Alpine plant community diversity in species–area relations at fine scale
Observations of diversity in alpine vegetation appear to be scale dependent. The relations of plant species richness with surface processes and geomorphology have been studied, but patterns of beta diversity are less known. In Glacier National Park, Montana, diversity has been examined within 1 m2 p...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:9489ea97ddc64d17af7d280e7ce5513e 2023-05-15T14:14:24+02:00 Alpine plant community diversity in species–area relations at fine scale George P. Malanson Emma L. Nelson Dale L. Zimmerman Daniel B. Fagre 2020-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1698894 https://doaj.org/article/9489ea97ddc64d17af7d280e7ce5513e en eng Taylor & Francis Group 1523-0430 1938-4246 doi:10.1080/15230430.2019.1698894 https://doaj.org/article/9489ea97ddc64d17af7d280e7ce5513e undefined Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 41-46 (2020) alpine beta diversity glacier national park spatial scale species–area envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1698894 2023-01-22T19:28:08Z Observations of diversity in alpine vegetation appear to be scale dependent. The relations of plant species richness with surface processes and geomorphology have been studied, but patterns of beta diversity are less known. In Glacier National Park, Montana, diversity has been examined within 1 m2 plots and for 16 m2 plots across two ranges, with within-plot and across-range explanatory factors, respectively. The slopes of species–area equations for nested 4, 8, 12, and 16 m2 plots were used as an indicator of beta diversity in Glacier National Park, where smaller and larger scales have been examined. The slopes were negatively related to a field assessment of surface stability and positively to the presence of talus—two sides of the same coin. A positive relationship with bedrock outcrops may be due to a misrepresentation of area for plants. The relationship of species–area slopes to plot-level gamma diversity was negative, weak, and marginally significant, and this variable did not enter the general linear model (GLM). Beyond simple differences in diversity with differences in environment, examination of beta diversity at a scale between that of earlier studies revealed surface processes and geomorphology as drivers that were also at a scale between those previously reported. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research Arctic Unknown Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 52 1 41 46 |
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Observations of diversity in alpine vegetation appear to be scale dependent. The relations of plant species richness with surface processes and geomorphology have been studied, but patterns of beta diversity are less known. In Glacier National Park, Montana, diversity has been examined within 1 m2 plots and for 16 m2 plots across two ranges, with within-plot and across-range explanatory factors, respectively. The slopes of species–area equations for nested 4, 8, 12, and 16 m2 plots were used as an indicator of beta diversity in Glacier National Park, where smaller and larger scales have been examined. The slopes were negatively related to a field assessment of surface stability and positively to the presence of talus—two sides of the same coin. A positive relationship with bedrock outcrops may be due to a misrepresentation of area for plants. The relationship of species–area slopes to plot-level gamma diversity was negative, weak, and marginally significant, and this variable did not enter the general linear model (GLM). Beyond simple differences in diversity with differences in environment, examination of beta diversity at a scale between that of earlier studies revealed surface processes and geomorphology as drivers that were also at a scale between those previously reported. |
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