Disentangling vegetation diversity from climate–energy and habitat heterogeneity for explaining animal geographic patterns

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dc.contributor.authorJimenez-Alfaro, Borjaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChytry, Milanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMucina, Ladislaven_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGrace, James B.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRejmanek, Marcelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-07T12:48:54Z
dc.date.available2017-08-07T12:48:54Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionCITATION: Jimenez-Alfaro, B., et al. 2006. Disentangling vegetation diversity from climate–energy and habitat heterogeneity for explaining animal geographic patterns. Ecology and Evolution, 6(5):1515-1526, doi:10.1002/ece3.197.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
dc.description.abstractBroad-scale animal diversity patterns have been traditionally explained by hypotheses focused on climate–energy and habitat heterogeneity, without con- sidering the direct influence of vegetation structure and composition. However, integrating these factors when considering plant–animal correlates still poses a major challenge because plant communities are controlled by abiotic factors that may, at the same time, influence animal distributions. By testing whether the number and variation of plant community types in Europe explain coun- try-level diversity in six animal groups, we propose a conceptual framework in which vegetation diversity represents a bridge between abiotic factors and ani- mal diversity. We show that vegetation diversity explains variation in animal richness not accounted for by altitudinal range or potential evapotranspiration, being the best predictor for butterflies, beetles, and amphibians. Moreover, the dissimilarity of plant community types explains the highest proportion of varia- tion in animal assemblages across the studied regions, an effect that outper- forms the effect of climate and their shared contribution with pure spatial variation. Our results at the country level suggest that vegetation diversity, as estimated from broad-scale classifications of plant communities, may contribute to our understanding of animal richness and may be disentangled, at least to a degree, from climate–energy and abiotic habitat heterogeneity.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.1972/full
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent12 pages : illustrations
dc.identifier.citationJimenez-Alfaro, B., et al. 2006. Disentangling vegetation diversity from climate–energy and habitat heterogeneity for explaining animal geographic patterns. Ecology and Evolution, 6(5):1515-1526, doi:10.1002/ece3.197
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1002/ece3.197
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102063
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWiley Open Access
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectAnimal diversityen_ZA
dc.subjectUrban ecology (Biology)en_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity -- Climatic factorsen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity -- Effect of climate onen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity -- Effect of climatic changes onen_ZA
dc.subjectSpecies diversityen_ZA
dc.subjectPlant communitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectVegetationen_ZA
dc.subjectAgricultural productivityen_ZA
dc.titleDisentangling vegetation diversity from climate–energy and habitat heterogeneity for explaining animal geographic patternsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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