Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

Francesca Pilotto (), Ingolf Kühn, Rita Adrian, Renate Alber, Audrey Alignier, Christopher Andrews, Jaana Bäck, Luc Barbaro, Deborah Beaumont, Natalie Beenaerts, Sue Benham, David S. Boukal, Vincent Bretagnolle, Elisa Camatti, Roberto Canullo, Patricia G. Cardoso, Bruno J. Ens, Gert Everaert, Vesela Evtimova, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Ricardo García-González, Daniel Gómez García, Ulf Grandin, Jerzy M. Gutowski, Liat Hadar, Lubos Halada, Melinda Halassy, Herman Hummel, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Thomas C. Jensen, Henrik Kalivoda, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Ingrid Kröncke, Reima Leinonen, Filipe Martinho, Henning Meesenburg, Julia Meyer, Stefano Minerbi, Don Monteith, Boris P. Nikolov, Daniel Oro, Dāvis Ozoliņš, Bachisio M. Padedda, Denise Pallett, Marco Pansera, Miguel Ângelo Pardal, Bruno Petriccione, Tanja Pipan, Juha Pöyry, Stefanie M. Schäfer, Marcus Schaub, Susanne C. Schneider, Agnija Skuja, Karline Soetaert, Gunta Spriņģe, Radoslav Stanchev, Jenni A. Stockan, Stefan Stoll, Lisa Sundqvist, Anne Thimonier, Gert Van Hoey, Gunther Van Ryckegem, Marcel E. Visser, Samuel Vorhauser and Peter Haase ()
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Francesca Pilotto: Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Ingolf Kühn: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Rita Adrian: Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries & Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin
Renate Alber: Agency for Environment and Climate Protection
Audrey Alignier: UMR 0980 BAGAP, INRAE – Institut Agro – ESA
Christopher Andrews: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Jaana Bäck: University of Helsinki
Luc Barbaro: Dynafor, INRAE, University of Toulouse, France & CESCO, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne-Univ, Paris, France & LTSER Zone Atelier Pyrénées Garonne
Deborah Beaumont: Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton
Natalie Beenaerts: Hasselt University
Sue Benham: Forest Research
David S. Boukal: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology & Soil and Water Research Infrastructure
Vincent Bretagnolle: CEBC, UMR7372, CNRS & La Rochelle University
Elisa Camatti: Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council
Roberto Canullo: University of Camerino
Patricia G. Cardoso: CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto
Bruno J. Ens: Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology
Gert Everaert: Flanders Marine Institute
Vesela Evtimova: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Heidrun Feuchtmayr: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre
Ricardo García-González: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC)
Daniel Gómez García: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC)
Ulf Grandin: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jerzy M. Gutowski: Forest Research Institute
Liat Hadar: Ramat Hanadiv
Lubos Halada: Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS
Melinda Halassy: MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
Herman Hummel: and Utrecht University
Kaisa-Leena Huttunen: University of Oulu
Bogdan Jaroszewicz: Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
Thomas C. Jensen: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Henrik Kalivoda: Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS
Inger Kappel Schmidt: University of Copenhagen
Ingrid Kröncke: Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department
Reima Leinonen: Transport and the Environment
Filipe Martinho: University of Coimbra
Henning Meesenburg: Northwest German Forest Research Institute
Julia Meyer: Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department
Stefano Minerbi: Forest Services, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol
Don Monteith: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre
Boris P. Nikolov: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Daniel Oro: CEAB (CSIC)
Dāvis Ozoliņš: University of Latvia
Bachisio M. Padedda: Università degli Studi di Sassari
Denise Pallett: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Marco Pansera: Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council
Miguel Ângelo Pardal: University of Coimbra
Bruno Petriccione: Castel di Sangro Biodiversity Unit
Tanja Pipan: ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Ljubljana & UNESCO Chair on Karst Education University of Nova Gorica
Juha Pöyry: Biodiversity Centre
Stefanie M. Schäfer: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Marcus Schaub: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Susanne C. Schneider: Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Agnija Skuja: University of Latvia
Karline Soetaert: and Utrecht University
Gunta Spriņģe: University of Latvia
Radoslav Stanchev: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Jenni A. Stockan: James Hutton Institute
Stefan Stoll: University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld
Lisa Sundqvist: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Anne Thimonier: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Gert Van Hoey: Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fishery and Food
Gunther Van Ryckegem: Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Marcel E. Visser: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Samuel Vorhauser: Agency for Environment and Climate Protection
Peter Haase: Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term biological time series (15–91 years) collected across Europe, using a comprehensive dataset comprising ~6,200 marine, freshwater and terrestrial taxa. We test whether (i) local long-term biodiversity trends are consistent among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, and (ii) changes in biodiversity correlate with regional climate and local conditions. Our results reveal that local trends of abundance, richness and diversity differ among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, demonstrating that biodiversity changes at local scale are often complex and cannot be easily generalized. However, we find increases in richness and abundance with increasing temperature and naturalness as well as a clear spatial pattern in changes in community composition (i.e. temporal taxonomic turnover) in most biogeoregions of Northern and Eastern Europe.

Date: 2020
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