Complementarity as a mechanism of coexistence between functional groups of grasses

By Nicolas Gross, K. Suding, S. Lavorel, Catherine Roumet. 2007

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

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Fertilization decreases species diversity but increases functional diversity: A three-year experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow (2014, background): “We also hypothesized that FD could have a stronger positive correlation with community productivity than SD because it is directly linked to trait-based effects on ecosystem functions (Grime, 1998; Lavorel and Garnier, 2002; Gross et al., 2007).”
A multi‐trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra‐ vs. interspecific variability in plant traits (2010, background): “; CS:Carex sempervirensVill.) covering the conservative to exploitative spectrum (Gross et al. 2007; Quetier et al. 2007), four forbs (PV: Polygonum viviparum L.; GM: Geum montanumL.”
Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance (2009, background): “This means that besides competition for nutrients, facilitation and complementarity are other major driving forces of ecosystem productivity (Callaway and Walker 1997; Callaway et al. 2002; Gross et al. 2007).”
Designing resilient and sustainable grasslands for a drier future: Adaptive strategies, functional traits and biotic interactions (2013, background): “For example, contrasting plant height and aboveground bio-volume, which reflects growth potential, as well as specific leaf area that reflects light interception efficiency, have been associated with different levels of light requirement (Gross et al. 2007; Violle et al. 2009; Mason et al. 2013).”
GEMINI: a Grassland Model Simulating the Role of Plant Traits for Community Dynamics and Ecosystem F (2012, background): “Functional traits are linked with individual tolerances to simple abiotic factors (Suding et al., 2003; Louault et al., 2005; Gross et al., 2007a) and biotic interactions (Soussana and Lafarge, 1998; Gross et al., 2007b, 2009; Lavorel et al., 2007).”
Does biodiversity make a difference? Relationships between species richness, evolutionary diversity, and aboveground live tree biomass across U.S. forests. (2014, background): “Much research (e.g., Loreau and Hector, 2001; Gross et al., 2007; Warren et al., 2009) indicates that this relationship can result from ‘‘complementarity’’ between different species that are able to exploit different resources as a result of possessing different traits, ensuring that the efficiency…”
Trade-off between root nitrogen acquisition and shoot nitrogen utilization across 13 co-occurring pasture grass species (2009, background): “The contrasted N strategies identified in this study may also contribute to our understanding of local coexistence (Silvertown 2004; Gross et al. 2007a) and of dominance patterns in the field (McGill et al. 2006).”
Biodiversity for multifunctional grasslands: equal productivity in high-diversity low-input and low-diversity high-input systems (2009, background): “, 2002; Dimitrakopoulos and Schmid, 2004) were the driving mechanisms for the increase in slope at higher nutrient levels or, alternatively, enhanced aboveground growth form differences among species leading to increased light partitioning (Fridley, 2002, 2003; Gross et al., 2007).”
Linking individual response to biotic interactions with community structure: a trait-based framework (2009, methodology): “We used growth and survival data from a neighbour exclusion experiment in four experimental fields representative of different management types with contrasted functional composition and ecosystem properties (Quetier, Thebault, & Lavorel 2007, Gross et al. 2008) to test whether: (i) the outcomes of ”