TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sporbert, Maria
AU  - Welk, Erik
AU  - Seidler, Gunnar
AU  - Jandt, Ute
AU  - Aćić, Svetlana
AU  - Biurrun, Idoia
AU  - Campos, Juan Antonio
AU  - Čarni, Andraž
AU  - Cerabolini, Bruno E. L.
AU  - Chytrý, Milan
AU  - Čušterevska, Renata
AU  - Dengler, Jürgen
AU  - De Sanctis, Michele
AU  - Dziuba, Tetiana
AU  - Fagúndez, Jaime
AU  - Field, Richard
AU  - Golub, Valentin
AU  - He, Tianhua
AU  - Jansen, Florian
AU  - Lenoir, Jonathan
AU  - Marcenò, Corrado
AU  - Martín- Forés, Irene
AU  - Erenskjold Moeslund, Jesper
AU  - Moretti, Marco
AU  - Niinemets, Ülo
AU  - Penuelas, Josep
AU  - Pérez- Haase, Aaron
AU  - Vandvik, Vigdis
AU  - Vassilev, Kiril
AU  - Vynokurov, Denys
AU  - Bruelheide, Helge
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5845
AB  - Plant functional traits summarize the main variability in plant form and function across taxa and biomes. We assess whether geographic range size, climatic niche size, and local abundance of plants can be predicted by sets of traits (trait syndromes) or are driven by single traits. Location: Eurasia. Methods: Species distribution maps were extracted from the Chorological Database Halle to derive information on the geographic range size and climatic niche size for 456 herbaceous, dwarf shrub and shrub species. We estimated local species abundances based on 740,113 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive, where abundances were available as plant species cover per plot. We compiled a complete species-by-trait matrix of 20 plant functional traits from trait databases (TRY, BiolFlor and CLO-PLA). The relationships of species’ geographic range size, climatic niche size and local abundance with single traits and trait syndromes were tested with multiple linear regression models. Results: Generally, traits were more strongly related to local abundances than to broad-scale species distribution patterns in geographic and climatic space (range and niche size), but both were better predicted by trait combinations than by single traits. Local abundance increased with leaf area and specific leaf area (SLA). Geographic range size and climatic niche size both increased with SLA. While range size increased with plant height, niche size decreased with leaf carbon content. Conclusion: Functional traits matter for species’ abundance and distribution at both local and broad geographic scale. Local abundances are associated with different combinations of traits as compared to broad-scale distributions, pointing to filtering by different environmental and ecological factors acting at distinct spatial scales. However, traits related to the leaf economics spectrum were important for species’ abundance and occurrence at both spatial scales. This finding emphasizes the general importance of resource acquisition strategies for the abundance and distribution of herbaceous, dwarf shrub and shrub species.
PB  - John Wiley and Sons Inc
T2  - Journal of Vegetation Science
T1  - Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales
IS  - 2
SP  - e13016
VL  - 32
DO  - 10.1111/jvs.13016
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Sporbert, Maria and Welk, Erik and Seidler, Gunnar and Jandt, Ute and Aćić, Svetlana and Biurrun, Idoia and Campos, Juan Antonio and Čarni, Andraž and Cerabolini, Bruno E. L. and Chytrý, Milan and Čušterevska, Renata and Dengler, Jürgen and De Sanctis, Michele and Dziuba, Tetiana and Fagúndez, Jaime and Field, Richard and Golub, Valentin and He, Tianhua and Jansen, Florian and Lenoir, Jonathan and Marcenò, Corrado and Martín- Forés, Irene and Erenskjold Moeslund, Jesper and Moretti, Marco and Niinemets, Ülo and Penuelas, Josep and Pérez- Haase, Aaron and Vandvik, Vigdis and Vassilev, Kiril and Vynokurov, Denys and Bruelheide, Helge",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Plant functional traits summarize the main variability in plant form and function across taxa and biomes. We assess whether geographic range size, climatic niche size, and local abundance of plants can be predicted by sets of traits (trait syndromes) or are driven by single traits. Location: Eurasia. Methods: Species distribution maps were extracted from the Chorological Database Halle to derive information on the geographic range size and climatic niche size for 456 herbaceous, dwarf shrub and shrub species. We estimated local species abundances based on 740,113 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive, where abundances were available as plant species cover per plot. We compiled a complete species-by-trait matrix of 20 plant functional traits from trait databases (TRY, BiolFlor and CLO-PLA). The relationships of species’ geographic range size, climatic niche size and local abundance with single traits and trait syndromes were tested with multiple linear regression models. Results: Generally, traits were more strongly related to local abundances than to broad-scale species distribution patterns in geographic and climatic space (range and niche size), but both were better predicted by trait combinations than by single traits. Local abundance increased with leaf area and specific leaf area (SLA). Geographic range size and climatic niche size both increased with SLA. While range size increased with plant height, niche size decreased with leaf carbon content. Conclusion: Functional traits matter for species’ abundance and distribution at both local and broad geographic scale. Local abundances are associated with different combinations of traits as compared to broad-scale distributions, pointing to filtering by different environmental and ecological factors acting at distinct spatial scales. However, traits related to the leaf economics spectrum were important for species’ abundance and occurrence at both spatial scales. This finding emphasizes the general importance of resource acquisition strategies for the abundance and distribution of herbaceous, dwarf shrub and shrub species.",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc",
journal = "Journal of Vegetation Science",
title = "Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales",
number = "2",
pages = "e13016",
volume = "32",
doi = "10.1111/jvs.13016"
}

Sporbert, M., Welk, E., Seidler, G., Jandt, U., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chytrý, M., Čušterevska, R., Dengler, J., De Sanctis, M., Dziuba, T., Fagúndez, J., Field, R., Golub, V., He, T., Jansen, F., Lenoir, J., Marcenò, C., Martín- Forés, I., Erenskjold Moeslund, J., Moretti, M., Niinemets, Ü., Penuelas, J., Pérez- Haase, A., Vandvik, V., Vassilev, K., Vynokurov, D.,& Bruelheide, H.. (2021). Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales. in Journal of Vegetation Science
John Wiley and Sons Inc., 32(2), e13016.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13016

Sporbert M, Welk E, Seidler G, Jandt U, Aćić S, Biurrun I, Campos JA, Čarni A, Cerabolini BEL, Chytrý M, Čušterevska R, Dengler J, De Sanctis M, Dziuba T, Fagúndez J, Field R, Golub V, He T, Jansen F, Lenoir J, Marcenò C, Martín- Forés I, Erenskjold Moeslund J, Moretti M, Niinemets Ü, Penuelas J, Pérez- Haase A, Vandvik V, Vassilev K, Vynokurov D, Bruelheide H. Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales. in Journal of Vegetation Science. 2021;32(2):e13016.
doi:10.1111/jvs.13016 .

Sporbert, Maria, Welk, Erik, Seidler, Gunnar, Jandt, Ute, Aćić, Svetlana, Biurrun, Idoia, Campos, Juan Antonio, Čarni, Andraž, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Chytrý, Milan, Čušterevska, Renata, Dengler, Jürgen, De Sanctis, Michele, Dziuba, Tetiana, Fagúndez, Jaime, Field, Richard, Golub, Valentin, He, Tianhua, Jansen, Florian, Lenoir, Jonathan, Marcenò, Corrado, Martín- Forés, Irene, Erenskjold Moeslund, Jesper, Moretti, Marco, Niinemets, Ülo, Penuelas, Josep, Pérez- Haase, Aaron, Vandvik, Vigdis, Vassilev, Kiril, Vynokurov, Denys, Bruelheide, Helge, "Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales" in Journal of Vegetation Science, 32, no. 2 (2021):e13016,
https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13016 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sporbert, Maria
AU  - Keil, Petr
AU  - Seidler, Gunnar
AU  - Bruelheide, Helge
AU  - Jandt, Ute
AU  - Aćić, Svetlana
AU  - Biurrun, Idoia
AU  - Antonio Campos, Juan
AU  - Carni, Andraz
AU  - Chytry, Milan
AU  - Custerevska, Renata
AU  - Dengler, Juergen
AU  - Golub, Valentin
AU  - Jansen, Florian
AU  - Kuzemko, Anna
AU  - Lenoir, Jonathan
AU  - Marceno, Corrado
AU  - Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold
AU  - Perez-Haase, Aaron
AU  - Rusina, Solvita
AU  - Silc, Urban
AU  - Tsiripidris, Ioannis
AU  - Vandvik, Vigdis
AU  - Vasilev, Kiril
AU  - Virtanen, Risto
AU  - Welk, Erik
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5282
AB  - Aim A fundamental question in macroecology centres around understanding the relationship between species' local abundance and their distribution in geographical and climatic space (i.e. the multi-dimensional climatic space or climatic niche). Here, we tested three macroecological hypotheses that link local abundance to the following range properties: (a) the abundance-range size relationship, (b) the abundance-range centre relationship and (c) the abundance-suitability relationship. Location Europe. Taxon Vascular plants. Methods Distribution range maps were extracted from the Chorological Database Halle to derive information on the range and niche sizes of 517 European vascular plant species. To estimate local abundance, we assessed samples from 744,513 vegetation plots in the European Vegetation Archive, where local species' abundance is available as plant cover per plot. We then calculated the 'centrality', that is, the distance between the location of the abundance observation and each species' range centre in geographical and climatic space. The climatic suitability of plot locations was estimated using coarse-grain species distribution models (SDMs). The relationships between centrality or climatic suitability with abundance was tested using linear models and quantile regression. We summarized the overall trend across species' regression slopes from linear models and quantile regression using a meta-analytical approach. Results We did not detect any positive relationships between a species' mean local abundance and the size of its geographical range or climatic niche. Contrasting yet significant correlations were detected between abundance and centrality or climatic suitability among species. Main conclusions Our results do not provide unequivocal support for any of the relationships tested, demonstrating that determining properties of species' distributions at large grains and extents might be of limited use for predicting local abundance, including current SDM approaches. We conclude that environmental factors influencing individual performance and local abundance are likely to differ from those factors driving plant species' distribution at coarse resolution and broad geographical extents.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - Journal of Biogeography
T1  - Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants
EP  - 2222
IS  - 10
SP  - 2210
VL  - 47
DO  - 10.1111/jbi.13926
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Sporbert, Maria and Keil, Petr and Seidler, Gunnar and Bruelheide, Helge and Jandt, Ute and Aćić, Svetlana and Biurrun, Idoia and Antonio Campos, Juan and Carni, Andraz and Chytry, Milan and Custerevska, Renata and Dengler, Juergen and Golub, Valentin and Jansen, Florian and Kuzemko, Anna and Lenoir, Jonathan and Marceno, Corrado and Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold and Perez-Haase, Aaron and Rusina, Solvita and Silc, Urban and Tsiripidris, Ioannis and Vandvik, Vigdis and Vasilev, Kiril and Virtanen, Risto and Welk, Erik",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Aim A fundamental question in macroecology centres around understanding the relationship between species' local abundance and their distribution in geographical and climatic space (i.e. the multi-dimensional climatic space or climatic niche). Here, we tested three macroecological hypotheses that link local abundance to the following range properties: (a) the abundance-range size relationship, (b) the abundance-range centre relationship and (c) the abundance-suitability relationship. Location Europe. Taxon Vascular plants. Methods Distribution range maps were extracted from the Chorological Database Halle to derive information on the range and niche sizes of 517 European vascular plant species. To estimate local abundance, we assessed samples from 744,513 vegetation plots in the European Vegetation Archive, where local species' abundance is available as plant cover per plot. We then calculated the 'centrality', that is, the distance between the location of the abundance observation and each species' range centre in geographical and climatic space. The climatic suitability of plot locations was estimated using coarse-grain species distribution models (SDMs). The relationships between centrality or climatic suitability with abundance was tested using linear models and quantile regression. We summarized the overall trend across species' regression slopes from linear models and quantile regression using a meta-analytical approach. Results We did not detect any positive relationships between a species' mean local abundance and the size of its geographical range or climatic niche. Contrasting yet significant correlations were detected between abundance and centrality or climatic suitability among species. Main conclusions Our results do not provide unequivocal support for any of the relationships tested, demonstrating that determining properties of species' distributions at large grains and extents might be of limited use for predicting local abundance, including current SDM approaches. We conclude that environmental factors influencing individual performance and local abundance are likely to differ from those factors driving plant species' distribution at coarse resolution and broad geographical extents.",
publisher = "Wiley, Hoboken",
journal = "Journal of Biogeography",
title = "Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants",
pages = "2222-2210",
number = "10",
volume = "47",
doi = "10.1111/jbi.13926"
}

Sporbert, M., Keil, P., Seidler, G., Bruelheide, H., Jandt, U., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Antonio Campos, J., Carni, A., Chytry, M., Custerevska, R., Dengler, J., Golub, V., Jansen, F., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Marceno, C., Moeslund, J. E., Perez-Haase, A., Rusina, S., Silc, U., Tsiripidris, I., Vandvik, V., Vasilev, K., Virtanen, R.,& Welk, E.. (2020). Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants. in Journal of Biogeography
Wiley, Hoboken., 47(10), 2210-2222.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13926

Sporbert M, Keil P, Seidler G, Bruelheide H, Jandt U, Aćić S, Biurrun I, Antonio Campos J, Carni A, Chytry M, Custerevska R, Dengler J, Golub V, Jansen F, Kuzemko A, Lenoir J, Marceno C, Moeslund JE, Perez-Haase A, Rusina S, Silc U, Tsiripidris I, Vandvik V, Vasilev K, Virtanen R, Welk E. Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants. in Journal of Biogeography. 2020;47(10):2210-2222.
doi:10.1111/jbi.13926 .

Sporbert, Maria, Keil, Petr, Seidler, Gunnar, Bruelheide, Helge, Jandt, Ute, Aćić, Svetlana, Biurrun, Idoia, Antonio Campos, Juan, Carni, Andraz, Chytry, Milan, Custerevska, Renata, Dengler, Juergen, Golub, Valentin, Jansen, Florian, Kuzemko, Anna, Lenoir, Jonathan, Marceno, Corrado, Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Perez-Haase, Aaron, Rusina, Solvita, Silc, Urban, Tsiripidris, Ioannis, Vandvik, Vigdis, Vasilev, Kiril, Virtanen, Risto, Welk, Erik, "Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants" in Journal of Biogeography, 47, no. 10 (2020):2210-2222,
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13926 . .