The compadrePlant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demographyJournal of Ecology - Tập 103 Số 1 - Trang 202-218 - 2015
Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Owen Jones, C. Ruth Archer, Yvonne M. Buckley, Judy Che‐Castaldo, Hal Caswell, David J. Hodgson, Alexander Scheuerlein, Dalia A. Conde, Erik Brinks, H. Buhr, Claudia Farack, Fränce Gottschalk, Alexander Hartmann, Anne Hennig, Gabriel Hoppe, Gesa Römer, Jens Runge, Tara Ruoff, Julia Wille, Stefan Zeh, Raziel Davison, Dirk Vieregg, Annette Baudisch, Res Altwegg, Fernando Colchero, Ming Dong, Hans de Kroon, Jean‐Dominique Lebreton, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Maile M. Neel, Ingrid M. Parker, Tappei Takada, Teresa Valverde, Luis A. Vélez‐Espino, Glenda M. Wardle, Miguel Franco, James W. Vaupel
Summary
Schedules of survival, growth and reproduction are key life‐history traits. Data on how these traits vary among species and populations are fundamental to our understanding of the ecological conditions that have shaped plant evolution. Because these demographic schedules determine population growth or decline, such data ...... hiện toàn bộ
When does intraspecific trait variation contribute to functional beta‐diversity?Journal of Ecology - Tập 104 Số 2 - Trang 487-496 - 2016
Marko J. Spasojevic, Benjamin L. Turner, Jonathan A. Myers
Summary
Intraspecific trait variation (ITV) is hypothesized to play an important role in community assembly and the maintenance of biodiversity. However, fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of how ITV... hiện toàn bộ
Evidence for scale‐ and disturbance‐dependent trait assembly patterns in dry semi‐natural grasslandsJournal of Ecology - Tập 101 Số 5 - Trang 1237-1244 - 2013
Francesco de Bello, Marie Vandewalle, Triin Reitalu, Jan Lepš, Honor C. Prentice, Sandra Lavorel, Martin T. Sykes
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The mechanisms driving nonrandom assembly patterns in plant communities have long been of interest in ecological research. Competing ecological theories predict that coexisting species may either be more functionally dissimilar than expected by chance (with functional ‘divergence’ mainly reflectin...... hiện toàn bộ
Deconstructing precipitation variability: Rainfall event size and timing uniquely alter ecosystem dynamicsJournal of Ecology - Tập 109 Số 9 - Trang 3356-3369 - 2021
Robert J. Griffin‐Nolan, Ingrid J. Slette, Alan K. Knapp
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Water‐limited ecosystems are highly sensitive to not only precipitation amount, but also precipitation pattern, particularly variability in the size and timing of growing season rainfall events. Both rainfall event size and timing are expected to be altered by climate change, but the relative responses of dryland ecosys...... hiện toàn bộ
Presence and identity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence competitive interactions between plant speciesJournal of Ecology - Tập 95 Số 4 - Trang 631-638 - 2007
Tanja R. Scheublin, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
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Competition for nutrients is an important factor structuring plant communities. Plant symbionts such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can have considerable influence on nutrient uptake and are therefore likely to influence plant competition. In this study we investigated the influence of di...... hiện toàn bộ
Does herbivory really suppress mycorrhiza? A meta‐analysisJournal of Ecology - Tập 98 Số 4 - Trang 745-753 - 2010
E. Kathryn Barto, Matthias C. Rillig
Summary 1. aged and natural ecosystems, herbivory can have a major impact on plant growth. Defoliation and shoot removal reduce the photosynthetic capacity of plants and are also thought to reduce allocation of carbon to roots and mycorrhizal fungi. However, evidence supporting this assumption remains equivocal. 2....... hiện toàn bộ
Effects of topography on tropical forest structure depend on climate contextJournal of Ecology - Tập 108 Số 1 - Trang 145-159 - 2020
Robert Muscarella, Samira Kolyaie, Douglas C. Morton, Jess K. Zimmerman, María Uriarte
AbstractTopography affects abiotic conditions which can influence the structure, function and dynamics of ecological communities. An increasing number of studies have demonstrated biological consequences of fine‐scale topographic heterogeneity but we have a limited understanding of how these effects depend on the climate context.<...... hiện toàn bộ