scholarly journals Species–area relationship and small‐island effect of vascular plant diversity in a young volcanic archipelago

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Chiarucci ◽  
Riccardo Guarino ◽  
Salvatore Pasta ◽  
Alfonso La Rosa ◽  
Pietro Lo Cascio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship

Species–area relationship and small‐island effect of bryophytes on the Zhoushan Archipelago, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 978-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yu ◽  
Dandan Li ◽  
Zeyou Zhang ◽  
Shuiliang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship ◽  
Zhoushan Archipelago

Vegetation and vascular plant diversity of islands surrounding Port Shelter, Hong Kong, China

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-609
Author(s):  
Hu Puwei ◽  
Xing Fuwu ◽  
Chen Lin ◽  
Wang Meina ◽  
Wang Faguo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

Numbers of plant species on the islands of Aldabra Atoll

1979 ◽  
Vol 286 (1011) ◽  
pp. 247-254 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Island Ecosystems ◽  
Species Numbers ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Number Of Plant Species

The logarithm of island area accounts for 70 % of the variance in the number of plant species occurring on 100 lagoon islands. Two components of island altitude (altitude of the island rim and the logarithm of the island’s inland altitude) are also of importance, and account for 9 % of the variation in species numbers. A further 13 variables account for only an extra 5 % of the variance in the mixed model. These results resemble the findings of other island studies. In the equation S = K A z , z = 0.345 and falls within the range of expected values. The species-area curve gives little indication of the ‘small island effect’ found for other small islands; this may reflect, among other factors, the richness of the Aldabran flora when compared with those of the small island ecosystems already studied. The curve is also compared with that compiled by Williams (1964) and a discrepancy between the two is discussed. Woody plants are largely responsible for the increase of species numbers with increasing area. Species that are restricted to islands of particular sizes are listed and the characteristics of the frequencies of occurrence of the more common species are summarized.

The significance of deadwood for total bryophyte, lichen, and vascular plant diversity in an old-growth spruce forest

Plant Ecology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 215 (10) ◽  
pp. 1123-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Dittrich ◽  
Mascha Jacob ◽  
Claudia Bade ◽  
Christoph Leuschner ◽  
Markus Hauck
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Spruce Forest ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity

scholarly journals Relationship between moth (night active Lepidoptera) diversity and vegetation characteristics in southern Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1005-1015
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Vascular Plant Diversity ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
Tree Canopy Cover ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract The diversity and community composition of moths (both macro- and micromoths) at 32 sites, representing a wide range of habitat types (forests, grasslands, wetlands, agricultural and urban areas) within a restricted region in central Scania, southern-most Sweden, was investigated by use of light moth traps and compared with vascular plant species richness and habitat characteristics. The results revealed a highly significant general association between vegetation composition and the composition of the moth community and multivariate (CCA) analyses indicated light availability and soil fertility parameters (pH and macronutrients) to be the habitat characteristics that best correlated with moth community composition. Less strong, but still significant, positive relationships between moth abundance and local vascular plant diversity were also revealed. Moth species richness was positively correlated with diversity of woody plant genera in the neighborhood, but not with local vascular plant diversity in general. As for more general site characteristics, there were tendencies for higher moth richness and abundance at sites with more productive soils (well-drained, high pH, high nutrient availability), while shading/tree canopy cover, management, soil disturbance regimes and nectar production appeared unrelated to moth community parameters. It is concluded that local moth assemblages are strongly influenced by site characteristics and vegetation composition. Implications for insect conservation: The results show that obtaining moth data on a local scale is useful for conservation planning and does not need to be very cumbersome. Local moth assemblages monitored are indeed related to local site characteristics of conservation relevance.

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