Factors driving plant rarity in dry grasslands on different spatial scales: a functional trait approach

Lauterbach, Daniel; Römermann, Christine; Jeltsch, Florian; Ristow, Michael

doi:10.1007/s10531-013-0455-y

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“…The authors showed that species richness doubled and abundance increased almost ten-fold in the restored grasslands 4 years after restoration. The relevance of scale dependence was highlighted by Lauterbach et al (2013). Effects of abandonment, eutrophication and habitat fragmentation were strongly scale-dependent: eutrophication and habitat loss had more marked effects on a regional scale, but habitat fragmentation may be the main driver of species threat on the local scale.…”

Section: Abandonment Eutrophication and Habitat Managementmentioning

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European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

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Biodiversity is not homogenously distributed over the globe, and ecosystems differ strongly in the number of species they provide. With this special issue we highlight the ecology and endangerment of one of the most diverse ecosystem of Europe: the European grassland ecosystems. The selected 16 contributions describe interactions from below-ground to the atmosphere and focus on (1) effects of abiotic and biotic on species diversity, (2) the impact of various factors along spatial and temporal gradients, (3) the

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Section: Abandonment Eutrophication and Habitat Managementmentioning

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“…We explored the functional composition (community‐weighted mean = CWM) of traits related to plant performance and growth rate and as indicators of competitive ability and environmental tolerance of species (Garnier, ; Lauterbach, Römermann, Jeltsch, & Ristow, ; Pérez‐Harguindeguy et al., ; Poorter, Niinemets, Poorter, Wright, & Villar, ; Reich, Walters, & Ellsworth, ). Nutrient‐rich environments such as former agricultural land typically favor plants with high specific leaf area (SLA) and low leaf dry matter content (LDMC).…”

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Recovery of Mediterranean steppe vegetation after cultivation: Legacy effects on plant composition, soil properties and functional traits

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Dutoit

Saatkamp

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Applied Vegetation Science

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Questions: Are the vegetation structure and soil properties of fallows similar to adjacent species-rich Mediterranean steppe communities 35 years after abandonment? Is there a spontaneous redevelopment towards the original steppe vegetation after reintroduction of the traditional grazing system? Can differences in functional trait composition be identified according to different land-use types? Do traits of selected species affect the ability to recolonize fallow land? Location: Mediterranean steppe of La Crau (Southeastern France). Methods: We conducted 80 vegetation surveys and soil analyses in the steppe and adjacent fallow land in six locations in La Crau in 2015; for three locations, data from 2001 were included. To compare the functional composition of steppe vs fallow land, community-weighted means (CMW) of specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and canopy height were calculated. To test whether trait variability is associated with the recolonization success of 12 selected target species, we measured SLA, LDMC, canopy height, plant width and aboveground biomass on eight replicate individuals per site and species.Results: Fallow land was characterized by lower species richness and elevated phosphorus and potassium content in the soil. Comparing vegetation relevés between 2001 and 2015 revealed that the fallows were developing towards steppe vegetation. CWMs of SLA were significantly lower and CWM of LDMC higher in steppe than in fallow land. There was no similarity in trait composition between steppe species that successfully recolonized the fallow-land community, and no evidence that intraspecific trait variability is associated with recolonization success of these species. K E Y W O R D S community trait means, cultivation, dry grassland, grazing, intraspecific trait variability, leaf dry matter content, natural recovery, restoration, specific leaf area | 75 Applied Vegetation Science HELM Et aL.

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“…For example, relatively lower α-diversity could result from filtering for a small number of specialists such as salt-tolerant, shade-tolerant or montane taxa, or from the suppressive effect of a small number of dominants that thrive in the modern countryside (Pilgrim et al, 2004;Smart et al, 2006a). Given the trait profile of the declining plant species in Britain and NW Europe -typically short, stress-tolerant forbs at a competitive disadvantage under high nutrient supply and when competing for light -the former scenario would seem more likely to apply to vegetation with low α-diversity but containing rare species (see for example Lauterbach et al, 2013;Powney et al, 2014;Walker & Preston 2006;Tamis et al, 2005;Braithwaite et al, 2006;Smart et al, 2006b;Sundberg 2014). In fact α-diversity varied considerably across each species dataset (Table 2).…”

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Common plants as indicators of habitat suitability for rare plants; quantifying the strength of the association between threatened plants and their neighbours

Smart

Jarvis

Walker

et al. 2015

New Journal of Botany

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This version available http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/512156/ NERC has developed NORA to enable users to access research outputs wholly or partially funded by NERC. Copyright and other rights for material on this site are retained by the rights owners. Users should read the terms and conditions of use of this material at http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/policies.html#access This document is the author's final manuscript version of the journal article, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer review process. Some differences between this and the publisher's version remain. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from this article.The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com Contact CEH NORA team at noraceh@ceh.ac.ukThe NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. was then used to calculate the probability that the rare species would occur given the presence of an 28 associated species that occurred at least once with the rare species in the TPP quadrats. These 29 values can be interpreted as indicators of habitat conditions rather than expectations of species 30 presence. Probability values for each neighbour species are calculated separately and are therefore 31 unaffected by biased recording of other species. The method can still be applied if only a subset of 32 species are recorded, for example where weaker botanists record a pre-selected subset of more 33 easily identifiable neighbour species. Disadvantages are that the method is constrained by the 34 2 availability of quadrats currently targeted on rare species and results are influenced by any recording 1 biases associated with existing quadrat data. 2

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Factors driving plant rarity in dry grasslands on different spatial scales: a functional trait approach

Cited by 23 publications

References 54 publications

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

Recovery of Mediterranean steppe vegetation after cultivation: Legacy effects on plant composition, soil properties and functional traits

Common plants as indicators of habitat suitability for rare plants; quantifying the strength of the association between threatened plants and their neighbours

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