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Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change.
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Wu-Bing XuCenter for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6566-4452
Wen-Yong GuoCenter for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4737-2042
Josep M Serra-DiazUniversité de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, INRAE, Silva, Nancy, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1988-1154
Franziska SchrodtSchool of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9053-8872
Wolf L EiserhardtSection for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8136-5233
Brian J EnquistDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6124-7096
Brian S MaitnerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2118-9880
Cory MerowDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Cyrille ViolleCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
Madhur AnandSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2425-4502
Michaël BelluauCentre for Forest Research, Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Centre-ville station, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6707-546X
Hans Henrik BruunDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0674-2577
Chaeho ByunDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3209-3275
Jane A CatfordDepartment of Geography, King's College London, London WC2B 4BG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0582-5960
Bruno E L CeraboliniDepartment of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3793-0733
Eduardo Chacón-MadrigalHerbario Luis Fournier Origgi, Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET), Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, 11501-2060 San José, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-8328-5456
Daniela CiccarelliDepartment of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9715-9779
J Hans C CornelissenSystems Ecology, A-LIFE, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2346-1585
Anh Tuan Dang-LeFaculty of Biology - Biotechnology, University of Science - VNUHCM, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, 700000 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Angel de FrutosGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5250-9488
Arildo S DiasGoethe University, Institute for Physical Geography, Altenhöferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5495-3435
Aelton B GiroldoDepartamento de Ensino, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciências e Tecnologia do Ceará - IFCE campus Crateús, Avenida Geraldo Barbosa Marques, 567, 63708-260 Crateús, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7850-0011
Alvaro G GutiérrezDepartamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa 11315, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-8928-3198
Wesley HattinghGlobal Systems and Analytics, Nova Pioneer, Paulshof, Gauteng, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3626-5137
Tianhua HeSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0924-3637
Peter HietzInstitute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, 1180 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0458-6593
Nate Hough-SneeMeadow Run Environmental, Leavenworth, WA 98826, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4581-0931
Steven JansenInstitute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4476-5334
Jens KattgeGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1022-8469
Benjamin KomacAndorra Recerca + Innovació, AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria (Principat d'), Andorra.
Nathan J B KraftDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8867-7806
Koen KramerWageningen University, Forest Ecology and Management Group, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6700AA Wageningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1402-2775
Sandra LavorelLaboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, LECA, UMR UGA-USMB-CNRS 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700, 38058 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7300-2811
Christopher H LuskEnvironmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Adam R MartinDepartment of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, M1C 1A4 Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7207-4004
Ke-Ping MaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9112-5340
Maurizio MencucciniICREA, Barcelona, 08010, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0840-1477
Sean T MichaletzDepartment of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2158-6525
Vanessa MindenDepartment of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Akira S MoriResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8422-1198
Ülo NiinemetsEstonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51006 Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-3078-2192
Yusuke OnodaDivision of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan.
Renske E OnsteinGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2295-3510
Josep PeñuelasCREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7215-0150
Valério D PillarDepartment of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6408-2891
Jan PisekTartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Observatooriumi 1, Tõravere, 61602 Tartumaa, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0003-0396-2072
Matthew J PoundDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8029-9548
Bjorn J M RobroekAquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6714-0652
Brandon SchampDepartment of Biology, Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 2G4, Canada.
Martijn SlotSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama.ORCID 0000-0002-5558-1792
Miao SunSection for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5701-0478
Ênio E SosinskiEmbrapa Clima Temperado, 96010-971 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6310-9474
Nadejda A SoudzilovskaiaCentre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9584-2109
Nelson ThiffaultNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Quebec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2017-6890
Peter M van BodegomInstitute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, 2333 CC Leiden, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0771-4500
Fons van der PlasPlant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands.
Jingming ZhengBeijing Key Laboratory for Forest Resources and Ecosystem Processes, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8517-9999
Jens-Christian SvenningCenter for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-3415-0862
Alejandro OrdonezCenter for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2873-4551
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Abstract
As Earth's climate has varied strongly through geological time, studying the impacts of past climate change on biodiversity helps to understand the risks from future climate change. However, it remains unclear how paleoclimate shapes spatial variation in biodiversity. Here, we assessed the influence of Quaternary climate change on spatial dissimilarity in taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional composition among neighboring 200-kilometer cells (beta-diversity) for angiosperm trees worldwide. We found that larger glacial-interglacial temperature change was strongly associated with lower spatial turnover (species replacements) and higher nestedness (richness changes) components of beta-diversity across all three biodiversity facets. Moreover, phylogenetic and functional turnover was lower and nestedness higher than random expectations based on taxonomic beta-diversity in regions that experienced large temperature change, reflecting phylogenetically and functionally selective processes in species replacement, extinction, and colonization during glacial-interglacial oscillations. Our results suggest that future human-driven climate change could cause local homogenization and reduction in taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of angiosperm trees worldwide.
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