Title: Native plant turnover and limited exotic spread explain swamp biotic differentiation with urbanization
Citation: Bourgeois, B., Paquin, L. J., Pellerin, S., Alard, D., & Poulin, M. (2020). Data from: Native plant turnover and limited exotic spread explain swamp biotic differentiation with urbanization. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4099194
Study Site: Québec
Purpose: Questions: Does urbanization promote biotic differentiation or homogenization of swamp plant communities? What is the contribution of natives and exotics to swamp response to urbanization?
Abstract: Plant communities of 34 swamps located in low, moderately or highly urbanized landscapes were sampled, and species classified into three exclusive groups: native wetland, native upland and exotic plants. Urbanization influence on the richness of each plant group was assessed using mixed models. Between-site compositional similarities were calculated to identify variations in beta diversity with urbanization level using tests for homogeneity in multivariate dispersion. Beta diversity was further partitioned into species replacement and richness difference for each plant group. Finally, the relationships of ten environmental variables representing soil water saturation and microtopography with plant assemblages were determined by Redundancy Analysis.
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Keywords:
vegetation,
effects of disturbance,
swamp,
Geographical coordinates: North: 46.81, South: 46.81 East: -71.21 West: -71.21
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