Interactive effects of fertilization and disturbance on community structure and resource availability in an old-field plant community

Oecologia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D. Wilson ◽  
D. Tilman
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Field Plant

scholarly journals Evidence of deterministic assembly according to flowering time in an old‐field plant community

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sneha K. Dante ◽  
Brandon S. Schamp ◽  
Lonnie W. Aarssen
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Time ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Field Plant

Quantifying direct and indirect effects of fungicide on an old-field plant community: an experimental null-community approach

Plant Ecology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria J. Allison ◽  
Tara K. Rajaniemi ◽  
Deborah E. Goldberg ◽  
Donald R. Zak
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Field Plant

scholarly journals Smaller species experience mild adversity under shading in an old-field plant community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Balfour ◽  
Danielle Greco ◽  
Riley Gridzak ◽  
Gillian Piggott ◽  
Brandon Schamp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Large Species ◽  
Light Penetration ◽  
Small Species ◽  
Light Competition ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Field Plant ◽  
Lower Light ◽  
The Impact

Plant competition experiments commonly suggest that larger species have an advantage, especially in light acquisition. However, within crowded natural vegetation, where competition evidently impacts fitness, most resident species are relatively small. It remains unclear, therefore, whether the size-advantage observed in controlled experiments is realized in habitats under intensive competition. We tested for evidence of a size-advantage in competition for light in an old-field plant community composed of herbaceous perennial species. We investigated whether larger species contributed to reduced light penetration (i.e., greater shading), and examined the impact of shade on smaller species by testing whether their abundance and richness were lower in plots with less light penetration. Light penetration in plots ranged from 0.3-72.4%. Plots with greater mean species height had significantly lower light penetration. Plots with lower light penetration had significantly lower small species abundance and richness. However, the impact of shade on small species abundance and richness was relatively small (R values between 8% and 15%) and depended on how we defined “small species”. Significant effects were more common when analyses focused on individuals that reached reproduction; focusing on only flowering plants can clarify patterns. Our results confirm that light penetration in herbaceous vegetation can be comparable to levels seen in forests, that plots with taller species cast more shade, and that smaller species are less abundant and diverse in plots where light penetration is low. However, variation in mean plot height explained less than 10% of variation in light penetration, and light penetration explained 5-15% of variation in small species abundance and richness. Coupled with the fact that reproductive small species were present even within the most heavily shaded plots, our results suggest that any advantage in light competition by large species is limited. One explanation is that some small species in these communities are shade tolerant.

Evidence of temporal niche separation via low flowering time overlap in an old-field plant community

Oecologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 189 (4) ◽  
pp. 1071-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Jensen ◽  
Brandon S. Schamp ◽  
Angela Belleau
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Time ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Niche Separation ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Temporal Niche ◽  
Field Plant

Dispersion of traits related to competitive ability in an old-field plant community

2007 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 071119203335008-??? ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon S. Schamp ◽  
Joyce Chau ◽  
Lonnie W. Aarssen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Field Plant

Selective manipulation of a non-dominant plant and its herbivores affects an old-field plant community

Plant Ecology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 216 (7) ◽  
pp. 1029-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania N. Kim ◽  
Brian J. Spiesman ◽  
Amanda L. Buchanan ◽  
Alyssa S. Hakes ◽  
Stacey L. Halpern ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Field Plant
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