Rarity patterns of woody plant species are associated with life form and diversification rates in Pacific islands forests
Ibanez T, Ainsworth A, Gross J, Price JP, Webb EL, Hart PJ. 2021. Rarity patterns of woody plant species are associated with life form and diversification rates in Pacific islands forests. American Journal of Botany. 108(6):1-12
Rarity is a complex and central concept in ecology and conservation biology. The rarity of species can be defined along multiple axes and at different scales, e.g., abundance at the local or community scale, frequency of occurrence at the landscape or habitat scale, and geographic range and niche (or habitat) breath at the regional to global scale (Preston, 1948; Rabinowitz et al., 1986; Kunin and Gaston, 1993, 1997). Species with low local abundance or frequencies, or small geographical range sizes or niche breadths, are likely to be more susceptible to demographic or environmental extinction drivers (e.g., Matthies et al., 2004; Burns and Neufeld, 2009; Staude et al., 2020). Understanding the drivers of species rarity patterns is therefore recognized as an important issue in ecology and conservation biology.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Ibanez, Thomas; Ainsworth, Alison; Gross, Jacob; Price, Jonathan; Webb, Edward; Hart, Patrick
- Units
- HALE , HAVO , KALA , NPSA , PACN
- Keywords
- Conservation Biology, Diversification Rates, Focal Terrestrial Plant Communities, Focal Terrestrial Plant Monitoring Report, Life Form, Rarity Patterns, Woody Plant Communities
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex