在现存和化石植物群落中分类的分类学和生物质的一般模式
Brian J Enquist1, John P Haskell, Bruce H Tiffney
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. benquist@u.arizona.edu
Nature
|October 11, 2002
概括
植物群落中的物种丰富与分类学多样性有关,比偶然预期的高分类更少. 这种模式,受到分散和相互作用的影响,已经持续了数百万年.
科学领域:
- 进化生态学的进化生态学
- 社区生态学社区生态学
- 生物多样性研究的研究.
背景情况:
- 保持物种多样性是进化生态学的一个关键问题.
- 了解生态社区特征有助于测试物种共存和多样性调节理论.
研究的目的:
- 确定维持物种组合多样性的一般特征.
- 研究植物群落物种丰富性和分类学多样性在不同尺度和时间段之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 分析来自不同生物地理区域,大陆和地质时期的木质植物社区数据.
- 观察到的分类学多样性与使用功率函数分析的随机组合进行比较.
- 检查影响分类学多样性的因素,包括分散方式和生物相互作用.
- 调查社区生物质分区与当地多样性变化的关系.
主要成果:
- 较高类型的数量是物种丰富的权力函数,与随机组装有很大的不同.
- 当地社区通常比偶然预测的更少的高分类物种.
- 分散方式和潜在的生物相互作用影响了分类学多样性的程度.
- 局部多样性的变化与生物质分类在种类之间定期变化的变化相关,这也由功率函数描述.
结论:
- 地方和地区的过程始终规范社区的多样性和生物质分区在进化时间尺度.
- 观察到的模式表明,生物多样性治理机制的长期稳定性.
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