Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests

Tara L. Keyser; Beverly S. Collins; Katie H. Greenberg

doi:10.1111/avsc.12538

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Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests

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Authors:

Tara L. Keyser, Beverly S. Collins, Katie H. Greenberg

Year:

2021

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12538

Source:

Applied Vegetation Science

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Abstract

Aims: Quantify changes in taxonomic and functional diversity (FD) and identity to determine if responses to a disturbance severity gradient follow a “colonization/competition” hypothesis: diversity will (a) increase with disturbance severity as more open conditions favor species with traits linked to colonization; and (b) become more similar between regeneration and overstorey layers as environmental filtering favors species with traits linked to increasing competition for light

Keywords

disturbance, environmental filtering, fire, persistence niche, plant functional traits, Quercus-Carya forest, restoration

Citation

Keyser, Tara L.; Collins, Beverly S.; Greenberg, Cathryn H. 2021. Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests. Applied Vegetation Science 24(1): e12538. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12538.