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Plant community mycorrhization in temperate forests and grasslands: relations with edaphic properties and plant diversity / Maret Gerz in Journal of vegetation science, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2016)  

Public [article]  inJournal of vegetation science > vol 27 n° 1 (January 2016) . - pp 89 - 99 Titre : Plant community mycorrhization in temperate forests and grasslands: relations with edaphic properties and plant diversity Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Maret Gerz, Auteur ; Carlos Guillermo Bueno, Auteur ; Martin Zobel, Auteur ; Mari Moora, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 89 - 99 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] azote [Termes IGN] biodiversité végétale [Termes IGN] ectomycorhize [Termes IGN] Estonie [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] humidité du sol [Termes IGN] prairie [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) Questions : Mycorrhizal symbiosis plays a key role in plant communities. Its prevalence in plant communities (mycorrhization) at larger spatial scales has so far been mostly qualitative, while quantitative studies incorporating the mycorrhizal traits of plant species are scarce. This study aims to: (1) determine the variation in general and arbuscular mycorrhization in temperate forests and grasslands, (2) study the effects of soil N, pH and moisture on mycorrhization, and (3) determine the relationships between mycorrhization and plant diversity. Location : Temperate forests and grasslands in Estonia, Northern Europe. Methods : To quantify mycorrhization we used a plant community mycorrhization index – community mean of mycorrhizal status weighted by plant species abundances. The effects of edaphic factors characterized by cumulative Ellenberg values on mycorrhization were analysed using linear mixed models, and the relationship between mycorrhization and diversity was evaluated with partial correlation and variance partitioning. Results : General mycorrhization was higher in forests and lower in grasslands, opposite to arbuscular mycorrhization. Soil N, pH and moisture negatively impacted general mycorrhization, whereas arbuscular mycorrhization was positively affected by soil pH and negatively by soil N and moisture. Plant species richness was negatively correlated with general mycorrhization in forests, whereas arbuscular mycorrhization was positively associated with plant species richness, Shannon and Simpson indices in forests and across ecosystems. Conclusions : Mycorrhization is highly dependent on soil conditions and related to plant diversity, showing its importance for vegetation science. The plant community mycorrhization index used in this study is a promising tool for quantifying the prevalence of mycorrhizal symbiosis along environmental gradients. Numéro de notice : A2016-361 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1111/jvs.12338 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12338 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=81096 [article]

The species pool concept as a framework for studying patterns of plant diversity / Martin Zobel in Journal of vegetation science, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2016)  

Public [article]  inJournal of vegetation science > vol 27 n° 1 (January 2016) . - pp 8 - 18 Titre : The species pool concept as a framework for studying patterns of plant diversity Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Martin Zobel, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 8 - 18 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] habitat (nature) [Termes IGN] unité phytosociologique [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) Co-existence theories fail to adequately explain observed community patterns (diversity and composition) because they mainly address local extinctions. For a more complete understanding, the regional processes responsible for species formation and geographic dispersal should also be considered. The species pool concept holds that local variation in community patterns is dependent primarily on the availability of species, which is driven by historical diversification and dispersal at continental and landscape scales. However, empirical evidence of historical effects is limited. This slow progress can be attributed to methodological difficulties in determining the characteristics of historical species pools and how they contributed to diversity patterns in contemporary landscapes. A role of landscape-scale dispersal limitation in determining local community patterns has been demonstrated by numerous seed addition experiments. However, disentangling general patterns of dispersal limitation in communities still requires attention. Distinguishing habitat-specific species pools can help to meet both applied and theoretical challenges. In conservation biology, the use of absolute richness may be uninformative because the size of species pools varies between habitats. For characterizing the dynamic state of individual communities, biodiversity relative to species pools provides a balanced way of assessing communities in different habitats. Information about species pools may also be useful when studying community assembly rules, because it enables a possible mechanism of trait convergence (habitat filtering) to be explicitly assessed. Empirical study of the role of historic effects and dispersal on local community patterns has often been restricted due to methodological difficulties in determining habitat-specific species pools. However, accumulating distributional, ecological and phylogenetic information, as well as use of appropriate model systems (e.g. archipelagos with known biogeographic histories) will allow the species pool concept to be applied effectively in future research. Numéro de notice : A2016-360 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1111/jvs.12333 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12333 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=81095 [article]