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Richter, Tobias ; Geres, Lisa ; König, Sebastian ; Braziunas, Kristin H. ; Senf, Cornelius ; Thom, Dominik ; Bässler, Claus ; Müller, Jörg ; Seidl, Rupert ; Seibold, Sebastian:
Effects of climate and forest development on habitat specialization and biodiversity in Central European mountain forests.
In: Communications Biology.
Vol. 7
(2024)
.
- 1518.
ISSN 2399-3642
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07239-6
Abstract in another language
Mountain forests are biodiversity hotspots with competing hypotheses proposed to explain elevational trends in habitat specialization and species richness. The altitudinal-niche-breadth hypothesis suggests decreasing specialization with elevation, which could lead to decreasing species richness and weaker differences in species richness and beta diversity among habitat types with increasing elevation. Testing these predictions for bacteria, fungi, plants, arthropods, and vertebrates, we found decreasing habitat specialization (represented by forest developmental stages) with elevation in mountain forests of the Northern Alps – supporting the altitudinal-niche-breadth hypothesis. Species richness decreased with elevation only for arthropods, whereas changes in beta diversity varied among taxa. Along the forest developmental gradient, species richness mainly followed a U-shaped pattern which remained stable along elevation. This highlights the importance of early and late developmental stages for biodiversity and indicates that climate change may alter community composition not only through distributional shifts along elevation but also across forest developmental stages.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Fungal Ecology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Fungal Ecology > Chair Fungal Ecology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Bässler |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science 500 Science > 570 Life sciences, biology |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2025 07:00 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2025 07:00 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/91519 |