Contrasting effects of productivity and disturbance on plant functional diversity at local and metacommunity scales

Journal of Vegetation Science - Tập 24 Số 5 - Trang 834-842 - 2013
Étienne Laliberté1, David A. Norton2, D. Scott3
1School of Plant Biology M090, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
2School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8013 New Zealand
34 Murray Place Lake Tekapo New Zealand

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AbstractQuestionsIs trait convergence more intense when soil resource availability and disturbance constrain productivity and limit above‐ground competition? Do the effects of productivity and disturbance on functional diversity differ between the local and metacommunity scales?LocationSemi‐arid grasslands in New Zealand (43°59′ S, 170°27′ E).MethodsWe measured trait convergence and divergence in grasslands along gradients of primary productivity and disturbance at local (i.e. 1 m × 1 m) and metacommunity (8 m × 50 m) scales, using long‐term (27‐yr) manipulations of soil resource availability and grazing intensity. We compared trait dispersion metrics to those expected under different null models.ResultsAt the metacommunity scale, we found stronger trait convergence with increasing productivity and grazing intensity, where all short, slow‐growing species were excluded from the potential species pool. However, once this broad‐scale filter on species pool was taken into account, we found that at the local scale, abundance‐weighted functional dispersion of co‐occurring species was stronger than expected under our null model, thereby suggesting limiting similarity. Moreover, trait divergence became stronger at higher productivity and lower grazing intensity, where size‐asymmetric competition for light is likely to have been more intense.ConclusionsAt the metacommunity scale, environmental filtering led to species with particular traits being excluded from the species pool. In contrast, at the local community scale where individuals interact, there was evidence of limiting similarity. Our results suggest that environmental filtering and limiting similarity are not mutually exclusive and jointly determine community structure, but can operate at different spatial scales.

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Journal of Vegetation Science

Tập 24 Số 5

834-842

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