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

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dc.contributor.authorLeo, María
dc.contributor.authorRigal, François
dc.contributor.authorRonquillo, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorBorges, Paulo A. V.
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, Eduardo Brito
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Ana M. C.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-05T09:53:29Z
dc.date.available2024-07-05T09:53:29Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBeta 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.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationLeo, M., Rigal, F., Ronquillo, C., Borges, P. A. V., Azevedo, E. B., & Santos, A. M. C. (2024). The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores. "Ecography", 2024(6), e06697. DOI:10.1111/ecog.06697pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ecog.06697pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1600-0587
dc.identifier.issn0906-7590
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/7095
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.publisherWiley Open Accesspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.06697?af=Rpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAzorespt_PT
dc.subjectBeta Diversitypt_PT
dc.subjectClimatic Distancept_PT
dc.subjectDispersal Syndromespt_PT
dc.subjectGeographic Distancept_PT
dc.subjectIsland Biogeographypt_PT
dc.subjectSpatial Scalept_PT
dc.titleThe drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azorespt_PT
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