Testing community assembly predictions for nominal and continuous plant traits in species-rich grasslands

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F11%3A00049882" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/11:00049882 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/11:00370235

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Testing community assembly predictions for nominal and continuous plant traits in species-rich grasslands

Original language description

We investigated patterns of trait-based community assembly in grasslands using continuous and nominal species-level traits. Plant species were randomly organized with respect to both maximum and minimum species height; however, coexisting plant species had a significantly smaller mean seed mass than expected by chance, and were significantly convergent in seed mass. These patterns were most pronounced in wet grasslands. Grasslands were non-randomly assembled with respect to five of our ten traits including seed mass, fruit type, CGO, branching type and leaf distribution. Among these, only patterns of branching type clearly conformed to the predictions from Limiting Similarity Theory, suggesting that variation in this trait may contribute to species coexistence in these grasslands. In general, patterns were consistent across the two plot sizes. For four traits plot-level effect sizes varied significantly with biomass production and for seven of ten traits they varied significantly with

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EF - Botany

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GD526%2F09%2FH025" target="_blank" >GD526/09/H025: Evolutionary ecological analysis of communities and populations</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Preslia : časopis české botanické společnosti

ISSN

0032-7786

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

83

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

329-346

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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