Within-community environmental variability drives trait variability in species-rich grasslands

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F17%3A43895581" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/17:43895581 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985939:_____/17:00480697

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12487/epdf" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12487/epdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12487" target="_blank" >10.1111/jvs.12487</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Within-community environmental variability drives trait variability in species-rich grasslands

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

AimsSpatial environmental heterogeneity has been considered an important co-existence mechanism because environmental variation enables different species to co-occur. We predict that if functional differences are important for co-existence, then both species and functional diversity should be positively related to environmental heterogeneity. LocationThirty three dry calcareous grassland sites in Estonia. MethodsIn each site, we established a transect (10.0mx0.1m), consisting of 100 quadrats (10cmx10cm). In each quadrat, we recorded species richness and composition, and measured soil depth, moisture and light availability. We collected data on eight traits from most of the species found across the sites. We calculated functional diversity (FD) at the quadrat scale, and compared the observed FD to that expected at random using two null models. The first null model used all the species that occurred in the transect in the randomizations to determine environmental filtering from the transect to the quadrat. The second null model restricted the species used in the randomizations to those species whose trait range was within the range of the observed values in the quadrat, to detect evidence for niche partitioning. Quadrat mean trait values and variability in functional composition were then related to small-scale mean environmental conditions and heterogeneity, respectively. ResultsWe found convergent patterns in biomass, specific leaf area, specific root length and clonality compared to randomized communities that included all species occurring in the transect, and found divergence in height and leaf area using the range-restricted null model. Hence, we found patterns consistent with environmental filtering and niche partitioning depending on the traits considered.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Within-community environmental variability drives trait variability in species-rich grasslands

Popis výsledku anglicky

AimsSpatial environmental heterogeneity has been considered an important co-existence mechanism because environmental variation enables different species to co-occur. We predict that if functional differences are important for co-existence, then both species and functional diversity should be positively related to environmental heterogeneity. LocationThirty three dry calcareous grassland sites in Estonia. MethodsIn each site, we established a transect (10.0mx0.1m), consisting of 100 quadrats (10cmx10cm). In each quadrat, we recorded species richness and composition, and measured soil depth, moisture and light availability. We collected data on eight traits from most of the species found across the sites. We calculated functional diversity (FD) at the quadrat scale, and compared the observed FD to that expected at random using two null models. The first null model used all the species that occurred in the transect in the randomizations to determine environmental filtering from the transect to the quadrat. The second null model restricted the species used in the randomizations to those species whose trait range was within the range of the observed values in the quadrat, to detect evidence for niche partitioning. Quadrat mean trait values and variability in functional composition were then related to small-scale mean environmental conditions and heterogeneity, respectively. ResultsWe found convergent patterns in biomass, specific leaf area, specific root length and clonality compared to randomized communities that included all species occurring in the transect, and found divergence in height and leaf area using the range-restricted null model. Hence, we found patterns consistent with environmental filtering and niche partitioning depending on the traits considered.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GAP505%2F12%2F1296" target="_blank" >GAP505/12/1296: Funkční zásobník druhů: vysvětlení nerealizované diverzity a její funkce</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of Vegetation Science

ISSN

1100-9233

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

303-312

Kód UT WoS článku

000397559100008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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