Patterns of species diversity in different spatial scales and spatial heterogeneity on beta diversity

Autor(es)

Caio J. R. S. Soares ^[1] ; Mauricio B. Sampaio ^[2] ; Francisco S. Santos-Filho ^[3] ; Fernando R. Martins ^[4] ; Flavio A. M. dos Santos ^[5]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal - Brasil

^[3] Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Centro de Ciências da Natureza - Brasil

^[4] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal - Brasil

^[5] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal - Brasil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Acta Botanica Brasilica; v. 34, n. 1, p. 9-16, 2019-11-11.

Resumo

ABSTRACT Patterns of species diversity are essential to understand community structure. We aimed to determine species diversity and patterns of beta diversity in different spatial scales. We sampled three thousand individuals between the coordinates 22°10'S to 22°16'S and 47°47'W to 48°00'W to assess species diversity in three spatial scales (maximum distances of 80 m, 1,400 m, and 12,000 m), using the point-centered-quarter method. We partitioned gamma diversity into alpha and beta components. Beta diversity was partitioned into dissimilarities produced by spatial species turnover and nestedness. The contribution of beta diversity to gamma diversity was greater than that of alpha diversity in all scales, although the patterns of species diversity were similar for the evaluated scales, and was similar to that described for larger spatial scales. The sampled fragments presented means of 15 exclusive species and 47.5 species per fragment, and dissimilarities [β(SØR)=0.7] almost completely explained (94 %) by spatial species turnover. The results indicate that the remnant fragments are residual patches of an originally heterogeneous vegetation. The fragmentation processes could have progressed differently in each portion of the original vegetation, producing the current heterogeneous vegetation. Thus, there is a potential of high local species extinctions if the remnant fragments are deforested. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/17475-9 - Dinâmica populacional e história de vida das palmeiras: um modelo conceitual para estimar o impacto do extrativismo de frutos
• Beneficiário: Maurício Bonesso Sampaio
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado