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Seed Density Significantly Affects Species Richness and Composition in Experimental Plant Communities

SYSNO ASEP	0382195
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Seed Density Significantly Affects Species Richness and Composition in Experimental Plant Communities
Author(s)	Münzbergová, Zuzana (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	1
Source Title	PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203 Roč. 7, č. 10 (2012), e46704
Number of pages	10 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	species richness ; seed rain ; species composition
Subject RIV	EF - Botanics
R&D Projects	GAP505/10/0593 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	BU-J - RVO:67985939
UT WOS	000309995100036
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0046704
Annotation	The results demonstrate that future seed addition experiments need to consider the amount of seed added so that it reflects the amount of seed that is naturally found in the field. Differences in seed density, mimicking different intensity of the seed rain may also explain differences in the composition of natural communities that cannot be attributed to habitat conditions. The results also have important implications for studies regarding the consequences of habitat fragmentation suggesting that increasing fragmentation may change species compositions not only due to different dispersal abilities but also due to differential response of plants to overall seed density.
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	2013

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