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The Brazilian freshwater wetscape: Changes in tree community diversity and composition on climatic and geographic gradients

Wittmann, Florian 1; Marques, Márcia C. M.; Damasceno Júnior, Geraldo; Budke, Jean Carlos; Piedade, Maria T. F.; Wittmann, Astrid de Oliveira; Montero, Juan Carlos; Assis, Rafael L. de; Targhetta, Natália; Parolin, Pia; Junk, Wolfgang J.; Householder, J. Ethan 1
1 Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie (IFGG), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Wetlands harbor an important compliment of regional plant diversity, but in many regions data on wetland diversity and composition is still lacking, thus hindering our understanding of the processes that control it. While patterns of broad-scale terrestrial diversity and composition typically correlate with contemporary climate it is not clear to what extent patterns in wetlands are complimentary, or conflicting. To elucidate this, we consolidate data from wetland forest inventories in Brazil and examine patterns of diversity and composition along temperature and rainfall gradients spanning five biomes. We collated 196 floristic inventories covering an area >220 ha and including >260,000 woody individuals. We detected a total of 2,453 tree species, with the Amazon alone accounting for nearly half. Compositional patterns indicated differences in freshwater wetland floras among Brazilian biomes, although biomes with drier, more seasonal climates tended to have a larger proportion of more widely distributed species. Maximal alpha diversity increased with annual temperature, rainfall, and decreasing seasonality, patterns broadly consistent with upland vegetation communities. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000070533
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175003
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Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie (IFGG)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2017
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1932-6203
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-705334
KITopen-ID: 1000070533
Erschienen in PLoS one
Verlag Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Band 12
Heft 4
Seiten Art. Nr.: e0175003
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Globale Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung Ziel 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
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