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@article{1376298,
author = {Jiménez Alfaro González, Francisco De Borja and Silveira, Fernando A. O. and Fidelis,, Alessandra and Poschlod, Peter and Commander, Lucy E.},
article_number = {3},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12375},
keywords = {Climate change; Community assembly; Dispersal; Plant functional traits; Regeneration niche; Restoration ecology; Seed germination; Seed morphology; Seed traits},
language = {eng},
issn = {1100-9233},
journal = {Journal of Vegetation Science},
title = {Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology},
volume = {27},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1376298
AU - Jiménez Alfaro González, Francisco De Borja - Silveira, Fernando A. O. - Fidelis,, Alessandra - Poschlod, Peter - Commander, Lucy E.
PY - 2016
TI - Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology
JF - Journal of Vegetation Science
VL - 27
IS - 3
SP - 637-645
EP - 637-645
PB - Opulus Press
SN - 11009233
KW - Climate change
KW - Community assembly
KW - Dispersal
KW - Plant functional traits
KW - Regeneration niche
KW - Restoration ecology
KW - Seed germination
KW - Seed morphology
KW - Seed traits
N2 - 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.
ER -
JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Francisco De Borja, Fernando A. O. SILVEIRA, Alessandra FIDELIS,, Peter POSCHLOD and Lucy E. COMMANDER. Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology. \textit{Journal of Vegetation Science}. Opulus Press, 2016, vol.~27, No~3, p.~637-645. ISSN~1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12375.
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