Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition

0468478 - BÚ 2017 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Finerty, G. E. - de Bello, Francesco - Bílá, Karolína - Berg, M. P. - Dias, A. T. C. - Pezzatti, G. B. - Moretti, M.
Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition.
Journal of Ecology. Roč. 104, č. 5 (2016), s. 1400-1409. ISSN 0022-0477. E-ISSN 1365-2745
Grant CEP: GA ČR GAP505/12/1296
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:67179843
Klíčová slova: exotic species * invasion ecology * biodiversity effects on ecosystems
Kód oboru RIV: EH - Ekologie - společenstva
Impakt faktor: 5.813, rok: 2016

Our results indicate that the effect of adding an exotic or losing a native species on litter decomposition rate can be predicted from how a species alters both CWM and FD trait values. This supports the idea that the repercussions of exotic species on ecosystem processes depends on the extent that introduced species bear novel traits or trait values and so on how functionally dissimilar a species is compared to the existing species in the community.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0266316