Assessing plant trait diversity as an indicators of species α- and ß-diversity in a subalpine grassland of the Italian Alps

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rse2.370" target="_blank" >https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rse2.370</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.370" target="_blank" >10.1002/rse2.370</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Assessing plant trait diversity as an indicators of species α- and ß-diversity in a subalpine grassland of the Italian Alps

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

As the need for ecosystem biodiversity assessment increases within the climate crisis framework, more and more studies using spectral variation hypothesis (SVH) are proposed to assess biodiversity at various scales. The SVH implies optical diversity (also called spectral diversity) is driven by light absorption dynamics associated with plant traits (PTs) variability (which is an indicator of functional diversity) which is, in turn, determined by biodiversity. In this study, we examined the relationship between PTs variability, optical diversity and alpha- and beta-diversity at different taxonomic ranks at the Monte Bondone grasslands, Trentino province, Italy. The results of the study showed that the PTs variability, at the alpha scale, was not correlated with biodiversity. On the other hand, the results observed at the community scale (beta-diversity) showed that the variation of some of the investigated biochemical and biophysical PTs was associated with the beta-diversity. We used the Mantel test to analyse the relationship between the PTs variability and species beta-diversity. The results showed a correlation coefficient of up to 0.50 between PTs variability and species beta-diversity. For higher taxonomic ranks such as family and functional groups, a slightly higher Spearman's correlation coefficient of up to 0.64 and 0.61 was observed, respectively. The SVH approach was also tested to estimate beta-diversity and we found that spectral diversity calculated by Spectral Angle Mapper showed to be a better proxy of biodiversity in the same ecosystem where the spectral diversity approach failed to estimate alpha-diversity. These findings suggest that optical and PTs diversity approaches can be used to predict species diversity in the grasslands ecosystem where the species turnover is high.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Assessing plant trait diversity as an indicators of species α- and ß-diversity in a subalpine grassland of the Italian Alps

Popis výsledku anglicky

As the need for ecosystem biodiversity assessment increases within the climate crisis framework, more and more studies using spectral variation hypothesis (SVH) are proposed to assess biodiversity at various scales. The SVH implies optical diversity (also called spectral diversity) is driven by light absorption dynamics associated with plant traits (PTs) variability (which is an indicator of functional diversity) which is, in turn, determined by biodiversity. In this study, we examined the relationship between PTs variability, optical diversity and alpha- and beta-diversity at different taxonomic ranks at the Monte Bondone grasslands, Trentino province, Italy. The results of the study showed that the PTs variability, at the alpha scale, was not correlated with biodiversity. On the other hand, the results observed at the community scale (beta-diversity) showed that the variation of some of the investigated biochemical and biophysical PTs was associated with the beta-diversity. We used the Mantel test to analyse the relationship between the PTs variability and species beta-diversity. The results showed a correlation coefficient of up to 0.50 between PTs variability and species beta-diversity. For higher taxonomic ranks such as family and functional groups, a slightly higher Spearman's correlation coefficient of up to 0.64 and 0.61 was observed, respectively. The SVH approach was also tested to estimate beta-diversity and we found that spectral diversity calculated by Spectral Angle Mapper showed to be a better proxy of biodiversity in the same ecosystem where the spectral diversity approach failed to estimate alpha-diversity. These findings suggest that optical and PTs diversity approaches can be used to predict species diversity in the grasslands ecosystem where the species turnover is high.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

ISSN

2056-3485

e-ISSN

2056-3485

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

328-342

Kód UT WoS článku

001098177800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85175445245