Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system
Abstract As the most potential ecological "law", the mechanism of the species-area relationship (SAR) remains controversial. Essentially, the SAR addresses the relationship between regional area and biodiversity, shaped by speciation, extinction and dispersal processes. Extinction is the p...
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| author | Wei Deng Na Li Chao-Zhi Zhang Rui An Xiao-Yan Yang Wen Xiao |
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| description | Abstract As the most potential ecological "law", the mechanism of the species-area relationship (SAR) remains controversial. Essentially, the SAR addresses the relationship between regional area and biodiversity, shaped by speciation, extinction and dispersal processes. Extinction is the process of loss and a direct cause of species richness differences in community. Therefore, it is crucial to elucidate the role of extinction in shaping SAR. Since the extinction process has temporal dynamics, we propose the hypothesis that the occurrence of SAR should also have temporal dynamics. Here, we designed independent closed microcosm systems, in which dispersal/speciation can be excluded/neglected to reveal the role of extinction in shaping the temporal dynamics pattern of SAR. We find that extinction can shape SAR in this system independent of the dispersal and speciation process. Due to the temporal dynamics of the extinction, SAR was temporally discontinuous. The small-scale extinctions modified community structure to promote ecosystem stability and shaped SAR, while mass extinction pushed the microcosm system into the next successional stage and dismissed SAR. Our result suggested that SAR could serve as an indicator of ecosystem stability; moreover, temporal discontinuity can explain many controversies in SAR studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e41591852c24d4788961a6576363e362023-03-22T11:04:43ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-03-011311910.1038/s41598-023-30685-xExtinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm systemWei Deng0Na Li1Chao-Zhi Zhang2Rui An3Xiao-Yan Yang4Wen Xiao5Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali UniversityInstitute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali UniversityInstitute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali UniversityInstitute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali UniversityInstitute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali UniversityInstitute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali UniversityAbstract As the most potential ecological "law", the mechanism of the species-area relationship (SAR) remains controversial. Essentially, the SAR addresses the relationship between regional area and biodiversity, shaped by speciation, extinction and dispersal processes. Extinction is the process of loss and a direct cause of species richness differences in community. Therefore, it is crucial to elucidate the role of extinction in shaping SAR. Since the extinction process has temporal dynamics, we propose the hypothesis that the occurrence of SAR should also have temporal dynamics. Here, we designed independent closed microcosm systems, in which dispersal/speciation can be excluded/neglected to reveal the role of extinction in shaping the temporal dynamics pattern of SAR. We find that extinction can shape SAR in this system independent of the dispersal and speciation process. Due to the temporal dynamics of the extinction, SAR was temporally discontinuous. The small-scale extinctions modified community structure to promote ecosystem stability and shaped SAR, while mass extinction pushed the microcosm system into the next successional stage and dismissed SAR. Our result suggested that SAR could serve as an indicator of ecosystem stability; moreover, temporal discontinuity can explain many controversies in SAR studies.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30685-x |
| spellingShingle | Wei Deng Na Li Chao-Zhi Zhang Rui An Xiao-Yan Yang Wen Xiao Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system Scientific Reports |
| title | Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system |
| title_full | Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system |
| title_fullStr | Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system |
| title_short | Extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species–area relationships in a microbial microcosm system |
| title_sort | extinction drives a discontinuous temporal pattern of species area relationships in a microbial microcosm system |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30685-x |
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