Disturbance effects on species diversity and functional diversity in riparian and upland plant communities

Ecology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shekhar R. Biswas ◽  
Azim U. Mallik
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Disturbance Effects

Relationship between species diversity and functional diversity of plant communities on different slopes in alpine meadow

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
刘旻霞，南笑宁，张国娟，李博文，徐璐，穆若兰，李亮，于瑞新 LIU Minxia
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Alpine Meadow

scholarly journals Invasive legume affects species and functional composition of mountain meadow plant communities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiebke Hansen ◽  
Julia Wollny ◽  
Annette Otte ◽  
R. Lutz Eckstein ◽  
Kristin Ludewig
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Functional Divergence ◽  
Ecosystem Change ◽  
Species Number ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Lupinus Polyphyllus ◽  
Mountain Meadow ◽  
Functional Richness

Abstract Plant invasions are among the key drivers of global biodiversity and ecosystem change. They often cause reductions in native species richness and overall biodiversity. Nitrogen-fixing plants are problematic as they affect soil nutrient availability and outcompete species of nutrient-poor sites. Here we assessed the impacts of the legume Lupinus polyphyllus on species and functional diversity of mountain meadow communities in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön. We compared species diversity (richness, evenness and effective species number), functional diversity (functional richness, evenness, divergence and dispersion) and similarity of plots in three characteristic vegetation types (Nardus grassland, mesic and wet mountain hay meadows) between different lupine cover classes. We calculated community weighted means (CWMs) of single plant traits and plotted them against lupine cover classes. The invasion of L. polyphyllus homogenizes vegetation composition since the similarity among plots of the different vegetation types increased with increasing lupine cover. It significantly affected species diversity in terms of richness and effective species number and the functional divergence of the vegetation. The trait set of species occurring together with lupine was shifted towards more competitive trait values. We demonstrate strongly negative impacts of L. polyphyllus on different mountain meadow vegetation types since L. polyphyllus, fosters the growth of competitive species and leads to overall more productive plant communities.

scholarly journals Relationship between Diversity and Stability of a Karst Plant Community

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Jin Chen ◽  
Limin Zhang ◽  
Ling Feng ◽  
Lingbin Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Functional Redundancy ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Ecosystem Ecology ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Late Stages

The relationships among species diversity, functional diversity, functional redundancy, and community stability are central to community and ecosystem ecology. This paper examines plant communities at different stages of vegetation restoration in the Guizhou karst plateau to study the relationship among functional diversity, functional redundancy, and stability of plant communities. The most important results include the following. (1) Species diversity (SD), functional redundancy (FR), and stability (STB) gradually increased with restoration, and there were significant differences among the different stages; functional diversity (FD) increased at first and then decreased, and reached the highest level at the tree irrigation stage. (2) Plant height (PLH) and specific leaf area (SLA) were functional traits that affected the diversity and stability of the plant community, and PLH was positively correlated with plant community diversity and stability, while SLA was negatively correlated with plant community diversity and stability. (3) During the community recovery, FD and FR interacted to maintain stability. In the early and late stages of recovery, the effect of functional redundancy on stability was greater than that of functional diversity, but it was the opposite in the middle stages. (4) The tree irrigation stage is the likely point at which the species diversity of plant communities in karst areas reached saturation, and the growth rate of functional redundancy after species diversity saturation was greater than that before saturation.

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

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.

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
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