Escape from competition: neighbors reduce Centaurea stoebe performance at home but not away.

abstract：:Contemporary animal-plant interactions such as herbivory are widely understood to be shaped by evolutionary history. Yet questions remain about the role of plant phylogenetic diversity in generating and maintaining herbivore diversity, and whether evolutionary relatedness of producers might predict the composition of ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lind EM,Vincent JB,Weiblen GD,Cavender-Bares J,Borer ET

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological tests of 1/f-noise models have advanced our understanding of how environmental fluctuations affect population abundance and species distributions. Most empirical studies have been conducted under controlled laboratory conditions and have focused on individual drivers. We present the results of a four-year f...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Tamburello L,Bulleri F,Bertocci I,Maggi E,Benedetti-Cecchi L

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern coexistence theory holds that stabilizing mechanisms, whereby species limit the growth of conspecifics more than that of other species, are necessary for species to coexist. Here, we used experimental and observational approaches to assess stabilizing forces in eight locally co-occurring, annual legume species ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Siefert A,Friesen M,Zillig KW,Aguilar J,Strauss SY

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The nearly universal positive relationship between the distribution and abundance of species has been explained by several hypotheses but hitherto no consensus has been reached. Here, we used monitoring data of 105 phytophagous true bug species (Heteroptera) from 150 grassland sites over six years to test how (1) rang...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Friess N,Gossner MM,Weisser WW,Brandl R,Brändle M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grazing, fire, and climate shape mesic grassland communities. With global change altering all three factors, understanding how grasslands respond to changes in these combined drivers may aid in projecting future changes in grassland ecosystems. We manipulated rainfall and simulated grazing (clipping) in two long-term ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Koerner SE,Collins SL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most taxa show consistent individual differences in behavior, a phenomenon often referred to as animal "personalities." While the links between individual personality and fitness have received considerable attention, little information is available on how animal personality impacts higher-order ecological processes, s...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Royauté R,Pruitt JN

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting ecosystem function from environmental conditions is a central goal of ecosystem ecology. However, many traditional ecosystem models are tailored for specific regions or ecosystem types, requiring several regional models to predict the same function. Alternatively, trait-based approaches have been effectivel...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Zwart JA,Solomon CT,Jones SE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal defense theories suggest that a trade-off between defense costs and benefits maintains genetic variation within plant populations. This study assessed the independent and interactive effects of genetic- and environment-based variation in aspen leaf chemistry on insect performance, preference, and defoliation. ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Donaldson JR,Lindroth RL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wind disturbance profoundly shapes temperate forests but few studies have evaluated patterns and mechanisms of long-term forest dynamics following major windthrows. In 1990, we initiated a large hurricane simulation experiment in a 0.8-ha manipulation (pulldown) and 0.6-ha control area of a maturing Quercus rubra--Ace...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Plotkin AB,Foster D,Carlson J,Magill A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant traits are influenced by herbivore diet selection, but little is known about how traits are affected by different types of herbivores. We related eight traits of 27 subalpine shrub species in South Island, New Zealand, to damage of these shrubs by introduced red deer (Cervus elaphus) and native invertebrate herb...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Tanentzap AJ,Lee WG,Dugdale JS,Patrick BP,Fenner M,Walker S,Coomes DA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of nutrient limitation in large areas of temperate forest may be changing due to human activities. As N availability in these forests increases, other nutrients could increasingly constrain productivity and other ecosystem processes. To determine the nature of nutrient limitation (N, P, and Ca) in forest so...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Gress SE,Nichols TD,Northcraft CC,Peterjohn WT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments in temperate grasslands have shown that productivity positively correlates with plant species richness. Resource partitioning (in particular, nitrogen [N] partitioning) has been proposed as one possible mechanism to explain this pattern. There is evidence for inter...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Von Felten S,Niklaus PA,Scherer-Lorenzen M,Hector A,Buchmann N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climatic extremes, such as severe drought, are expected to increase in frequency and magnitude with climate change. Thus, identifying mechanisms of resilience is critical to predicting the vulnerability of ecosystems. An exceptional drought (

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Wilcox KR,Koerner SE,Hoover DL,Borkenhagen AK,Burkepile DE,Collins SL,Hoffman AM,Kirkman KP,Knapp AK,Strydom T,Thompson DI,Smith MD

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although regional and global models of nitrogen (N) cycling typically focus on nitrate, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) is the dominant form of nitrogen export from many watersheds and thus the dominant form of dissolved N in many streams. Our understanding of the processes controlling DON export from temperate fores...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lutz BD,Bernhardt ES,Roberts BJ,Mulholland PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competitive outcomes among plants can vary in different abiotic and biotic conditions. Here we tested the effects of two phylotypes of Alternaria endophytes on the growth, competitive effects, and competitive responses of the exotic invasive forb Centaurea stoebe. Centaurea stoebe was a better competitor against North...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Aschehoug ET,Metlen KL,Callaway RM,Newcombe G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kelps often live in a harsh hydrodynamic environment where wave-driven dislodgement of individuals can alter the biodiversity and functioning of reef systems, and increase production in coastal ecosystems adjacent to reefs. The current paradigm is that winter storms tear kelps from reefs once hydrodynamic forces excee...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： De Bettignies T,Wernberg T,Lavery PS,Vanderklift MA,Gunson JR,Symonds G,Collier N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal pollinators mediate reproduction of many plant species. Foraging theory suggests that animal pollinators exhibit preferences for common plant species in natural communities (positive frequency-dependent foraging) and temporary single-species specialization (flower constancy) during foraging bouts. Positive freq...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Schmid B,Nottebrock H,Esler KJ,Pagel J,Böhning-Gaese K,Schurr FM,Mueller T,Schleuning M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of shrubs and trees across high-latitude ecosystems is one of the most dramatic ecological manifestations of climate change. Most of the work quantifying these changes has been done in small areas and over relatively recent time scales. These land-cover transitions are highly spatially variable, and we h...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Brodie JF,Roland CA,Stehn SE,Smirnova E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating how organismal survival depends on the environment is a core component of ecological and evolutionary research. To reconcile high-frequency covariates with lower-frequency demographic censuses, many statistical tools involve aggregating environmental conditions over long periods, potentially obscuring the ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Tomasek BJ,Burghardt LT,Shriver RK

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations generally alter element stoichiometry in plants. However, a comprehensive evaluation of the elevated CO2 impact on plant nitrogen: phosphorus (N:P) ratios and the underlying mechanism has not been conducted. We synthesized the results from 112 previously published studies usin...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Deng Q,Hui D,Luo Y,Elser J,Wang YP,Loladze I,Zhang Q,Dennis S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a lengthy debate on whether the abundance of adult reef fishes depends on prerecruitment or postrecruitment processes; however, we still do not have the ability to predict the magnitude of local fish recruitment. Here we show that the success of the leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) recruitment in ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Aburto-Oropeza O,Sala LE,Paredes G,Mendoza A,Ballesteros E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that sampling variability, if not properly taken into account, affects various ecologically important analyses. Statistical inference for stochastic population dynamics models is difficult when, in addition to the process error, there is also sampling error. The standard maximum-likelihood approach su...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lele SR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between species richness and environmental variables may change depending on habitat structure, dispersal ability, species mixing, and community adaptation to the environment. It is crucial to know how these factors regulate the environment-diversity relationship. The land molluscan fauna of the Ogasa...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Chiba S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological plasticity is a striking characteristic of plants in natural communities. In the context of foraging behavior particularly, root plasticity has been documented for numerous species. Root plasticity is known to mitigate competitive interactions by reducing the overlap of the individuals' rhizospheres. But...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Schiffers K,Tielbörger K,Tietjen B,Jeltsch F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant functional traits affect the capacity of herbivores to find, choose, and consume plants. However, in a community composed of different plant species, it is unclear what proportion of herbivory on a focal plant is explained by its own traits and which is explained by the characteristics of the surrounding vegetat...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Loranger J,Meyer ST,Shipley B,Kattge J,Loranger H,Roscher C,Wirth C,Weisser WW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After much debate, there is an emerging consensus that the composition of many ecological communities is determined both by species traits, as proposed by niche theory, as well as by chance events. A critical question for ecology is, therefore, which attributes of species predict the dominance of deterministic or stoc...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Farjalla VF,Srivastava DS,Marino NA,Azevedo FD,Dib V,Lopes PM,Rosado AS,Bozelli RL,Esteves FA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the factors that destabilize communities is critical for predicting and mitigating the ecological impacts of environmental change. Although theory has shown that local ecosystem size and regional dispersal can determine biodiversity, less is known about the direct and indirect effects of these factors on c...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Yeager ME,Gouhier TC,Hughes AR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrient loss from ecosystems is among the top environmental threats to ecosystems worldwide, leading to reduced plant productivity in nutrient-poor ecosystems and eutrophication of surface water near nutrient-rich ecosystems. Hence, it is of pivotal importance to understand which factors influence nutrient loss. Here...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： van der Heijden MG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the relative contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic processes to the regulation of biological populations has been a recurrent ecological issue. Recent discussions concerning ecosystem "regime shifts" again raise the question of whether population fluctuations are mainly controlled by external forcing. R...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Hsieh CH,Ohman MD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental gaps remain in our knowledge of how positive species interactions, such as facilitation and mutualism, structure and maintain populations and communities. Foundation species create extensive biogenic habitats, but we know little of how their traits, such as density, age, and patch size, modify their abilit...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Irving AD,Bertness MD

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00