Trait hierarchies and intraspecific variability drive competitive interactions in Mediterranean annual plants

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F19%3A00509463" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/19:00509463 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60076658:12310/19:43899368

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0300204" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0300204</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13248" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2745.13248</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Trait hierarchies and intraspecific variability drive competitive interactions in Mediterranean annual plants

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

1. Both intra- and interspecific differences in traits may modulate interactions between plants. Two mechanisms are hypothesized to regulate these effects: competitive hierarchies and trait dissimilarities, but it is unclear how the prevalence of each might depend on environmental conditions and on intra and interspecific differences.n2. We sowed six replicates of all possible pairwise combinations across eight annual species (including conspecific competition and individuals without competitors), in pots under two levels of fertilization. We measured above- and below-ground traits and total biomass of the focal individuals. We expressed competition as the decrease in biomass of focal individuals relative to biomass without competition, and modelled competition using directional (hierarchy) or non-directional (dissimilarity) trait differences, with or without intraspecific variability (ITV).n3. We found evidence of different trait hierarchies operating under different fertilization conditions but little support for trait dissimilarities. The negative effect of competition on focal plants increased with the height of the competitors in both of fertilization levels. Further, in unfertilized conditions, plants with lower specific leaf area (SLA) and larger root systems experienced less competition. Including ITV in trait hierarchies substantially improved our ability to predict the intensity of competition. This was partly due to ITV reducing competitive hierarchies.n4. Synthesis. Our results underscore the importance of traits in driving interactions among plants. Competitive relationships between species depend on complex interactions between trait intra and interspecific differences and resource availability. ITV appears to be a mechanism capable of reducing trait hierarchies, and hence the intensity of competition between coexisting plants.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Trait hierarchies and intraspecific variability drive competitive interactions in Mediterranean annual plants

Popis výsledku anglicky

1. Both intra- and interspecific differences in traits may modulate interactions between plants. Two mechanisms are hypothesized to regulate these effects: competitive hierarchies and trait dissimilarities, but it is unclear how the prevalence of each might depend on environmental conditions and on intra and interspecific differences.n2. We sowed six replicates of all possible pairwise combinations across eight annual species (including conspecific competition and individuals without competitors), in pots under two levels of fertilization. We measured above- and below-ground traits and total biomass of the focal individuals. We expressed competition as the decrease in biomass of focal individuals relative to biomass without competition, and modelled competition using directional (hierarchy) or non-directional (dissimilarity) trait differences, with or without intraspecific variability (ITV).n3. We found evidence of different trait hierarchies operating under different fertilization conditions but little support for trait dissimilarities. The negative effect of competition on focal plants increased with the height of the competitors in both of fertilization levels. Further, in unfertilized conditions, plants with lower specific leaf area (SLA) and larger root systems experienced less competition. Including ITV in trait hierarchies substantially improved our ability to predict the intensity of competition. This was partly due to ITV reducing competitive hierarchies.n4. Synthesis. Our results underscore the importance of traits in driving interactions among plants. Competitive relationships between species depend on complex interactions between trait intra and interspecific differences and resource availability. ITV appears to be a mechanism capable of reducing trait hierarchies, and hence the intensity of competition between coexisting plants.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of Ecology

ISSN

0022-0477

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

107

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

2078-2089

Kód UT WoS článku

000484311000005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85070747125