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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1111/ele.14219
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Seed limitation interacts with biotic and abiotic factors to constrain novel species' impact on community biomass and richness
Autor Pichon, N.A.; Kaarlejärvi, E.; Eskelinen, A.
Quelle Ecology Letters
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
Department iDiv; PHYDIV
Band/Volume 26
Heft 6
Seite von 908
Seite bis 918
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Daten-/Softwarelinks https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n5tb2rc0p
Supplements https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fele.14219&file=ele14219-sup-0001-Supinfo.docx
Keywords dispersal limitation; diversity; fertilisation; herbivory; long-term effects; multiple limiting factors; productivity; seed addition; tundra, warming
Abstract Seed limitation can narrow down the number of coexisting plant species, limit plant community productivity, and also constrain community responses to changing environmental and biotic conditions. In a 10-year full-factorial experiment of seed addition, fertilisation, warming and herbivore exclusion, we tested how seed addition alters community richness and biomass, and how its effects depend on seed origin and biotic and abiotic context. We found that seed addition increased species richness in all treatments, and increased plant community biomass depending on nutrient addition and warming. Novel species, originally absent from the communities, increased biomass the most, especially in fertilised plots and in the absence of herbivores, while adding seeds of local species did not affect biomass. Our results show that seed limitation constrains both community richness and biomass, and highlight the importance of considering trophic interactions and soil nutrients when assessing novel species immigrations and their effects on community biomass.
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Pichon, N.A., Kaarlejärvi, E., Eskelinen, A. (2023):
Seed limitation interacts with biotic and abiotic factors to constrain novel species' impact on community biomass and richness
Ecol. Lett. 26 (6), 908 - 918 10.1111/ele.14219