Title: Lineage-specific phylogenetic structure of boreal habitats suggests different assembly processes across phylogenetic and spatial scales
Citation: Armijos Carrion, Angelo Damian; Boisen Valentin, Sander; Meades, Susan et al. (2025). Lineage-specific phylogenetic structure of boreal habitats suggests different assembly processes across phylogenetic and spatial scales [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fn2z34v7r
Study Site: Newfoundland
Purpose: The phylogenetic distance among species in a community (community phylogenetic structure) has been used to infer deterministic and stochastic assembly processes, albeit with criticisms. The effect of phylogenetic scale (old versus young lineages) and spatial scale on measures of community phylogenetic structure are rarely tested simultaneously especially in the boreal biome, yet are essential to unravel different assembly processes that might operate in a community. We examined lineage-specific phylogenetic structure for six vascular plant communities defined at the habitat scale (arctic-alpine barren, bog, fen, kalmia barren, limestone barren, and serpentine barren) on the island of Newfoundland, Canada, and the phylogenetic structure of plant communities defined at a plot scale (72 plots x 1m2).
Abstract: This repository contains the supplementary data, R scripts, and supporting information associated with the manuscript. The materials provide additional details on the study system, methods, datasets, and results. The study examined lineage-specific community phylogenetic structure of vascular plant communities across six boreal habitats in Newfoundland, Canada, and at fine-scale vegetation plots.
Supplemental Information Summary: Also submitted to Zenodo:
Armijos Carrion, A. D., Boisen Valentin, S., Meades, S., Burzynski, M., F. E. Anions, M., Feltham, J., & Roncal, J. (2025). Lineage-specific phylogenetic structure of boreal habitats suggests different assembly processes across phylogenetic and spatial scales. In Lineage-specific phylogenetic structure of boreal habitats suggests different assembly processes across phylogenetic and spatial scales. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15366521
Research:
Further Info: Armijos Carrion, A.D., Boisen Valentin, S., Meades, S.J., Burzynski, M., Anions, M.F.E., Feltham, J. and Roncal, J. (2025), Lineage-specific phylogenetic structure of boreal habitats suggests different assembly processes across phylogenetic and spatial scales. Ecography, 2025: e07630. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.07630
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
effects of disturbance,
biodiversity,
Geographical coordinates: North: 48.66, South: 48.66 East: -55.85 West: -55.85
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2023-07-01, End
Date: 2023-07-31
