Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains

Abstract We explored the influence of climatic factors on diversity patterns of multiple taxa (lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants) along a steep elevational gradient to predict communities’ dynamics under future climate change scenarios in Mediterranean regions. We analysed (1) species richnes...

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Autores principales:	Luca Di Nuzzo, Chiara Vallese, Renato Benesperi, Paolo Giordani, Alessandro Chiarucci, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, Michele Di Musciano, Gabriele Gheza, Chiara Lelli, Daniel Spitale, Juri Nascimbene
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e0f0b4603efa43889bfcbd86014be30f2021-12-02T11:35:58ZContrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains10.1038/s41598-021-83866-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/e0f0b4603efa43889bfcbd86014be30f2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83866-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We explored the influence of climatic factors on diversity patterns of multiple taxa (lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants) along a steep elevational gradient to predict communities’ dynamics under future climate change scenarios in Mediterranean regions. We analysed (1) species richness patterns in terms of heat-adapted, intermediate, and cold-adapted species; (2) pairwise beta-diversity patterns, also accounting for its two different components, species replacement and richness difference; (3) the influence of climatic variables on species functional traits. Species richness is influenced by different factors between three taxonomic groups, while beta diversity differs mainly between plants and cryptogams. Functional traits are influenced by different factors in each taxonomic group. On the basis of our observations, poikilohydric cryptogams could be more impacted by climate change than vascular plants. However, contrasting species-climate and traits-climate relationships were also found between lichens and bryophytes suggesting that each group may be sensitive to different components of climate change. Our study supports the usefulness of a multi-taxon approach coupled with a species traits analysis to better unravel the response of terrestrial communities to climate change. This would be especially relevant for lichens and bryophytes, whose response to climate change is still poorly explored.Luca Di NuzzoChiara ValleseRenato BenesperiPaolo GiordaniAlessandro ChiarucciValter Di CeccoLuciano Di MartinoMichele Di MuscianoGabriele GhezaChiara LelliDaniel SpitaleJuri NascimbeneNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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description	Abstract We explored the influence of climatic factors on diversity patterns of multiple taxa (lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants) along a steep elevational gradient to predict communities’ dynamics under future climate change scenarios in Mediterranean regions. We analysed (1) species richness patterns in terms of heat-adapted, intermediate, and cold-adapted species; (2) pairwise beta-diversity patterns, also accounting for its two different components, species replacement and richness difference; (3) the influence of climatic variables on species functional traits. Species richness is influenced by different factors between three taxonomic groups, while beta diversity differs mainly between plants and cryptogams. Functional traits are influenced by different factors in each taxonomic group. On the basis of our observations, poikilohydric cryptogams could be more impacted by climate change than vascular plants. However, contrasting species-climate and traits-climate relationships were also found between lichens and bryophytes suggesting that each group may be sensitive to different components of climate change. Our study supports the usefulness of a multi-taxon approach coupled with a species traits analysis to better unravel the response of terrestrial communities to climate change. This would be especially relevant for lichens and bryophytes, whose response to climate change is still poorly explored.
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author	Luca Di Nuzzo Chiara Vallese Renato Benesperi Paolo Giordani Alessandro Chiarucci Valter Di Cecco Luciano Di Martino Michele Di Musciano Gabriele Gheza Chiara Lelli Daniel Spitale Juri Nascimbene
author_facet	Luca Di Nuzzo Chiara Vallese Renato Benesperi Paolo Giordani Alessandro Chiarucci Valter Di Cecco Luciano Di Martino Michele Di Musciano Gabriele Gheza Chiara Lelli Daniel Spitale Juri Nascimbene
author_sort	Luca Di Nuzzo
title	Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains
title_short	Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains
title_full	Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains
title_fullStr	Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains
title_full_unstemmed	Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains
title_sort	contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in mediterranean mountains
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e0f0b4603efa43889bfcbd86014be30f
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Contrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains

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