Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species in mountain vegetation in the Faroe Islands
Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species were studied along altitudinal gradients in the Faroe Islands. Plants were sampled from five different mountains (150-856 m a.s.l.) at 50 m altitudinal intervals. Included in the study were 107 vascular plant species. In order to compare only altitudes...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:148c2f48-3293-4114-b5b4-217b11cceff8 2023-05-15T16:10:38+02:00 Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species in mountain vegetation in the Faroe Islands Fosaa, Anna Maria 2004 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/280496 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00080.x eng eng Wiley-Blackwell https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/280496 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00080.x wos:000221081400007 scopus:2342652872 Diversity and Distributions; 10(3), pp 217-223 (2004) ISSN: 1366-9516 Ecology species richness Shannon-Wiener index islands mountains turnover species contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2004 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00080.x 2023-02-01T23:27:50Z Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species were studied along altitudinal gradients in the Faroe Islands. Plants were sampled from five different mountains (150-856 m a.s.l.) at 50 m altitudinal intervals. Included in the study were 107 vascular plant species. In order to compare only altitudes with the same number of plots, three different analyses were carried out. One analysis included five mountains from 250 to 750 m a.s.l., one had three mountains from 150 to 750 m a.s.l., and the last one had two mountains from 750 to 850 m a.s.l. The patterns of biodiversity were evaluated on the basis of species richness as the total number of species at each altitudinal interval, as species turnover between altitudes and in relation to the Shannon-Wiener index. Similar patterns were found for species richness in the three analyses, although richness was higher along the whole transect when five mountains were included. For the Shannon-Wiener index, only small differences were found among the three analyses. A maximum was seen at 250 m a.s.l. and again at 500 m a.s.l. both in richness and in the Shannon-Wiener index. Maximum species turnover was found at mid-altitudes. Total vegetation cover followed the same pattern as richness. In addition to climate, the altitudinal variation of biodiversity may be affected by grazing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Lund University Publications (LUP) Faroe Islands Diversity <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Distributions 10 3 217 223 |
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Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species were studied along altitudinal gradients in the Faroe Islands. Plants were sampled from five different mountains (150-856 m a.s.l.) at 50 m altitudinal intervals. Included in the study were 107 vascular plant species. In order to compare only altitudes with the same number of plots, three different analyses were carried out. One analysis included five mountains from 250 to 750 m a.s.l., one had three mountains from 150 to 750 m a.s.l., and the last one had two mountains from 750 to 850 m a.s.l. The patterns of biodiversity were evaluated on the basis of species richness as the total number of species at each altitudinal interval, as species turnover between altitudes and in relation to the Shannon-Wiener index. Similar patterns were found for species richness in the three analyses, although richness was higher along the whole transect when five mountains were included. For the Shannon-Wiener index, only small differences were found among the three analyses. A maximum was seen at 250 m a.s.l. and again at 500 m a.s.l. both in richness and in the Shannon-Wiener index. Maximum species turnover was found at mid-altitudes. Total vegetation cover followed the same pattern as richness. In addition to climate, the altitudinal variation of biodiversity may be affected by grazing. |
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Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species in mountain vegetation in the Faroe Islands |
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Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species in mountain vegetation in the Faroe Islands |
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Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species in mountain vegetation in the Faroe Islands |
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Biodiversity patterns of vascular plant species in mountain vegetation in the Faroe Islands |
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