scholarly journals Rodent herbivory and fire differentially affect plant species recruitment based on variability in life history traits

Ecosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e02016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffanny R. Sharp Bowman ◽  
Brock R. McMillan ◽  
Samuel B. St. Clair
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Species Recruitment

scholarly journals Mismatches between demographic niches and geographic distributions are strongest in poorly dispersed and highly persistent plant species

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (7) ◽  
pp. 3663-3669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörn Pagel ◽  
Martina Treurnicht ◽  
William J. Bond ◽  
Tineke Kraaij ◽  
Henning Nottebrock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Interspecific Variation ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Geographic Distributions

The ecological niche of a species describes the variation in population growth rates along environmental gradients that drives geographic range dynamics. Niches are thus central for understanding and forecasting species’ geographic distributions. However, theory predicts that migration limitation, source–sink dynamics, and time-lagged local extinction can cause mismatches between niches and geographic distributions. It is still unclear how relevant these niche–distribution mismatches are for biodiversity dynamics and how they depend on species life-history traits. This is mainly due to a lack of the comprehensive, range-wide demographic data needed to directly infer ecological niches for multiple species. Here we quantify niches from extensive demographic measurements along environmental gradients across the geographic ranges of 26 plant species (Proteaceae; South Africa). We then test whether life history explains variation in species’ niches and niche–distribution mismatches. Niches are generally wider for species with high seed dispersal or persistence abilities. Life-history traits also explain the considerable interspecific variation in niche–distribution mismatches: poorer dispersers are absent from larger parts of their potential geographic ranges, whereas species with higher persistence ability more frequently occupy environments outside their ecological niche. Our study thus identifies major demographic and functional determinants of species’ niches and geographic distributions. It highlights that the inference of ecological niches from geographical distributions is most problematic for poorly dispersed and highly persistent species. We conclude that the direct quantification of ecological niches from demographic responses to environmental variation is a crucial step toward a better predictive understanding of biodiversity dynamics under environmental change.

Life history traits predict colonization and extinction lags of desert plant species since the Last Glacial Maximum

Ecology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley J. Butterfield ◽  
Camille A. Holmgren ◽  
R. Scott Anderson ◽  
Julio L. Betancourt
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Glacial Maximum ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
The Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
The Last Glacial

Plant species’ coexistence relationships may shift according to life history traits and seasons

Plant Ecology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 215 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Osawa ◽  
Hiromune Mitsuhashi ◽  
Atushi Ushimaru
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Plant Species Coexistence

scholarly journals Plant Species Loss Affects Life-History Traits of Aphids and Their Parasitoids

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. e12053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana S. Petermann ◽  
Christine B. Müller ◽  
Christiane Roscher ◽  
Alexandra Weigelt ◽  
Wolfgang W. Weisser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Species Loss

An integrated genetic approach to provenancing and establishment of founding individuals for restoration in the semiarid midwest region of Western Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Millar ◽  
David J. Coates ◽  
Margaret Byrne ◽  
J. Dale Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Spatial Genetic Structure ◽  
Midwest Region ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Seed Sourcing

An increasingly important practical application of the analysis of spatial genetic structure and life history traits of plant species is to aid the design of seed sourcing scenarios that provide for long-term successful restoration. Despite this, there are few practical recommendations on how to use empirical knowledge of genetic structure and life history traits to design appropriate seed sourcing regimes and planting designs. We identified potential divergent lineages within species as an important first step in determining appropriate areas in which to source seeds. We then used a modelling approach for restoration based on patterns of genetic structure and life history traits that affect demography, dispersal and gene flow to inform the impact of number and spatial positioning of founder individuals, as well as different seed sourcing scenarios, on population growth and the initial capture and long-term maintenance of genetic diversity for restored populations. The approach is illustrated using datasets for four perennial plant species associated with the Banded Iron Formations of the semiarid midwest region of Western Australia. The approach can be tailored to any restoration site and applied to a range of species with differing patterns of genetic structure and differing life history traits.

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