Plant colonization and survival along a hydrological gradient: demography and niche dynamics

C Damgaard, A Merlin, A Bonis - Oecologia, 2017 - Springer
Predicting the effect of a changing environment, eg, caused by climate change, on realized
niche dynamics, and consequently, biodiversity is a challenging scientific question that …

Plant demographic and functional responses to management intensification: A long‐term study in a Mediterranean rangeland

E Garnier, A Fayolle, ML Navas, C Damgaard… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how functional traits, which are key for plant functioning, relate to
demographic parameters of populations is central to tackle pending issues in plant ecology …

Experimental evaluation of realized niche models for predicting responses of plant species to a change in environmental conditions

EOAM de Swart, AG van der Valk… - Journal of …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
We estimated, using logistic regression techniques, the realized niches of the four dominant
species in an experimental marsh complex located in the Delta Marsh, Manitoba, Canada …

Propagule vs. niche limitation: untangling the mechanisms behind plant species' distributions

KA Moore, SC Elmendorf - Ecology letters, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Distinguishing the roles of propagule limitation and niche requirements in controlling plant
species distributions is important for understanding community structure, invasion, and …

Changes in the large‐scale distribution of plants: extinction, colonisation and the effects of climate

SW Doxford, RP Freckleton - Journal of Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding large‐scale distribution shifts is vital to predict species responses to changes
in the environment. Such shifts occur as a consequence of habitat distribution, dispersal …

Early plant recruitment stages set the template for the development of vegetation patterns along a hydrological gradient

RGA Fraaije, CJF ter Braak, B Verduyn… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recruitment processes are critical components of a plant's life cycle. However, in
comparison with later stages in the plant life cycle (eg competition among adults), relatively …

Distribution patterns of vascular plants in lakes–the role of metapopulation dynamics

JP Dahlgren, J Ehrlén - Ecography, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the relative importance of metapopulation processes versus environmental
conditions for the distribution of freshwater plants in 51 adjacent lakes in southern Sweden …

Population viability and reintroduction strategies: A spatially explicit landscape‐level approach

Z Münzbergová, M Mildén, J Ehrlén… - Ecological …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of habitat destruction on the likelihood of species survival is often estimated based
on the assumption that colonization and extinctions are in balance. This assumption is not …

Niche construction by growth forms is as strong a predictor of species diversity as environmental gradients

KA Bråthen, VT Ravolainen - Journal of Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present a conceptual framework that describes how species belonging to a growth form
collectively can be niche constructors (ie modify niches) and affect species diversity in plant …

Rapid assessment of metapopulation viability under climate and land-use change

M Drechsler, K Johst - Ecological Complexity, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to predict species response to climate and land-use change, numerically fast and
easily applicable assessment tools for species survival are required. We present a set of …