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A framework for priority effects

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: History of species arrival can influence plant community assembly. In this issue of the Journal of Vegetation Science, Sarneel et al. show that the strength of such historical contingency, or priority effects, varies with soil moisture in riparian plants. We discuss this study within a theoretical framework describing how and when priority effects occur via destabilizing and equalizing mechanisms.

Source: Journal of Vegetation Science

DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12434

Authors: Tadashi Fukami, Erin A. Mordecai, Annette Ostling

Institutions: Stanford University, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Center for Makroøkologi, Evolution og Klima