Detailed Information on Publication Record
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.Basic information
Original name
Seed germination traits can contribute better to plantcommunity ecology
Authors
JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ, Francisco De Borja (724 Spain, belonging to the institution), Fernando A. O. SILVEIRA (76 Brazil), Alessandra FIDELIS, (76 Brazil), Peter POSCHLOD (276 Germany) and Lucy E. COMMANDER (36 Australia)
Edition
Journal of Vegetation Science, Opulus Press, 2016, 1100-9233
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.924
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093972
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000375147500022
Keywords in English
Climate change; Community assembly; Dispersal; Plant functional traits; Regeneration niche; Restoration ecology; Seed germination; Seed morphology; Seed traits
Změněno: 13/4/2017 21:44, Ing. Andrea Mikešková
Abstract
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.
Links
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