@misc{8741444,
  abstract     = {{The direction and magnitude of long-term changes in local plant species richness are highly variable among studies, while species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it is unknown whether the nature of species turnover is idiosyncratic or whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. To address this question, we analyzed the trajectories of 1,827 vascular plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites in three habitats in Europe – mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands. Consistent across all habitats, we found that plant species with small geographic ranges tended to be replaced by species with large ranges, despite habitat-specific trends in species richness. Our results point to a predictable component of species turnover, likely explained by aspects of species’ niches correlated with geographic range size. Species with larger ranges tend to be associated with nutrient-rich sites and we found community composition shifts towards more nutrient-demanding species in all three habitats. Global changes involving increased resource availability are thus likely to favor large-ranged, nutrient-demanding species, which are typically strong competitors. Declines of small-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. Our study highlights the need to consider the traits of species such as the geographic range size when predicting how ecological communities will respond to global change.}},
  author       = {{Staude, Ingmar and Pereira, Henrique and Daskalova, Gergana N. and Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus and Diekmann, Martin and Pauli, Harald and Van Calster, Hans and Vellend, Mark and Bjorkman, Anne D and Brunet, Jörg and De Frenne, Pieter and Hédl, Radim and Jandt, Ute and Lenoir, Jonathan and Myers-Smith, Isla Heather and Verheyen, Kris and Wipf, Sonja and Wulf, Monika and Andrews, Christopher and Barančok, Peter and Barni, Elena and Benito-Alonso, José-Luis and Bennie, Jonathan and Berki, Imre and Blüml, Volker and Chudomelová, Markéta and Decocq, Guillaume and Dick, Jan and Dirnböck, Thomas and Durak, Tomasz and Eriksson, Ove and Erschbamer, Brigitta and Graae, Bente Jessen and Heinken, Thilo and Schei, Fride Høistad and Jaroszewicz, Bogdan and Kopecký, Martin and Kudernatsch, Thomas and Macek, Martin and Malicki, Marek and Máliš, František and Michelsen, Ottar and Naaf, Tobias and Nagel, Thomas A. and Newton, Adrian and Nicklas, Lena and Oddi, Ludovica and Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne and Palaj, Andrej and Petraglia, Alessandro and Petřík, Petr and Pielech, Remigiusz and Porro, Francesco and Pușcaș, Mihai and Reczyńska, Kamila and Rixen, Christian and Schmidt, Wolfgang and Standovár, Tibor and Steinbauer, Klaus and Świerkosz, Krzysztof and Teleki, Balázs and Theurillat, Jean-Paul and Turtureanu, Pavel Dan and Ursu, Tudor-Mihai and Vanneste, Thomas and Vergeer, Philippine and Vild, Ondřej and Villar, Luis and Vittoz, Pascal and Winkler, Manuela and Baeten, Lander}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{41}},
  series       = {{ECOEVORXIV}},
  title        = {{Consistent replacement of small- by large-ranged plant species across habitats}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/ujky2}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}

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