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Disentangling the interplay of generative and vegetative propagation among different functional groups during gap colonization in meadows

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F17%3A43895589" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/17:43895589 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/60077344:_____/17:00465494

  • Result on the web

    <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12731/epdf" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12731/epdf</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12731" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2435.12731</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Disentangling the interplay of generative and vegetative propagation among different functional groups during gap colonization in meadows

  • Original language description

    1. Meadow plant communities are commonly driven by strong competition, and the colonization of gaps plays an important role in the maintenance of their species diversity. Despite this, species-specific information about the dynamics of vegetative and generative propagation, and on the role of seed bank and seed rain, is rather scarce. 2. In a 3-year manipulative experiment, we aimed to disentangle the effects of seed bank, seed rain and vegetative propagation in vegetation and during colonization of artificial gaps in a mesotrophic meadow. Vegetative propagation was manipulated by felting and the presence of the seed bank by soil sterilization using gamma radiation. We focused on the dynamics of four main species groups with different regeneration strategies: dicots, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae and Poaceae. The shift from seedling dominance in early stages towards vegetative resprouts dominating at a later stage in the gap colonization process differed considerably among the four species groups. 3. Dicots and Juncaceae, regenerating frequently from the seed bank, acted as pioneer species, and determined species composition of newly disturbed sites. Seed rain became crucial later in the season and resulted in shifting dominance to the more competitive Poaceae. Stress-tolerating Cyperaceae were colonizing the gaps vegetatively mainly towards the end of the experiment. While graminoids showed preference for growing into gaps clonally, dicots propagated vegetatively mostly within intact vegetation. 4. Although seed rain soon equalized seedling numbers in plots with and without a seed bank, the presence of a seed bank proved to be crucial for certain species, and its effect on species diversity remained positive in all functional groups for the duration of the experiment, demonstrating the importance of a seed bank for the maintenance of species diversity. Nevertheless, seedling assembly converged to a similar functional composition in all gap types after 3 years.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10618 - Ecology

Result continuities

  • Project

    <a href="/en/project/GA13-17118S" target="_blank" >GA13-17118S: From species traits to whole plant performance in the field: individual and population responses</a><br>

  • Continuities

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

Others

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Confidentiality

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

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Functional Ecology

  • ISSN

    0269-8463

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    31

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    2

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    11

  • Pages from-to

    458-468

  • UT code for WoS article

    000394374100020

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database