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Multifaceted diversity–area relationships reveal global hotspots of mammalian species, trait and lineage diversity

Florent Mazel ORCID François Guilhaumon Nicolas Mouquet ORCID Vincent Devictor Dominique Gravel ORCID Julien Renaud ORCID Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso ORCID Rafael Loyola ORCID José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho David Mouillot ORCID Wilfried Thuiller ORCID
Global Ecology and Biogeography Vol. 23 No. 8 pp. 836-847 · Wiley
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Abstract
AbstractAimTo define biome‐scale hotspots of phylogenetic and functional mammalian biodiversity (PDandFD, respectively) and compare them with ‘classical’ hotspots based on species richness (SR) alone.LocationGlobal.MethodsSR,PDandFDwere computed for 782 terrestrial ecoregions using the distribution ranges of 4616 mammalian species. We used a set of comprehensive diversity indices unified by a recent framework incorporating the relative species coverage in each ecoregion. We built large‐scale multifaceted diversity–area relationships to rank ecoregions according to their levels of biodiversity while accounting for the effect of area on each facet of diversity. Finally we defined hotspots as the top‐ranked ecoregions.ResultsWhile ignoring relative species coverage led to a fairly good congruence between biome‐scale top rankedSR,PDandFDhotspots, ecoregions harbouring a rich and abundantly represented evolutionary history and FD did not match with the top‐ranked ecoregions defined bySR. More importantlyPDandFDhotspots showed important spatial mismatches. We also found thatFDandPDgenerally reached their maximum values faster thanSRas a function of area.Main conclusionsThe fact thatPD/FDreach their maximum value faster thanSRcould suggest that the two former facets might be less vulnerable to habitat loss than the latter. While this point is expected, it is the first time that it has been quantified at a global scale and should have important consequences for conservation. Incorporating relative species coverage into the delineation of multifaceted hotspots of diversity led to weak congruence betweenSR,PDandFDhotspots. This means that maximizing species number may fail to preserve those nodes (in the phylogenetic or functional tree) that are relatively abundant in the ecoregion. As a consequence it may be of prime importance to adopt a multifaceted biodiversity perspective to inform conservation strategies at a global scale.
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Published
Mar 31, 2014
Vol/Issue
23(8)
Pages
836-847
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Authors
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Florent Mazel

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine Grenoble France

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François Guilhaumon

Laboratoire ECOSYM Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier France

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Nicolas Mouquet

Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution UMR 5554 CNRS Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier France

V
Vincent Devictor

Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution UMR 5554 CNRS Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier France

D
Dominique Gravel

Département de Biologie Chimie et Géographie Université du Québec à Rimouski Québec Canada

J
Julien Renaud

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine Grenoble France

M
Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso

Departamento de Ecologia ICB Universidade federal de Goiàs Goiâna Brasil

R
Rafael Loyola

Departamento de Ecologia ICB Universidade federal de Goiàs Goiâna Brasil

J
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho

Departamento de Ecologia ICB Universidade federal de Goiàs Goiâna Brasil

D
David Mouillot

Laboratoire ECOSYM Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier France; ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville Qld 4811 Australia

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Wilfried Thuiller

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine Grenoble France

Funding
European Research Council Award: 281422 (TEEMBIO)
Cite This Article
Florent Mazel, François Guilhaumon, Nicolas Mouquet, et al. (2014). Multifaceted diversity–area relationships reveal global hotspots of mammalian species, trait and lineage diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23(8), 836-847. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12158
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