The Role of Seed and Vegetative Reproduction in Plant Recruitment and Demography in Tallgrass Prairie

By E. J. Benson, D. Hartnett. Plant Ecology, 2006

280 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science

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In Ecology

1. H. Dalgleish
2. J. Funk
3. J. Larson
4. Valério D. Pillar
5. J. Barney
6. J. Ditomaso
7. J. Pfadenhauer
8. D. Hartnett

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Guy B. Kyser
2. H. Dalgleish
3. T. Ocheltree
4. J. Larson
5. J. Funk
6. J. Barney
7. Jeffrey C. Hartman
8. Z. Ratajczak

In Plant Science

1. H. Dalgleish
2. J. Larson
3. J. Barney
4. J. Funk
5. J. Ditomaso
6. E. Blumwald
7. J. Nippert
8. J. Pfadenhauer

Citations in the corpus

• Does disturbance affect bud bank size and belowground structures diversity in Brazilian subtropical grasslands (2014, background): “Besides its great importance for vegetation regeneration, it is not easy to access the bud bank of the entire plant community and to distinguish buds belonging to different functional groups (Benson and Hartnett, 2006; Benson et al., 2004; Dalgleish and Hartnett, 2009, 2006; Lee, 2004; Zhang et al.,”
• Tolerance of switchgrass to extreme soil moisture stress: Ecological implications (2009, background): “However, demographic studies of perennial tallgrass prairie species suggest that seedling recruitment comprises <1% of annual extant shoots [23], with the remaining seed crop entering the seed bank.”
• The effects of fire frequency and grazing on tallgrass prairie productivity and plant composition are mediated through bud bank demography (2009, methodology): “This method provides reliable estimates because more than 99% of aboveground stems are recruited from the bud bank as opposed to originating from seed (Benson and Hartnett 2006), and because the seasonal pattern of bud development is known (Dalgleish and Hartnett 2006).”
• Positive feedbacks amplify rates of woody encroachment in mesic tallgrass prairie (2011, background): “…these demographic barriers are especially acute in tallgrass prairie, as seedling establishment accounts for less than1% of recruitment each year (Benson and Hartnett 2006) and this system supports high levels of herbaceous productivity (Nippert et al. 2011), which leads to highintensity fires…”
• Regeneration: an overlooked aspect of trait‐based plant community assembly models (2016, background): “For example, studies have found that as many as 40% to >99% of new recruits in grassland gaps originate from vegetative reproduction (Bullock et al. 1995; Benson & Hartnett 2006).”