Using niche-based modelling to assess the impact of climate change on tree functional diversity in Europe

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作者
Thuiller, W
Lavorel, S
Sykes, MT
Araújo, MB
机构
[1] Univ Grenoble 1, CNRS, Lab Ecol Alpine, F-38041 Grenoble, France
[2] CNRS, Ctr Ecol Fonct & Evolut, F-34293 Montpellier, France
[3] S African Natl Biodivers Inst, Kirstenbosch Res Ctr, Climate Change Res Grp, ZA-7735 Cape Town, South Africa
[4] Univ Evora, Macroecol & Conservat Unit, P-7000730 Evora, Portugal
[5] Lund Univ, Dept Phys Geog & Ecosyst Anal, Geobiosphere Sci Ctr, S-22362 Lund, Sweden
[6] Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, Biodivers Res Grp, Oxford OX1 3TB, England
[7] CSIC, Natl Museum Nat Sci, Dept Biodivers & Evolutionary Biol, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
关键词
climate change; functional diversity; niche-based models; species richness;
D O I
10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00216.x
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
Rapid anthropogenic climate change is already affecting species distributions and ecosystem functioning worldwide. We applied niche-based models to analyse the impact of climate change on tree species and functional diversity in Europe. Present-day climate was used to predict the distributions of 122 tree species from different functional types (FT). We then explored projections of future distributions under one climate scenario for 2080, considering two alternative dispersal assumptions: no dispersal and unlimited dispersal. The species-rich broadleaved deciduous group appeared to play a key role in the future of different European regions. Temperate areas were projected to lose both species richness and functional diversity due to the loss of broadleaved deciduous trees. These were projected to migrate to boreal forests, thereby increasing their species richness and functional diversity. Atlantic areas provided an intermediate case, with a predicted reduction in the numbers of species and occasional predicted gains in functional diversity. This resulted from a loss in species within the broadleaved deciduous FT, but overall maintenance of the group. Our results illustrate the fact that both species-specific predictions and functional patterns should be examined separately in order to assess the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and gain insights into future ecosystem functioning.
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