Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns

Ongoing research on butterflies and birds in the Great Basin has identified biogeographic patterns while elucidating how dynamic measures of diversity (species richness and turnover) affect inferences for conservation planning and adaptive management. Nested subsets analyses suggested that processes...

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Main Author: Fleishman, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2005-01-01
Series:Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
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Online Access:http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC-28-1-pp-45-58.pdf
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description Ongoing research on butterflies and birds in the Great Basin has identified biogeographic patterns while elucidating how dynamic measures of diversity (species richness and turnover) affect inferences for conservation planning and adaptive management. Nested subsets analyses suggested that processes influencing predictability of assemblage composition differ among taxonomic groups, and the relative importance of those processes may vary spatially within a taxonomic group. There may be a time lag between deterministic environmental changes and a detectable faunal response, even for taxonomic groups that are known to be sensitive to changes in climate and land cover. Measures of beta diversity were sensitive to correlations between sampling resolution and local environmental heterogeneity. Temporal and spatial variation in species composition indicated that spatially extensive sampling is more effective for drawing inferences about biodiversity responses to environmental change than intensive sampling at relatively few, smaller sites.
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spelling doaj.art-29483c4e51954c92a73e501a0eed70f52022-12-21T21:03:29ZengMuseu de Ciències Naturals de BarcelonaAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation1578-665X2005-01-012814558Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patternsFleishman, E.Ongoing research on butterflies and birds in the Great Basin has identified biogeographic patterns while elucidating how dynamic measures of diversity (species richness and turnover) affect inferences for conservation planning and adaptive management. Nested subsets analyses suggested that processes influencing predictability of assemblage composition differ among taxonomic groups, and the relative importance of those processes may vary spatially within a taxonomic group. There may be a time lag between deterministic environmental changes and a detectable faunal response, even for taxonomic groups that are known to be sensitive to changes in climate and land cover. Measures of beta diversity were sensitive to correlations between sampling resolution and local environmental heterogeneity. Temporal and spatial variation in species composition indicated that spatially extensive sampling is more effective for drawing inferences about biodiversity responses to environmental change than intensive sampling at relatively few, smaller sites.http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC-28-1-pp-45-58.pdfAdaptive managementBeta diversityGreat BasinMonitoringNestednessSpecies richness
spellingShingle Fleishman, E.
Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Adaptive management
Beta diversity
Great Basin
Monitoring
Nestedness
Species richness
title Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
title_full Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
title_fullStr Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
title_full_unstemmed Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
title_short Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
title_sort identification and conservation application of signal noise and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns
topic Adaptive management
Beta diversity
Great Basin
Monitoring
Nestedness
Species richness
url http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC-28-1-pp-45-58.pdf
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