Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

JM Alexander, L Chalmandrier, J Lenoir… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid climatic changes and increasing human influence at high elevations around the world
will have profound impacts on mountain biodiversity. However, forecasts from statistical …

Relative importance of competition and plant–soil feedback, their synergy, context dependency and implications for coexistence

Y Lekberg, JD Bever, RA Bunn, RM Callaway… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plants interact simultaneously with each other and with soil biota, yet the relative importance
of competition vs. plant–soil feedback (PSF) on plant performance is poorly understood …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance of kinless hubs within soil microbial networks are associated with high functional potential in agricultural ecosystems

Y Shi, M Delgado-Baquerizo, Y Li, Y Yang… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial taxa within complex ecological networks can be classified by their universal roles
based on their level of connectivity with other taxa. Highly connected taxa within an …

Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation

SB Rumpf, K Hülber, G Klonner… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Many studies report that mountain plant species are shifting upward in elevation. However,
the majority of these reports focus on shifts of upper limits. Here, we expand the focus and …

Above-and belowground linkages shape responses of mountain vegetation to climate change

F Hagedorn, K Gavazov, JM Alexander - Science, 2019 - science.org
Upward shifts of mountain vegetation lag behind rates of climate warming, partly related to
interconnected changes belowground. Here, we unravel above-and belowground linkages …

Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning

F Bulleri, JF Bruno, BR Silliman… - Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Viewing facilitation through the lens of the niche concept is one way to unify conceptual and
empirical advances about the role of facilitation in community ecology. We clarify …

Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities

S Soliveres, C Smit, FT Maestre - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Once seen as anomalous, facilitative interactions among plants and their importance for
community structure and functioning are now widely recognized. The growing body of …

Species coexistence in a changing world

F Valladares, CC Bastias, O Godoy, E Granda… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The consequences of global change for the maintenance of species diversity will depend on
the sum of each species responses to the environment and on the interactions among them …

Facilitation and the invasibility of plant communities

LA Cavieres - Journal of Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most studied emergent functions of plant community diversity is the resistance of
diverse communities to non‐native invasions. As emphasized in this Special Feature …

Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity

F Bulleri, BK Eriksson, A Queirós, L Airoldi… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Habitat-forming species sustain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in harsh
environments through the amelioration of physical stress. Nonetheless, their role in sha** …