2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01967.x
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Plant functional trait responses to interannual rainfall variability, summer drought and seasonal grazing in Mediterranean herbaceous communities

Abstract: Summary1. Some plant functional traits evolved with high temporal resource variability and disturbance in ecosystems where these factors are prevalent. Persistence of characteristics of these functional traits in ecosystems may depend on continued resource variability and disturbance, which in turn may promote functional diversity. In Mediterranean ecosystems, experiments that eliminate temporal resource variability and disturbance are needed to detect functional trait dependence on these factors. 2. The purpo… Show more

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“…2a) suggest that annual precipitation increases the ANPP. An array of perennial species (particularly perennial grasses) affects ANPP and annual precipitation produced a similar trend with the perennial grasses, in agreement with a previous study (Pérez-Camacho et al 2012). A dry year can be the major limiting factor for perennial plant growth, as has been shown in previous studies (Tozer et al 2009;Pérez-Camacho et al 2012).…”
Section: Response Of Anpp To Annual Precipitationsupporting
confidence: 77%
“…2a) suggest that annual precipitation increases the ANPP. An array of perennial species (particularly perennial grasses) affects ANPP and annual precipitation produced a similar trend with the perennial grasses, in agreement with a previous study (Pérez-Camacho et al 2012). A dry year can be the major limiting factor for perennial plant growth, as has been shown in previous studies (Tozer et al 2009;Pérez-Camacho et al 2012).…”
Section: Response Of Anpp To Annual Precipitationsupporting
confidence: 77%
“…; Pérez‐Camacho et al. ). In this paper, we examine the functional structure for three key plant traits (SLA, height and seed mass; Westoby ) between two habitats differing in resource availability, situated along a grazing intensity gradient in a wet and a dry year.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The timing of weather patterns can affect vegetation phenology, as individual plants often use temperature and precipitation patterns as cues for when to initiate germination and flowering (e. g. Levine et al, 2008Levine et al, , 2011Gordo & Sanz, 2010). Additionally, plants might respond to precipitation patterns rather than accumulation over an entire growing season (Knapp et al, 2002;Peñuelas et al, 2004;Sher et al, 2004;Pérez-Camacho et al, 2012), and many small pulses of rain may have a different effect on soil moisture and element cycling than does a single large storm event (e.g. Austin et al, 2004;Huxman et al, 2004).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%