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Urbanisation dampens the latitude-diversity cline in ants
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Abe
dc.contributor.authorChick, Lacy
dc.contributor.authorMenke, Sean
dc.contributor.authorLessard, Jean-Philippe
dc.contributor.authorSanders, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorDel Toro, Israel
dc.contributor.authorMeldgaard, Niklas Sundebo
dc.contributor.authorDiamond, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-05T16:40:20Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05 11:40:19en
dc.date.available2022-12-05T16:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.identifier.citationPerez, Abe; Chick, Lacy; Menke, Sean; Lessard, Jean-Philippe ; Sanders, Nathan; Del Toro, Israel; Meldgaard, Niklas Sundebo; Diamond, Sarah (2022). "Urbanisation dampens the latitude- diversity cline in ants." Insect Conservation and Diversity 15(6): 763-771.
dc.identifier.issn1752-458X
dc.identifier.issn1752-4598
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175214
dc.description.abstractThe increase in species diversity from temperate to tropical regions is one of the most widespread patterns in biogeography. As humans continue to drastically modify natural habitats, land-use changes such as the development of cities could potentially alter typical latitudinal diversity gradients. Cities could depress or enhance biodiversity through filtering, localised extirpations, or increasing niche availability, respectively.To address these possibilities and the consequences for the latitudinal diversity gradient, we constructed a global dataset of urban species diversity (richness) and community composition across ~60° of absolute latitude and from 63 cities. We focused our study on ants, for which comparable urban and non-urban diversity data are broadly available.We found that urbanisation significantly dampened the latitude-diversity cline. The effects of urbanisation varied with latitude: at lower latitudes, cities were relatively species poor and harboured distinct ant communities relative to nearby non-urban communities. In higher latitude cities, both species richness and community composition were more similar to the surrounding non-urban ant communities.Our analyses suggest that the strongest impacts of urbanisation on ant diversity may be in the tropics, where biological diversity is already expected to experience the greatest risk of extinction in the face of climate change.We constructed a global dataset of urban ant species diversity (richness) and community composition. We found that urbanisation significantly dampened the latitude-diversity cline, with varying impacts across latitude.Lower latitude cities were species poor with distinct ant communities relative to nearby non-urban communities. Urban and non-urban species richness and community composition were more similar at higher latitudes.The strongest impacts of urbanisation on ant diversity may be in the tropics, where biological diversity is expected to experience the greatest risk of extinction due to climate change.
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.subject.othermacroecology
dc.subject.otherspecies richness
dc.subject.otherurbanisation
dc.subject.otherlatitude-diversity
dc.subject.othercommunity composition
dc.titleUrbanisation dampens the latitude-diversity cline in ants
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environment
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175214/1/icad12598_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175214/2/icad12598.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/icad.12598
dc.identifier.sourceInsect Conservation and Diversity
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