Geographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity of aquatic angiosperms in China.

ABSTRACT: China covers a vast territory harbouring a large number of aquatic plants. Although there are many studies on the β-diversity of total, herbaceous or woody plants in China and elsewhere, few studies have focused on aquatic plants. Here, we analyse a comprehensive data set of 889 aquatic angiosperm species in China, and explore the geographic patterns and climatic correlates of total taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity as well as their turnover and nestedness components. Our results show that geographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity are highly congruent for aquatic angiosperms, and taxonomic β-diversity is consistently higher than phylogenetic β-diversity. The ratio between the nestedness component and total β-diversity is high in northwestern China and low in southe

SUBMITTER: Zhou YD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105238 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature