Figure 3: Deviation of relative species richness patterns among the focal taxa.
From: Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales
The plot shows the extent to which the species richness of a given taxon over- or underestimates the species richness of the other taxa relative to the overall species richness of each taxon. For example, the +50% deviation for bacteria ‘type 2’ at the scale of 1 ha indicates that the species richness of bacteria would underestimate overall relative species richness patterns by 50%. For the 12 fungal and 19 bacterial taxa, only 4 taxa representing the most common types of turnover patterns are shown (Fungi ‘type 1’: Agaricomycetes; Fungi ‘type 2’: Dothideomycetes; Bacteria ‘type 1’: Alphaproteobacteria; Bacteria ‘type 2’: Planctomycetes).
