[en] BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Like numerous patterns in ecology and evolution, the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient (LDG) varies across phylogenetic levels. Yet, studies that systematically investigate how patterns and processes change at different phylogenetic levels, from the tips to the root, are still relatively scarce. Here, we test the hypothesis that, despite the high long-distance dispersal capacities of liverworts, which would expectedly result in the homogenization of their distributions, an increase of diversity with latitude persists at increasing phylogenetic level due to macroclimatic niche conservatism since the earliest evolutionary history of the group.
METHODS: Liverwort distributions were scored for 450 operational geographic units (OGU) world-wide. From the tips to the root, the phylogeny was continuously sliced to examine how taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity correlate with latitude in a standardized way. Taxonomic diversity and Mean Phylogenetic Distance among taxa were computed for each OGU at different phylogenetic levels and correlated with macro-ecological factors using spatial linear models.
KEY RESULTS: The correlation between taxonomic diversity and latitude progressively shifted from significantly negative at species level to unsignificant and then significantly positive at the highest phylogenetic levels. Taxonomic diversity and MPD were both significantly correlated with macro-climatic factors across all phylogenetic levels.
CONCLUSIONS: In contrast with the marked increase of angiosperm family diversity towards the tropics, the latitudinal diversity gradient evidenced at species level in liverworts progressively decayed at increasing phylogenetic level, suggesting that phylogenetic niche conservatism has played a much weaker role in liverworts than in angiosperms. The inverted latitudinal diversity gradient towards the deepest phylogenetic levels lends support to the hypothesis that the earliest lineages diversified in extra-tropical conditions, explaining why, unlike in angiosperms, high species richness in the tropics is not associated with high phylogenetic diversity in liverworts. Our results highlight the extent to which a phylogenetically deconstructive approach allows for a better understanding of the accumulation of biodiversity through time.
Wang, Jian ✱; Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China ; Shanghai Institute of Eco-Chongming (SIEC), 3663 Northern Zhongshan Road ; Zhejiang Zhoushan Island Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Dai, Zun; Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Yao, Xue; Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Hagborg, Anders; Department of Science and Education, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA
Söderström, Lars; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
Zhang, Jian ✱; School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Vanderpoorten, Alain ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie de l'évolution et de la conservation - Unité aCREA-Ulg (Conseils et Recherches en Ecologie Appliquée)
Collart, Flavien ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Integrative Biological Sciences (InBioS) ; Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Inversion of the latitudinal diversity gradient at high taxonomic level in liverworts revealed by a phylogenetically deconstructive approach.
NSCF - National Natural Science Foundation of China
Funding text :
This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32070228), the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (2023ZKZD36) and the BEST (Biodiversity along Elevational gradients, Shifts and Transitions) research network (http://BEST-mountains.org).
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