Linking species abundance and overyielding from experimental communities with niche and fitness characteristics

0510425 - BÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Dostál, Petr - Tasevová, Karolína - Klinerová, Tereza
Linking species abundance and overyielding from experimental communities with niche and fitness characteristics.
Journal of Ecology. Roč. 107, č. 1 (2019), s. 178-189. ISSN 0022-0477. E-ISSN 1365-2745
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-09119S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : niche and fitness differences * competition * local abundance
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 5.762, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access

Our results identify key mechanisms driving abundance and productivity of species in synthetic communities differing in species richness. While vegetative reproduction was closely associated with abundance, intraspecific interactions (strength of negative frequency dependence) shaped species productivity across a richness gradient. Our study sheds light on the abundance patterns of species and their influence on community functions, such as biomass production, of species-rich and -poor vegetation.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0302584