Ridding, L.E., Newton, A., Keith, S.A., Walls, R.M., Diaz, A., Pywell, R.F. and Bullock, J.M., 2021. Inconsistent detection of extinction debts using different methods. Ecography, 44 (1), 33-43.
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DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05344
Abstract
© 2020 The Authors. Ecography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos The extinction debt, delayed species extinctions following landscape degradation, is a widely discussed concept. But a consensus about the prevalence of extinctions debts is hindered by a multiplicity of methods and a lack of comparisons among habitats. We applied three contrasting species–area relationship methods to test for plant community extinction debts in three habitats which had different degradation histories over the last century: calcareous grassland, heathland and woodland. These methods differ in their data requirements, with the first two using information on past and current habitat area alongside current species richness, whilst the last method also requires data on past species richness. The most data-intensive, and hence arguably most reliable method, identified extinction debts across all habitats for specialist species, whilst the other methods did not. All methods detected an extinction debt in calcareous grassland, which had undergone the most severe degradation. We conclude that some methods failed to detect an extinction debt, particularly in habitats that have undergone moderate degradation. Data on past species numbers are required for the most reliable method; as such data are rare, extinction debts may be under-reported.
Item Type: | Article |
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ISSN: | 0906-7590 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | calcareous grassland, extinction debt, habitat, heathland, landscape, plants, species–area relationship, species richness, woodland |
Group: | Faculty of Science & Technology |
ID Code: | 34741 |
Deposited By: | Symplectic RT2 |
Deposited On: | 26 Oct 2020 13:01 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2022 14:24 |
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