Implications of high species turnover on the south-western Australian sandplains.

ABSTRACT: Species turnover and its components related to replacement and nestedness form a significant element of diversity that is historically poorly accounted for in conservation planning. To inform biodiversity conservation and contribute to a broader understanding of patterns in species turnover, we undertook a floristic survey of 160 plots along an 870 km transect across oligotrophic sandplains, extending from the mesic south coast to the arid interior of south-western Australia. A nested survey design was employed to sample distances along the transect as evenly as possible. Species turnover was correlated with geographic distance at both regional and local scales, consistent with dispersal limitation being a significant driver of species turnover. When controlled for species richness, specie

SUBMITTER: Gibson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5330496 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature