Local and regional controls of phylogenetic structure at the high-latitude range limits of corals.

Sommer, B; Sampayo, EM; Beger, M; Harrison, PL; Babcock, RC; Pandolfi, JM

Local and regional controls of phylogenetic structure at the high-latitude range limits of corals.

Sommer, B

Sampayo, EM Beger, M Harrison, PL Babcock, RC Pandolfi, JM

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Citation:: Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2017, 284, (1861)
Issue Date:: 2017-08

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dc.contributor.author	Sommer, B https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-7790
dc.contributor.author	Sampayo, EM
dc.contributor.author	Beger, M
dc.contributor.author	Harrison, PL
dc.contributor.author	Babcock, RC
dc.contributor.author	Pandolfi, JM
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-29T02:28:24Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-20
dc.date.available	2021-07-29T02:28:24Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2017, 284, (1861)
dc.identifier.issn	0962-8452
dc.identifier.issn	1471-2954
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/149963
dc.description.abstract	Understanding how range-edge populations will respond to climate change is an urgent research priority. Here, we used a phylogenetic community ecology approach to examine how ecological and evolutionary processes shape biodiversity patterns of scleractinian corals at their high-latitude range limits in eastern Australia. We estimated phylogenetic signal in seven ecologically important functional traits and conducted tests of phylogenetic structure at local and regional scales using the net relatedness (NRI) and nearest taxon indices (NTI) for the presence/absence and abundance data. Regional tests showed light phylogenetic clustering, indicating that coral species found in this subtropical-to-temperate transition zone are more closely related to each other than are species on the nearby, more northerly Great Barrier Reef. Local tests revealed variable patterns of phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion and higher than expected phylogenetic turnover among sites. In combination, these results are broadly consistent with the hierarchical filtering model, whereby species pass through a regional climatic filter based on their tolerances for marginal conditions and subsequently segregate into local assemblages according to the relative strength of habitat filtering and species interactions. Conservatism of tested traits suggests that corals will likely track their niches with climate change. Nevertheless, high turnover of lineages among sites indicates that range shifts will probably vary among species and highlights the vulnerability and conservation significance of high-latitude reefs.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	ROYAL SOC
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings. Biological sciences
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1098/rspb.2017.0915
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	06 Biological Sciences, 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.subject.mesh	Anthozoa
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Biodiversity
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Climate Change
dc.subject.mesh	Biological Evolution
dc.subject.mesh	Coral Reefs
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.subject.mesh	Anthozoa
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Biodiversity
dc.subject.mesh	Biological Evolution
dc.subject.mesh	Climate Change
dc.subject.mesh	Coral Reefs
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny
dc.title	Local and regional controls of phylogenetic structure at the high-latitude range limits of corals.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	284
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences
utslib.for	07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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dc.date.updated	2021-07-29T02:28:23Z
pubs.issue	1861
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	284
utslib.citation.issue	1861

Abstract:

Understanding how range-edge populations will respond to climate change is an urgent research priority. Here, we used a phylogenetic community ecology approach to examine how ecological and evolutionary processes shape biodiversity patterns of scleractinian corals at their high-latitude range limits in eastern Australia. We estimated phylogenetic signal in seven ecologically important functional traits and conducted tests of phylogenetic structure at local and regional scales using the net relatedness (NRI) and nearest taxon indices (NTI) for the presence/absence and abundance data. Regional tests showed light phylogenetic clustering, indicating that coral species found in this subtropical-to-temperate transition zone are more closely related to each other than are species on the nearby, more northerly Great Barrier Reef. Local tests revealed variable patterns of phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion and higher than expected phylogenetic turnover among sites. In combination, these results are broadly consistent with the hierarchical filtering model, whereby species pass through a regional climatic filter based on their tolerances for marginal conditions and subsequently segregate into local assemblages according to the relative strength of habitat filtering and species interactions. Conservatism of tested traits suggests that corals will likely track their niches with climate change. Nevertheless, high turnover of lineages among sites indicates that range shifts will probably vary among species and highlights the vulnerability and conservation significance of high-latitude reefs.

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