Re‐analysis of meta‐analysis: support for the stress‐gradient hypothesis

By Christopher J. Lortie, R. Callaway. 2006

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Uses and misuses of meta‐analysis in plant ecology (2014, background): “The effects of differences in inclusion criteria on the results of meta-analyses have been repeatedly and heatedly discussed in ecology (Englund, Sarnelle & Cooper 1999; Lortie & Callaway 2006; Whittaker 2010).”
The stress‐gradient hypothesis does not fit all relationships between plant–plant interactions and abiotic stress: further insights from arid environments (2006, background): “Appendix S2 List of studies suggested by Lortie & Callaway (2006) as appropriate for testing the stressgradient hypothesis, and reasons why they were not included in our data bases.”
The role of plant interactions in the restoration of degraded ecosystems: a meta‐analysis across life‐forms and ecosystems (2009, background): “Sensitivity analyses were used to control dependence between data and confirm that the trends detected were not affected by a few large studies (Gates 2002; Lortie & Callaway 2006 ).”
Effects of facilitation on community stability and dynamics: synthesis and future directions (2009, methodology): “…these zones depending on the range of temporal variation in environmental severity, which reinforces the importance of considering gradient length (Lortie & Callaway 2006) and non-linear regression models (Maestre & Cortina 2004; Callaway 2007) in tests of the original or modified Stress Gradient…”
Effects of competition on tree radial‐growth vary in importance but not in intensity along climatic gradients (2011, background): “…of plots, average 5-year radial growth, average tree diameter and height (with 95% confidence intervals) and shade tolerance index of Niinemets & Valladares (2006) (with standard error when available) Acronyms Species or group of species N" of trees N" of plots Average 5-years radial growth…”
Global shifts towards positive species interactions with increasing environmental stress. (2013, methodology): “The general trends in our study are also consistent with several previous metaanalyses (Lortie & Callaway 2006; Lortie 2010; Dohn et al. 2013).”
Meta-analysis of maize yield response to woody and herbaceous legumes in sub-Saharan Africa (2008, background): “This is because if not carefully considered, the selection criteria can exclude compelling studies or alternatively include comprehensive sets of studies that only tangentially address a hypothesis (Lortie and Callaway 2006).”
Weak and variable relationships between environmental severity and small‐scale co‐occurrence in alpine plant communities (2007, background): “…to functional groups or species (Callaway 1998; Lortie & Callaway 2006), or the use of different proxies for the level of severity experienced by plants in situ , despite the fact that they are probably not equivalent representations of the same stress gradients (Lortie & Callaway 2006).”
Plant-soil feedbacks: a meta-analytical review. (2008, methodology): “This simple ruleset for data collection provided a robust basis for the meta-analytical approach (Lortie & Callaway 2006).”
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.”
Refining the stress‐gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities (2009, neutral): “Recent syntheses and discussions on facilitation have also reviewed the strengths and limitations of the SGH (Maestre et al . 2005, 2006; Lortie & Callaway 2006; Callaway 2007), provided clear guidelines on the issues that should be tackled by future field studies to overcome them (Brooker et al. ”
Do facilitative interactions increase species richness at the entire community level? (2009, background): “…with abiotic stress in arid and semiarid habitats (Maestre, Valladares & Reynolds 2005), but the evidence available so far, from a range of stressful habitats, overwhelmingly supports the importance of positive interactions (e.g. Callaway et al. 2002; Lortie & Callaway 2006; Brooker et al. 2008).”
Disentangling the drivers of context‐dependent plant–animal interactions (2014, background): “Although there are exceptions to the general idea (Maestre, Valladares & Reynolds 2005; Lortie & Callaway 2006; He, Bertness & Altieri 2013), the hypothesis enjoys wide support (Callaway 2007; He, Bertness & Altieri 2013).”
Induced herbivore resistance in seaweeds: a meta‐analysis (2007, neutral): “2005, 2006; Lortie & Callaway 2006).”
A field test of the stress-gradient hypothesis along an aridity gradient (2011, background): “…2004; Michalet et al. 2006; Kawai & Tokeshi 2007) and a recent meta-analysis based on data from arid environments (Maestre et al. 2005; but see Lortie & Callaway 2006) have challenged this hypothesis, leading to suggestions for refining the model (Maestre 818 Journal of Vegetation Science…”