106 research outputs found
Local Factors Determine Plant Community Structure on Closely Neighbored Islands
Despite the recent popularity of the metacommunity concept, ecologists have not evaluated the applicability of different metacommunity frameworks to insular organisms. We surveyed 50 closely spaced islands in the Thousand-Island Lake of China to examine the role of local (environmental) and regional (dispersal) factors in structuring woody plant assemblages (tree and shrub species) on these islands. By partitioning the variation in plant community structure into local and regional causes, we showed that local environmental conditions, specifically island morphometric characteristics, accounted for the majority of the variation in plant community structure among the studied islands. Spatial variables, representing the potential importance of species dispersal, explained little variation. We conclude that one metacommunity framework–species sorting–best characterizes these plant communities. This result reinforces the idea that the traditional approach of emphasizing the local perspective when studying ecological communities continues to hold its value
Phenotypic stability in cassava estimated by the AMMI analysis with supplementary genotypes
Efficient generation of influenza virus with a mouse RNA polymerase I-driven all-in-one plasmid
Synthesis and characterization of polysaccharide phosphates based electrorheological fluids
The influence of extruded flour on water content and retrogradation process in muffins during storage: NMR relaxation study
Factor regression for interpreting genotype-environment interaction in bread-wheat trials
Pasting and Crystalline Property Differences of Commercial and Isolated Rice Starch with Added Amino Acids
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