Niche pre‐emption increases with species richness in experimental plant communities

By P. Mwangi, M. Schmitz, C. Scherber, C. Roscher, J. Schumacher, M. Scherer‐Lorenzen, W. Weisser, Barbara C. Schmid. 2007

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

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Plant functional group identity and diversity determine biotic resistance to invasion by an exotic grass (2013, background): “On the other hand, legumes have been shown to facilitate invasion due to their ability to fix nitrogen (Mwangi et al. 2007; Frankow-Lindberg 2012).”
Ecological assembly rules in plant communities—approaches, patterns and prospects (2012, methodology): “Up to now, there has been surprisingly little use of species removal and addition experiments, explicitly to study assembly rules (Fukami et al., 2005; Turnbull et al., 2005; Ejrnaes, Bruun & Graae, 2006; Mwangi et al., 2007; Myers & Harms, 2009a; Roscher, Schmid & Schulze, 2009; McLaren & Turkingto”
Limiting similarity between invaders and dominant species in herbaceous plant communities? (2007, background): “Growing concern over the negative ecological and economic impacts of ‘exotic’ species makes understanding what factors drive their invasion critical (Lonsdale 1999), while increased insight into the mechanisms of ‘native’ species invasions is important for protecting and maintaining species diversit”
Biodiversity for multifunctional grasslands: equal productivity in high-diversity low-input and low-diversity high-input systems (2009, background): “Experience in the Jena Experiment also shows that highly diverse mixtures can be easily maintained without fertilisation due to the high resistance against invasion by non-seeded species (Mwangi et al., 2007; Roscher et al., 2009b).”
Can limiting similarity increase invasion resistance? A meta‐analysis of experimental studies (2013, unknown): “In some studies, functional groups were defined using trait analysis (e.g. Jena experiment, Mwangi et al. 2007, Roscher et al. 2009) and in other cases, classifications were defined a priori based on observed morphological traits (Symstad 2000, Eriksson et al. 2006, Emery 2007).”
Management of invasive plants through ecological resistance (2017, background): “Species that establish early and grow fast benefit from a so-called ‘priority effect’, eventually inhibiting a subsequent invader from establishing (Mwangi et al. 2007).”
Positive biodiversity–productivity relationship due to increased plant density (2009, background): “Previous studies concerning positive biodiversity–productivity relationships found that in many species, individual plant biomass remained unchanged or even declined as species richness increased (Van Ruijven & Berendse 2003; Mwangi et al. 2007; Roscher et al. 2007).”
Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions (2017, background): “Several studies in the Jena Experiment tested this hypothesis and generally found that the more diverse plant communities are more resistant against plant invasion (e.g., Mwangi et al. 2007; Roscher, Beßler et al. 2009).”
Consequences of dominance: a review of evenness effects on local and regional ecosystem processes. (2008, background): “…invasibility decreased with increasing evenness because communities are more invasion resistant when local niches are filled by representatives from available functional groups (Mwangi et al. 2007, Zavaleta and Hulvey 2007), but others found no effect of dominance per se (Emery and Gross 2006).”