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Cenozoic dynamics of beta diversity in East Asian angiosperm woody plants: cooling and increased fluctuation of climate drive dist
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Category: Abstract
Track: Pending
Proposed Symposium Title: Cenozoic dynamics of beta diversity in East Asian angiosperm woody plants: cooling and increased fluctuation of climate drive dist
Authors:
Shogo Ikari1, Takayuki Shiono1, Kubota Yasuhiro1
Affiliations: 1 Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, JPN
Abstract:
We focused on the impact of paleoclimate changes on large-scale taxonomic sorting related to geography; specifically, how cooler and warmer climatic conditions affect the distance-dependency of beta diversity. Using a dataset of Cenozoic fossil assemblages of angiosperm woody plants (7,468 data points; 310 genera in 95 families) in the Japanese portion of the East Asian archipelago (except Ryukyu islands), we modeled the distance-dependency of genus turnover (pairwise compositional dissimilarity) through the Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Last Glacial Period, Holocene, and present day. The genus turnover of angiosperm woody plants was significantly correlated with geographical and climatic distance only in the Last Glacial Period, Holocene, and present day. During the Oligocene to Pliocene, the warmer periods, genus turnover was mostly independent of geographical distance. Spatial/climatic distance-dependent turnover under colder environments involved a climate-induced sorting process to spatially diversify woody-plant assemblages across the archipelago. Moreover, the predominance of distant-independent turnover suggested the effect of dispersal release under warmer, stable climates. Our findings suggest that future tropicalization in temperate habitats could promote geographical homogenization of biodiversity patterns.