Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

Pierre Taberlet; Niklaus E. Zimmermann; Thorsten Englisch; Andreas Tribsch; Rolf Holderegger; Nadir Alvarez; Harald Niklfeld; Gheorghe Coldea; Zbigniew Mirek; Atte Moilanen; Wolfgang Ahlmer; Paolo Ajmone Marsan; Enzo Bona; Maurizio Bovio; Philippe Choler; Elzbieta Cieslak; Licia Colli; Vasile Cristea; Jean-Pierre Dalmas; Bozo Frajman; Luc Garraud; Myriam Gaudeul; Ludovic Gielly; Walter Gutermann; Nejc Jogan; Alexander A. Kagalo; Grazyna Korbecka; Philippe Küpfer; Benoit Lequette; Dominik Roman Letz; Stéphanie Manel; Guilhem Mansion; Karol Marhold; Fabrizio Martini; Riccardo Negrini; Fernando Niño; Ovidiu Paun; Marco Pellecchia; Giovanni Perico; Halina Piękoś-Mirkowa; Filippo Prosser; Mihai Puscas; Michal Ronikier; Martin Scheuerer; Gerald Schneeweiss; Peter Schönswetter; Luise Ehrendorfer-Schratt; Fanny Schüpfer; Marcela Van Loo; Manuela Winkler; IntraBioDiv Consortium

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Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

Pierre Taberlet (Corresponding author), Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Thorsten Englisch, Andreas Tribsch, Rolf Holderegger, Nadir Alvarez, Harald Niklfeld, Gheorghe Coldea, Zbigniew Mirek, Atte Moilanen, Wolfgang Ahlmer, Paolo Ajmone Marsan, Enzo Bona, Maurizio Bovio, Philippe Choler, Elzbieta Cieslak, Licia Colli, Vasile Cristea, Jean-Pierre Dalmas, Bozo FrajmanLuc Garraud, Myriam Gaudeul, Ludovic Gielly, Walter Gutermann, Nejc Jogan, Alexander A. Kagalo, Grazyna Korbecka, Philippe Küpfer, Benoit Lequette, Dominik Roman Letz, Stéphanie Manel, Guilhem Mansion, Karol Marhold, Fabrizio Martini, Riccardo Negrini, Fernando Niño, Ovidiu Paun, Marco Pellecchia, Giovanni Perico, Halina Piękoś-Mirkowa, Filippo Prosser, Mihai Puscas, Michal Ronikier, Martin Scheuerer, Gerald Schneeweiss, Peter Schönswetter, Luise Ehrendorfer-Schratt, Fanny Schüpfer, Marcela Van Loo, Manuela Winkler, IntraBioDiv Consortium

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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims at the conservation of all three levels of biodiversity, that is, ecosystems, species and genes. Genetic diversity represents evolutionary potential and is important for ecosystem functioning. Unfortunately, genetic diversity in natural populations is hardly considered in conservation strategies because it is difficult to measure and has been hypothesised to co-vary with species richness. This means that species richness is taken as a surrogate of genetic diversity in conservation planning, though their relationship has not been properly evaluated. We tested whether the genetic and species levels of biodiversity co-vary, using a large-scale and multi-species approach. We chose the high-mountain flora of the Alps and the Carpathians as study systems and demonstrate that species richness and genetic diversity are not correlated. Species richness thus cannot act as a surrogate for genetic diversity. Our results have important consequences for implementing the CBD when designing conservation strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1439-1448
Number of pages	10
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	15
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12004
Publication status	Published - 2012

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

106003 Biodiversity research
106050 Vegetation science
107006 Nature conservation
1060 Biology

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Taberlet, P., Zimmermann, N. E., Englisch, T., Tribsch, A., Holderegger, R., Alvarez, N., Niklfeld, H., Coldea, G., Mirek, Z., Moilanen, A., Ahlmer, W., Marsan, P. A., Bona, E., Bovio, M., Choler, P., Cieslak, E., Colli, L., Cristea, V., Dalmas, J.-P., ... IntraBioDiv Consortium (2012). Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities. Ecology Letters, 15(12), 1439-1448. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12004

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Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

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