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Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

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  • Francesca Pilotto

    (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
    Umeå University)

  • Ingolf Kühn

    (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Geobotany and Botanical Garden
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle - Jena - Leipzig)

  • Rita Adrian

    (Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries & Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Renate Alber

    (Agency for Environment and Climate Protection)

  • Audrey Alignier

    (UMR 0980 BAGAP, INRAE – Institut Agro – ESA
    LTSER Zone Atelier Armorique)

  • Christopher Andrews

    (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)

  • Jaana Bäck

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Luc Barbaro

    (Dynafor, INRAE, University of Toulouse, France & CESCO, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne-Univ, Paris, France & LTSER Zone Atelier Pyrénées Garonne)

  • Deborah Beaumont

    (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton)

  • Natalie Beenaerts

    (Hasselt University)

  • Sue Benham

    (Forest Research)

  • David S. Boukal

    (University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology & Soil and Water Research Infrastructure
    Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology)

  • Vincent Bretagnolle

    (CEBC, UMR7372, CNRS & La Rochelle University
    LTSER Zone Atelier Plaine & Val de Sèvre)

  • Elisa Camatti

    (Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council)

  • Roberto Canullo

    (University of Camerino)

  • Patricia G. Cardoso

    (CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto)

  • Bruno J. Ens

    (Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology)

  • Gert Everaert

    (Flanders Marine Institute)

  • Vesela Evtimova

    (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Heidrun Feuchtmayr

    (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre)

  • Ricardo García-González

    (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC))

  • Daniel Gómez García

    (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC))

  • Ulf Grandin

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Jerzy M. Gutowski

    (Forest Research Institute)

  • Liat Hadar

    (Ramat Hanadiv)

  • Lubos Halada

    (Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS)

  • Melinda Halassy

    (MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany)

  • Herman Hummel

    (and Utrecht University)

  • Kaisa-Leena Huttunen

    (University of Oulu
    University of Oulu Infrastructure Platform)

  • Bogdan Jaroszewicz

    (Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw)

  • Thomas C. Jensen

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research)

  • Henrik Kalivoda

    (Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS)

  • Inger Kappel Schmidt

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Ingrid Kröncke

    (Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department)

  • Reima Leinonen

    (Transport and the Environment)

  • Filipe Martinho

    (University of Coimbra)

  • Henning Meesenburg

    (Northwest German Forest Research Institute)

  • Julia Meyer

    (Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department)

  • Stefano Minerbi

    (Forest Services, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol)

  • Don Monteith

    (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre)

  • Boris P. Nikolov

    (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Daniel Oro

    (CEAB (CSIC)
    IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB))

  • Dāvis Ozoliņš

    (University of Latvia)

  • Bachisio M. Padedda

    (Università degli Studi di Sassari)

  • Denise Pallett

    (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)

  • Marco Pansera

    (Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council)

  • Miguel Ângelo Pardal

    (University of Coimbra)

  • Bruno Petriccione

    (Castel di Sangro Biodiversity Unit)

  • Tanja Pipan

    (ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Ljubljana & UNESCO Chair on Karst Education University of Nova Gorica)

  • Juha Pöyry

    (Biodiversity Centre)

  • Stefanie M. Schäfer

    (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)

  • Marcus Schaub

    (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL)

  • Susanne C. Schneider

    (Norwegian Institute for Water Research)

  • Agnija Skuja

    (University of Latvia)

  • Karline Soetaert

    (and Utrecht University)

  • Gunta Spriņģe

    (University of Latvia)

  • Radoslav Stanchev

    (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Jenni A. Stockan

    (James Hutton Institute)

  • Stefan Stoll

    (University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld
    University of Duisburg-Essen)

  • Lisa Sundqvist

    (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute)

  • Anne Thimonier

    (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL)

  • Gert Van Hoey

    (Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fishery and Food)

  • Gunther Van Ryckegem

    (Research Institute for Nature and Forest)

  • Marcel E. Visser

    (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW))

  • Samuel Vorhauser

    (Agency for Environment and Climate Protection)

  • Peter Haase

    (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
    University of Duisburg-Essen)

Abstract

Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term biological time series (15–91 years) collected across Europe, using a comprehensive dataset comprising ~6,200 marine, freshwater and terrestrial taxa. We test whether (i) local long-term biodiversity trends are consistent among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, and (ii) changes in biodiversity correlate with regional climate and local conditions. Our results reveal that local trends of abundance, richness and diversity differ among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, demonstrating that biodiversity changes at local scale are often complex and cannot be easily generalized. However, we find increases in richness and abundance with increasing temperature and naturalness as well as a clear spatial pattern in changes in community composition (i.e. temporal taxonomic turnover) in most biogeoregions of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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  • Francesca Pilotto & Ingolf Kühn & Rita Adrian & Renate Alber & Audrey Alignier & Christopher Andrews & Jaana Bäck & Luc Barbaro & Deborah Beaumont & Natalie Beenaerts & Sue Benham & David S. Boukal & , 2020. "Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-17171-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17171-y
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