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Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe.

  • Pilotto F Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany. francesca.pilotto@umu.se.
  • Kühn I Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle, Germany.
  • Adrian R Department of Ecosystem Research, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries & Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Alber R Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection, Bolzano, Italy.
  • Alignier A UMR 0980 BAGAP, INRAE - Institut Agro - ESA, Rennes, France.
  • Andrews C UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK.
  • Bäck J Institute for Atmospheric and Earth system Research, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Barbaro L Dynafor, INRAE, University of Toulouse, France & CESCO, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne-Univ, Paris, France & LTSER Zone Atelier Pyrénées Garonne, Auzeville-Tolosane, France.
  • Beaumont D Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, UK.
  • Beenaerts N Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
  • Benham S Forest Research, Farnham, UK.
  • Boukal DS University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology & Soil and Water Research Infrastructure, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
  • Bretagnolle V CEBC, UMR7372, CNRS & La Rochelle University, 79360, Villiers en bois, France.
  • Camatti E Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Venice, Italy.
  • Canullo R School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, unit Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
  • Cardoso PG CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • Ens BJ Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Everaert G Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium.
  • Evtimova V Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Feuchtmayr H UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, UK.
  • García-González R Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Jaca, Spain.
  • Gómez García D Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Jaca, Spain.
  • Grandin U Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Gutowski JM Department of Natural Forests, Forest Research Institute, Białowieża, Poland.
  • Hadar L Ramat Hanadiv, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.
  • Halada L Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Branch Nitra, Slovakia.
  • Halassy M MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, Hungary.
  • Hummel H Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
  • Huttunen KL Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
  • Jaroszewicz B Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża, Poland.
  • Jensen TC Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, NINA-Oslo, Norway.
  • Kalivoda H Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Schmidt IK Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Kröncke I Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
  • Leinonen R Kainuu Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Kajaani, Finland.
  • Martinho F Centre For Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Meesenburg H Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Meyer J Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
  • Minerbi S Forest Services, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy.
  • Monteith D UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, UK.
  • Nikolov BP Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Oro D CEAB (CSIC), 17300, Blanes, Spain.
  • Ozoliņš D Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia.
  • Padedda BM Dipartimento di Architettura, Design e Urbanistica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
  • Pallett D UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.
  • Pansera M Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Venice, Italy.
  • Pardal MÂ Centre For Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Petriccione B Carabinieri, Biodiversity and Park Protection Department, Castel di Sangro Biodiversity Unit, L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Pipan T ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Ljubljana & UNESCO Chair on Karst Education University of Nova Gorica, Vipava, Slovenia.
  • Pöyry J Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Biodiversity Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Schäfer SM UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.
  • Schaub M Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
  • Schneider SC Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway.
  • Skuja A Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia.
  • Soetaert K Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
  • Spriņģe G Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia.
  • Stanchev R Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Stockan JA Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, UK.
  • Stoll S University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Birkenfeld, Germany.
  • Sundqvist L Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Thimonier A Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
  • Van Hoey G Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fishery and Food, Oostende, Belgium.
  • Van Ryckegem G Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Visser ME Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  • Vorhauser S Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection, Bolzano, Italy.
  • Haase P Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany. peter.haase@senckenberg.de.
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  • 2020-07-15
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  • Nature communications. - 2020
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Ecosystem
Europe
English Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term biological time series (15-91 years) collected across Europe, using a comprehensive dataset comprising ~6,200 marine, freshwater and terrestrial taxa. We test whether (i) local long-term biodiversity trends are consistent among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, and (ii) changes in biodiversity correlate with regional climate and local conditions. Our results reveal that local trends of abundance, richness and diversity differ among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, demonstrating that biodiversity changes at local scale are often complex and cannot be easily generalized. However, we find increases in richness and abundance with increasing temperature and naturalness as well as a clear spatial pattern in changes in community composition (i.e. temporal taxonomic turnover) in most biogeoregions of Northern and Eastern Europe.
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