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Arrival Order Among Native Plant Functional Groups Does Not Affect Invasibility Of Constructed Dune Communities, T J. Mason, K French, D Jolley
Arrival Order Among Native Plant Functional Groups Does Not Affect Invasibility Of Constructed Dune Communities, T J. Mason, K French, D Jolley
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Different arrival order scenarios of native functional groups to a site may influence both resource use during development and final community structure. Arrival order may then indirectly influence community resistance to invasion. We present a mesocosm experiment of constructed coastal dune communities that monitored biotic and abiotic responses to different arrival orders of native functional groups. Constructed communities were compared with unplanted mesocosms. We then simulated a single invasion event by bitou (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata), a dominant exotic shrub of coastal communities. We evaluated the hypothesis that plantings with simultaneous representation of grass, herb and shrub functional groups at …
Plant Functional Traits In Relation To Fire In Crown-Fire Ecosystems, Juli G. Pausus, Ross Bradstock, David A. Keith, Jon E. Keeley
Plant Functional Traits In Relation To Fire In Crown-Fire Ecosystems, Juli G. Pausus, Ross Bradstock, David A. Keith, Jon E. Keeley
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Disturbance is a dominant factor in many ecosystems, and the disturbance regime is likely to change over the next decades in response to land-use changes and global warming. We assume that predictions of vegetation dynamics can be made on the basis of a set of life-history traits that characterize the response of a species to disturbance. For crown-fire ecosystems, the main plant traits related to postfire persistence are the ability to resprout (persistence of individuals) and the ability to retain a persistent seed bank (persistence of populations). In this context, we asked (1) to what extent do different life-history traits …
Functional Foods Ii: Claims And Evidence, Peter Williams
Functional Foods Ii: Claims And Evidence, Peter Williams
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Book review of: Functional Foods II: Claims and Evidence Judy Buttriss & Michael Saltmarsh (eds) The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2000 ISBN 0-85404-789-1 xx+244 pp £59.50 c. $A180