Think globally, measure locally : The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring plant species distributions along elevation gradients
Haider, Sylvia (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Alemanya))
Lembrechts, Jonas J. (University of Antwerp)
McDougall, Keith (Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)
Pauchard, Aníbal (Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity)
Alexander, Jake M. (ETH Zürich)
Barros, Agustina (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina))
Cavieres, Lohengrin A. (Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity)
Rashid, Irfan (University of Kashmir)
Rew, Lisa J. (Montana State University)
Aleksanyan, Alla (Armenian National Agrarian University)
Arévalo, José R. (University of La Laguna)
Aschero, Valeria (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina))
Chisholm, Chelsea (ETH Zürich)
Clark, V. Ralph (University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus)
Clavel, Jan (University of Antwerp)
Daehler, Curtis (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)
Dar, Pervaiz A. (Amar Singh College)
Dietz, Hansjörg (ETH Zürich)
Dimarco, Romina D. (University of Houston)
Edwards, Peter (ETH Zürich)
Essl, Franz (University of Vienna)
Fuentes-Lillo, Eduardo (Adventist University of Chile)
Guisan, Antoine (University of Lausanne)
Gwate, Onalenna (University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus)
Hargreaves, Anna L. (McGill University)
Jakobs, Gabi (ETH Zürich)
Jiménez, Alejandra (Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity)
Kardol, Paul (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Kueffer, Christoph (Stellenbosch University)
Larson, Christian (Montana State University)
Lenoir, Jonathan (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)
Lenzner, Bernd (University of Vienna)
Padrón Mederos, Miguel A. (University of La Laguna)
Mihoc, Maritza (Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity)
Milbau, Ann (Research Institute for Nature and Forest (Brusel·les, Bèlgica))
Morgan, John W. (La Trobe University)
Müllerová, Jana (Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany)
Naylor, Bridgett J. (PNW Research Station)
Nijs, Ivan (University of Antwerp)
Nuñez, Martin A. (Universidad Nacional del Comahue)
Otto, Rüdiger (University of La Laguna)
Preuk, Niels (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Ratier Backes, Amanda (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Alemanya))
Reshi, Zafar A. (University of Kashmir)
Rumpf, Sabine B. (University of Basel)
Sandoya, Verónica (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Schroder, Mellesa (Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)
Speziale, Karina L. (INIBIOMA)
Urbach, Davnah (University of Bern)
Valencia, Graciela (Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity)
Vandvik, Vigdis (University of Bergen)
Vitková, Michaela (Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany)
Vorstenbosch, Tom (Leiden University)
Walker, Tom W. N. (University of Neuchâtel)
Walsh, Neville (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria)
Wright, Genevieve (NSW Government, Biodiversity and Conservation)
Zong, Shengwei (Northeast Normal University)
Seipel, Tim (Montana State University)

Data:	2022
Resum:	Climate change and other global change drivers threaten plant diversity in mountains worldwide. A widely documented response to such environmental modifications is for plant species to change their elevational ranges. Range shifts are often idiosyncratic and difficult to generalize, partly due to variation in sampling methods. There is thus a need for a standardized monitoring strategy that can be applied across mountain regions to assess distribution changes and community turnover of native and non-native plant species over space and time. Here, we present a conceptually intuitive and standardized protocol developed by the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) to systematically quantify global patterns of native and non-native species distributions along elevation gradients and shifts arising from interactive effects of climate change and human disturbance. Usually repeated every five years, surveys consist of 20 sample sites located at equal elevation increments along three replicate roads per sampling region. At each site, three plots extend from the side of a mountain road into surrounding natural vegetation. The protocol has been successfully used in 18 regions worldwide from 2007 to present. Analyses of one point in time already generated some salient results, and revealed region-specific elevational patterns of native plant species richness, but a globally consistent elevational decline in non-native species richness. Non-native plants were also more abundant directly adjacent to road edges, suggesting that disturbed roadsides serve as a vector for invasions into mountains. From the upcoming analyses of time series, even more exciting results can be expected, especially about range shifts. Implementing the protocol in more mountain regions globally would help to generate a more complete picture of how global change alters species distributions. This would inform conservation policy in mountain ecosystems, where some conservation policies remain poorly implemented.
Ajuts:	European Commission 678841
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Climate change ; Invasive species ; Long-term ecological monitoring ; MIREN ; Mountain biodiversity ; Mountain Invasion Research Network ; Range dynamics ; Range expansions
Publicat a:	Ecology and evolution, Vol. 12, Issue 2 (February 2022) , art. e8590, ISSN 2045-7758

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8590
PMID: 35222963

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