Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

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Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches. / Wasof, Safaa; Lenoir, Jonathan; Aarrestad, Per Arild; Alsos, Inger Greve; Armbruster, W. Scott; Austrheim, Gunnar; Bakkestuen, Vegar; Birks, H. John B.; Bråthen, Kari Anne; Broennimann, Olivier; Brunet, Jörg; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Dahlberg, Carl Johan; Diekmann, Martin; Dullinger, Stefan; Dynesius, Mats; Ejrnæs, Rasmus; Gégout, Jean Claude; Graae, Bente Jessen; Grytnes, John Arvid; Guisan, Antoine; Hylander, Kristoffer; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.; Kapfer, Jutta; Klanderud, Kari; Luoto, Miska; Milbau, Ann; Moora, Mari; Nygaard, Bettina; Odland, Arvid; Pauli, Harald; Ravolainen, Virve; Reinhardt, Stefanie; Sandvik, Sylvi Marlen; Schei, Fride Høistad; Speed, James D.M.; Svenning, Jens Christian; Thuiller, Wilfried; Tveraabak, Liv Unn; Vandvik, Vigdis; Velle, Liv Guri; Virtanen, Risto; Vittoz, Pascal; Willner, Wolfgang; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Zobel, Martin; Decocq, Guillaume.

In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 24, No. 12, 2015, p. 1401-1412.

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Wasof, S, Lenoir, J, Aarrestad, PA, Alsos, IG, Armbruster, WS, Austrheim, G, Bakkestuen, V, Birks, HJB, Bråthen, KA, Broennimann, O, Brunet, J, Bruun, HH, Dahlberg, CJ, Diekmann, M, Dullinger, S, Dynesius, M, Ejrnæs, R, Gégout, JC, Graae, BJ, Grytnes, JA, Guisan, A, Hylander, K, Jónsdóttir, IS, Kapfer, J, Klanderud, K, Luoto, M, Milbau, A, Moora, M, Nygaard, B, Odland, A, Pauli, H, Ravolainen, V, Reinhardt, S, Sandvik, SM, Schei, FH, Speed, JDM, Svenning, JC, Thuiller, W, Tveraabak, LU, Vandvik, V, Velle, LG, Virtanen, R, Vittoz, P, Willner, W, Wohlgemuth, T, Zimmermann, NE, Zobel, M & Decocq, G 2015, 'Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1401-1412. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12375

APA

Wasof, S., Lenoir, J., Aarrestad, P. A., Alsos, I. G., Armbruster, W. S., Austrheim, G., Bakkestuen, V., Birks, H. J. B., Bråthen, K. A., Broennimann, O., Brunet, J., Bruun, H. H., Dahlberg, C. J., Diekmann, M., Dullinger, S., Dynesius, M., Ejrnæs, R., Gégout, J. C., Graae, B. J., ... Decocq, G. (2015). Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(12), 1401-1412. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12375

Vancouver

Wasof S, Lenoir J, Aarrestad PA, Alsos IG, Armbruster WS, Austrheim G et al. Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2015;24(12):1401-1412. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12375

Author

Wasof, Safaa ; Lenoir, Jonathan ; Aarrestad, Per Arild ; Alsos, Inger Greve ; Armbruster, W. Scott ; Austrheim, Gunnar ; Bakkestuen, Vegar ; Birks, H. John B. ; Bråthen, Kari Anne ; Broennimann, Olivier ; Brunet, Jörg ; Bruun, Hans Henrik ; Dahlberg, Carl Johan ; Diekmann, Martin ; Dullinger, Stefan ; Dynesius, Mats ; Ejrnæs, Rasmus ; Gégout, Jean Claude ; Graae, Bente Jessen ; Grytnes, John Arvid ; Guisan, Antoine ; Hylander, Kristoffer ; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S. ; Kapfer, Jutta ; Klanderud, Kari ; Luoto, Miska ; Milbau, Ann ; Moora, Mari ; Nygaard, Bettina ; Odland, Arvid ; Pauli, Harald ; Ravolainen, Virve ; Reinhardt, Stefanie ; Sandvik, Sylvi Marlen ; Schei, Fride Høistad ; Speed, James D.M. ; Svenning, Jens Christian ; Thuiller, Wilfried ; Tveraabak, Liv Unn ; Vandvik, Vigdis ; Velle, Liv Guri ; Virtanen, Risto ; Vittoz, Pascal ; Willner, Wolfgang ; Wohlgemuth, Thomas ; Zimmermann, Niklaus E. ; Zobel, Martin ; Decocq, Guillaume. / Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2015 ; Vol. 24, No. 12. pp. 1401-1412.

Bibtex

@article{80a7091a567f495ca2127eecd23cc0d3,
title = "Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches",
abstract = "Aim: Previous research on how climatic niches vary across species ranges has focused on a limited number of species, mostly invasive, and has not, to date, been very conclusive. Here we assess the degree of niche conservatism between distant populations of native alpine plant species that have been separated for thousands of years. Location: European Alps and Fennoscandia. Methods: Of the studied pool of 888 terrestrial vascular plant species occurring in both the Alps and Fennoscandia, we used two complementary approaches to test and quantify climatic-niche shifts for 31 species having strictly disjunct populations and 358 species having either a contiguous or a patchy distribution with distant populations. First, we used species distribution modelling to test for a region effect on each species' climatic niche. Second, we quantified niche overlap and shifts in niche width (i.e. ecological amplitude) and position (i.e. ecological optimum) within a bi-dimensional climatic space. Results: Only one species (3%) of the 31 species with strictly disjunct populations and 58 species (16%) of the 358 species with distant populations showed a region effect on their climatic niche. Niche overlap was higher for species with strictly disjunct populations than for species with distant populations and highest for arctic-alpine species. Climatic niches were, on average, wider and located towards warmer and wetter conditions in the Alps. Main conclusion: Climatic niches seem to be generally conserved between populations that are separated between the Alps and Fennoscandia and have probably been so for 10,000-15,000 years. Therefore, the basic assumption of species distribution models that a species' climatic niche is constant in space and time - at least on time scales 104 years or less - seems to be largely valid for arctic-alpine plants.",
keywords = "Alpine plants, Arctic plants, Climatic niche, Disjunct distribution, Distant populations, Niche conservatism, Niche optimum, Niche overlap, Niche width, Species distribution modelling",
author = "Safaa Wasof and Jonathan Lenoir and Aarrestad, {Per Arild} and Alsos, {Inger Greve} and Armbruster, {W. Scott} and Gunnar Austrheim and Vegar Bakkestuen and Birks, {H. John B.} and Br{\aa}then, {Kari Anne} and Olivier Broennimann and J{\"o}rg Brunet and Bruun, {Hans Henrik} and Dahlberg, {Carl Johan} and Martin Diekmann and Stefan Dullinger and Mats Dynesius and Rasmus Ejrn{\ae}s and G{\'e}gout, {Jean Claude} and Graae, {Bente Jessen} and Grytnes, {John Arvid} and Antoine Guisan and Kristoffer Hylander and J{\'o}nsd{\'o}ttir, {Ingibj{\"o}rg S.} and Jutta Kapfer and Kari Klanderud and Miska Luoto and Ann Milbau and Mari Moora and Bettina Nygaard and Arvid Odland and Harald Pauli and Virve Ravolainen and Stefanie Reinhardt and Sandvik, {Sylvi Marlen} and Schei, {Fride H{\o}istad} and Speed, {James D.M.} and Svenning, {Jens Christian} and Wilfried Thuiller and Tveraabak, {Liv Unn} and Vigdis Vandvik and Velle, {Liv Guri} and Risto Virtanen and Pascal Vittoz and Wolfgang Willner and Thomas Wohlgemuth and Zimmermann, {Niklaus E.} and Martin Zobel and Guillaume Decocq",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1111/geb.12375",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "1401--1412",
journal = "Global Ecology and Biogeography",
issn = "1466-822X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
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RIS

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T1 - Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

AU - Wasof, Safaa

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Aarrestad, Per Arild

AU - Alsos, Inger Greve

AU - Armbruster, W. Scott

AU - Austrheim, Gunnar

AU - Bakkestuen, Vegar

AU - Birks, H. John B.

AU - Bråthen, Kari Anne

AU - Broennimann, Olivier

AU - Brunet, Jörg

AU - Bruun, Hans Henrik

AU - Dahlberg, Carl Johan

AU - Diekmann, Martin

AU - Dullinger, Stefan

AU - Dynesius, Mats

AU - Ejrnæs, Rasmus

AU - Gégout, Jean Claude

AU - Graae, Bente Jessen

AU - Grytnes, John Arvid

AU - Guisan, Antoine

AU - Hylander, Kristoffer

AU - Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.

AU - Kapfer, Jutta

AU - Klanderud, Kari

AU - Luoto, Miska

AU - Milbau, Ann

AU - Moora, Mari

AU - Nygaard, Bettina

AU - Odland, Arvid

AU - Pauli, Harald

AU - Ravolainen, Virve

AU - Reinhardt, Stefanie

AU - Sandvik, Sylvi Marlen

AU - Schei, Fride Høistad

AU - Speed, James D.M.

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

AU - Thuiller, Wilfried

AU - Tveraabak, Liv Unn

AU - Vandvik, Vigdis

AU - Velle, Liv Guri

AU - Virtanen, Risto

AU - Vittoz, Pascal

AU - Willner, Wolfgang

AU - Wohlgemuth, Thomas

AU - Zimmermann, Niklaus E.

AU - Zobel, Martin

AU - Decocq, Guillaume

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Aim: Previous research on how climatic niches vary across species ranges has focused on a limited number of species, mostly invasive, and has not, to date, been very conclusive. Here we assess the degree of niche conservatism between distant populations of native alpine plant species that have been separated for thousands of years. Location: European Alps and Fennoscandia. Methods: Of the studied pool of 888 terrestrial vascular plant species occurring in both the Alps and Fennoscandia, we used two complementary approaches to test and quantify climatic-niche shifts for 31 species having strictly disjunct populations and 358 species having either a contiguous or a patchy distribution with distant populations. First, we used species distribution modelling to test for a region effect on each species' climatic niche. Second, we quantified niche overlap and shifts in niche width (i.e. ecological amplitude) and position (i.e. ecological optimum) within a bi-dimensional climatic space. Results: Only one species (3%) of the 31 species with strictly disjunct populations and 58 species (16%) of the 358 species with distant populations showed a region effect on their climatic niche. Niche overlap was higher for species with strictly disjunct populations than for species with distant populations and highest for arctic-alpine species. Climatic niches were, on average, wider and located towards warmer and wetter conditions in the Alps. Main conclusion: Climatic niches seem to be generally conserved between populations that are separated between the Alps and Fennoscandia and have probably been so for 10,000-15,000 years. Therefore, the basic assumption of species distribution models that a species' climatic niche is constant in space and time - at least on time scales 104 years or less - seems to be largely valid for arctic-alpine plants.

AB - Aim: Previous research on how climatic niches vary across species ranges has focused on a limited number of species, mostly invasive, and has not, to date, been very conclusive. Here we assess the degree of niche conservatism between distant populations of native alpine plant species that have been separated for thousands of years. Location: European Alps and Fennoscandia. Methods: Of the studied pool of 888 terrestrial vascular plant species occurring in both the Alps and Fennoscandia, we used two complementary approaches to test and quantify climatic-niche shifts for 31 species having strictly disjunct populations and 358 species having either a contiguous or a patchy distribution with distant populations. First, we used species distribution modelling to test for a region effect on each species' climatic niche. Second, we quantified niche overlap and shifts in niche width (i.e. ecological amplitude) and position (i.e. ecological optimum) within a bi-dimensional climatic space. Results: Only one species (3%) of the 31 species with strictly disjunct populations and 58 species (16%) of the 358 species with distant populations showed a region effect on their climatic niche. Niche overlap was higher for species with strictly disjunct populations than for species with distant populations and highest for arctic-alpine species. Climatic niches were, on average, wider and located towards warmer and wetter conditions in the Alps. Main conclusion: Climatic niches seem to be generally conserved between populations that are separated between the Alps and Fennoscandia and have probably been so for 10,000-15,000 years. Therefore, the basic assumption of species distribution models that a species' climatic niche is constant in space and time - at least on time scales 104 years or less - seems to be largely valid for arctic-alpine plants.

KW - Alpine plants

KW - Arctic plants

KW - Climatic niche

KW - Disjunct distribution

KW - Distant populations

KW - Niche conservatism

KW - Niche optimum

KW - Niche overlap

KW - Niche width

KW - Species distribution modelling

U2 - 10.1111/geb.12375

DO - 10.1111/geb.12375

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84946487909

VL - 24

SP - 1401

EP - 1412

JO - Global Ecology and Biogeography

JF - Global Ecology and Biogeography

SN - 1466-822X

IS - 12

ER -

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