scholarly journals Sahul's megafauna were vulnerable to plant‐community changes due to their position in the trophic network

Ecography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Llewelyn ◽  
Giovanni Strona ◽  
Matthew C. McDowell ◽  
Christopher N. Johnson ◽  
Katharina J. Peters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Trophic Network ◽  
Community Changes

Plant community changes as ecological indicator of seabird colonies’ impacts on Mediterranean Islands

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teddy Baumberger ◽  
Laurence Affre ◽  
Franck Torre ◽  
Eric Vidal ◽  
Pierre-Jean Dumas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Ecological Indicator ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Seabird Colonies

Plant community changes after land abandonment control CO2 balance in a dry environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 425 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 253-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carme Estruch ◽  
Yudi M. Lozano ◽  
Cristina Armas ◽  
Francisco I. Pugnaire
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Land Abandonment ◽  
Co2 Balance ◽  
Community Changes

A dynamic modelling approach for estimating critical loads of nitrogen based on plant community changes under a changing climate

2011 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 789-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salim Belyazid ◽  
Dani Kurz ◽  
Sabine Braun ◽  
Harald Sverdrup ◽  
Beat Rihm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Critical Loads ◽  
Dynamic Modelling ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Modelling Approach

A conceptual model of plant community changes following cessation of cultivation in semi-arid grassland

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan K. Wong ◽  
John W. Morgan ◽  
Josh Dorrough
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Do Invasive Earthworms Affect the Functional Traits of Native Plants?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise Thouvenot ◽  
Olga Ferlian ◽  
Rémy Beugnon ◽  
Tom Künne ◽  
Alfred Lochner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Groups ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
North American ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Earthworm Invasion ◽  
Invasive Earthworms ◽  
Community Changes

As ecosystem engineers, invasive earthworms are one of the main drivers of plant community changes in North American forests previously devoid of earthworms. One explanation for these community changes is the effects of earthworms on the reproduction, recruitment, and development of plant species. However, few studies have investigated functional trait responses of native plants to earthworm invasion to explain the mechanisms underlying community changes. In a mesocosm (Ecotron) experiment, we set up a plant community composed of two herb and two grass species commonly found in northern North American forests under two earthworm treatments (presence vs. absence). We measured earthworm effects on above- and belowground plant biomass and functional traits after 3 months of experiment. Our results showed that earthworm presence did not significantly affect plant community biomass and cover. Furthermore, only four out of the fifteen above- and belowground traits measured were affected by earthworm presence. While some traits, such as the production of ramets, the carbon and nitrogen content of leaves, responded similarly between and within functional groups in the presence or absence of earthworms, we observed opposite responses for other traits, such as height, specific leaf area, and root length within some functional groups in the presence of earthworms. Plant trait responses were thus species-specific, although the two grass species showed a more pronounced response to earthworm presence with changes in their leaf traits than herb species. Overall, earthworms affected some functional traits related to resource uptake abilities of plants and thus could change plant competition outcomes over time, which could be an explanation of plant community changes observed in invaded ecosystems.

Long-term plant community changes in managed fens in Ohio, USA

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Barry ◽  
Barbara K. Andreas ◽  
Ferenc A. De Szalay
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Community Changes

Extrapolating multi-decadal plant community changes based on medium-term experiments can be risky: evidence from high-latitude tundra

Oikos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Saccone ◽  
Risto Virtanen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Community Changes

Plant community changes after the reduction of an invasive rangeland weed, diffuse knapweed, Centaurea diffusa

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea E.A. Stephens ◽  
Pam G. Krannitz ◽  
Judith H. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Centaurea Diffusa ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Diffuse Knapweed

Detecting soil and plant community changes in restored wetlands using a chronosequence approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Brown ◽  
Mark D. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Restored Wetlands ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Chronosequence Approach
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