scholarly journals Non‐linear thresholds in the effects of island area on functional diversity in woody plant communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiying Zhang ◽  
Shilu Zheng ◽  
Raphael K. Didham ◽  
Robert D. Holt ◽  
Mingjian Yu
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Island Area ◽  
Non Linear

Taxonomic and functional diversity of woody plant communities on opposing slopes of inselbergs in southern Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos B. Carlucci ◽  
Vinicius A.G. Bastazini ◽  
Gabriel S. Hofmann ◽  
Josielma H. de Macedo ◽  
Graziela Iob ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Southern Brazil

scholarly journals Shifts in soil and plant functional diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the French Alps

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexia Stokes ◽  
Guillermo Angeles ◽  
Fabien Anthelme ◽  
Eduardo Aranda-Delgado ◽  
Isabelle Barois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Biophysical Properties ◽  
Tropical Zone ◽  
Soil Microbial

Abstract Objectives Altitude integrates changes in environmental conditions that determine shifts in vegetation, including temperature, precipitation, solar radiation and edaphogenetic processes. In turn, vegetation alters soil biophysical properties through litter input, root growth, microbial and macrofaunal interactions. The belowground traits of plant communities modify soil processes in different ways, but it is not known how root traits influence soil biota at the community level. We collected data to investigate how elevation affects belowground community traits and soil microbial and faunal communities. This dataset comprises data from a temperate climate in France and a twin study was performed in a tropical zone in Mexico. Data description The paper describes soil physical and chemical properties, climatic variables, plant community composition and species abundance, plant community traits, soil microbial functional diversity and macrofaunal abundance and diversity. Data are provided for six elevations (1400–2400 m) ranging from montane forest to alpine prairie. We focused on soil biophysical properties beneath three dominant plant species that structure local vegetation. These data are useful for understanding how shifts in vegetation communities affect belowground processes, such as water infiltration, soil aggregation and carbon storage. Data will also help researchers understand how plant communities adjust to a changing climate/environment.

scholarly journals Effects of topoclimatic complexity on the composition of woody plant communities

AoB Plants ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. plw049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meagan F. Oldfather ◽  
Matthew N. Britton ◽  
Prahlad D. Papper ◽  
Michael J. Koontz ◽  
Michelle M. Halbur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Woody Plant

scholarly journals Functional Diversity of Plant–Pollinator Interaction Webs Enhances the Persistence of Plant Communities

PLoS Biology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Fontaine ◽  
Isabelle Dajoz ◽  
Jacques Meriguet ◽  
Michel Loreau
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Plant Pollinator ◽  
Interaction Webs

scholarly journals Non-linear effects of drought under shade: reconciling physiological and ecological models in plant communities

Oecologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 169 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Holmgren ◽  
Lorena Gómez-Aparicio ◽  
José Luis Quero ◽  
Fernando Valladares
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Ecological Models ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Linear Effects ◽  
Effects Of Drought

scholarly journals Functional relationship between woody plants and insect communities in response to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus infestation in the Three Gorges Reservoir region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuang Wang ◽  
Lijuan Zhao ◽  
Jiaqi Liu ◽  
Yajie Yang ◽  
Juan Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Functional Relationship ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus ◽  
Insect Community ◽  
Insect Communities ◽  
Masson Pine

To study the effect of the invasion of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on the functional relationship between woody plants and insect communities, the populations of tree species and insect communities were investigative in the Masson pine forests with different infestation durations of B. xylophilus. In this study, the number of Pinus massoniana began to decrease sharply, whereas the total number of other tree species in the arboreal layer increased gradually with the infestation duration of B. xylophilus. The principal component analysis ordination biplot shows that there was a significant change in the spatial distribution of woody plant species in different Masson pine forest stands. Additionally, a total of 7,188 insect specimens was obtained. The insect population showed an upward trend in stand types with the increase of pine wilt disease infection periods, which demonstrated that the insect community had been significantly affected by the invasion of B. xylophilus. The structure of insect functional groups changed from herbivorous (He) > omnivorous (Om) > predatory (Pr) > parasitic (Pa) > detritivorous (De) in the control stand to He > Pa > Om, De > Pr after B. xylophilus infestation in the forests. The results showed that the populations of He, Pa, and De increased after the invasion of B. xylophilus, but the populations of Pr decreased. Moreover, the redundancy analysis ordination bi-plots reflected the complicated functional relationship between woody plant communities and insects after the invasion of B. xylophilus. The present study provides insights into the changes in the community structure of woody plants and insects, as well as the functional relationship between woody plant communities and insect communities after invasion of B. xylophilus.

The influence of species pools and local processes on the community structure: a test case with woody plant communities in China's mountains

Ecography ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 1168-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaopeng Wang ◽  
Zhiyao Tang ◽  
Xiujuan Qiao ◽  
Zehao Shen ◽  
Xiangping Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Species Pools
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