Environmental heterogeneity determines beta diversity and species turnover for woody plants along an elevation gradient in subtropical forests of China.

ABSTRACT: To understand how diversity change with environmental gradients is a fundamental aim for clarifying biodiversity pattern and underlying mechanisms. Here, we studied the characteristics of beta diversity and its partitioning components for woody plant communities along an elevation gradient in subtropical forests of China, and thus explored the effects of environment and space on beta diversity. By using the Classification Method, we divided the species of Daiyun Mountain into four groups, namely generalists, high-elevation specialists, low-elevation specialists and rare species. We then calculated beta diversity, and partitioned it into species turnover and species nestedness. dbRDA was conducted to analyze the impact of spatial and environmental distance on the beta diversity and its part

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11524245 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature