Phylogenetic measures of plant communities show long-term change and impacts of fire management in tallgrass prairie remnants

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1638-1648

  Larkin, Daniel J ^a   Hipp, Andrew L ^b,c   Kattge, Jens ^d   Prescott, William ^b   Tonietto, Rebecca K ^a,e   Jacobi, Sarah K ^a   Bowles, Marlin L ^b  

^a CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Community assembly; Ecological restoration; Environmental filtering; Fire management; Functional diversity; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GRASS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RELATEDNESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84952639918     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12516     Document Type: Article

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