiversity.",
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author = "Sabatini, {Francesco Maria} and Borja Jim{\'e}nez-Alfaro and Ute Jandt and Milan Chytr{\'y} and Richard Field and Michael Kessler and Jonathan Lenoir and Franziska Schrodt and Wiser, {Susan K.} and {Arfin Khan}, {Mohammed A.S.} and Fabio Attorre and Luis Cayuela and {De Sanctis}, Michele and J{\"u}rgen Dengler and Sylvia Haider and Hatim, {Mohamed Z.} and Adrian Indreica and Florian Jansen and An{\'i}bal Pauchard and Peet, {Robert K.} and Petr Pet{\v r}{\'i}k and Pillar, {Val{\'e}rio D.} and Brody Sandel and Marco Schmidt and Zhiyao Tang and {van Bodegom}, Peter and Kiril Vassilev and Cyrille Violle and Esteban Alvarez-Davila and Priya Davidar and Jiri Dolezal and Bruno H{\'e}rault and Antonio Gal{\'a}n-de-Mera and Jorge Jim{\'e}nez and Stephan Kambach and Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas and Holger Kreft and Felipe Lezama and Reynaldo Linares-Palomino and {Monteagudo Mendoza}, Abel and N{\textquoteright}Dja, {Justin K.} and Phillips, {Oliver L.} and Gonzalo Rivas-Torres and Petr Sklen{\'a}{\v r} and Karina Speziale and Strohbach, {Ben J.} and {V{\'a}squez Mart{\'i}nez}, Rodolfo and Wang, {Hua Feng} and Karsten Wesche and Helge Bruelheide",
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T1 - Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

AU - Sabatini, Francesco Maria

AU - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja

AU - Jandt, Ute

AU - Chytrý, Milan

AU - Field, Richard

AU - Kessler, Michael

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Schrodt, Franziska

AU - Wiser, Susan K.

AU - Arfin Khan, Mohammed A.S.

AU - Attorre, Fabio

AU - Cayuela, Luis

AU - De Sanctis, Michele

AU - Dengler, Jürgen

AU - Haider, Sylvia

AU - Hatim, Mohamed Z.

AU - Indreica, Adrian

AU - Jansen, Florian

AU - Pauchard, Aníbal

AU - Peet, Robert K.

AU - Petřík, Petr

AU - Pillar, Valério D.

AU - Sandel, Brody

AU - Schmidt, Marco

AU - Tang, Zhiyao

AU - van Bodegom, Peter

AU - Vassilev, Kiril

AU - Violle, Cyrille

AU - Alvarez-Davila, Esteban

AU - Davidar, Priya

AU - Dolezal, Jiri

AU - Hérault, Bruno

AU - Galán-de-Mera, Antonio

AU - Jiménez, Jorge

AU - Kambach, Stephan

AU - Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian

AU - Kreft, Holger

AU - Lezama, Felipe

AU - Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo

AU - Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel

AU - N’Dja, Justin K.

AU - Phillips, Oliver L.

AU - Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo

AU - Sklenář, Petr

AU - Speziale, Karina

AU - Strohbach, Ben J.

AU - Vásquez Martínez, Rodolfo

AU - Wang, Hua Feng

AU - Wesche, Karsten

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

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PY - 2022/9/1

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N2 - Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain controversial. Using data on 170,272 georeferenced local plant assemblages, we created global maps of alpha diversity (local species richness) for vascular plants at three different spatial grains, for forests and non-forests. We show that alpha diversity is consistently high across grains in some regions (for example, Andean-Amazonian foothills), but regional ‘scaling anomalies’ (deviations from the positive correlation) exist elsewhere, particularly in Eurasian temperate forests with disproportionally higher fine-grained richness and many African tropical forests with disproportionally higher coarse-grained richness. The influence of different climatic, topographic and biogeographical variables on alpha diversity also varies across grains. Our multi-grain maps return a nuanced understanding of vascular plant biodiversity patterns that complements classic maps of biodiversity hotspots and will improve predictions of global change effects on biodiversity.

AB - Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain controversial. Using data on 170,272 georeferenced local plant assemblages, we created global maps of alpha diversity (local species richness) for vascular plants at three different spatial grains, for forests and non-forests. We show that alpha diversity is consistently high across grains in some regions (for example, Andean-Amazonian foothills), but regional ‘scaling anomalies’ (deviations from the positive correlation) exist elsewhere, particularly in Eurasian temperate forests with disproportionally higher fine-grained richness and many African tropical forests with disproportionally higher coarse-grained richness. The influence of different climatic, topographic and biogeographical variables on alpha diversity also varies across grains. Our multi-grain maps return a nuanced understanding of vascular plant biodiversity patterns that complements classic maps of biodiversity hotspots and will improve predictions of global change effects on biodiversity.

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