Reconciling plant strategy theories of Grime and Tilman

By Joseph M. Craine. 2005

346 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Lavorel
2. C. Violle
3. Francesco de Bello
4. K. Suding
5. N. Gross
6. M. Navas
7. P. Liancourt
8. G. Kunstler

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. S. Lavorel
2. Francesco de Bello
3. C. Violle
4. K. Suding
5. N. Gross
6. M. Navas
7. David A. Coomes
8. P. Liancourt

In Soil Science

1. S. Lavorel
2. K. Suding
3. S. Felten
4. E. Johnston
5. R. Allen
6. Barbara C. Schmid
7. M. Navas
8. J. Weiner

Citations in the corpus

• Disturbance is the principal α‐scale filter determining niche differentiation, coexistence and biodiversity in an alpine community (2007, background): “This view is of central importance to the coexistence debate: even recent contributions assume that resource competition universally dominates the evolution of plant traits and thus niche segregation and coexistence ( Craine 2005, 2007; Tilman 2007; cf. Grime 2007).”
• Linking individual response to biotic interactions with community structure: a trait-based framework (2009, methodology): “Most studies that have investigated the relative importance of various types of biotic interactions (e.g. competition, facilitation) in determining community structure have been conducted using a species-based approach (Grace 1991; Keddy 2001; Lortie et al. 2004; Craine 2005; Brooker et al. 2008).”
• What can we learn from resource pulses? (2008, background): “A large body of work has examined how resource availability influences competition, but general insights have remained elusive (Wiens 1977, Keddy 1989, Craine 2005).”
• Updates on mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity (2018, background): “It is not specifically competitive ability as discussed by Grime (1979; Craine, 2005), which focused on the growing phase of the plant, but includes all aspects of the life‐cycle.”
• The Park Grass Experiment 1856–2006: its contribution to ecology (2006, methodology): “Despite two decades of research inspired by the resource ratio hypothesis (Craine 2005), a recent review (Miller et al .”
• Trade-off between root nitrogen acquisition and shoot nitrogen utilization across 13 co-occurring pasture grass species (2009, background): “In both cases, not only the size of the plant parts but also their morphology and their activity are involved (Grubb 1977; Craine 2005).”
• Towards a trait-based quantification of species niche (2009, background): “For instance, there is still is no agreement on a unique set of functional traits related to competition (Craine 2005; Violle et al. 2009).”
• Effects of size, competition and altitude on tree growth (2007, background): “The debate on changes in competition intensity with environmental gradients is one of the most protracted in plant community ecology (e.g. Grime 1977; Tilman 1988; Grace 1991; Goldberg et al. 1999; Craine 2005).”
• Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research (2008, background): “More recently Craine (2005) also criticizes Grime by arguing that competition plays a role in determining success within resource-poor environments. Grime (2007) replies that Craine’s criticism ‘abandons the classic distinction of Welden & Slauson (1986) between the ultimate and proximal determinant”
• Complementarity among species in horizontal versus vertical rooting space (2008, background): “This is a potential mechanism to explain the coexistence of higher species numbers in nutrient-poor as opposed to nutrient-rich grasslands, although this is still debated (Craine 2005).”
• Shifts in plant nutrient use strategies under secondary forest succession (2006, background): “Although the allocation pattern is only poor indicator of resource capture when different growth-forms are compared (Craine 2005; Tilman 1985), it is still recognized as an important trait to reflect species competition strategies at different resource availability (Aerts and Chapin 2000; Tilman 199”
• Plant ecology's guilty little secret: understanding the dynamics of plant competition (2013, background): “For example, Harper (1961), Grime (1973), Tilman (1982), Newman (1983), Welden & Slausen (1986), Thompson (1987), Grace (1995) and Craine (2005), and the many responses to them, have highlighted important aspects of this problem.”
• Size asymmetry of resource competition and the structure of plant communities (2016, background): “Empirical studies have found evidence consistent with both views, and reconciling this debate (commonly referred to as the ‘Grime–Tilman debate’) has been a long-standing challenge in plant ecology (Grace 1991; Craine 2005; Jabot & Pottier 2012; Rees 2013).”