Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

Ingmar R. Staude; Henrique M. Pereira; Gergana N. Daskalova; Markus Bernhardt‐römermann; Martin Diekmann; Harald Pauli; Hans Van Calster; Mark Vellend; Anne D. Bjorkman; Jörg Brunet; Pieter De Frenne; Radim Hédl; Ute Jandt; Jonathan Lenoir; Isla H. Myers‐smith; Kris Verheyen; Sonja Wipf; Monika Wulf; Christopher Andrews; Peter Barančok; Elena Barni; José‐luis Benito‐alonso; Jonathan Bennie; Imre Berki; Volker Blüml; Markéta Chudomelová; Guillaume Decocq; Jan Dick; Thomas Dirnböck; Tomasz Durak; Ove Eriksson; Brigitta Erschbamer; Bente Jessen Graae; Thilo Heinken; Fride Høistad Schei; Bogdan Jaroszewicz; Martin Kopecký; Thomas Kudernatsch; Martin Macek; Marek Malicki; František Máliš; Ottar Michelsen; Tobias Naaf; Thomas A. Nagel; Adrian C. Newton; Lena Nicklas; Ludovica Oddi; Adrienne Ortmann‐ajkai; Andrej Palaj; Alessandro Petraglia; Petr Petřík; Remigiusz Pielech; Francesco Porro; Mihai Puşcaş; Kamila Reczyńska; Christian Rixen; Wolfgang Schmidt; Tibor Standovár; Klaus Steinbauer; Krzysztof Świerkosz; Balázs Teleki; Jean‐paul Theurillat; Pavel Dan Turtureanu; Tudor‐mihai Ursu; Thomas Vanneste; Philippine Vergeer; Ondřej Vild; Luis Villar; Pascal Vittoz; Manuela Winkler; Lander Baeten; Eric Seabloom

doi:10.1111/ele.13937

Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

Ingmar R. Staude, Henrique M. Pereira, Gergana N. Daskalova, Markus Bernhardt‐römermann, Martin Diekmann, Harald Pauli, Hans Van Calster, Mark Vellend, Anne D. Bjorkman, Jörg Brunet, Pieter De Frenne, Radim Hédl, Ute Jandt, Jonathan Lenoir, Isla H. Myers‐smith, Kris Verheyen, Sonja Wipf, Monika Wulf, Christopher Andrews, Peter BarančokElena Barni, José‐luis Benito‐alonso, Jonathan Bennie, Imre Berki, Volker Blüml, Markéta Chudomelová, Guillaume Decocq, Jan Dick, Thomas Dirnböck, Tomasz Durak, Ove Eriksson, Brigitta Erschbamer, Bente Jessen Graae, Thilo Heinken, Fride Høistad Schei, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Martin Kopecký, Thomas Kudernatsch, Martin Macek, Marek Malicki, František Máliš, Ottar Michelsen, Tobias Naaf, Thomas A. Nagel, Adrian C. Newton, Lena Nicklas, Ludovica Oddi, Adrienne Ortmann‐ajkai, Andrej Palaj, Alessandro Petraglia, Petr Petřík, Remigiusz Pielech, Francesco Porro, Mihai Puşcaş, Kamila Reczyńska, Christian Rixen, Wolfgang Schmidt, Tibor Standovár, Klaus Steinbauer, Krzysztof Świerkosz, Balázs Teleki, Jean‐paul Theurillat, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Tudor‐mihai Ursu, Thomas Vanneste, Philippine Vergeer, Ondřej Vild, Luis Villar, Pascal Vittoz, Manuela Winkler, Lander Baeten, Eric Seabloom (Editor)

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Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger-ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient-rich habitats having larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile findings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community-scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	466-482
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	2
Early online date	5 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2022

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Staude, I. R., Pereira, H. M., Daskalova, G. N., Bernhardt‐römermann, M., Diekmann, M., Pauli, H., Van Calster, H., Vellend, M., Bjorkman, A. D., Brunet, J., De Frenne, P., Hédl, R., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Myers‐smith, I. H., Verheyen, K., Wipf, S., Wulf, M., Andrews, C., ... Seabloom, E. (Ed.) (2022). Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters, 25(2), 466-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937

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TU was supported by the Ministry of Research and Innovation through Projects for Excellence Financing in RDI: Contract no. 22 PFE/2018 and PN2019-2022/19270201 – Ctr. 25N BIODIVERS 3-BIOSERV. P. Vergeer received funding of the Dutch Research Council by an Aspasia Grant. PDF received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC Starting Grant FORMICA 757833). M. Winkler, BE, HP, JT, KS, LN, and P. Vittoz received funding from the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the project {\textquoteleft}MEDIALPS{\textquoteright} in the frame of the Earth System Sciences Program. JT and P. Vittoz were supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Education and Science and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. SW and CR were funded by the research commission of the Swiss National Park and the Dr. Joachim de Giacomi foundation. 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N1 - Funding Information: This paper is an outcome of the sREplot working group supported by sDiv, the Synthesis Centre of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig (DFG FZT 118). J. Benito‐Alonso and LV were supported by the Dirección General de Cambio Climático del Gobierno de Aragón; the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, and the Servicio de Medio Ambiente de Soria de la Junta de Castilla y León. JD and CEH/UKCEH staff were supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK‐SCAPE programme delivering National Capability and access to the site facilitated by site owners Scottish Natural Heritage, Scotland’s nature agency. T. Dirnböck was funded through the EU Horizon2020 INFRAIA project eLTER‐PLUS (871128). B.E. received funding from Wissenschaftsförderung der Südtiroler Landesregierung, and Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds. MC, MK, M. Macek, OV, PP and RH were supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences (project RVO 67985939). FM was supported by Funder of FM is Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja (Slovak Research and Development Agency) grant no. APVV‐19‐0319. TU was supported by the Ministry of Research and Innovation through Projects for Excellence Financing in RDI: Contract no. 22 PFE/2018 and PN2019‐2022/19270201 – Ctr. 25N BIODIVERS 3‐BIOSERV. P. Vergeer received funding of the Dutch Research Council by an Aspasia Grant. PDF received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC Starting Grant FORMICA 757833). M. Winkler, BE, HP, JT, KS, LN, and P. Vittoz received funding from the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the project ‘MEDIALPS’ in the frame of the Earth System Sciences Program. JT and P. Vittoz were supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Education and Science and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. SW and CR were funded by the research commission of the Swiss National Park and the Dr. Joachim de Giacomi foundation. GND was supported by a Carnegie‐Caledonian PhD Scholarship and a NERC E3 Doctoral Training Partnership grant (NE/L002558/1). A. Palaj and PB were supported by the Scientific Grant Agency VEGA (project no. 2/0132/18). We thank the site co‐ordinators R. Kanka, J. Kollár, U. Mora di Cella, M. Petey, G. Rossi and M. Tomaselli and numerous helpers for data originating from the GLORIA network. Open access funding enabled and organized by ProjektDEAL. Funding Information: This paper is an outcome of the sREplot working group supported by sDiv, the Synthesis Centre of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig (DFG FZT 118). J. Benito-Alonso and LV were supported by the Dirección General de Cambio Climático del Gobierno de Aragón; the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, and the Servicio de Medio Ambiente de Soria de la Junta de Castilla y León. JD and CEH/UKCEH staff were supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability and access to the site facilitated by site owners Scottish Natural Heritage, Scotland’s nature agency. T. Dirnböck was funded through the EU Horizon2020 INFRAIA project eLTER-PLUS (871128). B.E. received funding from Wissenschaftsförderung der Südtiroler Landesregierung, and Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds. MC, MK, M. Macek, OV, PP and RH were supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences (project RVO 67985939). FM was supported by Funder of FM is Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja (Slovak Research and Development Agency) grant no. APVV-19-0319. TU was supported by the Ministry of Research and Innovation through Projects for Excellence Financing in RDI: Contract no. 22 PFE/2018 and PN2019-2022/19270201 – Ctr. 25N BIODIVERS 3-BIOSERV. P. Vergeer received funding of the Dutch Research Council by an Aspasia Grant. PDF received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC Starting Grant FORMICA 757833). M. Winkler, BE, HP, JT, KS, LN, and P. Vittoz received funding from the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the project ‘MEDIALPS’ in the frame of the Earth System Sciences Program. JT and P. Vittoz were supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Education and Science and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. SW and CR were funded by the research commission of the Swiss National Park and the Dr. Joachim de Giacomi foundation. GND was supported by a Carnegie-Caledonian PhD Scholarship and a NERC E3 Doctoral Training Partnership grant (NE/L002558/1). A. Palaj and PB were supported by the Scientific Grant Agency VEGA (project no. 2/0132/18). We thank the site co-ordinators R. Kanka, J. Kollár, U. Mora di Cella, M. Petey, G. Rossi and M. Tomaselli and numerous helpers for data originating from the GLORIA network. Open access funding enabled and organized by ProjektDEAL. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

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