The commonness of rarity: global and future distribution of rarity across land plants

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The commonness of rarity : global and future distribution of rarity across land plants. / Enquist, Brian J.; Feng, Xiao; Boyle, Brad; Maitner, Brian; Newman, Erica A.; Jørgensen, Peter Møller; Roehrdanz, Patrick R.; Thiers, Barbara M.; Burger, Joseph R.; Corlett, Richard T.; Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Dauby, Gilles; Donoghue, John C.; Foden, Wendy; Lovett, Jon C.; Marquet, Pablo A.; Merow, Cory; Midgley, Guy; Morueta-Holme, Naia; Neves, Danilo M.; Oliveira-Filho, Ary T.; Kraft, Nathan J. B.; Park, Daniel S.; Peet, Robert K.; Pillet, Michiel; Serra-Diaz, Josep M.; Sandel, Brody; Schildhauer, Mark; Šímová, Irena; Violle, Cyrille; Wieringa, Jan J.; Wiser, Susan K.; Hannah, Lee; Svenning, Jens Christian; McGill, Brian J.

In: Science Advances, Vol. 5, No. 11, eaaz0414, 2019.

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Enquist, BJ, Feng, X, Boyle, B, Maitner, B, Newman, EA, Jørgensen, PM, Roehrdanz, PR, Thiers, BM, Burger, JR, Corlett, RT, Couvreur, TLP, Dauby, G, Donoghue, JC, Foden, W, Lovett, JC, Marquet, PA, Merow, C, Midgley, G, Morueta-Holme, N, Neves, DM, Oliveira-Filho, AT, Kraft, NJB, Park, DS, Peet, RK, Pillet, M, Serra-Diaz, JM, Sandel, B, Schildhauer, M, Šímová, I, Violle, C, Wieringa, JJ, Wiser, SK, Hannah, L, Svenning, JC & McGill, BJ 2019, 'The commonness of rarity: global and future distribution of rarity across land plants', Science Advances, vol. 5, no. 11, eaaz0414. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0414

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Enquist, B. J., Feng, X., Boyle, B., Maitner, B., Newman, E. A., Jørgensen, P. M., Roehrdanz, P. R., Thiers, B. M., Burger, J. R., Corlett, R. T., Couvreur, T. L. P., Dauby, G., Donoghue, J. C., Foden, W., Lovett, J. C., Marquet, P. A., Merow, C., Midgley, G., Morueta-Holme, N., ... McGill, B. J. (2019). The commonness of rarity: global and future distribution of rarity across land plants. Science Advances, 5(11), [eaaz0414]. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0414

Vancouver

Enquist BJ, Feng X, Boyle B, Maitner B, Newman EA, Jørgensen PM et al. The commonness of rarity: global and future distribution of rarity across land plants. Science Advances. 2019;5(11). eaaz0414. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0414

Author

Enquist, Brian J. ; Feng, Xiao ; Boyle, Brad ; Maitner, Brian ; Newman, Erica A. ; Jørgensen, Peter Møller ; Roehrdanz, Patrick R. ; Thiers, Barbara M. ; Burger, Joseph R. ; Corlett, Richard T. ; Couvreur, Thomas L. P. ; Dauby, Gilles ; Donoghue, John C. ; Foden, Wendy ; Lovett, Jon C. ; Marquet, Pablo A. ; Merow, Cory ; Midgley, Guy ; Morueta-Holme, Naia ; Neves, Danilo M. ; Oliveira-Filho, Ary T. ; Kraft, Nathan J. B. ; Park, Daniel S. ; Peet, Robert K. ; Pillet, Michiel ; Serra-Diaz, Josep M. ; Sandel, Brody ; Schildhauer, Mark ; Šímová, Irena ; Violle, Cyrille ; Wieringa, Jan J. ; Wiser, Susan K. ; Hannah, Lee ; Svenning, Jens Christian ; McGill, Brian J. / The commonness of rarity : global and future distribution of rarity across land plants. In: Science Advances. 2019 ; Vol. 5, No. 11.

Bibtex

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title = "The commonness of rarity: global and future distribution of rarity across land plants",
abstract = "A key feature of life{\textquoteright}s diversity is that some species are common but many more are rare. Nonetheless, at global scales, we do not know what fraction of biodiversity consists of rare species. Here, we present the largest compilation of global plant diversity to quantify the fraction of Earth{\textquoteright}s plant biodiversity that are rare. A large fraction, ~36.5% of Earth{\textquoteright}s ~435,000 plant species, are exceedingly rare. Sampling biases and prominent models, such as neutral theory and the k-niche model, cannot account for the observed prevalence of rarity. Our results indicate that (i) climatically more stable regions have harbored rare species and hence a large fraction of Earth{\textquoteright}s plant species via reduced extinction risk but that (ii) climate change and human land use are now disproportionately impacting rare species. Estimates of global species abundance distributions have important implications for risk assessments and conservation planning in this era of rapid global change.",
author = "Enquist, {Brian J.} and Xiao Feng and Brad Boyle and Brian Maitner and Newman, {Erica A.} and J{\o}rgensen, {Peter M{\o}ller} and Roehrdanz, {Patrick R.} and Thiers, {Barbara M.} and Burger, {Joseph R.} and Corlett, {Richard T.} and Couvreur, {Thomas L. P.} and Gilles Dauby and Donoghue, {John C.} and Wendy Foden and Lovett, {Jon C.} and Marquet, {Pablo A.} and Cory Merow and Guy Midgley and Naia Morueta-Holme and Neves, {Danilo M.} and Oliveira-Filho, {Ary T.} and Kraft, {Nathan J. B.} and Park, {Daniel S.} and Peet, {Robert K.} and Michiel Pillet and Serra-Diaz, {Josep M.} and Brody Sandel and Mark Schildhauer and Irena {\v S}{\'i}mov{\'a} and Cyrille Violle and Wieringa, {Jan J.} and Wiser, {Susan K.} and Lee Hannah and Svenning, {Jens Christian} and McGill, {Brian J.}",
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AU - Enquist, Brian J.

AU - Feng, Xiao

AU - Boyle, Brad

AU - Maitner, Brian

AU - Newman, Erica A.

AU - Jørgensen, Peter Møller

AU - Roehrdanz, Patrick R.

AU - Thiers, Barbara M.

AU - Burger, Joseph R.

AU - Corlett, Richard T.

AU - Couvreur, Thomas L. P.

AU - Dauby, Gilles

AU - Donoghue, John C.

AU - Foden, Wendy

AU - Lovett, Jon C.

AU - Marquet, Pablo A.

AU - Merow, Cory

AU - Midgley, Guy

AU - Morueta-Holme, Naia

AU - Neves, Danilo M.

AU - Oliveira-Filho, Ary T.

AU - Kraft, Nathan J. B.

AU - Park, Daniel S.

AU - Peet, Robert K.

AU - Pillet, Michiel

AU - Serra-Diaz, Josep M.

AU - Sandel, Brody

AU - Schildhauer, Mark

AU - Šímová, Irena

AU - Violle, Cyrille

AU - Wieringa, Jan J.

AU - Wiser, Susan K.

AU - Hannah, Lee

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

AU - McGill, Brian J.

PY - 2019

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AB - A key feature of life’s diversity is that some species are common but many more are rare. Nonetheless, at global scales, we do not know what fraction of biodiversity consists of rare species. Here, we present the largest compilation of global plant diversity to quantify the fraction of Earth’s plant biodiversity that are rare. A large fraction, ~36.5% of Earth’s ~435,000 plant species, are exceedingly rare. Sampling biases and prominent models, such as neutral theory and the k-niche model, cannot account for the observed prevalence of rarity. Our results indicate that (i) climatically more stable regions have harbored rare species and hence a large fraction of Earth’s plant species via reduced extinction risk but that (ii) climate change and human land use are now disproportionately impacting rare species. Estimates of global species abundance distributions have important implications for risk assessments and conservation planning in this era of rapid global change.

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