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Regional occupancy increases for widespread species but decreases for narrowly distributed species in metacommunity time series

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  • Wu-Bing Xu

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Shane A. Blowes

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Viviana Brambilla

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Cher F. Y. Chow

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Ada Fontrodona-Eslava

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Inês S. Martins

    (University of St Andrews
    University of York)

  • Daniel McGlinn

    (College of Charleston)

  • Faye Moyes

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Alban Sagouis

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Hideyasu Shimadzu

    (Loughborough University
    Teikyo University)

  • Roel Klink

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Anne E. Magurran

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Nicholas J. Gotelli

    (University of Vermont)

  • Brian J. McGill

    (University of Maine)

  • Maria Dornelas

    (University of St Andrews
    University of York
    University of Lisbon)

  • Jonathan M. Chase

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

Abstract

While human activities are known to elicit rapid turnover in species composition through time, the properties of the species that increase or decrease their spatial occupancy underlying this turnover are less clear. Here, we used an extensive dataset of 238 metacommunity time series of multiple taxa spread across the globe to evaluate whether species that are more widespread (large-ranged species) differed in how they changed their site occupancy over the 10–90 years the metacommunities were monitored relative to species that are more narrowly distributed (small-ranged species). We found that on average, large-ranged species tended to increase in occupancy through time, whereas small-ranged species tended to decrease. These relationships were stronger in marine than in terrestrial and freshwater realms. However, in terrestrial regions, the directional changes in occupancy were less extreme in protected areas. Our findings provide evidence for systematic decreases in occupancy of small-ranged species, and that habitat protection could mitigate these losses in the face of environmental change.

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  • Wu-Bing Xu & Shane A. Blowes & Viviana Brambilla & Cher F. Y. Chow & Ada Fontrodona-Eslava & Inês S. Martins & Daniel McGlinn & Faye Moyes & Alban Sagouis & Hideyasu Shimadzu & Roel Klink & Anne E. Ma, 2023. "Regional occupancy increases for widespread species but decreases for narrowly distributed species in metacommunity time series," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-37127-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37127-2
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