Narrow endemics of the Almeria Province (Andalusia, Spain) differ in their traits and ecological niche compared to their more widespread congeners

Totte, Alexia; Delgado, Antonio; Navarro, Teresa; Meerts, Pierre Jacques

doi:10.1007/s12224-015-9207-y

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“…The positive niche breadth–range size association seems to be a general pattern in plants (Slatyer, Hirst & Sexton, ), and was confirmed also by other studies focused on endemic species (e.g. Essl et al ., ; Trigas et al ., ; Bonanno, ; Totté, Delgado & Meerts, ). The same position holds for the positive relationship between altitudinal breadth and range size proved in ours and other studies (e.g.…”

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Vascular plant endemism in the Western Carpathians: spatial patterns, environmental correlates and taxon traits

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Barabas

Lengyelová

et al. 2016

Biol. J. Linn. Soc.

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The Western Carpathians, as part of the Carpathian mountain range, are one of the most important centres of vascular plant endemism in Europe. We analysed the distribution patterns of 85 vascular plant taxa (excluding apomictic groups) that are endemic to this region (Western Carpathian endemics) or to the whole Carpathians (pan‐Carpathian endemics) across 125 operational geographic units (OGUs) delimited in the area, and assessed their niche and altitudinal breadths, habitat preferences, and life‐history traits. Spatial pattern of endemic richness was not random, but was geographically structured with the highest values recorded in the OGUs from the central part of the Western Carpathians. The pan‐Carpathian endemics had, on average, larger distributional ranges in the Western Carpathians than the Western Carpathian endemics and showed slightly different distribution patterns, probably affected by historical migrations from the Eastern and Southern Carpathians. A significantly higher proportion of endemics occurred in open non‐forest habitats (i.e. rocks/screes and grasslands, 74%) than in forests (18%). Almost 64% of endemic taxa occurred on calcareous bedrock, while only 12% and 21% were confined to siliceous or both types of bedrocks, respectively. We found a strong positive correlation between the distribution range of endemic taxa and altitudinal and niche breadths. There were no differences between diploids and polyploids in any of tested traits, niche and altitudinal breadths and range size. The best linear model explained almost 75% of endemic richness patterns, and included maximal altitude and its interactions with the proportion of calcareous areas and total area of OGUs as the best predictors. Our data suggest that both environmental conditions and historical migrations have shaped the current pattern of endemic richness in the Western Carpathians.

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“…The same position holds for the positive relationship between altitudinal breadth and range size proved in ours and other studies (e.g. Essl et al ., ; Totté et al ., ).…”

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Vascular plant endemism in the Western Carpathians: spatial patterns, environmental correlates and taxon traits

Mráz

Barabas

Lengyelová

et al. 2016

Biol. J. Linn. Soc.

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“…This very narrow habitat range of R. maritima could possibly be explained by its dominantly selfing reproductive strategy. In selfing species, niche breadth is known to decrease rapidly over time, and selfing species occupy a smaller and more marginal niche compared to their outcrossing relatives (Totté et al, 2015;Park et al, 2018), which is consistent with the narrow habitat range observed in this study. Based on R. maritima flower morphology, Verhoeven (1979) already suggested that R. maritima is a dominantly selfing species, and this was confirmed with microsatellites by Triest and Sierens (2015).…”

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Hidden Hybridization and Habitat Differentiation in a Mediterranean Macrophyte, the Euryhaline Genus Ruppia

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Endemics and their common congener plant species on an East Mediterranean island: a comparative functional trait approach

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Narrow endemics of the Almeria Province (Andalusia, Spain) differ in their traits and ecological niche compared to their more widespread congeners

Cited by 5 publications

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Vascular plant endemism in the Western Carpathians: spatial patterns, environmental correlates and taxon traits

Vascular plant endemism in the Western Carpathians: spatial patterns, environmental correlates and taxon traits

Hidden Hybridization and Habitat Differentiation in a Mediterranean Macrophyte, the Euryhaline Genus Ruppia

Endemics and their common congener plant species on an East Mediterranean island: a comparative functional trait approach

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