元社区
生态学
生物
物种丰富度
背景(考古学)
生物多样性
栖息地
航程(航空)
生物扩散
环境DNA
群落结构
人口
材料科学
复合材料
古生物学
人口学
社会学
作者
Víctor Noguerales,Emmanouil Meramveliotakis,Adrián Castro‐Insua,Carmelo Andújar,Paula Arribas,Thomas J. Creedy,Isaac Overcast,Hélène Morlon,Brent C. Emerson,Alfried P. Vogler,Anna Papadopoulou
摘要
Abstract Disentangling the relative role of environmental filtering and spatial processes in driving metacommunity structure across mountainous regions remains challenging, as the way we quantify spatial connectivity in topographically and environmentally heterogeneous landscapes can influence our perception of which process predominates. More empirical data sets are required to account for taxon‐ and context‐dependency, but relevant research in understudied areas is often compromised by the taxonomic impediment. Here we used haplotype‐level community DNA metabarcoding, enabled by stringent filtering of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), to characterize metacommunity structure of soil microarthropod assemblages across a mosaic of five forest habitats on the Troodos mountain range in Cyprus. We found similar β diversity patterns at ASV and species (OTU, operational taxonomic unit) levels, which pointed to a primary role of habitat filtering resulting in the existence of largely distinct metacommunities linked to different forest types. Within‐habitat turnover was correlated to topoclimatic heterogeneity, again emphasizing the role of environmental filtering. However, when integrating landscape matrix information for the highly fragmented Quercus alnifolia habitat, we also detected a major role of spatial isolation determined by patch connectivity, indicating that stochastic and niche‐based processes synergistically govern community assembly. Alpha diversity patterns varied between ASV and OTU levels, with OTU richness decreasing with elevation and ASV richness following a longitudinal gradient, potentially reflecting a decline of genetic diversity eastwards due to historical pressures. Our study demonstrates the utility of haplotype‐level community metabarcoding for characterizing metacommunity structure of complex assemblages and improving our understanding of biodiversity dynamics across mountainous landscapes worldwide.
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