Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests
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- Liping Wei (UGent) , Emiel De Lombaerde (UGent) , Thomas Vanneste (UGent) , Pieter Sanczuk (UGent) , Lander Baeten (UGent) , Jonathan Lenoir, Karen De Pauw (UGent) , Kris Verheyen (UGent) , 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 Šebesta, Alina Stachurska‐Swakoń, Tibor Standovár, Krzysztof Świerkosz, Balázs Teleki, Hans Van Calster, Ondřej Vild, Donald M. Waller, Monika Wulf and Pieter De Frenne (UGent)
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- FORMICA (Microclimatic buffering of plant responses to macroclimate warming in temperate forests)
- Abstract
- 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.
- Keywords
- atmospheric nitrogen deposition, climate change, Ellenberg indicator values, forestREplot, overstory buffering, temporal resurvey data, understory diversity, PLANT-COMMUNITIES, UNDERSTORY DIVERSITY, NITROGEN DEPOSITION, SPECIES RICHNESS, INDICATOR VALUES, GLOBAL PATTERNS, R PACKAGE, RESPONSES, ANCIENT, ECOLOGY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01K80C9T11J1ZPQPE0DHQ1C32M
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- Wei, Liping, et al. “Small Net Local Temporal Changes in Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Biodiversity across European Temperate Forests.” NEW PHYTOLOGIST, vol. 248, no. 4, 2025, pp. 2128–42, doi:10.1111/nph.70502.
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- Wei, L., De Lombaerde, E., Vanneste, T., Sanczuk, P., Baeten, L., Lenoir, J., … De Frenne, P. (2025). Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 248(4), 2128–2142. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70502
- Chicago author-date
- Wei, Liping, Emiel De Lombaerde, Thomas Vanneste, Pieter Sanczuk, Lander Baeten, Jonathan Lenoir, Karen De Pauw, et al. 2025. “Small Net Local Temporal Changes in Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Biodiversity across European Temperate Forests.” NEW PHYTOLOGIST 248 (4): 2128–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70502.
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- Wei, Liping, 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 Šebesta, Alina Stachurska‐Swakoń, Tibor Standovár, Krzysztof Świerkosz, Balázs Teleki, Hans Van Calster, Ondřej Vild, Donald M. Waller, Monika Wulf, and Pieter De Frenne. 2025. “Small Net Local Temporal Changes in Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Biodiversity across European Temperate Forests.” NEW PHYTOLOGIST 248 (4): 2128–2142. doi:10.1111/nph.70502.
- Vancouver
- 1.Wei L, De Lombaerde E, Vanneste T, Sanczuk P, Baeten L, Lenoir J, et al. Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 2025;248(4):2128–42.
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- [1]L. Wei et al., “Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests,” NEW PHYTOLOGIST, vol. 248, no. 4, pp. 2128–2142, 2025.
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