Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient

1. We address associations of taxonomic diversity (TD), functional diversity (FD), and phylogenetic diversity (PD) of ant assemblages with gradients of elevation to assess whether energetic limitations or deterministic or stochastic niche-building processes are more relevant to the assembly of commu...

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Autores: Silvestre Granda, Mariola, Carmona, Carlos P., Martín Azcarate, Francisco, Seoane Pinilla, Javier
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Palavra-chave:Alpha diversity
Altitude
Ant diversity
Beta diversity
Environmental gradient
Functional diversity
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradientSilvestre Granda, MariolaCarmona, Carlos P.Martín Azcarate, FranciscoSeoane Pinilla, JavierAlpha diversityAltitudeAnt diversityBeta diversityEnvironmental gradientFunctional diversityBiología y Biomedicina / Biología1. We address associations of taxonomic diversity (TD), functional diversity (FD), and phylogenetic diversity (PD) of ant assemblages with gradients of elevation to assess whether energetic limitations or deterministic or stochastic niche-building processes are more relevant to the assembly of communities. 2. We sampled ant assemblages using pitfall traps in grassland habitats along an elevational gradient of 1712 m in the Guadarrama Mountains of Central Spain. The relationships of alpha and beta diversity metrics with soil temperature, productivity, elevation, and geographical distances were examined with generalised additive (mixed) models. 3. The facets of diversity showed strong and partially coincident responses to the gradients, but the responses and the similarities among them weakened or disappeared when the effects of species richness were factored out. TD and FD changed roughly in a similar manner with elevation and productivity, but PD did not show clear responses to those factors. Taxonomic and functional richness increased with productivity and decreased with elevation. Mean pairwise functional and phylogenetic dissimilarities did not change along the gradients. Elevation and productivity gradients accounted for much of the beta TD among assemblages but only explained a moderate variation of functional traits and phylogenetic relationships, while geographical distances were more explanatory of beta PD. 4. The partial redundancies among facets of diversity suggest that the spatial variation of diversity is mainly related to the sheer number of species. However, both environmental filtering and limiting similarity could be acting in concordance to reduce the number of species present in communitiesAdministrative and financial support was received from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Project CGL2014‐53789‐R) and Sierra de Guadarrama Park, which provided the permits for the sampling (ref 10/101642.9/16). Mariola Silvestre, Javier Seoane, and Francisco M. Azcárate work within the Madrid's Government research group network REMEDINAL3‐CM (S‐2013/MAE‐2719). Carlos P. Carmona was supported by the Estonian Research Council (PSG293) and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence EcolChange). Mariola Silvestre was supported by an FPI grant from MINECO. Special thanks to Héctor Miranda, Laura Morgado, and Miguel Blázquez for laboratory assistance and Violeta Hevia, Joaquin Calatayud, and Anders Forsman for your tips. Alberto González helped us to make the map and Xavier Espadaler to identify some species. We appreciate the use of data from Instituto Geográfico Nacional and Nuria Plaza for provided access with the satellite imageryWileyDepartamento de EcologíaFacultad de Ciencias20212021-07-21research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/700610https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.13077reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7006102026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
title Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
spellingShingle Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
Silvestre Granda, Mariola
Alpha diversity
Altitude
Ant diversity
Beta diversity
Environmental gradient
Functional diversity
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
title_full Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
title_fullStr Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
title_full_unstemmed Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
title_sort Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a Mediterranean elevational gradient
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Silvestre Granda, Mariola
Carmona, Carlos P.
Martín Azcarate, Francisco
Seoane Pinilla, Javier
author Silvestre Granda, Mariola
author_facet Silvestre Granda, Mariola
Carmona, Carlos P.
Martín Azcarate, Francisco
Seoane Pinilla, Javier
author_role author
author2 Carmona, Carlos P.
Martín Azcarate, Francisco
Seoane Pinilla, Javier
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ecología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Alpha diversity
Altitude
Ant diversity
Beta diversity
Environmental gradient
Functional diversity
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Alpha diversity
Altitude
Ant diversity
Beta diversity
Environmental gradient
Functional diversity
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description 1. We address associations of taxonomic diversity (TD), functional diversity (FD), and phylogenetic diversity (PD) of ant assemblages with gradients of elevation to assess whether energetic limitations or deterministic or stochastic niche-building processes are more relevant to the assembly of communities. 2. We sampled ant assemblages using pitfall traps in grassland habitats along an elevational gradient of 1712 m in the Guadarrama Mountains of Central Spain. The relationships of alpha and beta diversity metrics with soil temperature, productivity, elevation, and geographical distances were examined with generalised additive (mixed) models. 3. The facets of diversity showed strong and partially coincident responses to the gradients, but the responses and the similarities among them weakened or disappeared when the effects of species richness were factored out. TD and FD changed roughly in a similar manner with elevation and productivity, but PD did not show clear responses to those factors. Taxonomic and functional richness increased with productivity and decreased with elevation. Mean pairwise functional and phylogenetic dissimilarities did not change along the gradients. Elevation and productivity gradients accounted for much of the beta TD among assemblages but only explained a moderate variation of functional traits and phylogenetic relationships, while geographical distances were more explanatory of beta PD. 4. The partial redundancies among facets of diversity suggest that the spatial variation of diversity is mainly related to the sheer number of species. However, both environmental filtering and limiting similarity could be acting in concordance to reduce the number of species present in communities
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