Spatially Varying Drivers of Temporal β Diversity in Forest Avian Communities.

ABSTRACT: Preserving biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem function, necessitating its measurement and monitoring to comprehend human impacts on the environment. β-diversity, a key metric, can be used to measure changes in community diversity and assemblages over time. Multiple lines of evidence show that climate, land use land cover (LULC), and topography independently influence diversity; more recent work also shows that LULC can decouple climate effects, creating refugia. Spatial structures also affect the relationships between ecological processes and environmental factors. This study uses two discrete generations of breeding bird atlas data in Ohio, 24 years apart, to investigate the effects of environmental changes and spatial heterogeneity on statewide forest bird community diversity. Utilizi

SUBMITTER: Dong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12542304 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature