Aim Assessing species range shifts and subsequent thermophilization—the increasing dominance of warm‐adapted species in communities—is critical for understanding ecological responses to climate change. Because systematic monitoring data for assessing thermophilization are limited geographically, temporally, and taxonomically, the use of occurrence data has been attempted. Although occurrence data have enabled important discoveries in studies evaluating the impact of climate change‐induced range shifts on community responses, two major biases—Spatiotemporal Variation of Observation Effort (STVOE) and the Truncation Effect—hinder their full potential. This study introduces the Community Change Detection Model (CCDM), a novel statistical framework designed to address these biases and accurately measure the thermophilization rate using large‐scale occurrence data. Innovation CCDM is a simple method based on multiple regression, yet it is the first method to simultaneously correct for the various degrees of STVOE and the truncation effect, enabling reliable thermophilization rate estimation from biased occurrence data. Validated through simulations and an empirical application to Japanese vascular plants, CCDM surpasses previous approaches, enabling the use of large amounts of occurrence data that had previously been restricted. Main Conclusions Applying CCDM to Japan's vascular plant communities from 1900 to 2024 revealed consistent thermophilization with acceleration since 1985, though it lagged behind regional warming rates, leading to the development of a climatic debt. Our analysis enabled this discovery by utilising occurrence data from historical warming periods, which is largely inaccessible through systematic monitoring. Furthermore, CCDM demonstrated robust performance in estimating thermophilization rates under various bias conditions in the simulation, indicating its high general applicability. CCDM unlocks the potential of historical occurrence data, offering unprecedented insights into climate change impacts across under‐monitored regions, periods, and taxa.
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Max Mallen‐Cooper, Millie Vernon, David J. Eldridge
Aim Coarse woody debris is increasingly being used in ecological restoration. We aimed to assess the global impacts of woody debris on ecosystem properties and functions. Location Global. Major Taxa Studied Soil biota, plants, soil function. Methods We conducted a quantitative global meta‐analysis of 66 studies (5234 observations) to assess how woody debris influences ecosystem health and specific ecological components, focusing on soil properties, soil biota, and plants. Results Woody debris significantly enhanced soil function, biodiversity, and the abundance of biota. The positive impact on diversity and abundance increased with debris size, and in the case of abundance, age of debris. Most individual attributes such as soil carbon, soil nitrogen, soil infiltration, and the abundance and diversity of microbes, invertebrates, and plants, were enhanced by the addition of woody debris, and generally to a greater extent when the debris was larger and older. Main Conclusions Our results suggest that larger and older pieces of woody debris are more likely to promote ecological functioning and biodiversity.
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Chang Liu, Stef Haesen, Jürgen Dengler, Denys Vynokurov, Idoia Biurrun, Łukasz Kozub, Iwona Dembicz, Alireza Naqinezhad, Béla Tóthmérész, Dariia Borovyk, Franz Essl, Juan Antonio Campos, Nadiia Skobel, Péter Török, Robin J. Pakeman, Swantje Löbel, Koenraad Van Meerbeek
European grasslands rank among the most species-rich ecosystems at small spatial scales, yet their biodiversity and functioning face significant threats from climate change and land-use intensification. Functional traits more effectively explain ecosystem functions (EFs) than species identity or diversity. This study examines how future climate and land cover changes will shape grassland functional composition, addressing gaps in trait-environment relationships and large-scale functional predictions.
{"title":"Climate and Land Cover Change Transform Functional Identity and Reduce Functional Diversity in European Grasslands","authors":"Chang Liu, Stef Haesen, Jürgen Dengler, Denys Vynokurov, Idoia Biurrun, Łukasz Kozub, Iwona Dembicz, Alireza Naqinezhad, Béla Tóthmérész, Dariia Borovyk, Franz Essl, Juan Antonio Campos, Nadiia Skobel, Péter Török, Robin J. Pakeman, Swantje Löbel, Koenraad Van Meerbeek","doi":"10.1111/geb.70217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70217","url":null,"abstract":"European grasslands rank among the most species-rich ecosystems at small spatial scales, yet their biodiversity and functioning face significant threats from climate change and land-use intensification. Functional traits more effectively explain ecosystem functions (EFs) than species identity or diversity. This study examines how future climate and land cover changes will shape grassland functional composition, addressing gaps in trait-environment relationships and large-scale functional predictions.","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147371516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ankita Gupta, Camille DeSisto, Donald Midoko Iponga, Alfred Ngomanda, Vincent Maicher, Halina Malinowski, John R. Poulsen
To evaluate how elephant activity and anthropogenic disturbances (logging, secondary forest conversion, and proximity to villages) influence aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in tropical forests and how their effects vary across tree size classes.
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Jesús Zuñiga-Palacios, Iriana Zuria, Claudia E. Moreno
Urbanization is a major driver of biotic homogenization (BH), reducing biodiversity through species invasions and extinctions. However, the drivers and mechanisms remain poorly understood, and urban ecosystems may also exhibit biotic differentiation (BD). This study uses a meta-analysis to examine BH and BD patterns, underlying processes and key drivers across regions and taxa.
{"title":"Global Patterns and Drivers of Urban Biotic Homogenization: A Meta-Analysis","authors":"Jesús Zuñiga-Palacios, Iriana Zuria, Claudia E. Moreno","doi":"10.1111/geb.70219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70219","url":null,"abstract":"Urbanization is a major driver of biotic homogenization (BH), reducing biodiversity through species invasions and extinctions. However, the drivers and mechanisms remain poorly understood, and urban ecosystems may also exhibit biotic differentiation (BD). This study uses a meta-analysis to examine BH and BD patterns, underlying processes and key drivers across regions and taxa.","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147330235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yago Barros-Souza, Monique Maianne, Rafael F. Barduzzi, Leonardo M. Borges
Aim
The assembly of montane plant communities through time is underlain by historical and abiotic factors. However, the extent of evolutionary connectivity between ancient highland ecosystems and surrounding lowlands remains unclear. Here, we investigate the evolutionary connections between the campos rupestres, a hyperdiverse and fragmented montane vegetation complex in eastern South America, and lowland biomes surrounding it: savannas, rainforests and seasonally dry tropical forests.
Location
Eastern South America.
Time Period
Cenozoic.
Major Taxa Studied
Flowering plants.
Methods
Using phylogenetic beta diversity analyses for 13 angiosperm clades, we assess the degree of lineage dissimilarity between campos rupestres subregions and adjacent biomes. We also apply generalised dissimilarity modelling to determine the role of climate, soil and geographic distance in shaping spatial patterns of phylogenetic composition.
Results
Our results reveal high lineage permeability between campos rupestres and surrounding biomes, with lineage sharing largely reflecting biome adjacency. This pattern is mainly driven by shared climatic conditions, which are the strongest predictors of phylogenetic dissimilarity.
Main Conclusions
We highlight the importance of lineage exchange between lowland and montane environments for the assembly of highland floras. By showing that lineage movements across biome boundaries have been common over time and across spatial scales, our study challenges the idea that ancient Neotropical mountains are isolated sky-islands. Instead, we emphasise the dynamic nature of montane plant diversity and the pivotal role of climate in shaping evolutionary connections between highlands and lowlands.
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Leonardo Matheus Servino, Eduardo S. A. Santos, Cinthia Aguirre Brasileiro
Aim
Visual signals are a widespread behavioural attribute of communication among vertebrates, often employed during intrasexual competition or mate attraction, ultimately influencing reproductive success. However, the environmental factors driving visual signal evolution remain poorly understood. We investigated how humidity and vegetation heterogeneity predict the richness of species employing visual signals and signal richness in neotropical frogs.
Location
Neotropical Region.
Time Period
Present day.
Major Taxa Studied
Anurans.
Methods
Using a dataset of 236 anuran species with documented visual signals, we conducted spatial and phylogenetic analyses using Aridity Index (AI) and Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as proxies of humidity and environmental heterogeneity, respectively. We analysed the data for all species collectively and subsets categorised by habit (diurnal, nocturnal) and breeding habitat (lotic, non-lotic).
Results
Our results highlight that Neotropical forests harbour the greatest species visual richness, as well as the highest gesture visual richness. Although we observed significant correlations between visual signal distribution and environmental predictors, their explanatory power was weak and inconsistent in both assemblage- and species-level approaches.
Main Conclusions
We propose that visual signals in anurans are predominantly used in water-saturated environments over short distances, which may explain the poor correlations with broad-scaled environmental predictors. Future studies should incorporate finer spatial scales and interpopulational variations to better determine the visual signals' evolution in anurans.
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Colom, P., A. Tejeda, S. Bonelli, et al. 2026. “The Interplay of Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Species Traits Shapes European Butterfly Population Trends.” Global Ecology and Biogeography 35, no. 2: e70204. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70204.
In the originally published article, an incorrect version of Figure 2 was included. The correct version is included below. The online version of this article has been updated.
We apologize for this error.
Colom， P.， A. Tejeda， S. Bonelli等。“气候变化、城市化和物种特征的相互作用决定了欧洲蝴蝶的数量趋势。”全球生态与生物地理，第35期。2: e70204。在最初发表的文章https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70204.In中，包含了图2的错误版本。正确的版本如下。本文的在线版本已更新。我们为这个错误道歉。
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Louise B. Firth, Andrea Desiderato, Antony M. Knights, J. David Aguirre, Juan C. Astudillo, Juan C. Azofeifa-Solano, David T. Bilton, Su Yin Chee, Hartvig C. Christie, Ronaldo A. Christofoletti, Amelia Curd, Katherine A. Dafforn, Megan N. Dethier, Yun-Wei Dong, Gabin Droual, Stanislas F. Dubois, Free Espinosa, Ally J. Evans, Andy Foggo, Stephen J. Hawkins, Mick E. Hanley, Ben P. Harvey, Eliza Heery, Seokwoo Hong, Amanda R. Hsiung, Tommy T. Y. Hui, Mar Humet, Katrin Iken, Soniya B. Jethva, Jeong Ha Kim, Koetsu Kon, Brenda Konar, Rahul S. Kundu, Jackson W. T. Lau, Kenneth M. Y. Leung, Xiao-Xu Li, Yong-Xu Sun, Fernando P. Lima, Ella Lis, Kiran Liversage, Lynette H. L. Loke, Aline S. Martinez, Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Vanessa Mendonça, Christopher D. McQuaid, Pippa J. Moore, Rebecca L. Morris, Daudi Msangameno, Rocío Nieto-Vilela, Barbara Ondiviela, Mauricio H. Oróstica, Enrique Ostalé-Valriberas, Maria Gabriela Palomo, Eli Rinde, Rui Seabra, Jeffrey A. Sibaja-Cordero, Ana Silva, Elisabeth M. A. Strain, Peter Todd, Mo S. Turner, Catarina Vinagre, Kringpaka Wangkulangkul, Andrew Want, Juan Sempere-Valverde
<div> <section> <h3> Aim</h3> <p>We investigated how local-scale environmental heterogeneity influences biodiversity patterns across broad biogeographic gradients, using intertidal microhabitats as a model system within one of the most environmentally stressful ecosystems on Earth.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Location</h3> <p>Intertidal habitats at 26 locations (two rocky shore sites per location) across six continents, spanning 98° of latitude (38°S to 60°N).</p> </section> <section> <h3> Time Period</h3> <p>2019–2022.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3> <p>Algae, sessile and mobile invertebrates.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Methods</h3> <p>We compared biodiversity and thermal environments across contrasting microhabitats (rock pools and adjacent emergent rock) along a latitudinal gradient, sampling during environmentally ‘milder’ and ‘harsher’ periods. Biodiversity was quantified using multiple richness metrics (mean, total, unique taxa) and functional diversity.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Results</h3> <p>Microhabitat differences strongly influenced biodiversity patterns across latitude. Rock pools consistently supported higher taxonomic and functional diversity than emergent rock, irrespective of sampling period, reflecting their ability to buffer thermal extremes, particularly under harsher conditions. Mean species richness exhibited a non-linear, s-shaped latitudinal pattern, with lowest values near the equator and higher richness at mid-latitudes, diverging from classical Latitudinal Diversity Gradient expectations. Biodiversity differences between microhabitats were greatest in temperate regions and diminished at low latitudes, where extreme conditions constrained diversity across habitats.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Main Conclusions</h3> <p>Local environmental heterogeneity can substantially modify, and in some cases obscure large-scale biodiversity patterns. By mediating exposure to environmental stress, intertidal microhabitats provide insight into how fine-scale variability interacts with latitudinal stress gradients to shape biodiversity distributions. Incorporating microhabitat variability into biogeographic frameworks is important for understanding global biodiversity patterns and predicting ecological resp
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Cody Coyotee Howard, Taliesin J. Kinser, Chandra Earl, Emmaline R. Sheahan, Narayani Barve, Lauren B. Trotta, Nico Cellinese, Robert P. Guralnick
<div> <section> <h3> Aim</h3> <p>The five Mediterranean regions of the globe are plant biodiversity hotspots, and there has not been a comparative analytical framework examining correlates of diversity across these regions. Of Mediterranean plant diversity, monocots constitute a considerable proportion that has yet to be explicitly examined comparatively. We combine phylogenetic, spatial biodiversity and environmental data to test if shared or divergent processes predict diversity within each of the regions, focusing on the whole monocot flora and on geophytes in particular.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Location</h3> <p>Mediterranean regions.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Time Period</h3> <p>Present day, with a deep-time phylogenetic framework.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3> <p>Monocotyledons.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Methods</h3> <p>We generate an unprecedented data set of species distributional models, phylogenetic and trait data for monocots found in core Mediterranean regions and surrounding areas. We employ randomisations and quantify phylogenetic alpha- and beta-diversity patterns and determine whether key climatic and edaphic processes are concordant across regions.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Results</h3> <p>Mediterranean climate zones contained higher phylogenetic diversity with generally less phylogenetic clustering compared to their surrounding areas (yet with region-specific patterns, particularly regarding relative ages). Seasonal variability in temperature and the timing and amount of precipitation were key correlates across regions, but significant differences across regions, especially the Mediterranean Basin, were found. Proportional geophyte diversity was not constrained to Mediterranean regions and correlated with overall different climatic indices compared to the rest of the monocots. Phylogenetic beta diversity showed consistent nested patterns, rather than one of wholesale turnover, with the adjacent regions consisting of a subset of lineages found in the core Mediterranean.</p> </section> <section> <h3> Main Conclusions</h3> <p>Our work represents a foundational step to understanding the interplay of environmental and evolutionary processes generating diversity patterns in Mediterranean regions. While monocot phylogenetic diversity was generally greater within the core climate zones, key differences in each region, both in terms of process
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