Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

Francesco Maria Sabatini (), Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Ute Jandt, Milan Chytrý, Richard Field, Michael Kessler, Jonathan Lenoir, Franziska Schrodt, Susan K. Wiser, Mohammed A. S. Arfin Khan, Fabio Attorre, Luis Cayuela, Michele Sanctis, Jürgen Dengler, Sylvia Haider, Mohamed Z. Hatim, Adrian Indreica, Florian Jansen, Aníbal Pauchard, Robert K. Peet, Petr Petřík, Valério D. Pillar, Brody Sandel, Marco Schmidt, Zhiyao Tang, Peter Bodegom, Kiril Vassilev, Cyrille Violle, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Priya Davidar, Jiri Dolezal, Bruno Hérault, Antonio Galán- de-Mera, Jorge Jiménez, Stephan Kambach, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Holger Kreft, Felipe Lezama, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Justin K. N’Dja, Oliver L. Phillips, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Petr Sklenář, Karina Speziale, Ben J. Strohbach, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Hua-Feng Wang, Karsten Wesche and Helge Bruelheide
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Francesco Maria Sabatini: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden
Ute Jandt: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Milan Chytrý: Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology
Richard Field: University of Nottingham, School of Geography, University Park
Michael Kessler: University of Zurich, Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
Jonathan Lenoir: UMR CNRS 7058 “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne
Franziska Schrodt: University of Nottingham, School of Geography, University Park
Susan K. Wiser: Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Ecosystems and Conservation
Mohammed A. S. Arfin Khan: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Akhalia
Fabio Attorre: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology
Luis Cayuela: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Department of Biology and Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry
Michele Sanctis: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology
Jürgen Dengler: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Vegetation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
Sylvia Haider: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Mohamed Z. Hatim: Wageningen University and Research, Environmental Sciences Group (ESG) Department, Plant Ecology and Nature conservation Group (PEN), Wageningen Campus, Building 100 (Lumen)
Adrian Indreica: Transilvania University of Brasov, Department of Silviculture
Florian Jansen: University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Aníbal Pauchard: Universidad de Concepción, Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas (LIB). Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
Robert K. Peet: University of North Carolina, Department of Biology
Petr Petřík: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Vegetation Ecology
Valério D. Pillar: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Department of Ecology
Brody Sandel: Santa Clara University, Department of Biology
Marco Schmidt: Palmengarten Frankfurt, Scientific Service
Zhiyao Tang: Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Peter Bodegom: Leiden University
Kiril Vassilev: Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources
Cyrille Violle: CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD
Esteban Alvarez-Davila: Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, Escuela de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Ambientales, Sede Nacional, Cl. 14 Sur # 14-23
Priya Davidar: Sigur Nature Trust, Chadapatti, Mavinhalla PO, Nilgiris
Jiri Dolezal: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Vegetation Ecology
Bruno Hérault: Cirad, UPR Forêts et Sociétés
Antonio Galán- de-Mera: Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Laboratorio de Botánica, Urbanización Montepríncipe
Jorge Jiménez: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Escuela de Biología, Ciudad Universitaria
Stephan Kambach: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden
Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas: University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
Holger Kreft: University of Göttingen, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography
Felipe Lezama: Universidad de la República, Departamento de Sistemas ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía
Reynaldo Linares-Palomino: Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Abel Monteagudo Mendoza: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Justin K. N’Dja: Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Laboratoire de Botanique, Campus de Cocody
Oliver L. Phillips: University of Leeds, School of Geography, Woodhouse Lane
Gonzalo Rivas-Torres: Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ
Petr Sklenář: Charles University, Department of Botany
Karina Speziale: INIBOMA (CONICET-UNCOMA), Department of Ecology
Ben J. Strohbach: Namibia University of Science and Technlogy, Biodiversity Research Center, Faculty of Natural Resources and Spatial Sciences
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez: Jardín Botánico de Missouri Oxapampa
Hua-Feng Wang: Hainan University
Karsten Wesche: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Helge Bruelheide: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: 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 ‘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.

Date: 2022
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