The importance of importance

By Rob W. Brooker, Z. Kikvidze, F. Pugnaire, R. Callaway, Philippe Choler, Christopher J. Lortie, Richard Michalet. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Transient facilitative effects of heather on Scots pine along a grazing disturbance gradient in Scottish moorland (2006, background): “RNE provides a measure of the intensity of an interaction rather than its importance (Brooker et al. 2005).”
Re‐analysis of meta‐analysis: support for the stress‐gradient hypothesis (2006, background): “Ecological Society, Journal of Ecology , 94 , 7‐16 ‘stress-gradient hypothesis’, which posits that net competitive effects are more important, or at least more intense ( Brooker et al . 2005 ), in relatively benign, low-stress environments, whereas facilitative effects are more important in relative”
Facilitation and the invasibility of plant communities (2021, background): “Competitive interactions are generally more common or more intense where abiotic stress is lower (Bertness & Callaway, 1994; Brooker & Callaghan, 1998; Brooker et al., 2005).”
Measuring the importance of competition in plant communities (2009, background): “1 of Brooker et al. 2005) can only be used to measure the intensity of competition as it does not integrate processes operating across the whole life cycle via estimating population growth rate or fitness.”
Effects of litter on seedling establishment in natural and semi‐natural grasslands: a meta‐analysis (2013, background): “The SGH predicts that facilitative effects are more frequent and more intense under high-stress conditions (Brooker et al. 2005; Lortie & Callaway 2006), whereas competitive interactions prevail under favourable environmental conditions.”
Identifying the role of soil microbes in plant invasions (2016, background): “…the importance of soil microbes in the context of other factors Schittko et al. make the point that the importance of soil microbes to invasions needs to be considered in the context of other factors, similar to the importance of plant competition in shaping communities (Brooker et al. 2005).”
Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress‐gradient hypothesis (2013, background): “…(i.e. competition) to net positive (i.e. facilitation) with increasing abiotic stress may occur due to a change in the intensity of competitive or facilitative interactions, and/or in the importance of these interactions relative to the impact of the abiotic environment (Brooker et al. 2005).”
Reconciling plant strategy theories of Grime and Tilman (2005, background): “He hypothesized that the species that had the higher relative growth rate in monoculture at a given resource supply ratio would be the better competitor at that ratio of supplies.”