[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

J Dengler, M Janišová, P Török, C Wellstein - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article introduces a Special Issue on biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands and
provides a synthesis of the current knowledge on this topic. Four major categories of …

Mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity

P Chesson - Annual review of Ecology and Systematics, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The focus of most ideas on diversity maintenance is species coexistence, which
may be stable or unstable. Stable coexistence can be quantified by the long-term rates at …

Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better)

P Gerhold, JF Cahill Jr, M Winter, IV Bartish… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The subdiscipline of 'community phylogenetics' is rapidly growing and influencing thinking
regarding community assembly. In particular, phylogenetic dispersion of co‐occurring …

Intraspecific trait variation and phenotypic plasticity mediate alpine plant species response to climate change

JJ Henn, V Buzzard, BJ Enquist, AH Halbritter… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In a rapidly changing climate, alpine plants may persist by adapting to new conditions.
However, the rate at which the climate is changing might exceed the rate of adaptation …

[图书][B] Mapping species distributions: spatial inference and prediction

J Franklin, JA Miller - 2009 - books.google.com
Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

[图书][B] Plant strategies, vegetation processes, and ecosystem properties

JP Grime - 2006 - books.google.com
Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties, Second Edition, is a
thoroughly updated and comprehensive new edition of the very successful Plant Strategies …

Are there general laws in ecology?

JH Lawton - Oikos, 1999 - JSTOR
The dictionary definition of a law is:" Generalized formulation based on a series of events or
processes observed to recur regularly under certain conditions; a widely observable …

What is the observed relationship between species richness and productivity?

GG Mittelbach, CF Steiner, SM Scheiner, KL Gross… - Ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relationship between species richness and productivity is fundamental to
the management and preservation of biodiversity. Yet despite years of study and intense …

The relative of species pools in determining plant species richness: an alternative explanation of species coexistence?

M Zobel - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1997 - cell.com
Explanations of the pattern of species have traditionally relied on small-scale, local
processes occurring in ecological time. Differences in species richness have associated with …

Assembly rules within a contingent ecology

LR Belyea, J Lancaster - Oikos, 1999 - JSTOR
Ecologists have searched for general principles, or assembly rules, which determine how
species combine to form communities. Two major strands of research highlight the …