Universality in biodiversity patterns: variation in species-temperature and species-productivity relationships reveals a prominent role of productivity in diversity gradients

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/21:10437044

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=BEAapmZDuo" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=BEAapmZDuo</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05613" target="_blank" >10.1111/ecog.05613</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Universality in biodiversity patterns: variation in species-temperature and species-productivity relationships reveals a prominent role of productivity in diversity gradients

Original language description

Temperature and productivity appear as universal positive large-scale correlates of species richness. However, the strength and the shape of species-temperature (STR) and species-productivity (SPR) relationships vary widely, and the causes of this variation are poorly known. We analysed 1) published species richness data for multiple taxa sampled in various regions and 2) different clades within vertebrate classes globally, to test for the effects of spatial scale and characteristics of examined taxa and regions on the strength and direction of STRs and SPRs. There are striking differences in the variation of the relationships among types of data, between ectotherms and endotherms and also between STRs and SPRs. Some sources of this variation are of statistical nature (e.g. the relationships are stronger if the range of temperature or productivity variation is wider), but non-statistical sources are more important and illuminate the processes responsible for the origin of biodiversity patterns. The SPRs are generally stronger and less variable than STRs, and SPR variation is weakly related to the explored factors - the SPRs are stronger in warmer regions in ectotherms, while clade size is the only factor consistently affecting the strength of the SPR in endotherms. In contrast, STRs are weaker and more variable, and this variation is linked to region characteristics - most importantly, STRs are stronger in the regions where temperature positively correlates with productivity, indicating that productivity plays a role even in the STRs. The effect of temperature on species richness is thus complex and context-dependent, while productivity is a more universal driver of species richness patterns, largely independent of particular characteristics of given region or taxon. Productivity thus appears as the main proximate driver of species richness patterns, probably due to its effect on the limits of the number of viable populations which can coexist in a given environment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GX20-29554X" target="_blank" >GX20-29554X: The equilibrium theory of biodiversity dynamics - macroecological perspective</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecography

ISSN

0906-7590

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

44

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

DK - DENMARK

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1366-1378

UT code for WoS article

000683774600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85112241698