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Main Authors: Rijal, Dilli P, Bråthen, Kari Anne, Brown, Antony G, Heintzman, Peter D, Alsos, Inger G, Yoccoz, Nigel G
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Ecology letters 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40982383/
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author Rijal, Dilli P
Bråthen, Kari Anne
Brown, Antony G
Heintzman, Peter D
Alsos, Inger G
Yoccoz, Nigel G
author_facet Rijal, Dilli P
Bråthen, Kari Anne
Brown, Antony G
Heintzman, Peter D
Alsos, Inger G
Yoccoz, Nigel G
Rijal, Dilli P
Bråthen, Kari Anne
Brown, Antony G
Heintzman, Peter D
Alsos, Inger G
Yoccoz, Nigel G
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Millennia of Metacommunity Diversification and Homogenization Captured by Sedimentary Ancient DNA. Rijal, Dilli P Bråthen, Kari Anne Brown, Antony G Heintzman, Peter D Alsos, Inger G Yoccoz, Nigel G Biodiversity Geologic Sediments DNA, Ancient Plants Lakes Ecosystem Alpha (α), beta (𝛽), gamma (𝛾) and zeta (𝛇) diversity metrics are complementary in their information, yet insight from this complementarity has yet to be explored. Here we use postglacial lake sediments for reconstructing plant metacommunity diversity patterns using all four metrics. Based on sedimentary ancient DNA data, we find that the metacommunity both diversified (𝛽) and homogenised (𝛇) over millennia of ecosystem development, alongside rising taxon richness at both community (α) and metacommunity (𝛾) level. In contrast temporal turnover of taxa (𝛽) declined, both at the community and metacommunity level. With taxon appearances exceeding disappearances this suggests the co-existence of taxa in the communities increased. However, the shared taxa in the metacommunity (𝛇) showed a continuously high temporal turnover, suggesting the taxa contributing to the metacommunity homogenisation were largely transient. That communities homogenised but remained distinctively different over millennia highlights the importance of individual communities in sustaining metacommunity biodiversity.
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spellingShingle Millennia of Metacommunity Diversification and Homogenization Captured by Sedimentary Ancient DNA.
Rijal, Dilli P
Bråthen, Kari Anne
Brown, Antony G
Heintzman, Peter D
Alsos, Inger G
Yoccoz, Nigel G
Biodiversity
Geologic Sediments
DNA, Ancient
Plants
Lakes
Ecosystem
Millennia of Metacommunity Diversification and Homogenization Captured by Sedimentary Ancient DNA. Rijal, Dilli P Bråthen, Kari Anne Brown, Antony G Heintzman, Peter D Alsos, Inger G Yoccoz, Nigel G Biodiversity Geologic Sediments DNA, Ancient Plants Lakes Ecosystem Alpha (α), beta (𝛽), gamma (𝛾) and zeta (𝛇) diversity metrics are complementary in their information, yet insight from this complementarity has yet to be explored. Here we use postglacial lake sediments for reconstructing plant metacommunity diversity patterns using all four metrics. Based on sedimentary ancient DNA data, we find that the metacommunity both diversified (𝛽) and homogenised (𝛇) over millennia of ecosystem development, alongside rising taxon richness at both community (α) and metacommunity (𝛾) level. In contrast temporal turnover of taxa (𝛽) declined, both at the community and metacommunity level. With taxon appearances exceeding disappearances this suggests the co-existence of taxa in the communities increased. However, the shared taxa in the metacommunity (𝛇) showed a continuously high temporal turnover, suggesting the taxa contributing to the metacommunity homogenisation were largely transient. That communities homogenised but remained distinctively different over millennia highlights the importance of individual communities in sustaining metacommunity biodiversity.
title Millennia of Metacommunity Diversification and Homogenization Captured by Sedimentary Ancient DNA.
topic Biodiversity
Geologic Sediments
DNA, Ancient
Plants
Lakes
Ecosystem
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40982383/