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Assessing methods for comparing species diversity from disparate data sources : the case of urban and peri-urban forests

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dc.creatorStaudhammer, Christina L.
dc.creatorEscobedo, Francisco J
dc.creatorBlood, Amy
dc.creator.googleStaudhammer, Christina L.spa
dc.creator.googleEscobedo, Francisco J.spa
dc.creator.googleBlood, Amyspa
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-28T20:44:39Z
dc.date.available2019-02-28T20:44:39Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractMulti-scale forest inventory and monitoring data are increasingly being used in studies assessing forest diversity, structure, disturbance, and carbon dynamics. Also, local-level urban forest inventories are providing plot data and protocols to study tree diversity and ecosystem services in urban forests worldwide. But, differences in the sampling methods underlying these disparate protocols and data sources is a non-trivial concern in formulating comparative analyses. We assess commonly used methods for comparing tree diversity in peri-urban and urban forests when available data have different sample sizes, plot sizes, and sampling intensities. We present methods for appropriately evaluating species richness, as well as methods for comparing species distributions via community data matrices. Using permanent plot data from the southeastern United States, we present a case study comparing urban and peri-urban forests along a north–south gradient, and assessing species richness and the ecological homogenization hypothesis. Our findings indicate that comparisons of tree species richness among communities, or forest types, are often inconclusive since commonly used sample sizes do not provide precise estimates of the number of species present. While the ecological homogenization hypotheses can be tested under conditions of unequal sampling effort, we suggest robust methods such as PERMANOVA and the Raup-Crick dissimilarity index. A framework for selecting appropriate methods is also discussed. As forests are increasingly being altered by anthropogenic drivers, future studies using disparate data sources must account for differences in measurements and sampling protocols in order to produce results that are both statistically defensible and useful for science-based management. © 2018 The Authors.eng
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ecs2.2450
dc.identifier.issn2150-8925
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/19154
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.relation.citationTitleEcosphere
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 9
dc.relation.ispartofEcosphere, ISSN:2150-8925, Vol. 9 (2018)spa
dc.relation.urihttps://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.2450spa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.source.bibliographicCitationAbele, L.G., Walters, K., The stability-time hypothesis: reevaluation of the data (1979) American Naturalist, 114, pp. 559-568spa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subjectSpecie Richnessspa
dc.subjectPlot Datarspa
dc.subjectDatar Sourcesspa
dc.subject.ddcBiologíaspa
dc.subject.lembEcosistemasspa
dc.subject.lembÁrboles en ciudadesspa
dc.subject.lembBosquesspa
dc.titleAssessing methods for comparing species diversity from disparate data sources : the case of urban and peri-urban forestsspa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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