UNASSIGNED: Understanding the spatial patterns in species @entity3794 is a central issue in macroecology and biogeography. Analyses that have traditionally focused on overall species @entity3794 limit the generality and depth of inference. Spatial patterns of species @entity3794 and the mechanisms that underpin them in China remain poorly documented. We created a database of the distribution of 580 @entity1 species and 849 resident bird species from 2376 counties in China and established spatial linear models to identify the determinants of species @entity3794 and test the roles of five hypotheses for overall mammals and resident birds and the 11 habitat groups among the two taxa. Our result showed that elevation variability was the most important determinant of species @entity3794 of overall @entity1 and bird species. It is indicated that the most prominent predictors of species @entity3794 varied among different habitat groups: elevation variability for forest and shrub mammals and birds, temperature annual range for grassland and desert mammals and wetland birds, net primary productivity for farmland mammals, maximum temperature of the warmest month for cave mammals, and precipitation of the driest quarter for grassland and desert birds. Noteworthily, main land cover type was also found to obviously influence @entity1 and bird species @entity3794 in forests, shrubs and wetlands under the disturbance of intensified @entity1 activities. Our findings revealed a substantial divergence in the species @entity3794 patterns among different habitat groups and highlighted the group-specific and disparate environmental associations that underpin them. As we demonstrate, a focus on overall species @entity3794 alone might lead to incomplete or misguided understanding of spatial patterns. Conservation priorities that consider a broad spectrum of habitat groups will be more successful in safeguarding the multiple services of biodiversity.

Determinants of XXXX and Bird Species Richness in China Based on Habitat Groups.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human', 'mammal'] @entity3794 :: ('MESH:D011658', 'Disease') :: ['richness']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Mammal']
