Taberlet, Pierre and Zimmermann, Niklaus E. and Englisch, Thorsten and Tribsch, Andreas and Holderegger, Rolf and Alvarez, Nadir and Niklfeld, Harald and Coldea, Gheorghe and Mirek, Zbigniew and Moilanen, Atte and Ahlmer, Wolfgang and Marsan, Paolo Ajmone and Bona, Enzo and Bovio, Maurizio and Choler, Philippe and Cieslak, Elzbieta and Colli, Licia and Cristea, Vasile and Dalmas, Jean-Pierre and Frajman, Bozo and Garraud, Luc and Gaudeul, Myriam and Gielly, Ludovic and Gutermann, Walter and Jogan, Nejc and Kagalo, Alexander A. and Korbecka, Grazyna and Kuepfer, Philippe and Lequette, Benoit and Letz, Dominik Roman and Manel, Stephanie and Mansion, Guilhem and Marhold, Karol and Martini, Fabrizio and Negrini, Riccardo and Nino, Fernando and Paun, Ovidiu and Pellecchia, Marco and Perico, Giovanni and Piekos-Mirkowa, Halina and Prosser, Filippo and Puscas, Mihai and Ronikier, Michal and Scheuerer, Martin and Schneeweiss, Gerald M. and Schoenswetter, Peter and Schratt-Ehrendorfer, Luise and Schuepfer, Fanny and Selvaggi, Alberto and Steinmann, Katharina and Thiel-Egenter, Conny and van Loo, Marcela and Winkler, Manuela and Wohlgemuth, Thomas and Wraber, Tone and Gugerli, Felix (2012) Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 15 (12). pp. 1439-1448. ISSN 1461-023X,
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims at the conservation of all three levels of biodiversity, that is, ecosystems, species and genes. Genetic diversity represents evolutionary potential and is important for ecosystem functioning. Unfortunately, genetic diversity in natural populations is hardly considered in conservation strategies because it is difficult to measure and has been hypothesised to co-vary with species richness. This means that species richness is taken as a surrogate of genetic diversity in conservation planning, though their relationship has not been properly evaluated. We tested whether the genetic and species levels of biodiversity co-vary, using a large-scale and multi-species approach. We chose the high-mountain flora of the Alps and the Carpathians as study systems and demonstrate that species richness and genetic diversity are not correlated. Species richness thus cannot act as a surrogate for genetic diversity. Our results have important consequences for implementing the CBD when designing conservation strategies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; GRASSLAND COMMUNITIES; MOUNTAIN PLANTS; VASCULAR PLANTS; EUROPEAN ALPS; CONSERVATION; POPULATIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMISM; RANUNCULACEAE; alpine vascular plants; Alps; biodiversity conservation; Carpathians; genetic diversity; species richness |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2020 06:15 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2020 06:15 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/17717 |
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