Literature DB >> 25914437

Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands.

Werner Ulrich1, Santiago Soliveres2, Fernando T Maestre2, Nicholas J Gotelli3, José L Quero2,4, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo2,5, Matthew A Bowker6, David J Eldridge7, Victoria Ochoa2, Beatriz Gozalo2, Enrique Valencia2, Miguel Berdugo2, Cristina Escolar2, Miguel García-Gómez2,8, Adrián Escudero2, Aníbal Prina9, Graciela Alfonso9, Tulio Arredondo10, Donaldo Bran11, Omar Cabrera12, Alex Cea13, Mohamed Chaieb14, Jorge Contreras15, Mchich Derak16, Carlos I Espinosa12, Adriana Florentino17, Juan Gaitán11, Victoria García Muro18, Wahida Ghiloufi14, Susana Gómez-González17, Julio R Gutiérrez11,19,20, Rosa M Hernández21, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald10, Mohammad Jankju22, Rebecca L Mau23, Frederic Mendes Hughes24, Maria Miriti25, Jorge Monerris26, Muchai Muchane27, Kamal Naseri22, Eduardo Pucheta28, David A Ramírez-Collantes29, Eran Raveh30, Roberto L Romão31, Cristian Torres-Díaz17, James Val7, José Pablo Veiga32, Deli Wang33, Xia Yuan33, Eli Zaady30.   

Abstract

AIM: Geographic, climatic, and soil factors are major drivers of plant beta diversity, but their importance for dryland plant communities is poorly known. This study aims to: i) characterize patterns of beta diversity in global drylands, ii) detect common environmental drivers of beta diversity, and iii) test for thresholds in environmental conditions driving potential shifts in plant species composition. LOCATION: 224 sites in diverse dryland plant communities from 22 geographical regions in six continents.
METHODS: Beta diversity was quantified with four complementary measures: the percentage of singletons (species occurring at only one site), Whittake's beta diversity (β(W)), a directional beta diversity metric based on the correlation in species occurrences among spatially contiguous sites (β(R2)), and a multivariate abundance-based metric (β(MV)). We used linear modelling to quantify the relationships between these metrics of beta diversity and geographic, climatic, and soil variables.
RESULTS: Soil fertility and variability in temperature and rainfall, and to a lesser extent latitude, were the most important environmental predictors of beta diversity. Metrics related to species identity (percentage of singletons and β(W)) were most sensitive to soil fertility, whereas those metrics related to environmental gradients and abundance ((β(R2)) and β(MV)) were more associated with climate variability. Interactions among soil variables, climatic factors, and plant cover were not important determinants of beta diversity. Sites receiving less than 178 mm of annual rainfall differed sharply in species composition from more mesic sites (> 200 mm). MAIN
CONCLUSIONS: Soil fertility and variability in temperature and rainfall are the most important environmental predictors of variation in plant beta diversity in global drylands. Our results suggest that those sites annually receiving ~ 178 mm of rainfall will be especially sensitive to future climate changes. These findings may help to define appropriate conservation strategies for mitigating effects of climate change on dryland vegetation.

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Keywords:  aridity; beta diversity; climatic variability; global environmental change; habitat filtering; soil fertility

Year:  2014        PMID: 25914437      PMCID: PMC4407967          DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12377

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Biogeogr        ISSN: 0305-0270            Impact factor:   4.324


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