Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests
The main processes underlying the generation and maintenance of biodiversity include both local factors such as competition and abiotic filtering and regional forces such as paleoclimate, speciation and dispersal. While the effects of regional and local drivers on species diversity are increasingly...
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doaj-e569503436b24a32a5a376f376bf03a32020-11-24T21:17:55ZengCopernicus PublicationsBiogeosciences1726-41701726-41892014-03-011151361137010.5194/bg-11-1361-2014Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forestsG. Feng0X. C. Mi1P. K. Bøcher2L. F. Mao3B. Sandel4M. Cao5W. H. Ye6Z. Q. Hao7H. D. Gong8Y. T. Zhang9X. H. Zhao10G. Z. Jin11K. P. Ma12J.-C. Svenning13Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, ChinaEcoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USAEcoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkKey Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223, Kunming, ChinaKey Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 417, 110016, Shenyang, ChinaKey Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223, Kunming, ChinaInstitute of Forest Ecology, Xinjiang Academy of Forestry, 830000, Urumqi, ChinaKey Laboratory for Forest Resources and Ecosystem Processes of Beijing, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, Beijing, ChinaCenter for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, ChinaEcoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkThe main processes underlying the generation and maintenance of biodiversity include both local factors such as competition and abiotic filtering and regional forces such as paleoclimate, speciation and dispersal. While the effects of regional and local drivers on species diversity are increasingly studied, their relative importance for other aspects of diversity, notably phylogenetic and functional diversity is so far little studied. Here, we link data from large Chinese forest plots to data on current and Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate as well as local disturbance regimes to study their relative roles in determining woody plant phylogenetic and functional diversity in this important hotspot for woody plant diversity. Local disturbance was the best predictor of functional diversity as represented by maximum canopy height (<i>H</i><sub>max</sub>), probably reflecting the dominant role of competition for light in determining the forest <i>H</i><sub>max</sub> structure. In contrast, the LGM–present anomaly in temperature was the factor with the strongest explanatory power for phylogenetic diversity, with modern climate also important. Hence, local contemporary and regional historical factors have highly contrasting importance for the geographic patterns of the functional (as represented by variation in maximum canopy height) and phylogenetic aspects of Chinese forest's woody plant diversity. Importantly, contemporary factors are of overriding importance for functional diversity, while paleoclimate has left a strong signature in the phylogenetic diversity patterns.http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/1361/2014/bg-11-1361-2014.pdf |
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G. Feng X. C. Mi P. K. Bøcher L. F. Mao B. Sandel M. Cao W. H. Ye Z. Q. Hao H. D. Gong Y. T. Zhang X. H. Zhao G. Z. Jin K. P. Ma J.-C. Svenning |
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G. Feng X. C. Mi P. K. Bøcher L. F. Mao B. Sandel M. Cao W. H. Ye Z. Q. Hao H. D. Gong Y. T. Zhang X. H. Zhao G. Z. Jin K. P. Ma J.-C. Svenning Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests Biogeosciences |
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G. Feng X. C. Mi P. K. Bøcher L. F. Mao B. Sandel M. Cao W. H. Ye Z. Q. Hao H. D. Gong Y. T. Zhang X. H. Zhao G. Z. Jin K. P. Ma J.-C. Svenning |
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Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests |
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Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests |
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Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests |
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Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests |
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Relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in Chinese forests |
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relative roles of local disturbance, current climate and paleoclimate in determining phylogenetic and functional diversity in chinese forests |
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The main processes underlying the generation and maintenance of biodiversity
include both local factors such as competition and abiotic filtering and
regional forces such as paleoclimate, speciation and dispersal. While the
effects of regional and local drivers on species diversity are increasingly
studied, their relative importance for other aspects of diversity, notably
phylogenetic and functional diversity is so far little studied. Here, we
link data from large Chinese forest plots to data on current and Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate as well as local disturbance regimes to study
their relative roles in determining woody plant phylogenetic and functional
diversity in this important hotspot for woody plant diversity. Local
disturbance was the best predictor of functional diversity as represented by
maximum canopy height (<i>H</i><sub>max</sub>), probably reflecting the dominant role of
competition for light in determining the forest <i>H</i><sub>max</sub> structure. In
contrast, the LGM–present anomaly in temperature was the factor with the
strongest explanatory power for phylogenetic diversity, with modern climate
also important. Hence, local contemporary and regional historical factors
have highly contrasting importance for the geographic patterns of the
functional (as represented by variation in maximum canopy height) and
phylogenetic aspects of Chinese forest's woody plant diversity. Importantly,
contemporary factors are of overriding importance for functional diversity,
while paleoclimate has left a strong signature in the phylogenetic
diversity patterns. |
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