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Testing community assembly predictions for nominal and continuous plant traits in species-rich grasslands
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SYSNO ASEP 0370235 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Testing community assembly predictions for nominal and continuous plant traits in species-rich grasslands Author(s) Schamp, B. S. (CA)
Hettenbergerová, E. (CZ)
Hájek, Michal (BU-J) RIDNumber of authors 3 Source Title Preslia. - : Česká botanická společnost - ISSN 0032-7786
Roč. 83, č. 3 (2011), s. 329-346Number of pages 18 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords coexistence ; functional diversity ; limiting similarity Subject RIV EF - Botanics CEZ AV0Z60050516 - BU-J (2005-2011) UT WOS 000295384300005 Annotation We investigated patterns of trait-based community assembly in grasslands using continuous and nominal species-level traits. Plant species were randomly organized with respect to both maximum and minimum species height; however, coexisting plant species had a significantly smaller mean seed mass than expected by chance, and were significantly convergent in seed mass. These patterns were most pronounced in wet grasslands. Grasslands were non-randomly assembled with respect to five of our ten traits including seed mass, fruit type, CGO, branching type and leaf distribution. Among these, only patterns of branching type clearly conformed to the predictions from Limiting Similarity Theory, suggesting that variation in this trait may contribute to species coexistence in these grasslands. In general, patterns were consistent across the two plot sizes. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2012
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