Detailed Information on Publication Record
2018
Effects of disturbance frequency and severity on plant traits: An assessment across a temperate flora
HERBEN, Tomáš, Jitka KLIMEŠOVÁ and Milan CHYTRÝBasic information
Original name
Effects of disturbance frequency and severity on plant traits: An assessment across a temperate flora
Authors
HERBEN, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic), Jitka KLIMEŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Functional Ecology, Wiley, 2018, 0269-8463
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10618 Ecology
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 5.037
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/18:00100874
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000426503900019
Keywords in English
bud bank; clonal traits; disturbance indicator values; Ellenberg indicator values; herbaceous plants; leaf-height-seed traits; life span; plant strategies; plant traits; productivity
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 23/4/2024 11:09, Mgr. Michal Petr
Abstract
V originále
Recent analyses of plant traits across large sets of species have revolutionized our understanding of plant functional differentiation. However, understanding of ecological relevance of this differentiation is contingent upon knowledge of environmental preferences of species, namely along gradients of disturbance and productivity for which no quantitative data were available until recently. We examined the relationships of key functional traits (life-history categories, leaf-height-seed (LHS) traits, clonal growth and bud bank traits) in the herb-dominated flora of Central Europe to species niche positions along the gradients of disturbance frequency, disturbance severity and productivity. Life-history categories and bud bank size showed the strongest response to disturbance and productivity, whereas relationship of LHS traits was much weaker. A number of traits, including clonal growth form and bud bank size, showed a significantly unimodal response to disturbance frequency. Responses of many traits to disturbance frequency were different from their responses to disturbance severity. Our findings support the notions that disturbance and productivity are key gradients of species functional differentiation and that disturbance severity and frequency select for different trait suites. Furthermore, the data indicate that in a predominantly herbaceous flora, the traits of life span, clonal growth and resprouting show stronger relationship with the environment than the LHS traits, which are more important in floras with high proportions of woody species. Since most previous trait analyses are based on woody-plant-dominated floras, patterns revealed in a herb-dominated flora deepen our understanding of the full range of variation within the plant kingdom.
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