The hare, the tortoise and the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering

By David A. Coomes, R. Allen, W. A. Bentley, L. Burrows, Charles D. Canham, L. Fagan, D. Forsyth, Aurora Gaxiola‐Alcantar, R. Parfitt, W. Ruscoe and 3 more. 2005

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Fighting their last stand? A global analysis of the distribution and conservation status of gymnosperms (2015, background): “…Coiffard et al., 2012) and it is often reported in the literature that gymnosperms are today confined almost exclusively to high latitudes and high elevations and have been virtually eliminated from tropical regions (Bond, 1989; Enright & Hill, 1995; Coomes et al., 2005; Farjon, 2008; Lusk, 2011).”
New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history (2010, background): “…concentrations resulting from inputs from extant seabird colonies on islands (Fukami et al. 2006) or as legacies from extirpated colonies (Hawke et al. 1999) is expected to favour angiosperm dominance because New Zealand conifers appear to be best adapted to infertile soils (Coomes et al. 2005).”
Changes in the community structure and diversity of soil invertebrates across the Franz Josef Glacier chronosequence (2008, background): “long-term chronosequences that include retrogressive stages (Vitousek, 2004; Wardle et al., 2004b; Coomes et al., 2005).”
Impacts of introduced deer and extinct moa on New Zealand ecosystems (2010, background): “Although taller saplings and trees are killed by ring-barking (e.g. Pseudopanax colensoi var. ternatus by invading red deer on Secretary Island, Fiordland; Mark & Baylis 1975, 1982) this seems to be currently infrequent in New Zealand forests.”
Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in an old‐growth tropical forest (2010, background): “…in the low prevalence of ferns, which can be highly sensitive to N inputs, in altering the outcome of competitive interactions in the understory layer of our study site compared with other forest types wherein ferns species play a prominent role (George & Bazzaz, 2003; Coomes et al., 2005).”
Root nutrient concentration and biomass allocation are more plastic than morphological traits in response to nutrient limitation (2017, background): “Conifers often exhibit conservative life history strategies (Coomes et al. 2005; Grime and Pierce 2012), and therefore may be expected to exhibit a lesser degree of plasticity (Grassein et al.”
A greater range of shade‐tolerance niches in nutrient‐rich forests: an explanation for positive richness–productivity relationships? (2009, background): “The construction costs of a leaf are also reduced because the leaves have lower mass per unit area (Coomes et al. 2005).”
Landscape‐level vegetation recovery from herbivory: progress after four decades of invasive red deer control (2009, background): “This response may occur as a result of nutrient-poor soils (Coomes et al. 2005), a disproportionate allocation of resources in younger more palatable leaves to maximize carbon assimilation (Gaxiola-Alcántar 2006), which inhibits growth when these leaves are preferentially removed, and the evolution ”
Legacy of avian-dominated plant-herbivore systems in New Zealand (2010, unknown): “Coomes et al. (2005) demonstrated that deep shade (e.g. from tall ferns) restricts regeneration opportunities for conifers in relatively productive New Zealand forests.”
Early successional woody plants facilitate and ferns inhibit forest development on Puerto Rican landslides (2010, background): “Tree ferns (Coomes et al. 2005) and scrambling ferns (Russell, Raich & Vitousek 1998) can also impact succession through their dimi- nution of light levels.”