The role of fire in terrestrial vertebrate richness patterns.
biogeography
fire
global biodiversity
latitudinal species richness
net primary productivity
Journal
Ecology letters
ISSN: 1461-0248
Titre abrégé: Ecol Lett
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101121949
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
revised:
13
12
2022
received:
19
07
2022
accepted:
14
12
2022
pubmed:
12
2
2023
medline:
22
3
2023
entrez:
11
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Productivity is strongly associated with terrestrial species richness patterns, although the mechanisms underpinning such patterns have long been debated. Despite considerable consumption of primary productivity by fire, its influence on global diversity has received relatively little study. Here we examine the sensitivity of terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity (amphibians, birds and mammals) to fire, while accounting for other drivers. We analyse global data on terrestrial vertebrate richness, net primary productivity, fire occurrence (fraction of productivity consumed) and additional influences unrelated to productivity (i.e., historical phylogenetic and area effects) on species richness. For birds, fire is associated with higher diversity, rivalling the effects of productivity on richness, and for mammals, fire's positive association with diversity is even stronger than productivity; for amphibians, in contrast, there are few clear associations. Our findings suggest an underappreciated role for fire in the generation of animal species richness and the conservation of global biodiversity.
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
563-574Subventions
Organisme : National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, National Science Foundation
ID : EF-0553768
Organisme : NSERC
ID : 05488-2016
Organisme : Serra Hunter Program
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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