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| author | Garcés-Pastor, Sandra Heintzman, Peter D Zetter, Scarlett Lammers, Youri Yoccoz, Nigel G Theurillat, Jean-Paul Schwörer, Christoph Tribsch, Andreas Walsh, Kevin Vannière, Boris Wangensteen, Owen S Heiri, Oliver Coissac, Eric Lavergne, Sébastien van Vugt, Lieveke Rey, Fabian Giguet-Covex, Charline Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Karger, Dirk N Pellissier, Loïc Schabetsberger, Robert Haas, Jean Nicolas Strasser, Michael Koinig, Karin A Goslar, Tomasz Szidat, Sönke Brown, Antony G Tinner, Willy Alsos, Inger Greve |
| author_facet | Garcés-Pastor, Sandra Heintzman, Peter D Zetter, Scarlett Lammers, Youri Yoccoz, Nigel G Theurillat, Jean-Paul Schwörer, Christoph Tribsch, Andreas Walsh, Kevin Vannière, Boris Wangensteen, Owen S Heiri, Oliver Coissac, Eric Lavergne, Sébastien van Vugt, Lieveke Rey, Fabian Giguet-Covex, Charline Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Karger, Dirk N Pellissier, Loïc Schabetsberger, Robert Haas, Jean Nicolas Strasser, Michael Koinig, Karin A Goslar, Tomasz Szidat, Sönke Brown, Antony G Tinner, Willy Alsos, Inger Greve Garcés-Pastor, Sandra Heintzman, Peter D Zetter, Scarlett Lammers, Youri Yoccoz, Nigel G Theurillat, Jean-Paul Schwörer, Christoph Tribsch, Andreas Walsh, Kevin Vannière, Boris Wangensteen, Owen S Heiri, Oliver Coissac, Eric Lavergne, Sébastien van Vugt, Lieveke Rey, Fabian Giguet-Covex, Charline Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Karger, Dirk N Pellissier, Loïc Schabetsberger, Robert Haas, Jean Nicolas Strasser, Michael Koinig, Karin A Goslar, Tomasz Szidat, Sönke Brown, Antony G Tinner, Willy Alsos, Inger Greve |
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| contents | Wild and domesticated animal abundance is associated with greater late-Holocene alpine plant diversity. Garcés-Pastor, Sandra Heintzman, Peter D Zetter, Scarlett Lammers, Youri Yoccoz, Nigel G Theurillat, Jean-Paul Schwörer, Christoph Tribsch, Andreas Walsh, Kevin Vannière, Boris Wangensteen, Owen S Heiri, Oliver Coissac, Eric Lavergne, Sébastien van Vugt, Lieveke Rey, Fabian Giguet-Covex, Charline Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Karger, Dirk N Pellissier, Loïc Schabetsberger, Robert Haas, Jean Nicolas Strasser, Michael Koinig, Karin A Goslar, Tomasz Szidat, Sönke Brown, Antony G Tinner, Willy Alsos, Inger Greve Animals Biodiversity Animals, Domestic Plants Cattle Ecosystem Animals, Wild Sheep Goats Europe Geologic Sediments Climate Change Herbivory In the face of human land use and climate dynamics, it is essential to know the key drivers of plant species diversity in montane regions. However, the relative roles of climate and ungulates in alpine ecosystem change is an open question. Neither observational data nor traditional palaeoecological data have the power to resolve this issue over decadal to centennial timescales, but sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) does. Here we record 603 plant taxa, as well as 5 wild, and 6 domesticated mammals from 14 lake sediment records over the last 14,000 years in the European Alps. Sheep were the first domesticated animals detected (at 5.8 ka), with cattle appearing at the early Bronze Age (4.2 ka) and goats arriving later (3.5 ka). While sheep had an impact similar to wild ungulates, cattle have been associated with increased plant diversity over the last 2 ka by promoting the diversity of forbs and graminoids. Modelling of the sedaDNA data revealed a significantly larger effect of cattle and wild ungulates than temperature on plant diversity. Our findings highlight the significant alteration of alpine vegetation and the entire ecosystem in the Alps by wild and domesticated herbivores. This study has immediate implications for the maintenance and management of high plant species diversity in the face of ongoing anthropogenic changes in the land use of montane regions. |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publisher | Nature communications |
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| spellingShingle | Wild and domesticated animal abundance is associated with greater late-Holocene alpine plant diversity. Garcés-Pastor, Sandra Heintzman, Peter D Zetter, Scarlett Lammers, Youri Yoccoz, Nigel G Theurillat, Jean-Paul Schwörer, Christoph Tribsch, Andreas Walsh, Kevin Vannière, Boris Wangensteen, Owen S Heiri, Oliver Coissac, Eric Lavergne, Sébastien van Vugt, Lieveke Rey, Fabian Giguet-Covex, Charline Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Karger, Dirk N Pellissier, Loïc Schabetsberger, Robert Haas, Jean Nicolas Strasser, Michael Koinig, Karin A Goslar, Tomasz Szidat, Sönke Brown, Antony G Tinner, Willy Alsos, Inger Greve Animals Biodiversity Animals, Domestic Plants Cattle Ecosystem Animals, Wild Sheep Goats Europe Geologic Sediments Climate Change Herbivory Wild and domesticated animal abundance is associated with greater late-Holocene alpine plant diversity. Garcés-Pastor, Sandra Heintzman, Peter D Zetter, Scarlett Lammers, Youri Yoccoz, Nigel G Theurillat, Jean-Paul Schwörer, Christoph Tribsch, Andreas Walsh, Kevin Vannière, Boris Wangensteen, Owen S Heiri, Oliver Coissac, Eric Lavergne, Sébastien van Vugt, Lieveke Rey, Fabian Giguet-Covex, Charline Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Karger, Dirk N Pellissier, Loïc Schabetsberger, Robert Haas, Jean Nicolas Strasser, Michael Koinig, Karin A Goslar, Tomasz Szidat, Sönke Brown, Antony G Tinner, Willy Alsos, Inger Greve Animals Biodiversity Animals, Domestic Plants Cattle Ecosystem Animals, Wild Sheep Goats Europe Geologic Sediments Climate Change Herbivory In the face of human land use and climate dynamics, it is essential to know the key drivers of plant species diversity in montane regions. However, the relative roles of climate and ungulates in alpine ecosystem change is an open question. Neither observational data nor traditional palaeoecological data have the power to resolve this issue over decadal to centennial timescales, but sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) does. Here we record 603 plant taxa, as well as 5 wild, and 6 domesticated mammals from 14 lake sediment records over the last 14,000 years in the European Alps. Sheep were the first domesticated animals detected (at 5.8 ka), with cattle appearing at the early Bronze Age (4.2 ka) and goats arriving later (3.5 ka). While sheep had an impact similar to wild ungulates, cattle have been associated with increased plant diversity over the last 2 ka by promoting the diversity of forbs and graminoids. Modelling of the sedaDNA data revealed a significantly larger effect of cattle and wild ungulates than temperature on plant diversity. Our findings highlight the significant alteration of alpine vegetation and the entire ecosystem in the Alps by wild and domesticated herbivores. This study has immediate implications for the maintenance and management of high plant species diversity in the face of ongoing anthropogenic changes in the land use of montane regions. |
| title | Wild and domesticated animal abundance is associated with greater late-Holocene alpine plant diversity. |
| topic | Animals Biodiversity Animals, Domestic Plants Cattle Ecosystem Animals, Wild Sheep Goats Europe Geologic Sediments Climate Change Herbivory |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40280921/ |