Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity
Anthropogenic biodiversity decline threatens the functioning of ecosystems and the many benefits they provide to humanity1. As well as causing species losses in directly affected locations, human influence might also reduce biodiversity in relatively unmodified vegetation if far-reaching anthropogen...
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| author | Pärtel, Meelis Tamme, Riin Carmona, Carlos P. Riibak, Kersti Moora, Mari Bennett, Jonathan A. Chiarucci, Alessandro Chytrý, Milan De Bello, Francesco Eriksson, Ove Lasagno, Romina Gisele Peri, Pablo Luis Zobel, Martin |
| author_browse | Bennett, Jonathan A. Carmona, Carlos P. Chiarucci, Alessandro Chytrý, Milan De Bello, Francesco Eriksson, Ove Lasagno, Romina Gisele Moora, Mari Peri, Pablo Luis Pärtel, Meelis Riibak, Kersti Tamme, Riin Zobel, Martin |
| author_facet | Pärtel, Meelis Tamme, Riin Carmona, Carlos P. Riibak, Kersti Moora, Mari Bennett, Jonathan A. Chiarucci, Alessandro Chytrý, Milan De Bello, Francesco Eriksson, Ove Lasagno, Romina Gisele Peri, Pablo Luis Zobel, Martin |
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| description | Anthropogenic biodiversity decline threatens the functioning of ecosystems and the many benefits they provide to humanity1. As well as causing species losses in directly affected locations, human influence might also reduce biodiversity in relatively unmodified vegetation if far-reaching anthropogenic effects trigger local extinctions and hinder recolonization. Here we show that local plant diversity is globally negatively related to the level of anthropogenic activity in the surrounding region. Impoverishment of natural vegetation was evident only when we considered community completeness: the proportion of all suitable species in the region that are present at a site. To estimate community completeness, we compared the number of recorded species with the dark diversity—ecologically suitable species that are absent from a site but present in the surrounding region2. In the sampled regions with a minimal human footprint index, an average of 35% of suitable plant species were present locally, compared with less than 20% in highly affected regions. Besides having the potential to uncover overlooked threats to biodiversity, dark diversity also provides guidance for nature conservation. Species in the dark diversity remain regionally present, and their local populations might be restored through measures that improve connectivity between natural vegetation fragments and reduce threats to population persistence. |
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| spelling | INTA224322025-05-26T10:10:24Z Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity Pärtel, Meelis Tamme, Riin Carmona, Carlos P. Riibak, Kersti Moora, Mari Bennett, Jonathan A. Chiarucci, Alessandro Chytrý, Milan De Bello, Francesco Eriksson, Ove Lasagno, Romina Gisele Peri, Pablo Luis Zobel, Martin Biodiversity Losses Anthropogenic Changes Conservation Biodiversidad Pérdidas Cambio Antropogénico Conservación Native Plants Dark Diversity Species Losses Anthropogenic Effects Recolonization Human Footprint Index PEBANPA Network Plantas Nativas Diversidad Oscura Pérdidas de Especies Efectos Antropogénicos Recolonización Indice de Huella Humana Red PEBANPA Anthropogenic biodiversity decline threatens the functioning of ecosystems and the many benefits they provide to humanity1. As well as causing species losses in directly affected locations, human influence might also reduce biodiversity in relatively unmodified vegetation if far-reaching anthropogenic effects trigger local extinctions and hinder recolonization. Here we show that local plant diversity is globally negatively related to the level of anthropogenic activity in the surrounding region. Impoverishment of natural vegetation was evident only when we considered community completeness: the proportion of all suitable species in the region that are present at a site. To estimate community completeness, we compared the number of recorded species with the dark diversity—ecologically suitable species that are absent from a site but present in the surrounding region2. In the sampled regions with a minimal human footprint index, an average of 35% of suitable plant species were present locally, compared with less than 20% in highly affected regions. Besides having the potential to uncover overlooked threats to biodiversity, dark diversity also provides guidance for nature conservation. Species in the dark diversity remain regionally present, and their local populations might be restored through measures that improve connectivity between natural vegetation fragments and reduce threats to population persistence. EEA Santa Cruz, INTA Fil: Pärtel, Meelis. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences; Estonia. Fil: Tamme, Riin. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences; Estonia. Fil: Carmona, Carlos P. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences; Estonia. Fil: Riibak, Kersti. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences; Estonia. Fil: Moora, Mari. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences; Estonia. Fil: Bennett, Jonathan A. University of Saskatchewan. Department of Plant Sciences; Canadá. Fil: Chiarucci, Alessandro. University of Bologna. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum; Italia Fil: Chytrý, Milan. Masaryk University. Faculty of Science. Department of Botany and Zoology; República Checa Fil: De Bello, Francesco. CIDE, CSIC-UV-GVA; España Fil: De Bello, Francesco. University of South Bohemia. Faculty of Science. Department of Botany; República Checa Fil: Eriksson, Ove. Stockholm University. Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences; Suecia Fil: Lasagno, Romina Gisele. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Zobel, Martin. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences; Estonia. 2025-05-26T09:58:13Z 2025-05-26T09:58:13Z 2025-05-23 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22432 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08814-5 Pärtel M.; Tamme R.; Carmona C.P.; Riibak K.; Moora M.; Bennett J.A.; Chiarucci A.; Chytrý M.; De Bello F.; Eriksson O.; Harrison S.; Lewis R.J.; Moles A.T.; (…); Lasagno R.G.; Peri P.L.; et al. (2025) Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature 641: 917-924. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08814-5 1476-4687 (online) 0028-0836 (print) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Nature 641 (8064) : 917-924. (May 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Biodiversity Losses Anthropogenic Changes Conservation Biodiversidad Pérdidas Cambio Antropogénico Conservación Native Plants Dark Diversity Species Losses Anthropogenic Effects Recolonization Human Footprint Index PEBANPA Network Plantas Nativas Diversidad Oscura Pérdidas de Especies Efectos Antropogénicos Recolonización Indice de Huella Humana Red PEBANPA Pärtel, Meelis Tamme, Riin Carmona, Carlos P. Riibak, Kersti Moora, Mari Bennett, Jonathan A. Chiarucci, Alessandro Chytrý, Milan De Bello, Francesco Eriksson, Ove Lasagno, Romina Gisele Peri, Pablo Luis Zobel, Martin Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| title | Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| title_full | Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| title_fullStr | Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| title_short | Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| title_sort | global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity |
| topic | Biodiversity Losses Anthropogenic Changes Conservation Biodiversidad Pérdidas Cambio Antropogénico Conservación Native Plants Dark Diversity Species Losses Anthropogenic Effects Recolonization Human Footprint Index PEBANPA Network Plantas Nativas Diversidad Oscura Pérdidas de Especies Efectos Antropogénicos Recolonización Indice de Huella Humana Red PEBANPA |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22432 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08814-5 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5 |
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