Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests

Bibtex

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title = "Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests",
abstract = "Summary We face increasing concerns about how the local diversity of native plant communities responds to various drivers of global change, yet often lack comprehensive studies that integrate several components of diversity and the effects of both local and regional drivers of change. We analyzed changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity across 2681 (semi-)permanent temperate forest understory plots surveyed and resurveyed for all vascular plants over intervals of 15-78 yr, spanning 72 regions distributed across Europe. We quantified temporal changes in these diversity indices and assessed their responses to changes in both local drivers (plot-level overstory cover, indicator values for soil nutrients) and regional shifts in macroclimate and nitrogen deposition. Overall, local changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity were centered around zero, reflecting - on average - little net change in forest diversity. Observed diversity changes mostly reflected local conditions such as overstory cover change and baseline soil nutrients rather than regional drivers of large-scale change. Changes in phylogenetic diversity correlated positively with changes in taxonomic diversity but negatively with changes in functional diversity. Our findings underscore the importance of local habitat management and multifaceted diversity monitoring for effective biodiversity conservation in temperate forests.",
author = "Liping Wei and Emiel De Lombaerde and Thomas Vanneste and Pieter Sanczuk and Lander Baeten and Jonathan Lenoir and Karen De Pauw and Kris Verheyen and Markus Bernhardt-Römermann and Antoine Becker-Scarpitta and Jörg Brunet and Markéta Chudomelová and Guillaume Decocq and Martin Diekmann and Tomasz Durak and Radim Hédl and Thilo Heinken and Peter J. Horchler and Bogdan Jaroszewicz and Martin Kopecký and Martin Macek and František Máliš and Tobias Naaf and Thomas A. Nagel and Anna Orczewska and Petr Petřík and Kamila Reczyńska and Fride Høistad Schei and Wolfgang Schmidt and Jan Sebesta and Alina Stachurska-Swakon and Tibor Standovár and Krzysztof Świerkosz and Balázs Teleki and Hans Van Calster and Ondřej Vild and Donald M. Waller and Monika Wulf and Pieter De Frenne",
year = "2025",
month = aug,
day = "28",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70502",
language = "Nederlands",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
address = "België,
type = "Other"
}

Auteurs

Liping Wei
Emiel De Lombaerde
Thomas Vanneste
Pieter Sanczuk
Lander Baeten
Jonathan Lenoir
Karen De Pauw
Kris Verheyen
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
Antoine Becker-Scarpitta
Jörg Brunet
Markéta Chudomelová
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Tomasz Durak
Radim Hédl
Thilo Heinken
Peter J. Horchler
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Martin Kopecký
Martin Macek
František Máliš
Tobias Naaf
Thomas A. Nagel
Anna Orczewska
Petr Petřík
Kamila Reczyńska
Fride Høistad Schei
Wolfgang Schmidt
Jan Sebesta
Alina Stachurska-Swakon
Tibor Standovár
Krzysztof Świerkosz
Balázs Teleki
Hans Van Calster
Ondřej Vild
Donald M. Waller
Monika Wulf
Pieter De Frenne