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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0143996 |
Determinants of Mammal and Bird Species Richness in China Based on Habitat Groups | |
Xu, Haigen1; Cao, Mingchang1; Wu, Jun1; Cai, Lei2; Ding, Hui1; Lei, Juncheng3; Wu, Yi3; Cui, Peng1; Chen, Lian1; Le, Zhifang1; Cao, Yun1,4 | |
通讯作者 | Xu, Haigen |
来源期刊 | PLOS ONE
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ISSN | 1932-6203 |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 10期号:12 |
英文摘要 | Understanding the spatial patterns in species richness is a central issue in macroecology and biogeography. Analyses that have traditionally focused on overall species richness limit the generality and depth of inference. Spatial patterns of species richness and the mechanisms that underpin them in China remain poorly documented. We created a database of the distribution of 580 mammal species and 849 resident bird species from 2376 counties in China and established spatial linear models to identify the determinants of species richness and test the roles of five hypotheses for overall mammals and resident birds and the 11 habitat groups among the two taxa. Our result showed that elevation variability was the most important determinant of species richness of overall mammal and bird species. It is indicated that the most prominent predictors of species richness varied among different habitat groups: elevation variability for forest and shrub mammals and birds, temperature annual range for grassland and desert mammals and wetland birds, net primary productivity for farmland mammals, maximum temperature of the warmest month for cave mammals, and precipitation of the driest quarter for grassland and desert birds. Noteworthily, main land cover type was also found to obviously influence mammal and bird species richness in forests, shrubs and wetlands under the disturbance of intensified human activities. Our findings revealed a substantial divergence in the species richness patterns among different habitat groups and highlighted the group-specific and disparate environmental associations that underpin them. As we demonstrate, a focus on overall species richness alone might lead to incomplete or misguided understanding of spatial patterns. Conservation priorities that consider a broad spectrum of habitat groups will be more successful in safeguarding the multiple services of biodiversity. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000365926300134 |
WOS关键词 | GEOGRAPHIC RANGE SIZE ; GLOBAL PATTERNS ; PLANT DIVERSITY ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; SPATIAL SCALE ; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS ; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY ; MULTIPLE-REGRESSION ; EXPLANATORY MODELS ; HUMAN-POPULATION |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
来源机构 | 南京大学 |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/189866 |
作者单位 | 1.Minist Environm Protect, Nanjing Inst Environm Sci, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, Peoples R China; 2.Minist Environm Protect, Dept Nat Ecol Conservat, Beijing 100035, Peoples R China; 3.Nanjing Forestry Univ, Coll Forest Resources & Environm, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, Peoples R China; 4.Nanjing Univ, Dept Biol, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xu, Haigen,Cao, Mingchang,Wu, Jun,et al. Determinants of Mammal and Bird Species Richness in China Based on Habitat Groups[J]. 南京大学,2015,10(12). |
APA | Xu, Haigen.,Cao, Mingchang.,Wu, Jun.,Cai, Lei.,Ding, Hui.,...&Cao, Yun.(2015).Determinants of Mammal and Bird Species Richness in China Based on Habitat Groups.PLOS ONE,10(12). |
MLA | Xu, Haigen,et al."Determinants of Mammal and Bird Species Richness in China Based on Habitat Groups".PLOS ONE 10.12(2015). |
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