Ability of plant species to colonise human-disturbed habitats: Role of phylogeny and functional traits

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/21:00543876 RIV/00216224:14310/21:00120856

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.12528" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.12528</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12528" target="_blank" >10.1111/avsc.12528</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ability of plant species to colonise human-disturbed habitats: Role of phylogeny and functional traits

Original language description

Question Which species are successful colonisers of disturbed sites; species adapted to seed dispersal, resistance to abiotic stress, or competition ability? Are successful adaptations for colonisation shared by phylogenetically related species? Location Czech Republic, Central Europe. Methods We used two indices of plant species&apos; colonisation ability (developed from an extensive dataset of dated successional series for 1,531 plant species of the Czech Republic): index of colonisation potential (ICP), which is corrected for mass effect (species&apos; frequency in the landscape acquired from Czech National Phytosociological Database, accounting for more common colonisation events of frequent species), and index of colonisation success (ICS), which is solely based on actual species frequencies in disturbed habitats. We also used preferences for successional age (median of age of sites that species had colonised). We correlated these indices with plant functional traits for three functional groups (woody species, non-woody perennial polycarpic, and non-woody monocarpic species) either considering the phylogenetic history of a species or not. Results Woody species were the best colonisers and had the highest preferences for late-successional stages. Non-woody monocarpic species had a higher ICP than polycarpic species while their ICS were comparable. The best predictor of colonisation ability of both monocarpic and polycarpic non-woody species was canopy height, indicating importance of competition. Other successful colonisers were species with seed traits promoting dispersal (low seed mass or low seed terminal velocity). We did not find traits suitable for adverse biotic conditions (high specific leaf area, SLA), low canopy height) to be important. Successional age preference of species was indicated mainly by seed traits (seed mass, seed longevity), which highly corresponded with species&apos; phylogenetic history. Conclusions Colonisation of disturbed sites is limited by seed dispersal and competitive interactions rather than an adverse abiotic environment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Applied Vegetation Science

ISSN

1402-2001

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000573710400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85091728706