The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores

Beta diversity patterns are essential for understanding how biological communities are structured. Geographical and environmental factors, as well as species dispersal ability, are important drivers of beta diversity, but their relative importance may vary across spatial scales. In this study, we ev...

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Autores: Leo, María, Rigal, François, Ronquillo, Cristina, Borges, Paulo A. V., Brito de Azevedo, Eduardo, Santos, Ana M. C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06697
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Palabra clave:Azores
beta diversity
climatic distance
dispersal syndromes
geographic distance
island biogeography
spatial scale
Medio Ambiente
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spelling The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the AzoresLeo, MaríaRigal, FrançoisRonquillo, CristinaBorges, Paulo A. V.Brito de Azevedo, EduardoSantos, Ana M. C.Azoresbeta diversityclimatic distancedispersal syndromesgeographic distanceisland biogeographyspatial scaleMedio AmbienteBeta diversity patterns are essential for understanding how biological communities are structured. Geographical and environmental factors, as well as species dispersal ability, are important drivers of beta diversity, but their relative importance may vary across spatial scales. In this study, we evaluate whether beta diversity changes across geographical scales and analyse how different drivers affect turnover patterns of native seed plants in an oceanic archipelago, the Azores (Portugal). Using a 500 × 500 m resolution grid, we selected cells that are covered by one of the following habitats: native forest, naturalized vegetation and seminatural pastures. We calculated species turnover at three spatial scales: 1) between islands, 2) between cells within each island, and finally 3) between cells of each of the habitats of interest in each island. We then calculated the contribution of dispersal syndromes (endozoochory, epizoochory, hydrochory and anemochory) to turnover at each of the scales. Lastly, we assessed the relationship between geographical and climatic distances and habitat type with turnover. Turnover was higher at the smallest spatial scale, particularly in seminatural pastures, and decreased with increasing spatial scales, a pattern potentially associated with the historical fragmentation and current patchy distribution of native forest and seminatural habitats in the Azores. Dispersal syndromes and habitat type had a negligible effect on turnover at all scales. Geographical distance had a positive effect on turnover at all scales, increasing its importance with scale. The relationship between turnover and climatic distance was only significant at the intermediate and small scales in specific islands and habitats. Therefore, scale plays an important role at determining the effect of the drivers of turnover, in particular geographical and climatic distance. These results highlight the need to carefully select the scale of analysis when studying turnover patterns, as well as identifying the potential drivers associated with each spatial scale– ML was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (BES‐2016‐077655; project PID2019‐106840GB‐C21). CR was supported by the project SCENIC, grant PID2019‐106840GB‐C21, funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033. AMCS was supported by a Spanish Ramón y Cajal fellowship RYC2020‐029407‐I, funded by MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and by “ESF Investing in your future”.PAVB was supported between 2020 and 2024 by FCT‐UIDB/00329/2020‐2024 (DOI 10.54499/UIDB/00329/2020). Biodiversity data comes from the project AZORESBIOPORTAL–PORBIOTA (AÇORES‐01‐0145‐FEDER‐000072), which was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through the Operational Program Azores 2020 and also the project Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores (2022‐2023) – PO Azores Project – M1.1.A/INFRAEST CIENT/001/2022. The climatic models were developed in the framework of the project PROAAcXXIs–Projecções das Alterações Climáticas nos Açores para o século XXI. (PO_Açores 2020 –Eixo Prioritário 1 –Açores‐01‐0145 –FEDER–000037).John Wiley & SonsDepartamento de BiologíaDepartamento de EcologíaFacultad de Ciencias20242024-06-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/716474https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06697reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7164742026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
title The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
spellingShingle The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
Leo, María
Azores
beta diversity
climatic distance
dispersal syndromes
geographic distance
island biogeography
spatial scale
Medio Ambiente
title_short The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
title_full The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
title_fullStr The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
title_full_unstemmed The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
title_sort The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Leo, María
Rigal, François
Ronquillo, Cristina
Borges, Paulo A. V.
Brito de Azevedo, Eduardo
Santos, Ana M. C.
author Leo, María
author_facet Leo, María
Rigal, François
Ronquillo, Cristina
Borges, Paulo A. V.
Brito de Azevedo, Eduardo
Santos, Ana M. C.
author_role author
author2 Rigal, François
Ronquillo, Cristina
Borges, Paulo A. V.
Brito de Azevedo, Eduardo
Santos, Ana M. C.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Departamento de Ecología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Azores
beta diversity
climatic distance
dispersal syndromes
geographic distance
island biogeography
spatial scale
Medio Ambiente
topic Azores
beta diversity
climatic distance
dispersal syndromes
geographic distance
island biogeography
spatial scale
Medio Ambiente
description Beta diversity patterns are essential for understanding how biological communities are structured. Geographical and environmental factors, as well as species dispersal ability, are important drivers of beta diversity, but their relative importance may vary across spatial scales. In this study, we evaluate whether beta diversity changes across geographical scales and analyse how different drivers affect turnover patterns of native seed plants in an oceanic archipelago, the Azores (Portugal). Using a 500 × 500 m resolution grid, we selected cells that are covered by one of the following habitats: native forest, naturalized vegetation and seminatural pastures. We calculated species turnover at three spatial scales: 1) between islands, 2) between cells within each island, and finally 3) between cells of each of the habitats of interest in each island. We then calculated the contribution of dispersal syndromes (endozoochory, epizoochory, hydrochory and anemochory) to turnover at each of the scales. Lastly, we assessed the relationship between geographical and climatic distances and habitat type with turnover. Turnover was higher at the smallest spatial scale, particularly in seminatural pastures, and decreased with increasing spatial scales, a pattern potentially associated with the historical fragmentation and current patchy distribution of native forest and seminatural habitats in the Azores. Dispersal syndromes and habitat type had a negligible effect on turnover at all scales. Geographical distance had a positive effect on turnover at all scales, increasing its importance with scale. The relationship between turnover and climatic distance was only significant at the intermediate and small scales in specific islands and habitats. Therefore, scale plays an important role at determining the effect of the drivers of turnover, in particular geographical and climatic distance. These results highlight the need to carefully select the scale of analysis when studying turnover patterns, as well as identifying the potential drivers associated with each spatial scale
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