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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Pronounced turnover of vascular plant species in Central European arable fields over 90 years
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Volume 361, Article 108798, Year 2024
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We studied changes in vascular plant species occurring in Central European (Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Hungary, Northern Italy, Slovenia and Croatia) arable fields and their edges from 1930 to 2019. To correct for bias in the data, we used occupancy modeling to analyze changes in the occupancy, i.e., distribution ranges sizes, of the 359 most common species in the AgriWeedClim database. We used ecological indicator values, native versus alien (archaeophyte, neophyte) status, and species affinity to arable habitats to assess changes in the occupancy of species with different environmental preferences and biogeographic origins. We found only a small decline in overall species occupancy over time, with a median occupancy change of −0.1 %, possibly due to the exclusion of rare species from modeling. Species turnover was more pronounced, with 72 species decreasing to less than half of their initial occupancy and 77 species more than doubling their initial occupancy. Species with environmental preferences for nutrient-rich sites with neutral pH increased in occupancy whereas species typical for arable fields decreased. No response to climate change (i.e., increased occupancy of thermophilous or drought-tolerant species) was detected. Archaeophytes and native species decreased whereas neophytes increased in occupancy. Taken together, results suggest that the biodiversity of arable fields is changing largely in response to anthropogenic habitat changes. © 2023
Authors & Co-Authors
Glaser, Michael
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Dullinger, Stefan
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Moser, Dietmar
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Lososová, Zdeňka
Czech Republic, Brno
Masaryk University
Berg, Christian
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Bürger, Jana
Germany, Rostock
Universität Rostock
Chiarucci, Alessandro
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Follak, Swen
Austria, Vienna
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Küzmič, Filip
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti
Meyer, Stefan
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Germany, Görlitz
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Pyšek, Petr
Czech Republic, Prague
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Šilc, Urban
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti
Steinkellner, Siegrid
Austria, Vienna
Universitat Fur Bodenkultur Wien
Essl, Franz
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
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Authors: 14
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.agee.2023.108798
ISSN:
01678809
Research Areas
Environmental