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Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation : Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

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dc.contributor.authorDengler, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Thomas J.
dc.contributor.authorSteinbauer, Manuel J.
dc.contributor.authorWolfrum, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorBoch, Steffen
dc.contributor.authorChiarucci, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorConradi, Timo
dc.contributor.authorDembicz, Iwona
dc.contributor.authorMarcenò, Corrado
dc.contributor.authorGarcía‐Mijangos, Itziar
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Arkadiusz
dc.contributor.authorStorch, David
dc.contributor.authorUlrich, Werner
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorCancellieri, Laura
dc.contributor.authorCarboni, Marta
dc.contributor.authorCiaschetti, Giampiero
dc.contributor.authorDe Frenne, Pieter
dc.contributor.authorDolezal, Jiri
dc.contributor.authorDolnik, Christian
dc.contributor.authorEssl, Franz
dc.contributor.authorFantinato, Edy
dc.contributor.authorFilibeck, Goffredo
dc.contributor.authorGrytnes, John‐Arvid
dc.contributor.authorGuarino, Riccardo
dc.contributor.authorGüler, Behlül
dc.contributor.authorJanišová, Monika
dc.contributor.authorKlichowska, Ewelina
dc.contributor.authorKozub, Łukasz
dc.contributor.authorKuzemko, Anna
dc.contributor.authorManthey, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMimet, Anne
dc.contributor.authorNaqinezhad, Alireza
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Christian
dc.contributor.authorPeet, Robert K.
dc.contributor.authorPellissier, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorPielech, Remigiusz
dc.contributor.authorPotenza, Giovanna
dc.contributor.authorRosati, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorTerzi, Massimo
dc.contributor.authorValkó, Orsolya
dc.contributor.authorVynokurov, Denys
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Manuela
dc.contributor.authorBiurrun, Idoia
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-16T16:03:04Z
dc.date.available2021-03-16T16:03:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractAIM: Species-area relationships (SARs) are fundamental scaling laws in ecology although their shape is still disputed. At larger areas, power laws best represent SARs. Yet, it remains unclear whether SARs follow other shapes at finer spatial grains in continuous vegetation. We asked which function describes SARs best at small grains and explored how sampling methodology or the environment influence SAR shape. Location Palaearctic grasslands and other non-forested habitats. TAXA: Vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. METHODS: We used the GrassPlot database, containing standardized vegetation-plot data from vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens spanning a wide range of grassland types throughout the Palaearctic and including 2,057 nested-plot series with at least seven grain sizes ranging from 1 cm(2) to 1,024 m(2). Using nonlinear regression, we assessed the appropriateness of different SAR functions (power, power quadratic, power breakpoint, logarithmic, Michaelis-Menten). Based on AICc, we tested whether the ranking of functions differed among taxonomic groups, methodological settings, biomes or vegetation types. RESULTS: The power function was the most suitable function across the studied taxonomic groups. The superiority of this function increased from lichens to bryophytes to vascular plants to all three taxonomic groups together. The sampling method was highly influential as rooted presence sampling decreased the performance of the power function. By contrast, biome and vegetation type had practically no influence on the superiority of the power law. MAIN CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that SARs of sessile organisms at smaller spatial grains are best approximated by a power function. This coincides with several other comprehensive studies of SARs at different grain sizes and for different taxa, thus supporting the general appropriateness of the power function for modelling species diversity over a wide range of grain sizes. The poor performance of the Michaelis-Menten function demonstrates that richness within plant communities generally does not approach any saturation, thus calling into question the concept of minimal area.en
dc.description.sponsorshipState Fund for Fundamental Research of Ukraine, Grant/Award Number: Ф83/53427; Eusko Jaurlaritza, Grant/Award Number: IT936-16; Slovenská Akadémia Vied, Grant/Award Number: VEGA 02/0095/19; Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Grant/Award Number: 2017/27/B/NZ8/00316 and DEC-2013/09/N/NZ8/03234; Center for International Scientific Studies and Collaboration (CISSC), Grant/Award Number: NA; Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), Grant/Award Number: NA; Grantová Agentura České Republiky, Grant/Award Number: GA 17-19376S; MIUR initiative “Department of excellence”, Grant/Award Number: Law 232/2016; Bavarian Research Alliance, Grant/Award Number: BayIntAn_UBT_2017_58; Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), Grant/Award Number: NAen
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dc.identifier.citationDengler, J., Matthews, T. J., Steinbauer, M. J., Wolfrum, S., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., … Biurrun, I. (2020). Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: evidence from Palaearctic grasslands. “Journal of Biogeography”, 47(1), 72-86. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13697en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jbi.13697pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1365-2699
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11104/0312153
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1956/22574
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8649698
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/5794
dc.identifier.wos000509327100006
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWileypt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13697pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectLogarithmic Functionen
dc.subjectMichaelis–Menten Functionen
dc.subjectMinimal Areaen
dc.subjectNested‐plot Samplingen
dc.subjectNonlinear Regressionen
dc.subjectPalaearctic Grasslanden
dc.subjectPlant Biodiversityen
dc.subjectPower Lawen
dc.subjectScaling Lawen
dc.subjectSpecies–area Relationship (SAR)en
dc.titleSpecies–area relationships in continuous vegetation : Evidence from Palaearctic grasslandsen
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oaire.citation.endPage86pt_PT
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oaire.citation.startPage72pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Biogeographyen
oaire.citation.volume47pt_PT
person.familyNameMatthews
person.givenNameThomas
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7624-244X
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