Disturbance alters beta-diversity but not the relative importance of community assembly mechanisms

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1291-1299

  Myers, Jonathan A ^a   Chase, Jonathan M ^b,c   Crandall, Raelene M ^a   Jiménez, Iván ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Community size; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Ecological drift; Environmental filtering; Niche based community assembly; Ozarks; Prescribed fire; Restoration ecology; Temperate oak hickory forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOLERANCE; WOODY PLANT;

OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CARYA;

EID: 84939563056     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12436     Document Type: Article

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