Effects of a Dominant Species on the Functional Diversity of Coexisting Species in Temperate Deciduous Understorey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Effects of A. ursinum Coverage on the Functional Diversity of Coexistence Species
2.2. Floristic Composition Comparison
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area
4.2. Vegetation Data
4.3. Trait Data
4.4. Data Analysis
4.4.1. Assessment of A. ursinum Coverage on the Functional Diversity of Coexisting Species
- The functional diversity (FD) of every single trait.
- The FD of multiple traits belonging to the LHS scheme (FDLHS).
- The FD of all traits (above ground and clonal) pooled together (FDMultiple).
4.4.2. Modelling the Functional Diversity as a Function of A. ursinum Coverage
4.4.3. Assessments of Variations in Floristic Compositions
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Ecological Variations Testing Alongside the Length of Transects
EIV | R | p-Value |
---|---|---|
T | −0.09 | 0.652 |
F | 0.08 | 0.698 |
R | 0.16 | 0.446 |
N | 0.22 | 0.263 |
L | −0.06 | 0.787 |
C | −0.20 | 0.341 |
Plant Trait | Plant Trait Code | Trait Definition | Relative Coverage of Species with Trait Values across All Datasets |
---|---|---|---|
Leaf dry matter content | LDMC | The ratio between oven-dry leaf mass (mg)and its water-saturated fresh mass (g) | 86% |
Leaf area | LA | The one-sided or projected area of an individual leaf (mm2) | 87% |
Plant height | H | Distance between ground level and the upper photosynthetic vegetative part (cm) | 86% |
Seed mass | SM | Dry mass of seed without appendices (mg) | 87% |
Lateral spread | LS | Distance between parental and offspring shoots (cm/year) | 94% |
Persistence of clonal growth organs | PCGO | Lifespan of the physical connection between mother and daughter shoots (year) | 94% |
Clonal offspring | NCO | Number of offspring shoots produced per parent shoot per year (n/year) | 94% |
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Trait Name | Trait Code | Linear Term | Quadratic Term | Marginal R2 | Conditional R2 | AIC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole-plant trait | H | 4.25 *** | 2.73 *** | 16% | 23% | 351 |
Leaf traits | LDMC | −0.64 n.s. | 0.76 n.s. | 2% | 22% | 213 |
LA | 1.7 *** | 1.14 * | 6% | 53% | 201 | |
Seed trait | SM | 1.33 *** | 0.55 n.s. | 13% | 19% | 98 |
Clonal traits | PCGO | 0.29 n.s. | 1.83 *** | 15% | 47% | 90 |
LS | −0.29 n.s. | 0.58 n.s. | 1% | 37% | 107 | |
NCO | −0.72 n.s. | −0.05 n.s. | 2% | 69% | 25 | |
Multiple | LHS | 3.19 ** | 3.49 *** | 18% | 21% | 324 |
All traits | 4.28 * | 3.27 *** | 19% | 34% | 323 |
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Kaushik, K.; Bricca, A.; Mugnai, M.; Viciani, D.; Rudolf, K.; Somfalvi-Tóth, K.; Morschhauser, T. Effects of a Dominant Species on the Functional Diversity of Coexisting Species in Temperate Deciduous Understorey. Plants 2021, 10, 2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112252
Kaushik K, Bricca A, Mugnai M, Viciani D, Rudolf K, Somfalvi-Tóth K, Morschhauser T. Effects of a Dominant Species on the Functional Diversity of Coexisting Species in Temperate Deciduous Understorey. Plants. 2021; 10(11):2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112252
Chicago/Turabian StyleKaushik, Krishan, Alessandro Bricca, Michele Mugnai, Daniele Viciani, Kinga Rudolf, Katalin Somfalvi-Tóth, and Tamás Morschhauser. 2021. "Effects of a Dominant Species on the Functional Diversity of Coexisting Species in Temperate Deciduous Understorey" Plants 10, no. 11: 2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112252