Global cushion plant community datasets
Interactions among species determine local-scale diversity, but local interactions are thought to have minor effects at larger scales. However, quantitative comparisons of the importance of biotic interactions relative to other drivers are rarely made at larger scales. Using a data set spanning 78 s...
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ftdatacite:10.5063/f1w957bw 2023-05-15T15:04:41+02:00 Global cushion plant community datasets Lortie, Christopher 2018 text/xml https://dx.doi.org/10.5063/f1w957bw https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/view/doi:10.5063/F1W957BW en eng KNB Data Repository alpine mountains arctic global change facilitation plant interactions community ecology plant ecology gradients Silene acaulis vegetation dataset Dataset 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5063/f1w957bw 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Interactions among species determine local-scale diversity, but local interactions are thought to have minor effects at larger scales. However, quantitative comparisons of the importance of biotic interactions relative to other drivers are rarely made at larger scales. Using a data set spanning 78 sites and five continents, we assessed the relative importance of biotic interactions and climate in determining plant diversity in alpine ecosystems dominated by nurse-plant cushion species. Climate variables related with water balance showed the highest correlation with richness at the global scale. Strikingly, although the effect of cushion species on diversity was lower than that of climate, its contribution was still substantial. In particular, cushion spe- cies enhanced species richness more in systems with inherently impoverished local diversity. Nurse species appear to act as a â safety netâ sustaining diversity under harsh conditions, demonstrating that climate and species interactions should be integrated when predicting future biodiversity effects of climate change. Dataset Arctic Climate change Silene acaulis DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic |
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Interactions among species determine local-scale diversity, but local interactions are thought to have minor effects at larger scales. However, quantitative comparisons of the importance of biotic interactions relative to other drivers are rarely made at larger scales. Using a data set spanning 78 sites and five continents, we assessed the relative importance of biotic interactions and climate in determining plant diversity in alpine ecosystems dominated by nurse-plant cushion species. Climate variables related with water balance showed the highest correlation with richness at the global scale. Strikingly, although the effect of cushion species on diversity was lower than that of climate, its contribution was still substantial. In particular, cushion spe- cies enhanced species richness more in systems with inherently impoverished local diversity. Nurse species appear to act as a â safety netâ sustaining diversity under harsh conditions, demonstrating that climate and species interactions should be integrated when predicting future biodiversity effects of climate change. |
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