Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F16%3A00093972" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093972 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12375" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12375</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12375" target="_blank" >10.1111/jvs.12375</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology

Original language description

Analyses of functional traits have become fundamental tools for understanding patterns and processes in plant community ecology. In this context, regenerative seed traits play an important, yet overlooked, role because they largely determine the ability of plants to disperse and re-establish. A survey of recent publications in community ecology suggests that seed germination traits in particular are neglected at the expense of other relevant but overused traits based only on seed morphology. As a response to this bias, we discuss the functional significance of seed germination traits in comparison with morphological and biophysical seed traits, and advocate their use in vegetation science. We also demonstrate how research in community assembly, climate change and restoration ecology can benefit from the inclusion of germination traits, encompassing functions that cannot be explained solely by adult plant traits.

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

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.30.0037" target="_blank" >EE2.3.30.0037: Employment of Best Young Scientists for International Cooperation Empowerment</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vegetation Science

ISSN

1100-9233

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

637-645

UT code for WoS article

000375147500022

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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