Authors
Quentin D Read, Phoebe L Zarnetske, Sydne Record, Kyla M Dahlin, Jennifer K Costanza, Andrew O Finley, Keith D Gaddis, John M Grady, Martina L Hobi, Andrew M Latimer, Sparkle L Malone, Scott V Ollinger, Stephanie Pau, Adam M Wilson
Publication date
2020/4
Journal
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
696-710
Description
Aim
We may be able to buffer biodiversity against the effects of ongoing climate change by prioritizing the protection of habitat with diverse physical features (high geodiversity) associated with ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that maintain high biodiversity. Nonetheless, the relationships between biodiversity and habitat vary with spatial and biological context. In this study, we compare how well habitat geodiversity (spatial variation in abiotic processes and features) and climate explain biodiversity patterns of birds and trees. We also evaluate the consistency of biodiversity–geodiversity relationships across ecoregions.
Location
Contiguous USA.
Time period
2007–2016.
Taxa studied
Birds and trees.
Methods
We quantified geodiversity with remotely sensed data and generated biodiversity maps from the Forest Inventory and Analysis and Breeding Bird Survey datasets. We fitted multivariate …
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