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No evidence of facilitation collapse in the Tibetan plateau

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Pugnaire, Francisco I., Zhang, Lin, Li, Ruicheng, Luo, Tianxiang. No evidence of facilitation collapse in the Tibetan plateau. Journal of Vegetation Science, 2015, 26(2):233-242. doi:10.1111/jvs.12233

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Title No evidence of facilitation collapse in the Tibetan plateau
Authors Pugnaire, Francisco I.| Zhang, Lin| Li, Ruicheng| Luo, Tianxiang|
Secondary Title Journal of Vegetation Science
Abstract Questions The relative importance of facilitation under different environmental conditions has raised some recent controversy centred on predictions of the stress gradient hypothesis (SGH) for its apparent lack of predictive power under very stressful conditions. This criticism, however, is not widely shared nor fully supported by empirical data. We addressed whether changes in interaction intensity in plots under severe environmental stress determine an increase in facilitation and whether facilitation would expand the realized niche of some plant species. Location Four sites differing in elevation and environmental conditions along a N–S transect in the Central Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Province, China. Methods We assessed plant interaction intensity between the cushion plant, Androsace tapete, and species growing inside its canopy. We recorded species and number of individuals in cushions and in gaps, and mass of the two most frequent species in each site. Results Interactions ranged from competition to facilitation, depending on environmental severity. Net interaction balance followed predictions of the SGH, from competition on the relatively more mesic sites to facilitation in the relatively more stressful sites. There were no hints of facilitation collapse even though our harsher sites posed extreme conditions for plant survival. The main limiting factor seems to be temperature, as interaction intensity responded most to this factor, rather than to elevation or rainfall. Conclusions Facilitation expanded the realized niche of some species, countering adverse environmental conditions. We found no collapse of facilitation under the most stressful conditions, even though some sites were at the edge of the distribution range for the cushion species.
Date 2015//01/
Year 2015
DOI 10.1111/jvs.12233
Database Provider Wiley Online Library
volume 26
Issue Number 2
Start Page 233
Alternate Title1 J Veg Sci
Language en
Issn 1654-1103
Url http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12233/abstract
Access Date 2016/07/12/03:53:33
Keywords Competition| Environmental stress| Facilitation| Interaction intensity| species richness|
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