| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Mapping species richness of plant families in European vegetation |
| Authors: | Večeřa, Martin Axmanová, Irena Padullés Cubino, Josep Lososová, Zdeňka Divíšek, Jan Knollová, Ilona Aćić, Svetlana Biurrun, Idoia Boch, Steffen Bonari, Gianmaria Campos, Juan Antonio Čarni, Andraž Carranza, Maria Laura Casella, Laura Chiarucci, Alessandro Ćušterevska, Renata Delbosc, Pauline Dengler, Jürgen Fernández‐González, Federico Gégout, Jean‐Claude Jandt, Ute Jansen, Florian Jašková, Anni Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Kuzemko, Anna Lebedeva, Maria Lenoir, Jonathan Lysenko, Tatiana Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold Pielech, Remigiusz Ruprecht, Eszter Šibík, Jozef Šilc, Urban Škvorc, Željko Swacha, Grzegorz Tatarenko, Irina Vassilev, Kiril Wohlgemuth, Thomas Yamalov, Sergey Chytrý, Milan |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jvs.13035 |
| Published in: | Journal of Vegetation Science |
| Volume(Issue): | 32 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | e13035 |
| Issue Date: | 18-May-2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 1100-9233 1654-1103 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 580: Plants (Botany) |
| Abstract: | Aims: Biodiversity is traditionally studied mostly at the species level, but biogeographical and macroecological studies at higher taxonomic levels can provide valuable insights into the evolutionary processes at large spatial scales. Our aim was to assess the representation of vascular plant families within different vegetation formations across Europe. Location: Europe. Methods: We used a data set of 816,005 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA). For each plot, we calculated the relative species richness of each plant family as the number of species belonging to that family divided by the total number of species. We mapped the relative species richness, averaged across all plots in 50 km × 50 km grid cells, for each family and broad habitat groups: forests, grasslands, scrub and wetlands. We also calculated the absolute species richness and the Shannon diversity index for each family. Results: We produced 522 maps of mean relative species richness for a total of 152 vascular plant families occurring in forests, grasslands, scrub and wetlands. We found distinct spatial patterns for many combinations of families and habitat groups. The resulting series of 522 maps is freely available, both as images and GIS layers. Conclusions: The distinct spatial patterns revealed in the maps suggest that the relative species richness of plant families at the community level reflects the evolutionary history of individual families. We believe that the maps and associated data can inspire further biogeographical and macroecological studies and strengthen the ongoing integration of phylogenetic, functional and taxonomic diversity concepts. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22604 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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