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Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe.

ABSTRACT: Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term biological time series (15-91 years) collected across Europe, using a comprehensive dataset comprising ~6,200 marine, freshwater and terrestrial taxa. We test whether (i) local long-term biodiversity trends are consistent among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, and (ii) changes in biodiversity correlate with regional climate and local conditions. Our results reveal that local trends of abundance, richness and diversity differ among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, demonstrating that biodiversity changes at local scale are often complex and cannot be easily generalized. However, we find increases in richness and abundance with increasing temperature and naturalness as well as a clear spatial pattern in changes in community composition (i.e. temporal taxonomic turnover) in most biogeoregions of Northern and Eastern Europe.

SUBMITTER: Pilotto F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359034 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe.

Pilotto Francesca F Kühn Ingolf I Adrian Rita R Alber Renate R Alignier Audrey A Andrews Christopher C Bäck Jaana J Barbaro Luc L Beaumont Deborah D Beenaerts Natalie N Benham Sue S Boukal David S DS Bretagnolle Vincent V Camatti Elisa E Canullo Roberto R Cardoso Patricia G PG Ens Bruno J BJ Everaert Gert G Evtimova Vesela V Feuchtmayr Heidrun H García-González Ricardo R Gómez García Daniel D Grandin Ulf U Gutowski Jerzy M JM Hadar Liat L Halada Lubos L Halassy Melinda M Hummel Herman H Huttunen Kaisa-Leena KL Jaroszewicz Bogdan B Jensen Thomas C TC Kalivoda Henrik H Schmidt Inger Kappel IK Kröncke Ingrid I Leinonen Reima R Martinho Filipe F Meesenburg Henning H Meyer Julia J Minerbi Stefano S Monteith Don D Nikolov Boris P BP Oro Daniel D Ozoliņš Dāvis D Padedda Bachisio M BM Pallett Denise D Pansera Marco M Pardal Miguel Ângelo MÂ Petriccione Bruno B Pipan Tanja T Pöyry Juha J Schäfer Stefanie M SM Schaub Marcus M Schneider Susanne C SC Skuja Agnija A Soetaert Karline K Spriņģe Gunta G Stanchev Radoslav R Stockan Jenni A JA Stoll Stefan S Sundqvist Lisa L Thimonier Anne A Van Hoey Gert G Van Ryckegem Gunther G Visser Marcel E ME Vorhauser Samuel S Haase Peter P

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Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term biological time series (15-91 years) collected across Europe, using a comprehensive dataset comprising ~6,200 marine, freshwater and terrestrial taxa. We test whether (i) local long-term biodiversity trends are consistent among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, and (ii) changes in biodiversity correlate with regional ...[more]

PMID: 32661354

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