Laura Matas‐Granados, Claire Fortunel, Luis Cayuela, Julia G. de Aledo, Celina Ben Saadi, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Christopher Baraloto, S. Joseph Wright, Jason Vleminckx, Nancy C. Garwood, Peter Hietz, Margaret R. Metz, Frederick C. Draper, Timothy R. Baker, Oliver L. Phillips, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Kalle Ruokolainen, Roosevelt García‐Villacorta, Katherine H. Roucoux, Maximilien Guèze, Elvis Valderrama Sandoval, Paul V. A. Fine, Carlos A. Amasifuen Guerra, Ricardo Zarate Gomez, Pablo R. Stevenson, Abel Monteagudo‐Mendoza, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, John Terborgh, Mathias Disney, Roel Brienen, Percy Núñez Vargas, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel, Yadvinder Malhi, Jacob B. Socolar, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, Jim Vega Arenas, Darcy Galiano Cabrera, Javier Silva Espejo, Joey Talbot, Barbara Vinceti, José Reyna Huaymacari, Cecilia Ballón Falcón, Ted R. Feldpausch, Varun Swamy, Julio M. Grandez Rios, Manuel J. Macía
Several studies have documented dominance by few species in Amazonian forests. Dominant species tend to be either locally abundant (local dominants) or regionally frequent (widespread dominants) but rarely both (oligarchs). Here, we explore relationships between dominance and functional traits. We ask whether: (i) dominance is associated with specific functional profiles and (ii) dominance patterns (local vs. widespread dominants) are associated with different functional traits. We combined census data from 503 forest inventory plots across four lowland forest habitats in western Amazonia with trait information for ~2600 tree species, encompassing data collected in the focal plots and data from published sources. We considered traits that relate to leaf, wood, seed and whole‐plant strategies: specific leaf area (SLA), leaf area (LA), N content per unit leaf mass (LN), wood density (WD), seed mass (SM) and maximum diameter at breast height (DBH max ). Our results reveal that dominant species display different trait combinations depending on the habitat type. Taller dominant species exhibit higher regional frequency, associated with higher dispersal ability and lower local abundance, likely due to negative density dependence. Greater SM contributes to higher regional frequency of dominant species via greater dispersal by birds and mammals and seedling survival. Finally, traits related to resource conservation strategies, such as lower SLA, LA, LN and greater WD, favour higher local densities across most habitats, while the opposite pattern was linked to higher regional frequency. Synthesis . Our findings reveal that (i) dominance is associated with different functional traits depending on the habitat type, and (ii) different functional trait values define distinct dominance patterns. Our study exemplifies the potential of trait‐based approaches to illuminate the ecological mechanisms that may underlie dominance in tropical forests. Finally, accounting for both local abundance and regional frequency when studying dominance is likely to improve our understanding and forecasting of how different species will respond to global change drivers in western Amazonia.
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Ramalka Heshani Kasige, Ximena Cibils-Stewart, Adam Frew, Scott Nicholas Johnson
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Monique Weemstra, Jenny Zambrano, David Bauman, Claire Fortunel, María Natalia Umaña
<h2>1 INTRODUCTION</h2> <p>Across life forms, a trade-off exists between the growth and survival rates of species (Grime, <span>1977</span>; Stearns, <span>1992</span>). This demographic trade-off implies that species allocate resources either to fast growth on productive sites, or to high survival in adverse environments, constraining the suite of adaptive life-history strategies available to organisms (Stearns, <span>1992</span>). It has been found to explain plant species coexistence and biodiversity (Baraloto et al., <span>2005</span>; Kitajima & Poorter, <span>2008</span>; Tilman, <span>2004</span>), succession (Kobe, <span>1999</span>) and community dynamics (Rüger et al., <span>2020</span>; Russo et al., <span>2020</span>). Studies often deduce the underlying principles of these different demographic strategies from interspecific variation in traits, but virtually all of these studies include only above-ground traits (Fan et al., <span>2022</span>; Iida et al., <span>2023</span>; Janse-Ten Klooster et al., <span>2007</span>; Jiang & Jin, <span>2021</span>; Kunstler et al., <span>2016</span>; Martínez-Vilalta et al., <span>2010</span>; Poorter et al., <span>2008</span>; Russo et al., <span>2007</span>; Wright et al., <span>2010</span>; but see Ren et al., <span>2023</span>). Since tree performance depends on the interdependent functioning of above- and below-ground organs, ecological research is in dire need of whole-tree approaches towards grasping growth and survival (Weemstra, Kuyper, et al., <span>2022</span>; Weigelt et al., <span>2021</span>).</p> <p>The growth and survival of species is generally associated with variation in traits that reflect plants' capacities to acquire and conserve resources (Fan et al., <span>2022</span>; Iida et al., <span>2023</span>; Janse-Ten Klooster et al., <span>2007</span>; Martínez-Vilalta et al., <span>2010</span>; McMahon et al., <span>2011</span>; Poorter et al., <span>2008</span>; Westoby & Wright, <span>2006</span>). Inherently fast-growing species with acquisitive resource strategies are characterized by leaf and stem traits that promote carbon (C) gain and growth on resource-rich sites (e.g. high specific leaf area [SLA; leaf area per unit leaf dry mass], high leaf nitrogen [N] concentrations and low wood density [WD]). As these traits offer little protection against (a)biotic stressors, they reduce species' survival in low-resource environments (Aerts & Chapin, <span>2000</span>; Grime et al., <span>1997</span>; Poorter & Garnier, <span>2007</span>; Reich et al., <span>1992</span>). In contrast, inherently slow-growing species with a conservative resource strategy are equipped with thick, small and dense leaves and dense wood with high concentrations of secondary compounds. These traits improve drought resistance, mechanical strength and defence against pathogen attack (Ackerly, <span>2004</span>; Chave et al., <span>2009</span>; Hacke et al., <span>2001</span>; Zanne et al.
在所有生命形式中，物种的生长和存活率之间存在着一种权衡（Grime, 1977; Stearns, 1992）。这种人口平衡意味着，物种将资源分配给生产场所的快速生长，或在不利环境下的高存活率，从而限制了生物体可用的适应性生活史策略（Stearns, 1992）。它被发现可以解释植物物种共存和生物多样性（Baraloto et al., 2005; Kitajima & & Poorter, 2008; Tilman, 2004）、演替（Kobe, 1999）和群落动态（r<s:1> ger et al., 2020; Russo et al., 2020）。研究经常从性状的种间变异推断出这些不同人口策略的基本原理，但几乎所有这些研究都只包括地上性状（Fan等人，2022；Iida等人，2023；jansen - ten Klooster等人，2007；Jiang等人；Jin, 2021； Kunstler等人，2016；Martínez-Vilalta等人，2010；Poorter等人，2008；Russo等人，2007；Wright等人，2010；但参见Ren等人，2023）。由于树木的性能取决于地上和地下器官的相互依存功能，生态学研究迫切需要全树方法来掌握生长和生存（Weemstra, Kuyper, et al., 2022; Weigelt et al., 2021）。物种的生长和生存通常与反映植物获取和保存资源能力的性状变异有关（Fan等人，2022；Iida等人，2023；jansen - ten Klooster等人，2007；Martínez-Vilalta等人，2010；McMahon等人，2011；Poorter等人，2008；Westoby等人，2006）。具有获取资源策略的速生物种具有促进碳(C)获取和资源丰富地点生长的叶片和茎性状（如高比叶面积[SLA；单位叶干质量叶面积]，高叶氮[N]浓度和低木材密度[WD]）。由于这些性状对(a)生物压力源几乎没有保护作用，它们降低了物种在低资源环境中的生存（Aerts & Chapin, 2000； Grime等，1997;Poorter & Garnier, 2007； Reich等，1992）。相比之下，生性生长缓慢且资源策略保守的树种具有厚、小、密的叶片和密集的木材，具有高浓度的次生化合物。这些性状提高了抗旱性、机械强度和对病原体攻击的防御能力（Ackerly, 2004； Chave等人，2009；hack等人，2001；Zanne等人，2010），并提高了树木的存活率，但以牺牲资源获取和生长为代价。虽然这些机制基础已经很好地建立起来，但不同的研究已经确定了各种特征作为人口权衡的最佳预测因素，而且它们的预测能力总体上很低（Chave等人，2009；Iida等人；Swenson, 2020； Paine等人，2015；Poorter等人，2008；Swenson等人，2020；Umaña等人，2023；Yang等人，2018）。从性状对树木生长和存活的一般较弱的可预测性可能部分归因于人口统计学研究中缺乏地下性状。吸收根（以下简称“根”）通过获取必需的土壤资源和对地上和地下拮抗物提供保护，对树木的生长和生存起着重要的作用，但在研究树木生长和生存的研究中很大程度上缺乏。通常预测根系性状与树木性能之间的关系遵循地上观察到的资源获取与保护之间的权衡（Reich, 2014）。例如，与高SLA类似，高比根长（SRL，单位根质量根长）意味着在相对较低的生物量投资下具有较大的根表面积，从而允许有效的土壤资源吸收和快速的树木生长。与高叶氮平行，高根氮有望反映与养分获取相关的快速代谢，促进树木生长（Reich, 2014）。反过来，低SRL和高根组织密度（RTD，根体积根质量）的粗根通常寿命长（McCormack et al., 2012; Weemstra et al., 2016），这被认为有助于长期资源保护，从而有助于树种的抗逆性和生存。然而，这些假设缺乏经验证据的支持，根系性状与树木人口统计学之间的关系也没有得到很好的确立。例如，虽然资源经济学理论将高根直径定义为保守性状，但粗根可能拥有更丰富的（丛枝）菌根真菌（Ma et al., 2018），这可以改善土壤资源获取，从而促进树木生长。此外，在一些研究中，跨物种的高SRL对应于更快的树木生长（Comas et al., 2002; Comas & Eissenstat, 2004; Reich et al., 1998），但在其他研究中没有（McCormack et al., 2012; Weemstra et al.）。 （Comas et al., 2002; Comas & Eissenstat, 2004; McCormack et al., 2012）。此外,很少有研究,研究了根人口统计学特征与树很难比较和一般模式来自因为他们测量幼苗(如昏迷et al ., 2002;帝国et al ., 1998),和/或使用树木生长的间接措施,如模型估计(Weemstra et al ., 2020),或一般物种的分类速度和增长缓慢(昏迷et al ., 2002)(但看到任正非et al ., 2023),而且很少量化树生存(见了et al .(2023))。显然，根系性状在树种人口统计学中的作用在森林生态学中存在很大的知识缺口。本研究采用全树方法评估性状对美国东北部温带树种生长和存活的影响。树种的生长、生存和生活史是其获取、保存和交换地上和地下资源的能力的功能。因此，在研究树木人口统计学时，叶、茎和根共同驱动性能，而不是作为孤立的器官，它们的影响应该被统一考虑。我们的特征人口统计学假设在方法S1中有更详细的解释，并在图S1中可视化；综上所述，我们假设与快速资源吸收相关的性状，即高叶片和根N，高SLA和SRL，导致物种间更高的生长速率。此外，由于低WD在给定的生长量（茎直径）下会导致较低的C投资，因此该性状也与快速生长有关。相反，通过增强对(a)生物胁迫（即根和叶的低氮浓度，低SLA和SRL，高WD）的耐受性来减少资源损失的性状应该会导致更高的存活率。如上所述，我们没有假设或测试根直径对树木生长和存活的直接影响，因为它在资源获取和保护方面可能具有截然不同的作用（方法1）。我们进一步预计，在有利条件下快速生长的物种在不利环境下的存活率较低，这代表了种间的人口统计学权衡，因为假设单个性状对资源吸收和损失的相反影响，从而影响生长和生存。
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Jing Man, Bo Tang, Yudi M. Lozano, Matthias C. Rillig
<h2>1 INTRODUCTION</h2> <p>Microplastic pollution stands out as one of the most pervasive and enduring anthropogenic global change factors, having garnered recognition as a concern in biodiversity conservation efforts for terrestrial ecosystems (Bank et al., <span>2022</span>; de Souza Machado, Kloas, et al., <span>2018</span>; Rillig et al., <span>2023</span>). Microplastic particles, polymers (and their chemical additives) with a diameter smaller than 5 mm, can enter soil via atmospheric deposition, amendments, mulching and irrigation (Blasing & Amelung, <span>2018</span>; Brahney et al., <span>2020</span>). There is evidence highlighting the impact of microplastic on soil biophysical properties, such as water-holding capacity, aggregation and soil biota (de Souza Machado, Lau, et al., <span>2018</span>; Lehmann et al., <span>2019</span>; Liu, Feng, et al., <span>2023</span>), as well as their consequences on plant performance (Jia et al., <span>2023</span>; Rillig et al., <span>2019</span>). Understanding the latter is vital because plants play a key role in maintaining productivity and overall ecosystem functionality (Houghton et al., <span>2009</span>). The effects of microplastic on plant biomass have been extensively studied at the individual species level, with reported responses varying from negative to positive in species such as <i>Plantago lanceolata</i>, <i>Trifolium repens</i>, <i>Triticum aestivum</i>, <i>Lolium perenne</i> and <i>Daucus carota</i> (Fu et al., <span>2024</span>; Judy et al., <span>2019</span>; Lozano, Lehnert, et al., <span>2021</span>; van Kleunen et al., <span>2019</span>). These studies have paved the way for understanding how microplastic affects plants. However, the field is still in its infancy, as in natural ecosystems such as grassland, diverse plant species typically coexist and interact. To date, studies investigating the effects of microplastic on plant communities are comparatively rare (Xu et al., <span>2024</span>; Yu et al., <span>2021</span>), highlighting the urgent need to understand microplastic impacts at the plant community level. A recent study found that adding microplastic to soil increased the biomass of <i>Hieracium pilosella</i> (forb) but decreased that of <i>Festuca brevipila</i> (grass) within a mixed plant community (Lozano & Rillig, <span>2020</span>). Similarly, He, Yao, et al. (<span>2024</span>) reported that different plant species in an experimental grass–forb mixture community showed varying degrees of change in abundance following microplastic addition. Therefore, the varied responses of different species or plant functional groups, which are groups of species with similar ecological strategies such as grasses, forbs and legumes (Díaz & Cabido, <span>2001</span>; McLaren & Turkington, <span>2010</span>), to microplastic addition have the potential to affect plant community composition and plant diversity.</p> <p>Plant diversity is crucial for maintaining ecosys
微塑料污染是最普遍和持久的人为全球变化因素之一，已成为陆地生态系统生物多样性保护工作的关注焦点（Bank等人，2022;de Souza Machado， Kloas等人，2018；Rillig等人，2023）。直径小于5mm的微塑料颗粒、聚合物（及其化学添加剂）可以通过大气沉降、修正、覆盖和灌溉进入土壤（Blasing & Amelung, 2018; Brahney et al., 2020）。有证据强调了微塑料对土壤生物物理特性的影响，如持水能力、聚集性和土壤生物群（de Souza Machado， Lau等，2018；Lehmann等，2019;Liu， Feng等，2023），以及它们对植物性能的影响（Jia等，2023；Rillig等，2019）。了解后者至关重要，因为植物在维持生产力和整体生态系统功能方面发挥着关键作用（Houghton et al., 2009）。微塑料对植物生物量的影响已在单个物种水平上进行了广泛研究，据报道，在车前草（Plantago lanceolata）、三叶草（Trifolium repens）、小麦（Triticum aestivum）、多年生Lolium perenne和胡萝卜（Daucus carota）等物种中，反应从阴性到阳性不等（Fu等人，2024；Judy等人，2019;Lozano， Lehnert等人，2021；van Kleunen等人，2019）。这些研究为理解微塑料如何影响植物铺平了道路。然而，该领域仍处于起步阶段，因为在草原等自然生态系统中，不同的植物物种通常共存并相互作用。迄今为止，研究微塑料对植物群落影响的研究相对较少（Xu et al., 2024; Yu et al., 2021），这凸显了在植物群落水平上了解微塑料影响的迫切需要。最近的一项研究发现，在混合植物群落中，向土壤中添加微塑料增加了Hieracium pilosella（草本）的生物量，但减少了Festuca brevipila（草）的生物量（Lozano & Rillig, 2020）。同样，He， Yao等（2024）报道了草草混合群落中不同植物种类在添加微塑料后丰度发生不同程度的变化。因此，不同的物种或植物功能类群，即具有相似生态策略的物种类群，如草、forbs和豆科植物（Díaz & Cabido, 2001; McLaren & Turkington, 2010）对微塑料添加的不同反应有可能影响植物群落组成和植物多样性。植物多样性对于维持生态系统功能、减轻干旱等全球变化因素的影响以及确保生态系统稳定至关重要（Hooper et al., 2012; Tilman et al., 2014）。越来越多的证据表明，植物多样性可以增强生态系统功能，如植物生产力（Cardinale等，2012；Loreau等，2021）。互补效应（CE）和选择效应（SE）是解释这种积极关系的两种潜在机制（Loreau & Hector, 2001）。当一个群落内不同的植物物种或功能群以提高整体生产力的方式相互补充时，就会出现正生产力。其中包括生态位分化，通过更有效和完全地利用现有资源来减少种间竞争，以及促进作用，一些物种因此改善资源可用性或减轻其邻居的环境压力（Barry等人，2019；Fagundes等人，2023）。相反，当单作生物量大的物种不成比例地提高生产力时，SE值为正。CE和SE也可能出现阴性。当干扰竞争或拮抗相互作用超过生态位分化的积极作用时，就会出现负生态环境效应。当生产力较低的物种在群落中占主导地位时，就会出现负SE，从而降低整体生产力（Loreau et al., 2012）。然而，针对生物多样性效应及其机制的研究大多是在环境条件下进行的（Kuebbing et al., 2015; Wagg et al., 2022）。最近的研究表明，全球变化因素可能影响植物多样性与生产力之间的关系（He, Barry, et al., 2024; Hong et al., 2022; Shovon et al., 2024）。例如，干旱可能会加强植物多样性对地上生物量的积极影响，并增加CE的强度（Xi et al., 2022）。目前，还没有直接证据表明微塑料是否以及如何影响植物多样性与生物量之间的关系。尽管如此，对植物群落的研究表明，微塑料的添加可能会改变物种的优势，例如，减少Holcus lanatus（一种草）的优势，同时增加Hieracium pilosella（一种forb）的优势（Lozano & Rillig, 2020）。 此外，微塑料的添加可能会改变植物物种之间的种间相互作用，将它们从积极的联系转变为中性的联系（He, Yao, et al., 2024）。因此，可以预期，物种相互作用和优势的改变可能会影响互补和选择效应。因此，微塑料污染可能会改变植物多样性对生物量生产的影响，这取决于它对互补和选择效应的影响程度。如果微塑料抑制了植物多样性对生态系统功能的积极影响，这将对生态系统管理和我们对生物多样性-生态系统功能关系的理论理解产生重要影响。鉴于目前缺乏经验证据，有必要探讨微塑料如何影响植物多样性与生物量之间的关系，以及潜在的生物多样性效应。最近的研究表明，微塑料，如微塑料纤维，可以改变土壤水分动态，从而可能减轻或加剧干旱（de Souza Machado等人，2019;Lozano & Rillig, 2020）。干旱是最常被研究的全球变化因子之一，它影响植物群落组成和植物多样性-生产力关系（Chen et al., 2022; ezez et al., 2017; Hoover et al., 2014），对豆科植物和草本植物的抑制作用往往大于对禾草的抑制作用（Carlsson et al., 2017; Stampfli et al., 2018; Wu et al., 2019）。这些发现表明，微塑料可能与干旱相互作用，影响不同的植物功能群，从而影响植物群落组成和植物多样性-生产力关系。事实上，研究表明微塑料可以与干旱相互作用，影响土壤生物群，如微食物网和真菌群落（Liu, Wang, & Zhu, 2023; Lozano et al., 2024）。然而，微塑料和干旱共同作用对植物群落和生物多样性的影响在很大程度上仍不清楚。解决这些影响至关重要，因为了解微塑料和干旱对植物多样性-生产力关系的共同影响以及任何潜在机制可以帮助我们全面解决和管理生物多样性和生态系统功能的风险（Naeem等人，2012；Sigmund等人，2022）。在这里,我们进行了温室实验使用16个物种的实验从池中植物群落组装属于三官能团(如草,福布斯和豆类)来创建一个梯度的植物多样性与1,2,4,8和16个植物物种,受到四个塑料微粒(MP)×干旱(D)场景:控制(没有议员,富水),MP(只有MP,富水),D (D,没有国会议员)和国会议员和D治疗(MP + D)。我们旨在探讨微塑料和干旱是否以及如何影响植物多样性与植物生物量生产的关系，以及它们对生物多样性效应的影响。我们测量了地上和地下生物量，并
{"title":"Microplastic and drought influence the positive effect of plant diversity on plant biomass production","authors":"Jing Man, Bo Tang, Yudi M. Lozano, Matthias C. Rillig","doi":"10.1111/1365-2745.70217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70217","url":null,"abstract":"<h2>1 INTRODUCTION</h2>\u0000<p>Microplastic pollution stands out as one of the most pervasive and enduring anthropogenic global change factors, having garnered recognition as a concern in biodiversity conservation efforts for terrestrial ecosystems (Bank et al., <span>2022</span>; de Souza Machado, Kloas, et al., <span>2018</span>; Rillig et al., <span>2023</span>). Microplastic particles, polymers (and their chemical additives) with a diameter smaller than 5 mm, can enter soil via atmospheric deposition, amendments, mulching and irrigation (Blasing & Amelung, <span>2018</span>; Brahney et al., <span>2020</span>). There is evidence highlighting the impact of microplastic on soil biophysical properties, such as water-holding capacity, aggregation and soil biota (de Souza Machado, Lau, et al., <span>2018</span>; Lehmann et al., <span>2019</span>; Liu, Feng, et al., <span>2023</span>), as well as their consequences on plant performance (Jia et al., <span>2023</span>; Rillig et al., <span>2019</span>). Understanding the latter is vital because plants play a key role in maintaining productivity and overall ecosystem functionality (Houghton et al., <span>2009</span>). The effects of microplastic on plant biomass have been extensively studied at the individual species level, with reported responses varying from negative to positive in species such as <i>Plantago lanceolata</i>, <i>Trifolium repens</i>, <i>Triticum aestivum</i>, <i>Lolium perenne</i> and <i>Daucus carota</i> (Fu et al., <span>2024</span>; Judy et al., <span>2019</span>; Lozano, Lehnert, et al., <span>2021</span>; van Kleunen et al., <span>2019</span>). These studies have paved the way for understanding how microplastic affects plants. However, the field is still in its infancy, as in natural ecosystems such as grassland, diverse plant species typically coexist and interact. To date, studies investigating the effects of microplastic on plant communities are comparatively rare (Xu et al., <span>2024</span>; Yu et al., <span>2021</span>), highlighting the urgent need to understand microplastic impacts at the plant community level. A recent study found that adding microplastic to soil increased the biomass of <i>Hieracium pilosella</i> (forb) but decreased that of <i>Festuca brevipila</i> (grass) within a mixed plant community (Lozano & Rillig, <span>2020</span>). Similarly, He, Yao, et al. (<span>2024</span>) reported that different plant species in an experimental grass–forb mixture community showed varying degrees of change in abundance following microplastic addition. Therefore, the varied responses of different species or plant functional groups, which are groups of species with similar ecological strategies such as grasses, forbs and legumes (Díaz & Cabido, <span>2001</span>; McLaren & Turkington, <span>2010</span>), to microplastic addition have the potential to affect plant community composition and plant diversity.</p>\u0000<p>Plant diversity is crucial for maintaining ecosys","PeriodicalId":191,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145697004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Jianyang Xia is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Ecology, but took no part in the peer review and decision-making processes for this paper.
{"title":"Flower–leaf sequence shapes plant phenological sensitivity to warming","authors":"Xingli Xia, Fangxiu Wan, Wanying Cheng, Liming Yan, Songbo Tang, Huanjiong Wang, Junhu Dai, Jianyang Xia","doi":"10.1111/1365-2745.70210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70210","url":null,"abstract":"<h2> CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT</h2>\u0000<p>The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Jianyang Xia is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Ecology, but took no part in the peer review and decision-making processes for this paper.</p>","PeriodicalId":191,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145697005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas Meysick, Julian Merder, Conrad Pilditch, Richard Bulmer, Christoffer Boström, Jack Hamilton, Karin Bryan, Carolyn Lundquist
Understanding the factors controlling mangrove seedling establishment is essential for maintaining forests and restoration under changing environmental conditions. While adaptive strategies and plasticity in seedling biomass allocation are expected along hydrodynamic gradients, there is little information on how this is modulated by the interplay between intraspecific facilitation (e.g. wave attenuation, anchoring by roots of adult trees) and competition (e.g. light limitation, space competition). We conducted a field study across 12 sites (in nine estuaries) that spanned a gradient in wave exposure, to examine how mangrove seedling abundance, removal force and biomass allocation varied across three habitat types—mangrove forest, pneumatophore zone and unvegetated intertidal flat. Seedling removal force increased with root biomass and decreased with sediment mud content. Results also indicated strong intraspecific facilitation through adult root anchorage for early establishment of seedlings (where their root biomass <0.2–0.5 g ind −1 ). However, the stabilizing effect of adult root biomass may be counterbalanced by increased light limitation, sediment accretion and competition with conspecifics, as indicated by stem etiolation. Under low wave exposure conditions, seedlings in the unvegetated intertidal flats were characterized by the highest leaf and lateral root biomass, while seedlings in the mangrove forest had the highest stem biomass and lowest stem width to stem height ratio, indicating divergent growth strategies shaped by local facilitation and competition dynamics. As wave exposure increased, all seedlings shifted investment towards below‐ground structures, particularly taproots, as well as towards shorter, thicker stems, indicating morphological convergence across habitats under high environmental stress. Synthesis . Our findings highlight the dual influence of intraspecific interactions and environmental constraints in shaping seedling morphology. While facilitation promotes seedling stability in the mangrove habitat, resource (light) limitation likely drives stem etiolation. Ultimately, wave exposure imposes functional convergence in biomass allocation across habitats. This shift underscores the dominant role of physical stress in structuring early biomass allocation strategies. These insights enhance our understanding of mangrove seedling responses to environmental gradients and inform conservation strategies in dynamic coastal systems.
{"title":"Facilitation and constraint: Wave exposure and intraspecific interactions influence mangrove seedling morphology and resistance to dislodgement","authors":"Lukas Meysick, Julian Merder, Conrad Pilditch, Richard Bulmer, Christoffer Boström, Jack Hamilton, Karin Bryan, Carolyn Lundquist","doi":"10.1111/1365-2745.70215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70215","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item> Understanding the factors controlling mangrove seedling establishment is essential for maintaining forests and restoration under changing environmental conditions. While adaptive strategies and plasticity in seedling biomass allocation are expected along hydrodynamic gradients, there is little information on how this is modulated by the interplay between intraspecific facilitation (e.g. wave attenuation, anchoring by roots of adult trees) and competition (e.g. light limitation, space competition). </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> We conducted a field study across 12 sites (in nine estuaries) that spanned a gradient in wave exposure, to examine how mangrove seedling abundance, removal force and biomass allocation varied across three habitat types—mangrove forest, pneumatophore zone and unvegetated intertidal flat. </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> Seedling removal force increased with root biomass and decreased with sediment mud content. Results also indicated strong intraspecific facilitation through adult root anchorage for early establishment of seedlings (where their root biomass <0.2–0.5 g ind <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> ). However, the stabilizing effect of adult root biomass may be counterbalanced by increased light limitation, sediment accretion and competition with conspecifics, as indicated by stem etiolation. Under low wave exposure conditions, seedlings in the unvegetated intertidal flats were characterized by the highest leaf and lateral root biomass, while seedlings in the mangrove forest had the highest stem biomass and lowest stem width to stem height ratio, indicating divergent growth strategies shaped by local facilitation and competition dynamics. As wave exposure increased, all seedlings shifted investment towards below‐ground structures, particularly taproots, as well as towards shorter, thicker stems, indicating morphological convergence across habitats under high environmental stress. </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> <jats:italic>Synthesis</jats:italic> . Our findings highlight the dual influence of intraspecific interactions and environmental constraints in shaping seedling morphology. While facilitation promotes seedling stability in the mangrove habitat, resource (light) limitation likely drives stem etiolation. Ultimately, wave exposure imposes functional convergence in biomass allocation across habitats. This shift underscores the dominant role of physical stress in structuring early biomass allocation strategies. These insights enhance our understanding of mangrove seedling responses to environmental gradients and inform conservation strategies in dynamic coastal systems. </jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":191,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145673655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanvir Ahmed Shovon, Nia Perron, Damien Bonal, Christian Messier, Audrey Maheu
Tree species diversity can enhance forest productivity and resistance to climate extremes but can also increase transpiration rates, potentially exacerbating drought stress. A large variability in the effect of tree diversity on transpiration is found in the literature, and we conducted a meta‐analysis to help better understand drivers of this variability. We computed effect sizes by comparing tree transpiration of mixed plots to monocultures from 31 studies. We calculated effect sizes at the species (comparison of trees of a given species in monoculture vs. mixed plots) and community (comparison of transpiration by all trees in monoculture vs. mixed plots) levels and assessed the influence of species richness, functional richness, water limitation (drought or regional aridity) and functional identity at the species level. Our meta‐analysis revealed no overall effect of species or functional diversity on transpiration at the species or community level, instead emphasizing the large variability in the magnitude and direction of effects. Indeed, transpiration's response to diversity was not influenced by species richness nor functional richness, suggesting that these factors are not key drivers of variability on a large scale. At the species level, wood density and tree type (gymnosperm vs. angiosperm) mediated the effect of diversity on transpiration: under drought conditions, species with low wood density transpired less in mixtures than in monocultures while species with high wood density transpired more in mixtures than in monocultures. For gymnosperms, diversity had a diminishing influence on transpiration, mainly under drought condition. Synthesis : We found that neither species nor functional diversity had a systematic influence on the effect of diversity on transpiration. Instead, only functional identity was found to exert a driving influence. Overall, much of the variability in transpiration's response to diversity remained unexplained. These results highlight the challenge of predicting the response of transpiration to species mixing, suggesting the need to proactively investigate mixtures through experimentation to anticipate the implications of specific species assemblages on water resource use.
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Yao Wei, Yuzhang Li, Mingli Ding, Kunhe Liu, Tianyuan Tan, Huiying Liu, Shiping Wang, Jin‐Sheng He, Xinquan Zhao, Alan E. Watson, Xin Jing, Zhenhua Zhang
Climate change is expected to intensify over the coming decades, potentially exerting substantial impacts on above‐ground net primary productivity (ANPP), a key indicator of ecosystem functioning and carbon sequestration. However, decadal cooling phases remain underexplored, and phenology is rarely integrated explicitly as a cascading mediator linking temperature to plant growth and ANPP. Consequently, the long‐term effects of climate change—particularly those associated with cooling phases—remain poorly understood. Based on a reciprocal transplant experiment initiated in 2007 in an alpine grassland, we measured ANPP, plant growth dynamics, flowering species composition, and phenological events. After 15 years, ANPP increased under warming but decreased under cooling. However, only the warming effect intensified over time, whereas the cooling effect showed no detectable temporal trend. Importantly, both warming and cooling effects on ANPP were integrated by early‐season phenology. Under warming conditions, earlier leaf‐out and accelerated growth rates corresponded with higher ANPP. However, leaf and flower phenology showed decoupled cascading effects on growth under cooling conditions: delayed leaf‐out inhibited plant growth, while delayed flowering partially mitigated this suppression. Synthesis . Therefore, extrapolations based solely on short‐term warming manipulations, neglecting both the differences in long‐term warming effects and the cooling phases with their distinct ecological mechanisms, will lead to inaccurate long‐term predictions. Our findings demonstrate that changes in plant phenological events mediate the impacts of decadal climate warming and cooling on ANPP in alpine grasslands, providing more comprehensive insights into how alpine ecosystem carbon cycling may respond to long‐term climate change.
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Alterations in land use, particularly grazing and fertilisation, pose significant threats to the stability of grassland ecosystems. While biodiversity is often associated with ecosystem stability, the precise processes through which various disturbances impact diversity's effects remain incompletely understood. This investigation delves into the individual and combined impacts of grazing and fertilisation on the temporal stability of community productivity within a temperate meadow steppe. Additionally, the study examines the relationships between these practices, species diversity and specific stabilising effects, including the dominance, asynchrony, averaging and interaction stability effects. Through 9 years of field experimentation, it was discovered that grazing decreased community stability by reducing above‐ground biomass, while fertilisation partially offset this destabilising effect. Notably, changes in land use predominantly affected stability via their influence on stabilising effects, regardless of species diversity itself. Specifically, stability modifications induced by grazing were primarily related to the dominance effect, whereas those resulting from fertilisation were associated with the asynchrony effect. Moreover, the averaging effect and interaction stability together played a crucial role in driving stability shifts within various land‐use change scenarios. Bayesian structural equation modelling revealed that these stabilising effects exerted a substantial and positive influence on temporal stability. Synthesis . Our findings emphasise that grazing and fertilisation differentially regulate grassland stability via dominance and asynchrony pathways, respectively. More broadly, our work reveals that land use fundamentally reshapes the architecture of stability, demonstrating that stability is not maintained through a universal mechanism but through context‐dependent pathways shaped by specific environmental pressures. This research enhances the mechanistic understanding of diversity–stability relationships and offers valuable insights for tailored grassland management strategies, such as the integration of moderate nitrogen supplementation with grazing practices to optimise the productivity–stability trade‐offs.
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Plant facilitation is a central process structuring arid ecosystems, where soil nutrients play a key role. However, it remains unclear whether the heterogeneity and availability of soil nutrients are linked to facilitation intensity at a global scale. Here, we tested two hypotheses: (i) that facilitation intensity increases with stronger fertile island patterns (higher nutrient heterogeneity at the microsite level) and (ii) that it decreases with increasing overall ecosystem soil fertility (higher nutrient availability at the ecosystem level) across drylands. To test these hypotheses, we conducted a meta‐analysis based on 94 observations from 27 studies that jointly measured plant facilitation and the fertile island effect for nitrogen and/or phosphorus in drylands. According to our first hypothesis, we found that facilitation intensity increased with stronger fertile island patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus. However, contrary to our second hypothesis, facilitation intensity did not respond to ecosystem fertility. This indicates that facilitation intensity increases as the difference in soil nutrient concentration between nurse and open microsites becomes larger, independently of overall ecosystem fertility. Synthesis . Our study provides novel insights into the role of soil nutrients in plant facilitation in dryland ecosystems. Our findings highlight that the strength of the fertile island effect is a key ecosystem feature mediating facilitation intensity, regardless of overall ecosystem fertility. These findings emphasize the need to investigate how soil degradation processes could alter fertile island patterns and facilitation processes in drylands.
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