Resource pulses, species interactions, and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments

By P. Chesson, R. Gebauer, S. Schwinning, N. Huntly, Kerstin Wiegand, Morgan S. K. Ernest, A. Sher, Ariel Novoplansky, Jake F. Weltzin. Oecologia, 2004

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The limit to wheat water-use efficiency in eastern Australia. II. Influence of rainfall patterns (2007, background): “For a given amount, seasonality, and intra-seasonal distribution of rainfall, the size structure of rainfall could influence many biologically relevant processes such as depth and turnover of roots, nitrogen mineralisation, species diversity, and fate of water in the ecosystem (Noy-Meir 1973; Sala a”
Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis (2019, background): “Soil water availability can strongly influence biotic interactions and the structure of plant assemblages in dryland environments (Chesson et al., 2004; Miranda, Armas, Padilla, & Pugnaire, 2011) and has specifically been shown to mediate biocrust effects on plant community structure (Luzuriaga et…”
DIFFERENCES IN SEED BIOLOGY OF ANNUAL PLANTS IN ARID LANDS: A KEY INGREDIENT OF THE STORAGE EFFECT (2005, background): “For example, if physical conditions lead to higher germination of a species, then that higher germination should lead to higher competition for limiting resources (Chesson et al. 2004).”
The determinants of leaf turgor loss point and prediction of drought tolerance of species and biomes: a global meta-analysis. (2012, background): “Even beyond whole-plant drought tolerance, at ecological scales, the interplay between drought tolerance and competitive and trophic interactions will contribute to species distributions and population dynamics (Chesson et al. 2004).”
Root competition: beyond resource depletion (2006, background): “1999) and of root competition in forests and woodlands (Nambiar & Sands 1993; Coomes & Grubb 1998), agroforestry systems (Schroth 1999), and arid and semi-arid environments (Fowler 1986). The technical challenges of experimentally separating root and shoot competition have been discussed by Wilson (”
Climate change and plant regeneration from seed (2011, background): “Changes in patterns and abundances of seedling emergences among species in response to climate change may alter their interactions (Köchy, 2008) and the composition or diversity of communities (Chesson et al., 2004).”
A hyper‐arid environment shapes an inverse pattern of the fast–slow plant economics spectrum for above‐, but not below‐ground resource acquisition strategies (2018, background): “Second, spatial and temporal environmental-resource heterogeneity has been suggested as a promoter of high trait diversity because it reduces interspecific niche overlap (Adler et al., 2013; Chesson, 2000; Chesson et al., 2004).”
A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world‐wide (2017, background): “The idea that biological diversity in arid environments depends on highly contrasting perennial and annual life histories, microsite differences and niche differentiation is already well-established (e.g. Chesson et al. 2004).”
Plant phenology, leaf traits and leaf litterfall of contrasting life forms in the arid Patagonian Monte, Argentina (2008, background): “In arid ecosystems, high diversity in plant structure and function, among coexisting species, related to adaptations for the efficient use of resources in space and time, contributes to reducing plant competition (Chesson et al. 2004).”
Hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities: a review (2015, background): “This can promote coexistence through the temporal storage effect (Chesson et al. 2004).”
Partitioning of functional diversity reveals the scale and extent of trait convergence and divergence (2009, background): “by limiting the similarity among coexisting species traits (trait divergence; Chesson et al. 2004; Stubbs & Wilson 2004; Hooper et al. 2005).”
Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits. (2006, background): “However, it has so far been applied to local spatial patterning (e.g. [73]), rather than to the physical gradients responsible for the geography of vegetation.”
A general suite of fungal endophytes dominate the roots of two dominant grasses in a semiarid grassland (2010, background): “…in keeping with other studies in arid systems that suggest microscale variations of environmental conditions are common and may account for much of the variability often observed within deserts (Herrera et al., 1997; Chesson et al., 2004; Zak, 2005; Buxbaum and Vanderbilt, 2007; Bell et al., 2008).”
Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semiarid and arid ecosystems (2004, background): “However, several contributions in this issue have highlighted how the precipitation responses of various species or plant functional types might differ (e.g., Ogle and Reynolds 2004; Chesson et al. 2004).”
What can we learn from resource pulses? (2008, background): “In particular, Chesson et al. (2004) emphasize that temporal variability in precipitation, including rainfall pulses, can create ‘‘temporal niche opportunities’’ (Chesson and Huntly 1997) that allow plant species coexistence in arid environments.”