Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation 2022
Article first published online: 06 MAR 2022 | DOI: 10.17581/bp.2022.11106 | EDN: FRJOYE
Small-scale species richness of plant communities with similar biomass: the influence of habitat types in the context of historical hypothesis (Western Caucasus and Ciscaucasia, Black and Azov Seas, Russia)
Valeriy V. Akatov 1
,
Dmitry F. Afanasyev 2 ,
Tatyana V. Akatova 3 ,
Sergey G. Chefranov 1 ,
Tatyana G. Eskina 3 &
Ekaterina G. Sushkova 2 1 Maykop State Technological University, Maykop, Russia
2 Azov–Black Sea branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
3 Caucasus State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Maykop, Russia
We compared the species richness of the plant communities of different habitats on different sites of the biomass gradient. The analysis was based on data on 1089 above-ground biomass samples taken from the sites 0.25 m2 of terrestrial herbaceous communities of the Western Caucasus and Ciscaucasia (30–2800 m a.s.l.) and 317 samples taken from the same sites of the macrophytobenthos of the Black and Azov Seas (0.5–10 m depth). Results showed that a certain amount of biomass, sampled in communities of different types, includes, on average, a significantly different number of species. Thus, among terrestrial plant communities, highmountain communities of the Western Caucasus are characterized by the highest species richness in most ranges of the biomass gradient; communities of herb layer of shaded forests – on the contrary, the lowest richness. The macrophytobenthos of the Black Sea is characterized by lower species richness than most of the terrestrial communities, but higher species richness than the benthic communities of the Azov Sea. We showed that significant difference in the small-scale species richness of these communities can be plausibly explained by the peculiarities of their history.
Акатов В.В., Афанасьев Д.Ф., Акатова Т.В., Чефранов С.Г., Ескина Т.Г., Сушкова Е.Г. Локальное видовое богатство растительных сообществ со сходной биомассой: влияние типов местообитаний в контексте исторической гипотезы (Западный Кавказ и Предкавказье, Черное и Азовское моря, Россия). Мы сравнили видовое богатство растительных сообществ разных местообитаний на разных участках градиента биомассы. Для анализа мы использовали данные по 1089 пробам наземной биомассы, отобранным с участков площадью 0.25 м2 наземных травяных сообществ Западного Кавказа и Предкавказья (30–2800 м н.у.м.), и по 317 пробам, отобранным с таких же по площади участков макрофитобентоса Черного и Азовское морей (0.5–10 м глубины). Результаты показали, что определенное количество биомассы, отобранной в сообществах разного типа, включает в среднем существенно разное число видов. Так, среди наземных растительных сообществ наиболее высоким видовым богатством на большинстве участков градиента биомассы характеризуются высокогорные сообщества Западного Кавказа; сообщества травяного яруса затененных лесов – наоборот, наименьшим. Макрофитобентос Черного моря характеризуется менее высоким видовым богатством, чем большинство наземных сообществ, но более высоким, чем макрофитобентос Азовского моря. Мы показали, что существенные различия в видовом богатстве этих сообществ можно правдоподобно объяснить особенностями их истории.
Keywords: terrestrial plant communities, macrophytobenthos, species richness, aboveground biomass, species-energy hypothesis, historical data, наземные растительные сообщества, макрофитобентос, видовое богатство, наземная биомасса, энергетическая гипотеза, исторические данные
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