Discriminating ecological processes affecting different dimensions of α- and β-diversity in desert plant communities.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the spatial distribution of plant diversity and its drivers are major challenges in biogeography and conservation biology. Integrating multiple facets of biodiversity (e.g., taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional biodiversity) may advance our understanding on how community assembly processes drive the distribution of biodiversity. In this study, plant communities in 60 sampling plots in desert ecosystems were investigated. The effects of local environment and spatial factors on the species, functional, and phylogenetic α- and β-diversity (including turnover and nestedness components) of desert plant communities were investigated. The results showed that functional and phylogenetic α-diversity were negatively correlated with species richness, and were significantly positively

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature