Browsing Department of Biological Sciences by Journals "Journal of Ecology"

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    • Conditions favouring hard seededness as a dispersal and predator escape strategy 

      Paulsen, Torbjørn Rage; Högstedt, Göran; Ken, Thompson; Vandvik, Vigdis; Eliassen, Sigrunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-16)
      1. The water-impermeable seed coat of ‘hard’ seeds is commonly considered a dormancy trait. Seed smell is, however, strongly correlated with seed water content, and hard seeds are therefore olfactionally cryptic ...

    • Genetic differentiation and plasticity interact along temperature and precipitation gradients to determine plant performance under climate change 

      Münzbergová, Zuzana; Hadincová, Věroslava; Skálová, Hana; Vandvik, Vigdis (Journal article, 2017-09)
      1. Understanding species' abilities to cope with changing climate is a key prerequisite for predicting the future fates of species and ecosystems. Despite considerable research on species responses to changing climate, ...

    • Herbivory damage but not plant disease under experimental warming is dependent on weather for three subalpine grass species 

      Lynn, Joshua Scott; Abo-Sido, Nisreen; McCowen, Ian W.; Villanueva, Shermila B.; Harte, John; Rudgers, Jennifer A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Both theory and prior studies predict that climate warming should increase attack rates by herbivores and pathogens on plants. However, past work has often assumed that variation in abiotic conditions other than temperature ...

    • Increasing plant species richness by seeding has marginal effects on ecosystem functioning in agricultural grasslands 

      Freitag, Martin; Hölzel, Norbert; Neuenkamp, Lena; van der Plas, Fons; Manning, Peter; Abrahão, Anna; Bergmann, Joana; Boeddinghaus, Runa; Bolliger, Ralph; Hamer, Ute; Kandeler, Ellen; Kleinebecker, Till; Knorr, Klaus-Holger; Marhan, Sven; Neyret, Margot; Prati, Daniel; Le Provost, Gaëtane; Saiz, Hugo; van Kleunen, Mark; Schäfer, Deborah; Klaus, Valentin H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Experimental evidence shows that grassland plant diversity enhances ecosystem functioning. Yet, the transfer of results from controlled biodiversity experiments to naturally assembled ‘real world’ ecosystems remains ...

    • Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology 

      Seddon, Alistair; Mackay, Anson W.; Baker, Ambroise G.; Birks, Harry John Betteley; Breman, Elinor; Buck, C. E.; Ellis, Erle C.; Froyd, Cynthia A.; Gill, Jacquelyn L.; Gillson, Lindsey; Johnson, Edward A.; Jones, Vivienne J.; Juggins, Stephen; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Mills, Keely; Morris, Jesse L.; Nogués-Bravo, David; Punyasena, Surangi W.; Roland, Thomas P.; Tanentzap, Andrew; Willis, Katherine Jane; Aberhan, Martin; van Asperen, Eline N.; Austin, William E. N.; Battarbee, Richard W.; Bhagwat, Shonil; Belanger, Christina L.; Bennett, Keith D.; Birks, Hilary H.; Ramsey, Christopher Bronk; Brooks, Stephen J.; de Bruyn, Mark; Butler, Paul G.; Chambers, F. M.; Clarke, Stewart J.; Davies, Althea L.; Dearing, John A.; Ezard, Thomas H. G.; Feurdean, Angelica; Flower, Roger J.; Gell, Peter; Hausmann, Sonja; Hogan, Erika J.; Hopkins, Melanie J.; Jeffers, Elizabeth S.; Korhola, Atte; Marchant, Robert; Kiefer, Thorsten; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle; López-Merino, Lourdes; Liow, Lee Hsiang; McGowan, Suzanne; Miller, Joshua H.; Montoya, Encarni; Morton, Oliver; Nogué, Sandra; Onoufriou, Chloe; Boush, Lisa P.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, F; Rose, Neil L.; Sayer, Carl D.; Shaw, Helen E.; Payne, Richard; Simpson, Gavin; Sohar, Kadri; Whitehouse, Nicki J.; Williams, John W.; Witkowski, Andrzej (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)

    • More warm-adapted species in soil seed banks than in herb layer plant communities across Europe 

      Auffret, Alistair G.; Vangansbeke, Pieter; De Frenne, Pieter; Auestad, Inger; Basto, Sofia; Grandin, Ulf; Jacquemyn, Hans; Jakobsson, Anna; Kalamees, Rein; Koch, Marcus A.; Marrs, Rob; Marteinsdottir, Bryndis; Wagner, Markus; Bekker, Renee M.; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Decocq, Guillaume; Hermy, Martin; Jankowska-Błaszczuk, Małgorzata; Milberg, Per; Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Pakeman, Robin J.; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Thompson, Ken; Van Calster, Hans; Vandvik, Vigdis; Plue, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Responses to climate change have often been found to lag behind the rate of warming that has occurred. In addition to dispersal limitation potentially restricting spread at leading range margins, the persistence of species ...

    • Pollen-chemistry variations along elevation gradients and their implications for a proxy for UV-B radiation in the plant-fossil record 

      Seddon, Alistair William Robin; Festi, Daniela; Nieuwkerk, Mayke; Gya, Ragnhild; Hamre, Børge; Krüger, Linn Cecilie; Hjortland Östman, Silje Andrea; Robson, T. Matthew (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Research indicates that phenolic compounds (e.g. para-coumaric acid) found within pollen grains may be useful as a proxy to reconstruct the UV-B radiation received at the Earth's surface in the geological past. However, ...

    • Vegetation- memory effects and their association with vegetation resilience in global drylands 

      Kusch, Erik; Davy, Richard; Seddon, Alistair William Robin (Journal article, 2022)
      Vegetation memory describes the effect of antecedent environmental and ecological conditions on the present ecosystem state and has been proposed as an important proxy for vegetation resilience. In particular, strong ...