期刊
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
卷 69, 期 -, 页码 233-238出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.026
关键词
Biodiversity; Coastal dune vegetation; Conservation; Rarefaction curves; Reserve selection; Site of Community Importance; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatially Explicit Rarefaction
资金
- EU BON (Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network) project
- European Union [308454]
- ERANET BioDiversa FP7 project DIARS
- European Union
- Life project Future For CoppiceS
Recently, methods for constructing Spatially Explicit Rarefaction (SER) curves have been introduced in the scientific literature to describe the relation between the recorded species richness and sampling effort and taking into account for the spatial autocorrelation in the data. Despite these-methodological advances, the use of SERs has not become routine and ecologists continue to use rarefaction methods that are not spatially explicit. Using two study cases from Italian vegetation surveys, we demonstrate that classic rarefaction methods that do not account for spatial structure can produce inaccurate results. Furthermore, our goal in this paper is to demonstrate how SERs can overcome the problem of spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of plant or animal communities. Our analyses demonstrate that using a spatially-explicit method for constructing rarefaction curves can substantially alter estimates of relative species richness. For both analyzed data sets, we found that the rank ordering of standardized species richness estimates was reversed between the two methods. We strongly advise the use of Spatially Explicit Rarefaction methods when analyzing biodiversity: the inclusion of spatial autocorrelation into rarefaction analyses can substantially alter conclusions and change the way We might prioritize or manage nature reserves. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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