J 2016

Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology

JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Francisco De Borja, Fernando A. O. SILVEIRA, Alessandra FIDELIS,, Peter POSCHLOD, Lucy E. COMMANDER et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology

Autoři

JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Francisco De Borja (724 Španělsko, domácí), Fernando A. O. SILVEIRA (76 Brazílie), Alessandra FIDELIS, (76 Brazílie), Peter POSCHLOD (276 Německo) a Lucy E. COMMANDER (36 Austrálie)

Vydání

Journal of Vegetation Science, Opulus Press, 2016, 1100-9233

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.924

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093972

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000375147500022

Klíčová slova anglicky

Climate change; Community assembly; Dispersal; Plant functional traits; Regeneration niche; Restoration ecology; Seed germination; Seed morphology; Seed traits

Štítky

Změněno: 13. 4. 2017 21:44, Ing. Andrea Mikešková

Anotace

V originále

Analyses of functional traits have become fundamental tools for understanding patterns and processes in plant community ecology. In this context, regenerative seed traits play an important, yet overlooked, role because they largely determine the ability of plants to disperse and re-establish. A survey of recent publications in community ecology suggests that seed germination traits in particular are neglected at the expense of other relevant but overused traits based only on seed morphology. As a response to this bias, we discuss the functional significance of seed germination traits in comparison with morphological and biophysical seed traits, and advocate their use in vegetation science. We also demonstrate how research in community assembly, climate change and restoration ecology can benefit from the inclusion of germination traits, encompassing functions that cannot be explained solely by adult plant traits. Seed germination experiments conducted in the laboratory or field to quantify these traits provide ecologically meaningful and relatively easy-to-obtain information about the functional properties of plant communities. We argue that bridging the gap between seed physiologists and community ecologists will improve the prediction of plant assemblages, and propose further perspectives for including seed traits into the research agenda of functional community ecologists.

Návaznosti

EE2.3.30.0037, projekt VaV
Název: Zaměstnáním nejlepších mladých vědců k rozvoji mezinárodní spolupráce