Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China.
Most studies on the geographical distribution of species have utilized a few well-known taxa in Europe and North America, with little research in China and its wide range of climate and forest types. We assembled large datasets to quantify the geographic ranges of tree species in China and to test s...
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| author | Haibao Ren Richard Condit Bin Chen Xiangcheng Mi Min Cao Wanhui Ye Zhanqing Hao Keping Ma |
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| description | Most studies on the geographical distribution of species have utilized a few well-known taxa in Europe and North America, with little research in China and its wide range of climate and forest types. We assembled large datasets to quantify the geographic ranges of tree species in China and to test several biogeographic hypotheses: 1) whether locally abundant species tend to be geographically widespread; 2) whether species are more abundant towards their range-centers; and 3) how abundances are correlated between sites. Local abundances of 651 species were derived from four tree plots of 20-25 ha where all individuals ≥1 cm in stem diameter were mapped and identified taxonomically. Range sizes of these species across China were then estimated from over 460,000 geo-referenced records; a Bayesian approach was used, allowing careful measures of error of each range estimate. The log-transformed range sizes had a bell-shaped distribution with a median of 703,000 km(2), and >90% of 651 species had ranges >10(5) km(2). There was no relationship between local abundance and range size, and no evidence for species being more abundant towards their range-centers. Finally, species' abundances were positively correlated between sites. The widespread nature of most tree species in China suggests few are vulnerable to global extinction, and there is no indication of the double-peril that would result if rare species also had narrow ranges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0375937d126a4807a4c8a8f78244566a2022-12-21T20:13:34ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01810e7637410.1371/journal.pone.0076374Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China.Haibao RenRichard ConditBin ChenXiangcheng MiMin CaoWanhui YeZhanqing HaoKeping MaMost studies on the geographical distribution of species have utilized a few well-known taxa in Europe and North America, with little research in China and its wide range of climate and forest types. We assembled large datasets to quantify the geographic ranges of tree species in China and to test several biogeographic hypotheses: 1) whether locally abundant species tend to be geographically widespread; 2) whether species are more abundant towards their range-centers; and 3) how abundances are correlated between sites. Local abundances of 651 species were derived from four tree plots of 20-25 ha where all individuals ≥1 cm in stem diameter were mapped and identified taxonomically. Range sizes of these species across China were then estimated from over 460,000 geo-referenced records; a Bayesian approach was used, allowing careful measures of error of each range estimate. The log-transformed range sizes had a bell-shaped distribution with a median of 703,000 km(2), and >90% of 651 species had ranges >10(5) km(2). There was no relationship between local abundance and range size, and no evidence for species being more abundant towards their range-centers. Finally, species' abundances were positively correlated between sites. The widespread nature of most tree species in China suggests few are vulnerable to global extinction, and there is no indication of the double-peril that would result if rare species also had narrow ranges.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3794993?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Haibao Ren Richard Condit Bin Chen Xiangcheng Mi Min Cao Wanhui Ye Zhanqing Hao Keping Ma Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China. PLoS ONE |
| title | Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China. |
| title_full | Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China. |
| title_fullStr | Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China. |
| title_short | Geographical range and local abundance of tree species in China. |
| title_sort | geographical range and local abundance of tree species in china |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3794993?pdf=render |
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