Drought tolerance and species abundance mediate dry season negative density dependence in a tropical forest DOI Open Access
Xiaoyang Song, Masatoshi Katabuchi, Jonathan M. Chase

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Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 105(9)

Published: July 26, 2024

Conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) is thought to be a key process in maintaining plant diversity. However, the strength of CNDD highly variable space and time as well among species, correlates this variation that might help understand explain it remain largely unquantified. Using Bayesian hierarchical models, we took advantage 10-year seedling monitoring data were collected annually every dry rainy season seasonal tropical forest. We quantified interspecific its temporal variation. also examined potential variation, including species functional traits (such drought-tolerant traits, defense-related recourse acquisition traits) abundances. In season, found relationship between neighboring conspecific seedlings on survival, while there was adults survival. addition, related but not season. Across years, drought-intolerant suffer less during seasons have higher rainfall, whereas when has lower rainfall. rare suffered stronger Overall, our study highlights through time, necessitating deeper appreciation environmental contexts their interactions.

Language: Английский

ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network DOI Creative Commons
Stuart J. Davies, Iveren Abiem, Kamariah Abu Salim

et al.

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 253, P. 108907 - 108907

Published: Dec. 13, 2020

Language: Английский

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Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems DOI Open Access
Robert M. Pringle, Joel O. Abraham, T. Michael Anderson

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Current Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(11), P. R584 - R610

Published: June 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities DOI Creative Commons
Lisa Hülsmann, Ryan A. Chisholm, Liza S. Comita

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Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 627(8004), P. 564 - 571

Published: Feb. 28, 2024

Abstract Numerous studies have shown reduced performance in plants that are surrounded by neighbours of the same species 1,2 , a phenomenon known as conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) 3 . A long-held ecological hypothesis posits CNDD is more pronounced tropical than temperate forests 4,5 which increases community stabilization, coexistence and diversity local tree 6,7 Previous analyses supporting such latitudinal gradient 8,9 suffered from methodological limitations related to use static data 10–12 Here we present comprehensive assessment patterns using dynamic mortality estimate species-site-specific across 23 sites. Averaged species, found stabilizing was at all except one site, but average not stronger toward tropics. However, communities, rare intermediate abundant experienced did common species. This pattern absent forests, suggests influences abundances strongly it does ones 13 We also interspecific variation CNDD, might attenuate its effect on 14,15 high significantly different latitudes. Although consequences these for gradients difficult evaluate, speculate effective regulation population could translate into greater stabilization communities thus contribute forests.

Language: Английский

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Global patterns and drivers of plant–soil microbe interactions DOI
Feng Jiang, Jonathan Bennett, Kerri M. Crawford

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Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract Plant–soil feedback (PSF) is an important mechanism determining plant community dynamics and structure. Understanding the geographic patterns drivers of PSF essential for understanding mechanisms underlying diversity patterns. We compiled a large dataset containing 5969 observations from 202 studies to demonstrate global woody non‐woody species. Overall, was negative on average influenced by attributes environmental settings. Woody species PSFs did not vary with latitude, but were more at higher latitudes. consistently positive increasing aridity both species, likely due increased mutualistic microbes relative soil‐borne pathogens. These findings consistent between field greenhouse experiments, suggesting that variation can be driven soil legacies climates. Our call caution use as explanation latitudinal gradient highlight influence structure across broad scales through mediating plant–soil microbe interactions.

Language: Английский

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Global patterns in the predator satiation effect of masting: A meta-analysis DOI Creative Commons
Rafał Zwolak, Paulina Celebias, Michał Bogdziewicz

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 119(11)

Published: March 7, 2022

Significance Masting, or synchronous production of large seed crops, is widespread among plants. The predator satiation hypothesis states that masting evolved to overwhelm predators with an excess food. Yet, this popular explanation faced few rigorous tests. We conducted a meta-analysis studies related the magnitude intensity predation. Our results validate certain theoretical notions (e.g., more effective at higher latitudes) but challenge others specialist and generalist consumers differ in type functional response masting). also found losing its ability satiate consumers, probably because global warming affected patterns. This shift might considerably impair reproduction

Language: Английский

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Plant Strategies DOI
Daniel C. Laughlin

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 27, 2023

Abstract Plants have evolved a remarkable array of adaptive solutions to the existential problem survival and reproduction in world where disturbances can be deadly, resources are scarce, competition is cutthroat. inherited phenotypic traits that increased their chance success, these indicators strategies for establishment survival. A plant strategy thought as “how species sustains population” (Westoby, 1998, p. 214) because all successful must positive demographic outcomes habitats which they adapted. This book aims articulate coherent framework studying unifies demography with functional ecology advance prediction ecology. Central this traits: heritable morphological, physiological, phenological attributes plants influence therefore drive fitness differences among species.

Language: Английский

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Advanced research tools for fungal diversity and its impact on forest ecosystem DOI
Muhammad Adnan, Waqar Islam, Gang Liu

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 29(30), P. 45044 - 45062

Published: April 23, 2022

Language: Английский

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Evolution of masting in plants is linked to investment in low tissue mortality DOI Creative Commons
Valentin Journé, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Michał Bogdziewicz

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Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Dec. 2, 2023

Masting, a variable and synchronized variation in reproductive effort is prevalent strategy among perennial plants, but the factors leading to interspecific differences masting remain unclear. Here, we investigate interannual patterns of investment 517 species terrestrial including herbs, graminoids, shrubs, trees. We place these context plants' phylogeny, habitat, form function. Our findings reveal that widespread across plant phylogeny. Nonetheless, reversion from regular seed production also common. While highest temperate boreal zones, our analysis controlling for environment phylogeny indicates more frequent invest tissue longevity. modeling exposes masting-trait relationships would otherwise hidden provides large-scale evidence costs delayed reproduction play significant role evolution plants.

Language: Английский

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Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest DOI Creative Commons
Peter Williams,

Robert C. Ong,

Jedediah F. Brodie

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Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: March 12, 2021

Overhunting reduces important plant-animal interactions such as vertebrate seed dispersal and predation, thereby altering plant regeneration even above-ground biomass. It remains unclear, however, if non-hunted species can compensate for lost vertebrates in defaunated ecosystems. We use a nested exclusion experiment to isolate the effects of different enemies Bornean rainforest. In four five tree species, kill many seeds (13-66%). Nonetheless, when large mammals are excluded, mortality from insects fungi fully compensates that defaunation has no effect on seedling establishment. The switch predation by generalist specialist systems may alter Janzen-Connell density-dependence plants. Previous work using simulation models explore how will affect composition carbon storage require reevaluation context functional redundancy within complex networks.

Language: Английский

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Forest tree community ecology and plant–soil feedback: Theory and evidence DOI Creative Commons
Kohmei Kadowaki

Ecological Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(3), P. 257 - 272

Published: Jan. 30, 2024

Abstract Mounting evidence suggests that reciprocal interactions between plants and the soil microbiota can be a primary force generates key macroscopic patterns of plant communities (coexistence, dominance, succession) in forest ecosystems. The aim this article is to review empirical theoretical perspectives plant–soil feedback research context community ecology. I first use simple model get insights into an array dynamics generated by feedback: negative maintains species diversity reduces growth, while positive drives growth certain hence their dominance. then describe how ecologists have unveiled enormously complex plant‐microbiota interaction (i.e., conditioning experiment) linkage with three patterns: (i) (ii) spatial structure (iii) succession. highlight one belowground trait (mycorrhizal type) mediate these linkages: arbuscular mycorrhizal tend exhibit ectomycorrhizal feedback. Although potentially explains tree from local global scales, many questions remain. Future studies should expand theory incorporate numerous other mechanisms test types net effects could propagate shape large‐scale structures dynamics.

Language: Английский

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