Title: Mosses and vascular plants show diverging taxonomic and functional biodiversity patterns along a latitudinal gradient in bogs and fens
Citation: Deschênes, E. Analyses for: Mosses and vascular plants show diverging taxonomic and functional biodiversity patterns along a latitudinal gradient in bogs and fens. GitHub. https://github.com/edeschenes/peatland_latitude
Study Site: Northwestern Quebec
Purpose: The latitudinal biodiversity gradient; i.e., the increase in biodiversity towards the equator, is one of the most prominent biodiversity patterns. Nevertheless, many questions remain to be answered about the influence of multiple environmental factors on the latitudinal biodiversity gradient, especially for mosses, and the functional diversity of mosses and vascular plants. This study aims at evaluating the influence of latitude, climate, environmental variables, and habitat types (bog vs fen) on taxonomic and functional diversity (α-diversity and β-diversity) and the composition of vascular plant and moss species.
Abstract: This repository includes the data and R scripts to reproduce analyses and figures found in the article Mosses and vascular plants show diverging diversity patterns along a latitudinal gradient in boreal bogs and fens.
Supplemental Information Summary: The analyses were carried out with R version 4.2.2 (a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics) and require the installation of a recent version of it.
All data used for the analyses can be found in the data folder.
Scripts Figure2_Alpha.R, Figure3_LCBD.R, Figures_4_5_Composition.R and Figures_supp.R performed all the analyses and produced the figures.
Research:
Further Info: Deschênes, É., Poulin, M., Brice, M.-H., Legendre, P. & Pellerin, S. (2024) Mosses and vascular plants show diverging diversity patterns along a latitudinal gradient in boreal bogs and fens. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35, e13249. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13249
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
biodiversity,
peat properties,
Geographical coordinates: North: 55, South: 49 East: -68.06 West: -80.88
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1979-01-01, End
Date: 1980-12-31
