A meta‐analysis of nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity across organisms and ecosystems

Janne Soininen; Jani Heino; Jianjun Wang

doi:10.1111/geb.12660

journal article Oct 27, 2017

A meta‐analysis of nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity across organisms and ecosystems

Janne Soininen

Jani Heino

Jianjun Wang

Global Ecology and Biogeography Vol. 27 No. 1 pp. 96-109 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractAimThe number of studies investigating the nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity has increased substantially, but our general understanding of the drivers of turnover and nestedness remains elusive. Here, we examined the effects of species traits, spatial extent, latitude and ecosystem type on the nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity.LocationGlobal.Time period1968–2017.Major taxa studiedFrom bacteria to mammals.MethodsFrom the 99 studies that partition total beta diversity into its turnover and nestedness components, we assembled 269 and 259 data points for the pairwise and multiple site beta‐diversity metrics, respectively. Our data covered a broad variation in species dispersal type, body size and trophic position. The data were from freshwater, marine and terrestrial realms, and encompassed geographical areas from the tropics to near polar regions. We used linear modelling as a meta‐regression tool to analyse the data.ResultsPairwise turnover, multiple site turnover and total beta diversity all decreased significantly with latitude. In contrast, multiple site nestedness showed a positive relationship with latitude. Beta‐diversity components did not generally differ among the realms. The turnover component and total beta diversity increased with spatial extent, whereas nestedness was scale invariant for pairwise metrics. Multiple site beta‐diversity components did not vary with spatial extent. Surprisingly, passively dispersed organisms had lower turnover and total beta diversity than flying organisms. Body size showed a relatively weak relationship with beta diversity but had important interactions with trophic position, thus also affecting beta diversity via interactive effects. Producers had significantly higher average pairwise turnover and total beta diversity than carnivores.Main conclusionsThe present results provide evidence that species turnover, being consistently the larger component of total beta diversity, and nestedness are related to the latitude of the study area and intrinsic organismal features. We showed that two beta‐diversity components had generally opposing patterns with regard to latitude. We highlight that beta‐diversity partition may give additional insights into the underlying causes of spatial variability in biotic communities compared with total beta diversity alone.

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Published: Oct 27, 2017
Vol/Issue: 27(1)
Pages: 96-109
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Authors

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Janne Soininen

Department of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

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Jani Heino

Finnish Environment Institute, Natural Environment Centre, Biodiversity Oulu Finland

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Jianjun Wang

Department of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland; State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 41571058, 41273088

Emil Aaltonen Foundation

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Janne Soininen, Jani Heino, Jianjun Wang (2017). A meta‐analysis of nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity across organisms and ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(1), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12660

A meta‐analysis of nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity across organisms and ecosystems

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