Trait convergence and trait divergence in herbaceous plant communities: Mechanisms and consequences

By J. P. Grime. 2006

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

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Intra-specific and inter-specific variation in specific leaf area reveal the importance of abiotic and biotic drivers of species diversity across elevation and latitude (2013, methodology): “…measuring SLA of woody species, our conclusions are limited to a single axis of plant variation in ecological strategies for one life form and we cannot infer how reproductive, regenerative (Grime 2006) or whole-plant strategies differ across broad spatial scales, life forms or even different taxa.”
Disturbance is the principal α‐scale filter determining niche differentiation, coexistence and biodiversity in an alpine community (2007, background): “Grime (2006) suggests that the main β filter is productivity (with the potential for growth determining the extent to which organisms are adapted to compete for, or to conserve, resources) and that disturbance is ‘the more potent driver of trait differentiation and species coexistence at a local…”
The reciprocal relationship between competition and intraspecific trait variation (2016, background): “…similarity; MacArthur & Levins 1967), whereas dissimilar species should compete more strongly if there is a dominant competitive phenotype, that is if species form a competitive hierarchy (Grime 2006; Kunstler et al. 2012;*Correspondence author: E-mail: jon.a.bennett@gmail.com © 2016 The Authors.”
Assessing functional diversity in the field - methodology matters! (2007, methodology): “We recognize that different functions relate to different groups of species within a community (Grime 1998, 2006), and that this needs to direct the choice of metrics.”
Hierarchical effects of environmental filters on the functional structure of plant communities: a case study in the French Alps (2013, background): “Specifically, environmental variables acting at smaller spatial scales related to resource availability could either reduce, or increase, trait differentiation between dominant species (Grime 2006, Mayfield and Levine 2010, Shipley 2010, Vandewalle et al. 2010, Mason et al. 2011).”
Little evidence for limiting similarity in a long‐term study of a roadside plant community (2010, background): “…two opposing forces: abiotic controls (environmental filtering) that tend to constrain permitted traits and trait combinations within certain limits, and internal forces (niche partitioning, limiting similarity or complementarity) that prevent coexisting species from being too similar (Grime 2006).”
Using functional traits to predict grassland ecosystem change: a mathematical test of the response‐and‐effect trait approach (2009, background): “It has been shown that ecosystem responses to environmental changes occur as a result of (i) sorting processes among individuals with appropriate response traits (Weiher, 1998; Grime, 2006) and (ii) changes in ecosystem-effect-traits (Diaz & Cabido, 2001; Lavorel & Garnier, 2002; Diaz et al.”
Dispersion of traits related to competitive ability in an old‐field plant community (2007, background): “In contrast, Grime (2006) predicts that traits associated with competition will be under-dispersed (convergence) within relatively undisturbed, productive communities.”
Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California (2009, background): “Examples of adult resource partitioning in plant systems include different rooting depths, uptake of different nitrogen compounds, light capture strategies, pollination traits or seasonal patterns of water use (Parrish and Bazzaz 1976, Davis and Mooney 1986, Stubbs and Wilson 2004, Grime 2006).”
Community assembly by limiting similarity vs. competitive hierarchies: testing the consequences of dispersion of individual traits (2014, result): “Strong interactions also support earlier proposals that trait overdispersion could be confined to some environmental conditions (and hence trait means), although there is little agreement in the literature on the nature of this relationship (Weiher & Keddy 1995; Grime 2006; Schamp, Chau & Aarssen 20”
Assessing species and community functional responses to environmental gradients: which multivariate methods? (2012, background): “The ecological concept behind the community-based approach is that the environment exerts strong selective pressure on a trait and sieves only a small subset of the total range of trait expressions in the geographical species pool (‘habitat filtering’; Woodward & Diament 1991; Grime 2006).”
Partitioning of functional diversity reveals the scale and extent of trait convergence and divergence (2009, background): “by selecting species with shared ecological tolerances from the regional species pool (trait convergence; Weiher & Keddy 1995; Dı́az et al. 1998; Garnier et al. 2004; Fukami et al. 2005; Bertiller et al. 2006; Cornwell et al. 2006; Grime 2006).”