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Links to rare climates do not translate into distinct traits for island endemics

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Cutts, Vanessa ; Hanz, Dagmar M. ; Barajas‐Barbosa, Martha Paola ; Schrodt, Franziska ; Steinbauer, Manuel ; Beierkuhnlein, Carl ; Denelle, Pierre ; Fernández‐Palacios, José María ; Gaüzère, Pierre ; Grenié, Matthias ; Irl, Severin D. H. ; Kraft, Nathan ; Kreft, Holger ; Maitner, Brian ; Munoz, François ; Thuiller, Wilfried ; Violle, Cyrille ; Weigelt, Patrick ; Field, Richard ; Algar, Adam C.:
Links to rare climates do not translate into distinct traits for island endemics.
In: Ecology Letters. Vol. 26 (2023) Issue 4 . - pp. 504-515.
ISSN 1461-0248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14169

Abstract in another language

Current models of island biogeography treat endemic and non-endemic species as if they were functionally equivalent, focussing primarily on species richness. Thus, the functional composition of island biotas in relation to island biogeographical variables remains largely unknown. Using plant trait data (plant height, leaf area and flower length) for 895 native species in the Canary Islands, we related functional trait distinctiveness and climate rarity for endemic and non-endemic species and island ages. Endemics showed a link to climatically rare conditions that is consistent with island geological change through time. However, functional trait distinctiveness did not differ between endemics and non-endemics and remained constant with island age. Thus, there is no obvious link between trait distinctiveness and occupancy of rare climates, at least for the traits measured here, suggesting that treating endemic and non-endemic species as functionally equivalent in island biogeography is not fundamentally wrong.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Keywords: Adaptive radiation; Climatic rarity; Functional trait distinctiveness; Island biogeography; Oceanic islands; Originality; Plants; Specialisation; Speciation; Taxon cycle
Institutions of the University: Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Biogeography
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Biogeography > Chair Biogeography - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carl Beierkuhnlein
Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Sport Science > Professor Sport Ecology > Professor Sport Ecology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manuel Jonas Steinbauer
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Research Centres
Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER
Graduate Schools
Graduate Schools > Elite Network Bavaria
Graduate Schools > Elite Network Bavaria > Global Change Ecology
Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies
Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Sport Science
Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Sport Science > Professor Sport Ecology
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences, geology
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany)
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2023 07:19
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2023 09:18
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/73607