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dc.contributor.authorGreenwood, Sarahen_UK
dc.contributor.authorChen, Jan-Changen_UK
dc.contributor.authorChen, Chaur-Tzuhnen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJump, Alistairen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T23:02:41Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-06T23:02:41Z-
dc.date.issued2016-11en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22960-
dc.description.abstractAim: Climate change is causing shifts in the range of species worldwide. In high altitude areas forests are often observed to be shifting their upper limits to higher altitudes in response to warming temperatures. Although this phenomenon is well described, the possible consequences of this for the wider forest community have not been fully considered. In this study we use epiphytic macro-lichens to investigate the impacts of treeline advance on associated organisms. We hypothesized that the rate of forest advance should influence the species richness and composition of associated communities.  Location: The Hehuanshan area, Central Mountain Range, Taiwan (24°08–09’ N, 121°15 – 16’ E).  Methods: Lichen communities were sampled on trees occurring at 33 treeline sites displaying varying degrees of advance. Habitat variables were recorded. ANOVA, GLMM, nestedness analysis and indicator species analysis were used to investigate patterns of species richness and community composition and their association with treeline advance and habitat variables.  Results: Species richness was lower in treelines exhibiting rapid advance; reductions were related to tree size (considered here as a proxy for age) and the distance over which advance had occurred. Community composition varied with treeline form and forest position. Only a subset of species found in slowly advancing or stable forest edges occurred in rapidly advancing treelines.  Main conclusions: Differential migration rates between co-occurring species and differences in habitat structure associated with treeline advance can result in community change, but this depends, amongst other factors, on the speed of treeline advance. The importance of advance rate in determining the response suggests that reductions in species richness at treeline could be transitory. However, this will depend on whether advance continues, and on the changes in habitat associated with advance. Given the complexity of treeline behaviour, the findings that we report represent an essential step in understanding community responses to climate change. This understanding is of importance for biodiversity and conservation, especially given the high rate of endemism reported for this and other alpine regions.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_UK
dc.relationGreenwood S, Chen J, Chen C & Jump A (2016) Community change and species richness reductions in rapidly advancing tree lines. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (11), pp. 2274-2284. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12776en_UK
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectAbies kawakamiien_UK
dc.subjectclimate changeen_UK
dc.subjectGLMMen_UK
dc.subjectmacro-lichensen_UK
dc.subjectresponse lagen_UK
dc.subjectspecies distributionsen_UK
dc.subjectTaiwanen_UK
dc.titleCommunity change and species richness reductions in rapidly advancing tree linesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jbi.12776en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Biogeographyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1365-2699en_UK
dc.citation.issn0305-0270en_UK
dc.citation.volume43en_UK
dc.citation.issue11en_UK
dc.citation.spage2274en_UK
dc.citation.epage2284en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailsarah.greenwood@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date22/06/2016en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNational Pingtung University of Science and Technologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNational Pingtung University of Science and Technologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000388868700016en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84978194120en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid576443en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-9104-7936en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-2167-6451en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-03-10en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-03-10en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-03-11en_UK
rioxxterms.apcpaiden_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorGreenwood, Sarah|0000-0001-9104-7936en_UK
local.rioxx.authorChen, Jan-Chang|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorChen, Chaur-Tzuhn|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorJump, Alistair|0000-0002-2167-6451en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2016-06-22en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserved||2016-06-22en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2016-06-22|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameGreenwood_et_al-2016-Journal_of_Biogeography (1).pdfen_UK
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local.rioxx.source0305-0270en_UK
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