Seed limitation and the regulation of community structure in oak savanna grassland

By B. Foster, David Tilman. 2003

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

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• Soil water availability effects on seed germination account for species segregation in semiarid roadslopes (2007, unknown): “…the local and regional environments (regional flora and fauna composition, proximity of the local flora, local environmental conditions, disturbance regime and severity) (i.e., Primack and Miao 1992; Turnbull et al. 2000; Verheyen and Hermy 2001; Tofts and Silvertown 2002; Foster and Tilman 2003).”
• ARE INVASIVE SPECIES THE DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS OF CHANGE IN DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS (2005, background): “2000, Foster and Tilman 2003), confirming theoretical predictions about the importance of immigration for structuring plant communities (e.g., Shmida and Ellner 1984).”
• Interactive effects of anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment and climate change on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity (2013, background): “diversity (Foster and Tilman 2003; Hubbell 2001; Hurtt and Pacala 1995).”
• The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues and unexplored realms (2005, background): “Some seed addition studies have shown a dramatic drop in sown species presence between seedling and adult stages (Turn- bull et al. 2000), while others have shown persistence for as long as 8 years (Foster & Tilman 2003).”
• Seed limitation in a Panamanian forest (2005, background): “Seed addition experiments have demonstrated that the failure of seeds to arrive limits recruitment in temperate herb communities (Tilman 1997; Ehrlen & Eriksson 2000; Rand 2000; Turnbull et al . 2000; Foster & Tilman 2003; Foster et al . 2004).”
• Propagule pools mediate community assembly and diversity‐ecosystem regulation along a grassland productivity gradient (2004, background): “Sowing experiments by Tilman (1997), Zobel et al. (2000) and Foster & Tilman (2003) all showed significant propagule limitations of richness in unproductive grasslands, consistent with the prediction of SLH that relatively low productivity systems should be unsaturated.”
• Dispersal potential in plant communities depends on environmental conditions (2004, background): “2000; Foster & Tilman 2003; Xiong et al .”
• Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: Ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences (2004, background): “In addition, seed-sowing experiments show that plant community structure (e.g., species richness , evenness) is altered by seed additions (Foster and Tilman 2003), suggesting that PL may affect plant community structure when colonization of local patches is seed limited.”
• Effect of spatial scale on factors limiting species distributions in dry grassland fragments (2004, unknown): “2000; Foster & Tilman 2003).”
• Restoration of Prairie Community Structure and Ecosystem Function in an Abandoned Hayfield: A Sowing Experiment (2007, background): “…seed limitations of plant diversity and composition may be common in plant communities, particularly those that support low to moderate levels of productivity (Tilman 1997; Zobel et al. 2000; Foster 2001; Foster & Tilman 2003; Eskelinen & Virtanen 2005; Houseman & Gross 2006; Zeiter et al. 2006).”
• Seed predation, not seed dispersal, explains the landscape‐level abundance of an early‐successional plant (2006, background): “2002; Foster & Tilman 2003; Seabloom et al .”
• GRASSLAND DIVERSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE INTERPLAY OF RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND PROPAGULE POOLS (2004, background): “Several studies have shown that some unproductive grasslands are readily colonized by new species such that diversity is limited by propagule availability (Pärtel et al. 1996, Tilman 1997, Zobel et al. 2000, Foster 2001, Foster and Tilman 2003).”
• Does the Type of Disturbance Matter When Restoring Disturbance‐Dependent Grasslands? (2007, background): “In this savanna, many native species are dispersal limited, as has been reported in other grassland systems (e.g., Maron & Jefferies 2001; Foster & Tilman 2003; Maret & Wilson 2005).”
• What do the biodiversity experiments tell us about consequences of plant species loss in the real world (2004, background): “Species pool limitation might be relatively common in present-day landscapes ( Foster & Tilman, 2003 ).”
• Establishment limitation reduces species recruitment and species richness as soil resources rise (2004, background): “In particular, source limitation may generally be important in unproductive sites ( Foster & Tilman 2003 ), and establishment limitation may become relatively more important in productive sites (Xiong et al. 2003).”
• An assessment of grassland restoration success using species diversity components (2005, background): “…Ecology, 42, 327–336 suggest that positive effects of native ungulates may be negated in restoration sites if rare species are unable to colonize disturbance sites, because species pools may regulate richness in some situations (Gough, Grace & Taylor 1994; Pywell et al. 2002; Foster & Tilman 2003).”