Environmental variability and allocation trade-offs maintain species diversity in a process-based model of succulent plant communities

2006 ◽  
Vol 199 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Reineking ◽  
Maik Veste ◽  
Christian Wissel ◽  
Andreas Huth
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Succulent Plant ◽  
Trade Offs

Functional trade-offs increase species diversity in experimental plant communities

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 1276-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Ben-Hur ◽  
Ori Fragman-Sapir ◽  
Rivka Hadas ◽  
Alon Singer ◽  
Ronen Kadmon
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Experimental Plant ◽  
Trade Offs

Relationships between species diversity and C, N and P ecological stoichiometry in plant communities of sub-alpine meadow

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 979-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Qiang CHEN ◽  
Rui ZHANG ◽  
Yao-Chen HOU ◽  
Li-Na MA ◽  
Lu-Ming DING ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Ecological Stoichiometry ◽  
Alpine Meadow

Development of species diversity in some mediterranean plant communities

Vegetatio ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Houssard ◽  
J. Escarr� ◽  
F. Bomane
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Mediterranean Plant

scholarly journals A matter of time: Recovery of plant species diversity in wild plant communities at declining nitrogen deposition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Berendse ◽  
Rob H. E. M. Geerts ◽  
Wim Th. Elberse ◽  
Thiemo Martijn Bezemer ◽  
Paul W. Goedhart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Plant Species Diversity ◽  
Wild Plant

scholarly journals Breaking through evolutionary constraint by environmental fluctuations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjon GJ de Vos ◽  
Alexandre Dawid ◽  
Vanda Sunderlikova ◽  
Sander J Tans
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Model System ◽  
Evolutionary Constraint ◽  
Apparent Paradox ◽  
Epistatic Interactions ◽  
Genetic Constraints ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Fluctuating Environments ◽  
Genetic Constraint

Epistatic interactions can frustrate and shape evolutionary change. Indeed, phenotypes may fail to evolve because essential mutations can only be selected positively if fixed simultaneously. How environmental variability affects such constraints is poorly understood. Here we studied genetic constraints in fixed and fluctuating environments, using theEscherichia coli lacoperon as a model system for genotype-environment interactions. The data indicated an apparent paradox: in different fixed environments, mutational trajectories became trapped at sub-optima where no further improvements were possible, while repeated switching between these same environments allowed unconstrained adaptation by continuous improvements. Pervasive cross-environmental trade-offs transformed peaks into valleys upon environmental change, thus enabling escape from entrapment. This study shows that environmental variability can lift genetic constraint, and that trade-offs not only impede but can also facilitate adaptive evolution.

scholarly journals Species diversity of higher plant communities in Foping National Reserve

1999 ◽  
Vol 07 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-269
Author(s):  
REN Yi ◽  
DANG Gao-Di ◽  
GU Tian-Qi ◽  
YUE Ming ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Higher Plant
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