Tree species diversity promotes aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance

S Mensah, R Veldtman, AE Assogbadjo… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function has increasingly been
debated as the cornerstone of the processes behind ecosystem services delivery …

Functional trait diversity is a stronger predictor of multifunctionality than dominance: Evidence from an Afromontane forest in South Africa

S Mensah, KV Salako, A Assogbadjo, RG Kakaï… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Studies on how biodiversity influences ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) help elucidate
ecological mechanisms (eg niche complementarity and selection) underlying provision of …

Functional diversity, functional composition and functional β diversity drive aboveground biomass across different bioclimatic rangelands

MF Feizabadi, P Tahmasebi, EA Broujeni… - Basic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been a growing interest in understanding how biodiversity affects the functioning
of ecosystems, while, it is still unclear how and to what extent different aspects of biodiversity …

Size differences predict niche and relative fitness differences between phytoplankton species but not their coexistence

I Gallego, P Venail, BW Ibelings - The ISME journal, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Here we aim to incorporate trait-based information into the modern coexistence framework
that comprises a balance between stabilizing (niche-based) and equalizing (fitness) …

Responsiveness of plants to mycorrhiza regulates coexistence

SD Veresoglou, MC Rillig, D Johnson - Journal of Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Association of plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi may act as either an equalizing
or a stabilizing mechanism of coexistence, but the effect of the symbiosis likely depends on …

Tree-size heterogeneity modulates the forest age-dependent carbon density in biomass and top soil stocks on Mediterranean woodlands

H Hernández-Alonso, J Madrigal-González… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Aims Carbon accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems is inherent to the vegetation
development and ageing process. Primary productivity synthetize biomass which is …

Using exclusion rate to unify niche and neutral perspectives on coexistence

Y Carmel, YF Suprunenko, WE Kunin, R Kent… - Oikos, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The competitive exclusion principle is one of the most influential concepts in ecology. The
classical formulation suggests a correlation between competitor species similarity and …

Effects of niche overlap on coexistence, fixation and invasion in a population of two interacting species

M Badali, A Zilman - Royal Society open science, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Synergistic and antagonistic interactions in multi-species populations—such as resource
sharing and competition—result in remarkably diverse behaviours in populations of …

Trophic isotopic carbon variation increases with pond's hydroperiod: evidence from an Austral ephemeral ecosystem

T Dalu, RJ Wasserman, PW Froneman, OLF Weyl - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Trophic variation in food web structure occurs among and within ecosystems. The
magnitude of variation, however, differs from system to system. In ephemeral pond …

Sex and species specific isotopic niche specialisation increases with trophic complexity: evidence from an ephemeral pond ecosystem

T Dalu, RJ Wasserman, TJF Vink, OLF Weyl - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
It is generally accepted that organisms that naturally exploit an ecosystem facilitate
coexistence, at least partially, through resource partitioning. Resource availability is …