Butterflies show different functional and species diversity in relationship to vegetation structure and land use
| Autor: | Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Maarten van 't Zelfde, Harm Bartholomeus, Alma R. Villalobos-Arámbula, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Leon Marshall, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Bastiaen Boekelo, Markus Franzén |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Theoretical and Computational Ecology (IBED, FNWI), Wallis, de Vries M.F. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
LiDAR Biodiversity Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences response traits Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing Ecosystem vegetation structure Laboratorium voor Geo-informatiekunde en Remote Sensing Ecosystem diversity Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Global and Planetary Change Ecology Land use species diversity 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology landscape composition Species diversity Vegetation respiratory system PE&RC functional diversity Geography Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer Alpha diversity Species richness pollinators human activities |
| Zdroj: | Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(10), 1126-1137 Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(10), 1126-1137. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111) Global Ecology and Biogeography 26 (2017) 10 Global Ecology and Biogeography Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(10), 1126–1137 |
| ISSN: | 1126-1137 1466-822X |
| Popis: | Aim: Biodiversity is rapidly disappearing at local and global scales also affecting the functional diversity of ecosystems. We aimed to assess whether functional diversity was correlated with species diversity and whether both were affected by similar land use and vegetation structure drivers. Better understanding of these relationships will allow us to improve our predictions regarding the effects of future changes in land use on ecosystem functions and services. Location: The Netherlands. Methods: We compiled a dataset of c. 3 million observations of 66 out of 106 known Dutch butterfly species collected across 6,075 sampling locations during a period of 7 years, together with very high-resolution maps of land use and countrywide vegetation structure data. Using a mixed-effects modelling framework, we investigated the relationship between functional and species diversity and their main land use and vegetation structure drivers. Results: We found that high species diversity does not translate into high functional diversity, as shown by their different spatial distribution patterns in the landscape. Functional and species diversity are mainly driven by different sets of structural and land use parameters (especially average vegetation height, amount of vegetation between 0.5 and 2 m, natural grassland, sandy soils vegetation, marsh vegetation and urban areas). We showed that it is a combination of both vegetation structural characteristics and land use variables that defines functional and species diversity. Main conclusions: Functional diversity and species diversity of butterflies are not consistently correlated and must therefore be treated separately. High functional diversity levels occurred even in areas with low species diversity. Thus, conservation actions may differ depending on whether the focus is on conservation of high functional diversity or high species diversity. A more integrative analysis of biodiversity at both species and trait levels is needed to infer the full effects of environmental change on ecosystem functioning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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