168 results on '"Losapio, Gianalberto'
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2. Reply on RC2
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary
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3. Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities
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Losapio, Gianalberto, Schöb, Christian, Staniczenko, Phillip P. A., Carrara, Francesco, Palamara, Gian Marco, De Moraes, Consuelo M., Mescher, Mark C., Brooker, Rob W., Butterfield, Bradley J., Callaway, Ragan M., Cavieresi, Lohengrin A., Kikvidzej, Zaal, Lortie, Christopher J., Michalet, Richard, Pugnaire, Francisco I., and Bascompte, Jordi
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- 2021
4. An experimental approach to assessing the impact of ecosystem engineers on biodiversity and ecosystem functions
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Losapio, Gianalberto, Schmid, Bernhard, Bascompte, Jordi, Michalet, Richard, Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Germann, Christoph, Haenni, Jean-Paul, Neumeyer, Rainer, Javier Ortiz-Sánchez, Francisco, Pont, Adrian C., Rousse, Pascal, Schmid, Jürg, Sommaggio, Daniele, and Schöb, Christian
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- 2021
5. CREATING YOUR OWN ENVIRONMENT : ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINED BY CUSHION PLANTS
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Losapio, Gianalberto
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- 2021
6. Habitat protection and removal of encroaching shrubs support the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary, De Moraes, Consuelo M., additional, Dirzo, Rodolfo, additional, Tscheulin, Thomas, additional, Zouros, Nikos, additional, and Mescher, Mark C., additional
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- 2024
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7. Impact of Spruce Plantation on Plant Diversity
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Manuzi, Vanessa, primary, Balestra, Simone, additional, Gatti, Pietro, additional, and Losapio, Gianalberto, additional
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- 2024
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8. The assembly of plant–patch networks in Mediterranean alpine grasslands
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Christian Schöb, Sánchez Pescador, David, Iriondo, José María, Losapio, Gianalberto, Escudero, Adrián, Christian Schöb, Sánchez Pescador, David, Iriondo, José María, Losapio, Gianalberto, and Escudero, Adrián
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We thank C. Díaz Palomo for his technical assistance in this work, M. de la Cruz for his useful suggestions on R language, L. De Hond for her linguistic assistance and the Staff of the Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama for permission to work in the field area. We are also grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their thorough revision of the manuscript., Aims Harsh environmental conditions in alpine ecosystems shape vegetation structure into patches, where many different plant species cluster and grow together. Yet, which factors are important for the structure and dynamics of such plant–patch networks remains poorly understood. We aim to assess which and how environmental and biotic factors predict the assembly of plant–patch networks along a mountain range. Methods We examined the distribution of plant species in more than 5500 vegetation patches in 37 Mediterranean alpine grasslands distributed along a 500 m altitudinal gradient (National Park of Sierra Guadarrama, Spain). We established a plant–patch network for each grassland community and analyzed how nestedness and modularity vary with environmental (altitude, insolation and soil conditions) and biotic factors (number of species per plot, mean patch area and total pasture area). Important Findings Plant–patch networks showed consistent, non-random patterns characterized by a nested, but not modular, structure, which suggests that positive associations among co-occurring specialists promote their growth within patches as subsets of a pool with more generalist species. Both nestedness and modularity of plant–patch networks varied among grasslands. Specifically, nestedness decreased with increasing species per plot and increased with mean patch area, while it was independent of environmental variables; modularity increased with increasing pasture area and species per plot. The negative relationship between species per plot and nested patterns may be linked to the restricted number of species that can coexist within the same patch at a given size. Moreover, the positive relationship between patch size and nestedness indicates that the growth of rare plant species within vegetation patches occupied by more abundant species is facilitated in bigger rather than smaller patches. Furthermore, these results indicate that the nested assembly of vegetation patches may be, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain, Madrid Regional Government, Swiss National Science Foundation, Depto. de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Botánica, Fac. de Farmacia, TRUE, pub
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- 2024
9. Frugivore Population Biomass, but Not Density, Affect Seed Dispersal Interactions in a Hyper-Diverse Frugivory Network
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Luísa Genes, Gianalberto Losapio, Camila I. Donatti, Paulo R. Guimarães, and Rodolfo Dirzo
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frugivory ,Pantanal ,plant-animal interaction ,seed dispersal ,mutualism ,Evolution ,QH359-425 ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Mutualistic interactions are regulated by plant and animal traits, including animal body size and population density. In seed dispersal networks, frugivore body size determines the interaction outcome, and species population density determines interaction probability through encounter rates. To date, most studies examining the relative role of body size and population density in seed dispersal networks have examined animal guilds encompassing a narrow range of body sizes (e.g., birds only). Given non-random, body-size dependent defaunation, understanding the relative role of these traits is important to predict and, ideally, mitigate the effects of defaunation. We analyzed a hyper-diverse seed dispersal network composed of birds and mammals that cover a wide range of body sizes and population densities in the Brazilian Pantanal. Animal density per se did not significantly explain interaction patterns. Instead, population biomass, which represents the combination of body size and population density, was the most important predictor for most interaction network metrics. Population biomass was strongly correlated with body size, but not with density. Thus, larger frugivore species dispersed more plant species and were involved in more unique pairwise interactions than smaller species. Moreover, species with larger population biomass had the strongest influence (i.e., as indicated by measures of centrality) on other species in the network and were more generalist, interacting with a broader set of species, compared to species with lower population biomass. We posit that the increased abundance of small-sized frugivores resulting from the pervasive defaunation of large vertebrates would not compensate for the loss-of-function of the latter and the inherent disruption of seed dispersal networks.
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- 2022
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10. The Impact of Multiple Species Invasion on Soil and Plant Communities Increases With Invasive Species Co-occurrence
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Dušanka Vujanović, Gianalberto Losapio, Stanko Milić, and Dubravka Milić
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Acer negundo ,Amorpha fruticosa ,Fraxinus pennsylvanica ,multiple invasions ,native plants ,riparian ecosystems ,Plant culture ,SB1-1110 - Abstract
Despite increasing evidence indicating that invasive species are harming biodiversity, ecological systems and processes, impacts of multiple species invasion and their links with changes in plant and soil communities are inadequately documented and remain poorly understood. Addressing multiple invaders would help to ward against community-wide, synergistic effects, aiding in designing more effective control strategies. In this work, correlative relationships are examined for potential impacts of three co-occurring invasive plant species, Amorpha fruticosa, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Acer negundo, on soil conditions and native plant diversity. The research was conducted in riparian ecosystems and included the following treatments: (1) co-occurrence of the three invasive plant species, (2) occurrence of a single invasive species, and (3) control, i.e., absence of invasive species. Co-occurrence of three invasive plant species caused higher direct impact on soil properties, soil functioning, and native plant diversity. Soil in mixed plots (those populated with all three invaders) contained higher levels of nitrifying bacteria, organic matter, nitrogen, and carbon as well as lower carbon to nitrogen ratio as compared to single species invaded plots and control plots. Furthermore, native plant diversity decreased with invasive plants co-occurrence. Differences in soil conditions and lower native plant diversity revealed the interactive potential of multiple invasive species in depleting biodiversity and eroding soil functionality, ultimately affecting ecological and biogeochemical processes both below and above ground. Our results highlight the need to prevent the impact of multispecies invasion, suggesting that riparian ecosystems affected by co-occurring invaders should be prioritized for invasion monitoring and ecological restoration.
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11. Plant interactions shape pollination networks via nonadditive effects
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Losapio, Gianalberto, Fortuna, Miguel A., Bascompte, Jordi, Schmid, Bernhard, Michalet, Richard, Neumeyer, Rainer, Castro, Leopoldo, Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Germann, Christoph, Haenni, Jean-Paul, Klopfstein, Seraina, Ortiz-Sanchez, Francisco Javier, Pont, Adrian C., Rousse, Pascal, Schmid, Jürg, Sommaggio, Daniele, and Schöb, Christian
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- 2019
12. The assembly of a plant network in alpine vegetation
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Losapio, Gianalberto, de la Cruz, Marcelino, Escudero, Adrián, Schmid, Bernhard, and Schöb, Christian
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13. RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks
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European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Verdú, Miguel [0000-0002-9778-7692], Garrido, José L. [0000-0002-6859-4234], Alcántara, Julio M. [0000-0002-8003-7844], Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia [0000-0003-4656-0321], Aizen, Marcelo A. [0000-0001-9079-9749], Al-Namazi, Ali A. [0000-0003-2767-4366], Alifriqui, Mohamed [0000-0002-9176-7789], Allen, David [0000-0002-0712-9603], Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. [0000-0001-8461-9713], Armas, Cristina [0000-0003-0356-8075], Bastida, Jesús M. [0000-0002-8680-1401], Bonanomi, Giuliano [0000-0002-1831-4361], Paterno, Gustavo B. [0000-0001-9719-3037], Campoy, Josefina G. [0000-0002-7300-1173], Condit, Richard [0000-0003-4191-1495], Delalandre, Leo [0000-0003-2875-4587], Duarte, Milen [0000-0003-4784-9880], Fazlioglu, Fatih [0000-0002-4723-3640], Flores-Olvera, Hilda [0000-0002-3262-9570], Garcia, María Begoña [0000-0003-4231-6006], García-Fayos, Patricio [0000-0003-3449-5075], Goberna, Marta [0000-0001-5303-3429], Gómez Aparicio, Lorena [0000-0001-5122-3579], González-Pendás, Enrique [0000-0001-5058-7733], İpekdal, Kahraman [0000-0001-9968-3013], Kikvidze, Zaal [0000-0002-5007-4484], Ledo, Alicia [0000-0002-3967-6994], Liu, Hanlun [0000-0002-9424-4940], López García, Álvaro [0000-0001-8267-3572], Lortie, Christopher J. [0000-0002-4291-7023], Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], Lutz, James A. [0000-0002-2560-0710], Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L. [0000-0001-5023-7813], Máliš, František [0000-0003-2760-6988], Michalet, Richard [0000-0002-6617-4789], Molina-Venegas, Rafael [0000-0001-5801-0736], Navarro-Cano, J. A. [0000-0001-8091-1063], Ortiz-Brunel, Juan P. [0000-0002-0695-8143], Pérez-Hernández, Vidal [0000-0001-6793-296X], Pistón, Nuria [0000-0003-4946-9945], Prieto, Iván [0000-0001-5549-1132], Prieto Rubio, Jorge [0000-0002-5600-5113], Pugnaire, Francisco I. [0000-0002-1227-6827], Ramírez, Nelson [0000-0002-6385-3866], Rey, Pedro J. [0000-0001-5550-0393], Sánchez-Martín, Ricardo [0000-0001-5272-3276], Schob, Christian [0000-0003-4472-2286], Tercero-Araque, Amanda [0000-0002-7255-5844], Usero, Francisco M. [0000-0002-4648-4202], Usta, Nurbahar [0000-0002-9265-2780], Zamora, Regino [0000-0002-5049-9968], Verdú, Miguel, Garrido, José L., Alcántara, Julio M., Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Aguilar, Salomón, Aizen, Marcelo A., Al-Namazi, Ali A., Alifriqui, Mohamed, Allen, David, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Armas, Cristina, Bastida, Jesús M., Bellido, Tono, Bonanomi, Giuliano, Paterno, Gustavo B., Briceño, Herbert, de Oliveira, Ricardo A.C., Campoy, Josefina G., Chaieb, Ghassen, Chu, Chengjin, Collins, Sarah E., Condit, Richard, Constantinou, Elena, Degirmenci, Cihan Ü., Delalandre, Leo, Duarte, Milen, Faife, Michel, Fazlioglu, Fatih, Fernando, Edwino S., Flores, Joel, Flores-Olvera, Hilda, Fodor, Ecaterina, Ganade, Gislene, Garcia, María Begoña, García-Fayos, Patricio, Gavini, Sabrina S., Goberna, M., Gómez Aparicio, Lorena, González-Pendás, Enrique, González-Robles, Ana, Hubbell, Stephen P., İpekdal, Kahraman, Jorquera, María J., Kikvidze, Zaal, Kütküt, Pınar, Ledo, Alicia, Lendínez, Sandra, Li, Buhang, Liu, Hanlun, Lloret, Francisco, López, Ramiro P., López García, Álvaro, Lortie, Christopher J., Losapio, Gianalberto, Lutz, James A., Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., Máliš, František, Manrique, Esteban, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marcilio-Silva, Vinicius, Michalet, Richard, Molina-Venegas, Rafael, Navarro-Cano, J. A., Novotny, Vojtech, Olesen, Jens M., Ortiz-Brunel, Juan P., Pajares-Murgó, María, Parissis, Nikolas, Parker, Geoffrey, Perea, Antonio J., Pérez-Hernández, Vidal, Pérez-Navarro, María Ángeles, Pistón, Nuria, Pizarro-Carbonell, Elisa, Prieto, Iván, Prieto Rubio, Jorge, Pugnaire, Francisco I., Ramírez, Nelson, Retuerto, Rubén, Rey, Pedro J., Rodriguez Ginart, Daniel A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, Mariana, Sánchez-Martín, Ricardo, Schob, Christian, Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, Tedoradze, Giorgi, Tercero-Araque, Amanda, Tielbörger, Katja, Touzard, Blaise, Tüfekcioğlu, İrem, Turkis, Sevda, Usero, Francisco M., Usta, Nurbahar, Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso, Vargas-Colin, Alexia, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis, Zamora, Regino, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Verdú, Miguel [0000-0002-9778-7692], Garrido, José L. [0000-0002-6859-4234], Alcántara, Julio M. [0000-0002-8003-7844], Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia [0000-0003-4656-0321], Aizen, Marcelo A. [0000-0001-9079-9749], Al-Namazi, Ali A. [0000-0003-2767-4366], Alifriqui, Mohamed [0000-0002-9176-7789], Allen, David [0000-0002-0712-9603], Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. [0000-0001-8461-9713], Armas, Cristina [0000-0003-0356-8075], Bastida, Jesús M. [0000-0002-8680-1401], Bonanomi, Giuliano [0000-0002-1831-4361], Paterno, Gustavo B. [0000-0001-9719-3037], Campoy, Josefina G. [0000-0002-7300-1173], Condit, Richard [0000-0003-4191-1495], Delalandre, Leo [0000-0003-2875-4587], Duarte, Milen [0000-0003-4784-9880], Fazlioglu, Fatih [0000-0002-4723-3640], Flores-Olvera, Hilda [0000-0002-3262-9570], Garcia, María Begoña [0000-0003-4231-6006], García-Fayos, Patricio [0000-0003-3449-5075], Goberna, Marta [0000-0001-5303-3429], Gómez Aparicio, Lorena [0000-0001-5122-3579], González-Pendás, Enrique [0000-0001-5058-7733], İpekdal, Kahraman [0000-0001-9968-3013], Kikvidze, Zaal [0000-0002-5007-4484], Ledo, Alicia [0000-0002-3967-6994], Liu, Hanlun [0000-0002-9424-4940], López García, Álvaro [0000-0001-8267-3572], Lortie, Christopher J. [0000-0002-4291-7023], Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], Lutz, James A. [0000-0002-2560-0710], Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L. [0000-0001-5023-7813], Máliš, František [0000-0003-2760-6988], Michalet, Richard [0000-0002-6617-4789], Molina-Venegas, Rafael [0000-0001-5801-0736], Navarro-Cano, J. A. [0000-0001-8091-1063], Ortiz-Brunel, Juan P. [0000-0002-0695-8143], Pérez-Hernández, Vidal [0000-0001-6793-296X], Pistón, Nuria [0000-0003-4946-9945], Prieto, Iván [0000-0001-5549-1132], Prieto Rubio, Jorge [0000-0002-5600-5113], Pugnaire, Francisco I. [0000-0002-1227-6827], Ramírez, Nelson [0000-0002-6385-3866], Rey, Pedro J. [0000-0001-5550-0393], Sánchez-Martín, Ricardo [0000-0001-5272-3276], Schob, Christian [0000-0003-4472-2286], Tercero-Araque, Amanda [0000-0002-7255-5844], Usero, Francisco M. [0000-0002-4648-4202], Usta, Nurbahar [0000-0002-9265-2780], Zamora, Regino [0000-0002-5049-9968], Verdú, Miguel, Garrido, José L., Alcántara, Julio M., Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Aguilar, Salomón, Aizen, Marcelo A., Al-Namazi, Ali A., Alifriqui, Mohamed, Allen, David, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Armas, Cristina, Bastida, Jesús M., Bellido, Tono, Bonanomi, Giuliano, Paterno, Gustavo B., Briceño, Herbert, de Oliveira, Ricardo A.C., Campoy, Josefina G., Chaieb, Ghassen, Chu, Chengjin, Collins, Sarah E., Condit, Richard, Constantinou, Elena, Degirmenci, Cihan Ü., Delalandre, Leo, Duarte, Milen, Faife, Michel, Fazlioglu, Fatih, Fernando, Edwino S., Flores, Joel, Flores-Olvera, Hilda, Fodor, Ecaterina, Ganade, Gislene, Garcia, María Begoña, García-Fayos, Patricio, Gavini, Sabrina S., Goberna, M., Gómez Aparicio, Lorena, González-Pendás, Enrique, González-Robles, Ana, Hubbell, Stephen P., İpekdal, Kahraman, Jorquera, María J., Kikvidze, Zaal, Kütküt, Pınar, Ledo, Alicia, Lendínez, Sandra, Li, Buhang, Liu, Hanlun, Lloret, Francisco, López, Ramiro P., López García, Álvaro, Lortie, Christopher J., Losapio, Gianalberto, Lutz, James A., Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., Máliš, František, Manrique, Esteban, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marcilio-Silva, Vinicius, Michalet, Richard, Molina-Venegas, Rafael, Navarro-Cano, J. A., Novotny, Vojtech, Olesen, Jens M., Ortiz-Brunel, Juan P., Pajares-Murgó, María, Parissis, Nikolas, Parker, Geoffrey, Perea, Antonio J., Pérez-Hernández, Vidal, Pérez-Navarro, María Ángeles, Pistón, Nuria, Pizarro-Carbonell, Elisa, Prieto, Iván, Prieto Rubio, Jorge, Pugnaire, Francisco I., Ramírez, Nelson, Retuerto, Rubén, Rey, Pedro J., Rodriguez Ginart, Daniel A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, Mariana, Sánchez-Martín, Ricardo, Schob, Christian, Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, Tedoradze, Giorgi, Tercero-Araque, Amanda, Tielbörger, Katja, Touzard, Blaise, Tüfekcioğlu, İrem, Turkis, Sevda, Usero, Francisco M., Usta, Nurbahar, Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso, Vargas-Colin, Alexia, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis, and Zamora, Regino
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Plant recruitment interactions (i.e., what recruits under what) shape the composition, diversity, and structure of plant communities. Despite the huge body of knowledge on the mechanisms underlying recruitment interactions among species, we still know little about the structure of the recruitment networks emerging in ecological communities. Modeling and analyzing the community-level structure of plant recruitment interactions as a complex network can provide relevant information on ecological and evolutionary processes acting both at the species and ecosystem levels. We report a data set containing 143 plant recruitment networks in 23 countries across five continents, including temperate and tropical ecosystems. Each network identifies the species under which another species recruits. All networks report the number of recruits (i.e., individuals) per species. The data set includes >850,000 recruiting individuals involved in 118,411 paired interactions among 3318 vascular plant species across the globe. The cover of canopy species and open ground is also provided. Three sampling protocols were used: (1) The Recruitment Network (RN) protocol (106 networks) focuses on interactions among established plants ("canopy species") and plants in their early stages of recruitment ("recruit species"). A series of plots was delimited within a locality, and all the individuals recruiting and their canopy species were identified; (2) The paired Canopy-Open (pCO) protocol (26 networks) consists in locating a potential canopy plant and identifying recruiting individuals under the canopy and in a nearby open space of the same area; (3) The Georeferenced plot (GP) protocol (11 networks) consists in using information from georeferenced individual plants in large plots to infer canopy-recruit interactions. Some networks incorporate data for both herbs and woody species, whereas others focus exclusively on woody species. The location of each study site, geographical coordinates, country
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- 2023
14. Plant–soil interactions underline the development of novel ecosystems after glacier retreat.
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Charles, Cécile, Khelidj, Nora, Mottet, Lucia, Tu, Bao Ngan, Adatte, Thierry, Bomou, Brahimsamba, Faria, Micaela, Monbaron, Laetitia, Reubi, Olivier, Vere, Natasha de, Grand, Stéphanie, and Losapio, Gianalberto
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GLACIERS ,GLOBAL warming ,PLANT succession ,BIOINDICATORS ,PLANT diversity ,CONIFEROUS forests ,BIODIVERSITY - Abstract
An emblematic symptom of climate change is the retreat of glaciers worldwide. As glaciers retreat, new terrains are exposed to colonization by a variety of organisms, leading to succession in plant communities and changes in soil properties. However, little is known about how the development of novel ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat depends on plant–soil interactions. Here, we investigated how glacier retreat influences the relationships between plant communities and soil functioning. We examined the diversity and structure of plant communities (functional composition, diversity, ecological indicators) and analyzed soil properties (pH, organic carbon, total nitrogen, C/N ratio, texture, available and total elements) along a glacier foreland comprising four stages of glacier retreat. The dominance of plant functional types shifts from herbaceous to shrubs and ultimately trees. Plant diversity initially increases after glacier retreat, along with an increase in soil organic matter and nutrients. Over 120 years, soils acidify at a rate of 0.02 units per year, the C/N ratio increases while plant diversity decreases. These findings provide novel evidence on the geo-ecological processes driving the development of new ecosystems that emerge from glacier retreat. As climate is warming and glaciers are retreating at increasing rates, pioneer herbaceous communities are quickly replaced by coniferous forests. As a result, biodiversity decreases while organic matter accumulation and soil acidity become more pronounced. We highlight that local plant–soil interactions should be the target of biodiversity conservation efforts and landscape management plans aimed at mitigating the impact of glacier extinction on biodiversity and ecological systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. Glacier extinction homogenizes functional diversity
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Khelidj, Nora, primary, Caccianiga, Marco, additional, Cerabolini, Bruno EL, additional, Tampucci, Duccio, additional, and Losapio, Gianalberto, additional
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- 2023
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16. Glacier retreat erodes plant–insect interaction diversity
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Tu, Bao Ngan, primary, Khelidj, Nora, additional, Cerretti, Pierfilippo, additional, de Vere, Natasha Louise, additional, Ferrari, Andrea, additional, Paone, Francesco, additional, Polidori, Carlo, additional, Schmid, Jürg, additional, Sommaggio, Daniele, additional, and Losapio, Gianalberto, additional
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- 2023
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17. The Consequences of Glacier Retreat Are Uneven Between Plant Species
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Gianalberto Losapio, Bruno E. L. Cerabolini, Chiara Maffioletti, Duccio Tampucci, Mauro Gobbi, and Marco Caccianiga
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biodiversity change ,community dynamic ,competition ,facilitation ,glacier forelands ,global warming ,Evolution ,QH359-425 ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Glaciers are retreating worldwide, exposing new terrain to colonization by plants. Recently-deglaciated terrains have been a subject of ecological studies for a long time, as they represent a unique natural model system for examining the effects of global warming associated with glacier retreat on biodiversity and the spatio-temporal dynamic of communities. However, we still have a limited understanding of how physical and biotic factors interactively influence species persistence and community dynamics after glacier retreat and glacier extinction. Using hierarchical joint species distribution models, we integrated data on plant species occurrence at fine spatial scale, spatio-temporal context, environmental conditions, leaf traits, and species-to-species associations in plant communities spanning 0 to c 5,000 years on average after glacier retreat. Our results show that plant diversity initially increases with glacier retreat, but ultimately decreases after glacier extinction. The 22% of plant species non-linearly respond to glacier retreat and will locally disappear with glacier extinction. At the local scale, soil carbon enrichment and reduction of physical (topographic) disturbance positively contribute to distribution patterns in 66% of the species, indicating a strong impact of community-level environmental conditions. Furthermore, positive and negative associations among species play a relevant role (up to 34% of variance) in driving the spatio-temporal dynamic of plant communities. Global warming prompts a shift from facilitation to competition: positive associations prevail among pioneer species, whereas negative associations are relatively more common among late species. This pattern suggests a role of facilitation for enhancing plant diversity in recently ice-free terrains and of competition for decreasing species persistence in late stages. Associated to that, species persisting the most show more “conservative” traits than species of concern. In summary, although plant diversity initially increases with glacier retreat, more than a fifth of plant species are substantially declining and will disappear with glacier extinction. Even for the “winners,” the “victory” is not to be taken for granted due to the negative impact of rising competition. Integrating survey data with hierarchical and network models can help to forecast biodiversity change and anticipate cascading effects of glacier retreat on mountain ecosystems. These effects include the reduction of ecosystem services and benefits to humans, including food production from the pioneer species Artemisia genipi.
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- 2021
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18. Invasive species allelopathy decreases plant growth and soil microbial activity.
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Tongbao Qu, Xue Du, Yulan Peng, Weiqiang Guo, Chunli Zhao, and Gianalberto Losapio
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
According to the 'novel weapons hypothesis', invasive success depends on harmful plant biochemicals, including allelopathic antimicrobial roots exudate that directly inhibit plant growth and soil microbial activity. However, the combination of direct and soil-mediated impacts of invasive plants via allelopathy remains poorly understood. Here, we addressed the allelopathic effects of an invasive plant species (Rhus typhina) on a cultivated plant (Tagetes erecta), soil properties and microbial communities. We grew T. erecta on soil samples at increasing concentrations of R. typhina root extracts and measured both plant growth and soil physiological profile with community-level physiological profiles (CLPP) using Biolog Eco-plates incubation. We found that R. typhina root extracts inhibit both plant growth and soil microbial activity. Plant height, Root length, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and AWCD were significantly decreased with increasing root extract concentration, and plant above-ground biomass (AGB), below-ground biomass (BGB) and total biomass (TB) were significantly decreased at 10 mg·mL-1 of root extracts. In particular, root extracts significantly reduced the carbon source utilization of carbohydrates, carboxylic acids and polymers, but enhanced phenolic acid. Redundancy analysis shows that soil pH, TN, SOC and EC were the major driving factors of soil microbial activity. Our results indicate that strong allelopathic impact of root extracts on plant growth and soil microbial activity by mimicking roots exudate, providing novel insights into the role of plant-soil microbe interactions in mediating invasion success.
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- 2021
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19. Molecular Ecological Network Analyses: An Effective Conservation Tool for the Assessment of Biodiversity, Trophic Interactions, and Community Structure
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Jordana M. Meyer, Kevin Leempoel, Gianalberto Losapio, and Elizabeth A. Hadly
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food web ,network analysis ,diet ecology ,eDNA ,DNA metabarcoding ,conservation ,Evolution ,QH359-425 ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Global biodiversity is threatened by the anthropogenic restructuring of animal communities, rewiring species interaction networks in real-time as individuals are extirpated or introduced. Conservation science and adaptive ecosystem management demand more rapid, quantitative, and non-invasive technologies for robustly capturing changing biodiversity and quantifying species interactions. Here we develop molecular ecological network analyses (MENA) as an ecosystem assessment tool to address these needs. To construct the ecological network, we used environmental DNA from feces to identify the plant and mammal diet of two carnivores: puma (Puma concolor) and bobcat (Lynx rufus); two omnivores: coyote (Canis latrans) and gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus); and two herbivores: black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) in a well-studied Californian reserve. To evaluate MENA as a comprehensive biodiversity tool, we applied our framework to identify the structure of the network, patterns of trophic interactions, key species, and to assess its utility in capturing the biodiversity of the area. The high dietary taxonomic resolution enabled the assessment of species diversity, niche breadth and overlap. The network analysis revealed a dense ecological network with a high diversity of weakly connected species and a community that is highly modular and non-nested. The significant prevalence of tri-trophic chain and exploitative competition patterns indicates (i) the removal or reintroduction of a top predator would trigger a trophic cascade within this community, directly affecting their prey and indirectly the plant communities, and (ii) the potential impact of indirect effects between two predators that consume the same prey. These results suggest that the recent resurgence of puma in the study area may impact the herbaceous and woody vegetation and the population size of other predators. This effect of fluctuating predator populations and plant communities could be predicted through MENA’s fine-scale assessment of the diet selection and the identified keystone species. Although just using a subset of species, MENA more rapidly, accurately, and effectively captured the broader biodiversity of the area in comparison to other methodologies. MENA reconstructed and unveiled the hidden complexity in trophic structure and interaction networks within the community, providing a promising toolkit for biodiversity and ecosystem management.
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20. Resistance of plant—plant networks to biodiversity loss and secondary extinctions following simulated environmental changes
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Losapio, Gianalberto and Schöb, Christian
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21. Assessing the accuracy of paired and random sampling for quantifying plant–plant interactions in natural communities
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Michalet, Richard, primary, Losapio, Gianalberto, additional, Kikvidze, Zaal, additional, Brooker, Rob W., additional, Butterfield, Bradley J., additional, Callaway, Ragan M., additional, Cavieres, Lohengrin A., additional, Lortie, Christopher J., additional, Pugnaire, Francisco I., additional, and Schöb, Christian, additional
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22. Contextualizing the ecology of plant–plant interactions and constructive networks
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary
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23. Monitoring and modelling the effects of ecosystem engineers on ecosystem functioning.
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Losapio, Gianalberto, Genes, Luísa, Knight, Christopher J., McFadden, Tyler N., and Pavan, Lucas
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Biodiversity is crucial for supporting ecosystem functioning, yet some species play a disproportionate role in maintaining complex ecological processes. Ecosystem engineers are species that directly influence ecosystems by modifying biophysical environments, creating novel habitats, altering biogeochemical cycles, increasing biodiversity and/or modulating ecological processes. Although these species may substantially influence ecosystem functioning, their role is often overlooked and difficult to quantify. Understanding the status, dynamics and trends of ecosystem engineers is essential for mitigating biodiversity loss and maintaining healthy ecosystems.This review reveals the common but underappreciated roles that ecosystem engineers play in ecosystem functioning across many different taxa, biomes and ecological processes. We first synthesise how knowledge of ecosystem engineering improves our understanding of species interactions and the ecological processes underlying both ecosystem functioning and BEF relationships. We provide a conceptual model for addressing the effects of ecosystem engineers in BEF research and ecological dynamics.We provide a 'how to' analytical framework for monitoring and quantifying changes in ecosystem engineers and their effects on ecosystem functioning. This framework includes (i) what variables to measure, how and at which scale; (ii) experiments involving species exclusion or removal, introduction and comparative designs when experimental manipulation is not feasible and (iii) statistical, data‐driven and theory‐driven models.We discuss how to leverage ecosystem engineering in the context of current global change and ecosystem restoration efforts. Including ecosystem engineers in conservation and restoration programs, when implemented in the appropriate context and supported by an understanding of ecological mechanisms and processes, may be crucial for sustaining biological diversity and functional ecosystems. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. Assessing the accuracy of paired and random sampling for quantifying plant–plant interactions in natural communities.
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Michalet, Richard, Losapio, Gianalberto, Kikvidze, Zaal, Brooker, Rob W., Butterfield, Bradley J., Callaway, Ragan M., Cavieres, Lohengrin A., Lortie, Christopher J., Pugnaire, Francisco I., and Schöb, Christian
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Plant interactions in extreme environments are often inferred from spatial associations and quantified by means of paired sampling. Yet, this method might be confounded by habitat‐sharing effects. Here, we address whether paired and random sampling methods provide similar results at varying levels of environmental heterogeneity. We quantified spatial associations with the two methods at three sites that encompass different micro‐environmental heterogeneity and stress levels: Mediterranean environments in Canary Islands, Spain, and Sardinia, Italy, and a cold alpine environment in Hokkaido, Japan. Then, we simulated plant communities with different levels of species micro‐habitat preferences, environmental heterogeneity, and stress levels. We found that differences in species associations between paired and random sampling were indistinguishable from zero in a homogeneous space. When simulating codispersion over a decreasing abundance gradient, both sampling methods correctly identified facilitation and distinguished it from codispersion. Yet, the pairwise method provided higher facilitation estimates than the random one. At each site, there were strong differences between beneficiary species in their spatial association with nurse species, and associations became more positive with increasing stress in Spain. Most importantly, there were no differences in results yielded by the two methods at any of the different stress levels at the Spanish and Japanese sites. At the Italian site, although micro‐environmental heterogeneity was low, we found weakly significant differences between methods that were unlikely due to habitat‐sharing effects. Thus, the paired sampling method can provide significant insights into net and long‐term effects of plant interactions in spatially conspicuous environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. Contextualizing the ecology of plant–plant interactions and constructive networks
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26. Impact of glacier retreat on biodiversity and plant-insect interaction dynamics
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Tu, Ngan Bao, primary, Khelidj, Nora, additional, and Losapio, Gianalberto, additional
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary, Genes, Luísa, additional, Knight, Christopher J., additional, McFadden, Tyler N., additional, and Pavan, Lucas, additional
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28. Forest and grassland habitats support pollinator diversity more than wildflowers and sunflower monoculture
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Vujanović, Dušanka, primary, Losapio, Gianalberto, additional, Mészáros, Minucsér, additional, Popov, Snežana, additional, Markov Ristić, Zlata, additional, Mudri Stojnić, Sonja, additional, Jović, Jelena, additional, and Vujić, Ante, additional
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29. Impact of glacier retreat on biodiversity and plant–insect interaction dynamics
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Bao Ngan Tu, Nora Khelidj, and Gianalberto Losapio
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With the retreat and extinction of glaciers worldwide, new areas are exposed for colonization by diverse plants and associated insects. Yet, glacier retreat is also followed by the loss of plants and insects from local communities, causing changes in species diversity, species composition and plant–insect interactions. However, the impact of glacier retreat and extinction on pollination networks remains poorly understood. An integrative understanding of pollination network dynamics following glacier retreat is therefore of major importance to biodiversity maintenance and ecosystem functioning and services. Here, we addressed how glacier retreat affects directly and indirectly through biodiversity the frequency, complexity, and diversity of plant–insect interactions. After reconstructing the geochronology of glaciers (Mont Miné glacier, Swiss Alps), we surveyed plant–insect interactions and analyzed network dynamics. We observed sharp changes in the diversity of both plant and insect communities. We found an increase in the frequency of their interactions following glacier retreat, but an ultimate decrease with glacier extinction. Yet, after controlling for the effects of flower diversity, interaction frequency showed a regular, ‘universal’ pattern. Accordingly, the complexity of pollination networks and interaction diversity tended to change at constant rates with glacier retreat. Our results indicate that, in the long-term, glacier retreat decreases biodiversity and influence the stability of ecological networks. The good news is that increasing flower diversity would counteract these impacts by increasing interaction diversity and complexity. Supporting plant and flower diversity may therefore be a key strategy for halting the erosion of ecological networks while increasing ecosystem functioning.
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Gianalberto Losapio, Luísa Genes, Christopher J. Knight, Tyler N. McFadden, and Lucas Pavan
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ComputingMilieux_GENERAL ,bepress|Life Sciences|Ecology and Evolutionary Biology|Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology ,bepress|Life Sciences ,bepress|Life Sciences|Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Biodiversity is crucial for supporting ecosystem functioning, yet some species play a disproportionate role in maintaining complex ecological processes. Ecosystem engineers are species that directly influence ecosystems by modifying biophysical environments, creating novel habitats, altering biogeochemical cycles, increasing biodiversity and/or modulating ecological processes. Although these species may substantially influence ecosystem functioning, their role is often overlooked and difficult to quantify. Understanding the status, dynamics and trends of ecosystem engineers is essential for mitigating biodiversity loss and maintaining healthy ecosystems. This review reveals the common but underappreciated roles that ecosystem engineers play in ecosystem functioning across many different taxa, biomes and ecological processes. We first synthesise how knowledge of ecosystem engineering improves our understanding of species interactions and the ecological processes underlying both ecosystem functioning and BEF relationships. We provide a conceptual model for addressing the effects of ecosystem engineers in BEF research and ecological dynamics. We provide a ‘how to’ analytical framework for monitoring and quantifying changes in ecosystem engineers and their effects on ecosystem functioning. This framework includes (i) what variables to measure, how and at which scale; (ii) experiments involving species exclusion or removal, introduction and comparative designs when experimental manipulation is not feasible and (iii) statistical, data-driven and theory-driven models. We discuss how to leverage ecosystem engineering in the context of current global change and ecosystem restoration efforts. Including ecosystem engineers in conservation and restoration programs, when implemented in the appropriate context and supported by an understanding of ecological mechanisms and processes, may be crucial for sustaining biological diversity and functional ecosystems.
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31. Forest and grassland habitats support pollinator diversity more than wildflowers and sunflower monoculture
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Dušanka Vujanović, Gianalberto Losapio, Minucsér Mészáros, Snežana Popov, Zlata Markov Ristić, Sonja Mudri Stojnić, Jelena Jović, and Ante Vujić
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Ecology ,Insect Science ,bees ,habitat types ,hoverflies ,intensive agriculture ,landscape composition ,pollination - Abstract
Intensively managed agricultural landscapes often lack suitable habitats to support diverse wildlife, particularly harming pollinator communities. Besides mass flowering crops, remnant patches of natural and semi-natural vegetation may play a key role in maintaining and conserving biodiversity. Yet, the effects of different natural habitats, including forests and grasslands, on different pollinator communities are poorly understood at the landscape scale. We examined the abundance, richness, and diversity of wild bees and hoverflies, two key pollinator groups, across a land-use gradient spanning forest edges, grassland, wildflower strips, and sunflower monoculture. We also examined the distribution of hoverfly larvae trophic guilds and wild bee nesting traits across the above-mentioned land-use gradient. Finally, we evaluated the impact of landscape structure (forest, grassland, and water cover in the surrounding landscape) on pollinator community composition. Our results indicate that forest and grassland habitats supported a higher abundance and greater richness of pollinators than wildflower strips and sunflower monocultures. Furthermore, hoverflies were more sensitive to habitat and floristic homogenization than wild bees. Sunflower and wildflower habitats also hosted a lower diversity of larvae trophic guilds and wild bee nesting guilds as compared to forests and grasslands. Our study suggests that conserving and restoring forest and grassland habitats within agricultural mosaics may serve as the main ‘refuge’ for wild pollinators.
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32. RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks
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Verdú, Miguel, primary, Garrido, Jose L., additional, Alcántara, Julio M., additional, Montesinos‐Navarro, Alicia, additional, Aguilar, Salomón, additional, Aizen, Marcelo A., additional, Al‐Namazi, Ali A., additional, Alifriqui, Mohamed, additional, Allen, David, additional, Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J., additional, Armas, Cristina, additional, Bastida, Jesús M., additional, Bellido, Tono, additional, Bonanomi, Giuliano, additional, Paterno, Gustavo B., additional, Briceño, Herbert, additional, de Oliveira, Ricardo A. C., additional, Campoy, Josefina G., additional, Chaieb, Ghassen, additional, Chu, Chengjin, additional, Collins, Sarah E., additional, Condit, Richard, additional, Constantinou, Elena, additional, Degirmenci, Cihan Ü., additional, Delalandre, Leo, additional, Duarte, Milen, additional, Faife, Michel, additional, Fazlioglu, Fatih, additional, Fernando, Edwino S., additional, Flores, Joel, additional, Flores‐Olvera, Hilda, additional, Fodor, Ecaterina, additional, Ganade, Gislene, additional, Garcia, María Begoña, additional, García‐Fayos, Patricio, additional, Gavini, Sabrina S., additional, Goberna, Marta, additional, Gómez‐Aparicio, Lorena, additional, González‐Pendás, Enrique, additional, González‐Robles, Ana, additional, Hubbell, Stephen P., additional, İpekdal, Kahraman, additional, Jorquera, María J., additional, Kikvidze, Zaal, additional, Kütküt, Pınar, additional, Ledo, Alicia, additional, Lendínez, Sandra, additional, Li, Buhang, additional, Liu, Hanlun, additional, Lloret, Francisco, additional, López, Ramiro P., additional, López‐García, Álvaro, additional, Lortie, Christopher J., additional, Losapio, Gianalberto, additional, Lutz, James A., additional, Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., additional, Máliš, František, additional, Manrique, Esteban, additional, Manzaneda, Antonio J., additional, Marcilio‐Silva, Vinicius, additional, Michalet, Richard, additional, Molina‐Venegas, Rafael, additional, Navarro‐Cano, José Antonio, additional, Novotny, Vojtech, additional, Olesen, Jens M., additional, Ortiz‐Brunel, Juan P., additional, Pajares‐Murgó, María, additional, Parissis, Nikolas, additional, Parker, Geoffrey, additional, Perea, Antonio J., additional, Pérez‐Hernández, Vidal, additional, Pérez‐Navarro, María Ángeles, additional, Pistón, Nuria, additional, Pizarro‐Carbonell, Elisa, additional, Prieto, Iván, additional, Prieto‐Rubio, Jorge, additional, Pugnaire, Francisco I., additional, Ramírez, Nelson, additional, Retuerto, Rubén, additional, Rey, Pedro J., additional, Rodriguez Ginart, Daniel A., additional, Rodríguez‐Sánchez, Mariana, additional, Sánchez‐Martín, Ricardo, additional, Schöb, Christian, additional, Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, additional, Tedoradze, Giorgi, additional, Tercero‐Araque, Amanda, additional, Tielbörger, Katja, additional, Touzard, Blaise, additional, Tüfekcioğlu, İrem, additional, Turkis, Sevda, additional, Usero, Francisco M., additional, Usta, Nurbahar, additional, Valiente‐Banuet, Alfonso, additional, Vargas‐Colin, Alexia, additional, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis, additional, and Zamora, Regino, additional
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33. Grazing Resistance Mediates the Effects of Habitat Protection on the Recovery of Animal Diversity
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary, De Moraes, Consuelo M., additional, Nickels, Volker, additional, Tscheulin, Thomas, additional, Zouros, Nikos, additional, and Mescher, M. C., additional
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34. The Effects of Habitat Protection on the Recovery of Animal Diversity are Mediated by Livestock Grazing Resistance
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary, De Moraes, Consuelo M., additional, Nickels, Volker, additional, Tscheulin, Thomas, additional, Zouros, Nikos, additional, and Mescher, M. C., additional
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35. Grazing Resistance Mediates the Effects of Habitat Protection on the Recovery of Animal Diversity
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Gianalberto Losapio, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Volker Nickels, Thomas Tscheulin, Nikos Zouros, and M. C. Mescher
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36. Feedback effects between plant and flower-visiting insect communities along a primary succession gradient
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Losapio, Gianalberto, Gobbi, Mauro, Marano, Giuseppe, Avesani, Daniele, Boracchi, Patrizia, Compostella, Chiara, Pavesi, Maurizio, Schöb, Christian, Seppi, Roberto, Sommaggio, Daniele, Zanetti, Adriano, and Caccianiga, Marco
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37. RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks
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Miguel Verdú, Jose L. Garrido, Julio M. Alcántara, Alicia Montesinos‐Navarro, Salomón Aguilar, Marcelo A. Aizen, Ali A. Al‐Namazi, Mohamed Alifriqui, David Allen, Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira, Cristina Armas, Jesús M. Bastida, Tono Bellido, Giuliano Bonanomi, Gustavo B. Paterno, Herbert Briceño, Ricardo A. C. de Oliveira, Josefina G. Campoy, Ghassen Chaieb, Chengjin Chu, Sarah E. Collins, Richard Condit, Elena Constantinou, Cihan Ü. Degirmenci, Leo Delalandre, Milen Duarte, Michel Faife, Fatih Fazlioglu, Edwino S. Fernando, Joel Flores, Hilda Flores‐Olvera, Ecaterina Fodor, Gislene Ganade, María Begoña Garcia, Patricio García‐Fayos, Sabrina S. Gavini, Marta Goberna, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Enrique González‐Pendás, Ana González‐Robles, Stephen P. Hubbell, Kahraman İpekdal, María J. Jorquera, Zaal Kikvidze, Pınar Kütküt, Alicia Ledo, Sandra Lendínez, Buhang Li, Hanlun Liu, Francisco Lloret, Ramiro P. López, Álvaro López‐García, Christopher J. Lortie, Gianalberto Losapio, James A. Lutz, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, František Máliš, Esteban Manrique, Antonio J. Manzaneda, Vinicius Marcilio‐Silva, Richard Michalet, Rafael Molina‐Venegas, José Antonio Navarro‐Cano, Vojtech Novotny, Jens M. Olesen, Juan P. Ortiz‐Brunel, María Pajares‐Murgó, Nikolas Parissis, Geoffrey Parker, Antonio J. Perea, Vidal Pérez‐Hernández, María Ángeles Pérez‐Navarro, Nuria Pistón, Elisa Pizarro‐Carbonell, Iván Prieto, Jorge Prieto‐Rubio, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Nelson Ramírez, Rubén Retuerto, Pedro J. Rey, Daniel A. Rodriguez Ginart, Mariana Rodríguez‐Sánchez, Ricardo Sánchez‐Martín, Christian Schöb, Çağatay Tavşanoğlu, Giorgi Tedoradze, Amanda Tercero‐Araque, Katja Tielbörger, Blaise Touzard, İrem Tüfekcioğlu, Sevda Turkis, Francisco M. Usero, Nurbahar Usta, Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet, Alexia Vargas‐Colin, Ioannis Vogiatzakis, and Regino Zamora
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Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia ,Replacement ,plant–plant interactions ,replacement ,facilitation ,recruitment ,Ecological networks ,ecological networks ,Facilitation ,Plant–plant interactions ,Recruitment ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata - Abstract
Plant recruitment interactions (i.e., what recruits under what) shape the composition, diversity, and structure of plant communities. Despite the huge body of knowledge on the mechanisms underlying recruitment interactions among species, we still know little about the structure of the recruitment networks emerging in ecological communities. Modeling and analyzing the community-level structure of plant recruitment interactions as a complex network can provide relevant information on ecological and evolutionary processes acting both at the species and ecosystem levels. We report a data set containing 143 plant recruitment networks in 23 countries across five continents, including temperate and tropical ecosystems. Each network identifies the species under which another species recruits. All networks report the number of recruits (i.e., individuals) per species. The data set includes >850,000 recruiting individuals involved in 118,411 paired interactions among 3318 vascular plant species across the globe. The cover of canopy species and open ground is also provided. Three sampling protocols were used: (1) The Recruitment Network (RN) protocol (106 networks) focuses on interactions among established plants (“canopy species”) and plants in their early stages of recruitment (“recruit species”). A series of plots was delimited within a locality, and all the individuals recruiting and their canopy species were identified; (2) The paired Canopy-Open (pCO) protocol (26 networks) consists in locating a potential canopy plant and identifying recruiting individuals under the canopy and in a nearby open space of the same area; (3) The Georeferenced plot (GP) protocol (11 networks) consists in using information from georeferenced individual plants in large plots to infer canopy-recruit interactions. Some networks incorporate data for both herbs and woody species, whereas others focus exclusively on woody species. The location of each study site, geographical coordinates, country, locality, responsible author, sampling dates, sampling method, and life habits of both canopy and recruit species are provided. This database will allow researchers to test ecological, biogeographical, and evolutionary hypotheses related to plant recruitment interactions. There are no copyright restrictions on the data set; please cite this data paper when using these data in publications., Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, Grant/Award Number, ICTS-2017-08-CSIC-4; SUMHAL, Grant/Award Numbers: 418RT0555, 501100011033, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-13, MCIN/ AEI/10.13039, PGC2018-100966-B-100, PID2020-113157GB-I00, POPE 2014-2020
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38. Assessing the accuracy of paired and random sampling for quantifying plant–plant interactions in natural communities
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Michalet, Richard, primary, Losapio, Gianalberto, additional, Kikvidze, Zaal, additional, Brooker, Rob W., additional, Butterfield, Bradley J., additional, Callaway, Ragan M., additional, Cavieres, Lohengrin A., additional, Lortie, Christopher J., additional, Pugnaire, Francisco I., additional, and Schöb, Christian, additional
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39. The impact of multiple species invasion on soil and plant communities increases with invasive species co-occurrence
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Vujanović, Dušanka, Losapio, Gianalberto, Milić, Stanko, and Milić, Dubravka
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Acer negundo, Amorpha fruticosa, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, multiple invasions, native plants, riparian ecosystems, soil communities ,riparian ecosystems ,Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia ,multiple invasions ,soil communities ,Acer negundo ,Amorpha fruticosa ,Fraxinus pennsylvanica ,native plants ,Plant Science ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata - Abstract
Despite increasing evidence indicating that invasive species are harming biodiversity, ecological systems and processes, impacts of multiple species invasion and their links with changes in plant and soil communities are inadequately documented and remain poorly understood. Addressing multiple invaders would help to ward against community-wide, synergistic effects, aiding in designing more effective control strategies. In this work, correlative relationships are examined for potential impacts of three co-occurring invasive plant species, Amorpha fruticosa, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Acer negundo, on soil conditions and native plant diversity. The research was conducted in riparian ecosystems and included the following treatments: (1) co-occurrence of the three invasive plant species, (2) occurrence of a single invasive species, and (3) control, i.e., absence of invasive species. Co-occurrence of three invasive plant species caused higher direct impact on soil properties, soil functioning, and native plant diversity. Soil in mixed plots (those populated with all three invaders) contained higher levels of nitrifying bacteria, organic matter, nitrogen, and carbon as well as lower carbon to nitrogen ratio as compared to single species invaded plots and control plots. Furthermore, native plant diversity decreased with invasive plants co-occurrence. Differences in soil conditions and lower native plant diversity revealed the interactive potential of multiple invasive species in depleting biodiversity and eroding soil functionality, ultimately affecting ecological and biogeochemical processes both below and above ground. Our results highlight the need to prevent the impact of multispecies invasion, suggesting that riparian ecosystems affected by co-occurring invaders should be prioritized for invasion monitoring and ecological restoration.
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40. Frugivore Population Biomass, but Not Density, Affect Seed Dispersal Interactions in a Hyper-Diverse Frugivory Network
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Genes, Luísa, Losapio, Gianalberto, Donatti, Camila I., Guimarães Jr., Paulo R., and Dirzo, Rodolfo
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41. The Impact of Multiple Species Invasion on Soil and Plant Communities Increases With Invasive Species Co-occurrence
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Vujanović, Dušanka, primary, Losapio, Gianalberto, additional, Milić, Stanko, additional, and Milić, Dubravka, additional
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Losapio, Gianalberto, Genes, Luisa, Knight, Christopher, McFadden, Tyler Neal, Pavan, Lucas, Losapio, Gianalberto, Genes, Luisa, Knight, Christopher, McFadden, Tyler Neal, and Pavan, Lucas
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43. The assembly of plant–patch networks in Mediterranean alpine grasslands
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Gianalberto Losapio, Adrián Escudero, David S. Pescador, and José M. Iriondo
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2. Zero hunger ,0106 biological sciences ,Mediterranean climate ,Metacommunity ,0303 health sciences ,Modularity (networks) ,Ecology ,Alpine ecosystems ,Community assembly ,Ecological networks ,Modularity ,Nestedness ,Patch dynamics ,fungi ,food and beverages ,Plant Science ,15. Life on land ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ecological network ,03 medical and health sciences ,Geography ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
AimsHarsh environmental conditions in alpine ecosystems shape vegetation structure into patches, where many different plant species cluster and grow together. Yet, which factors are important for the structure and dynamics of such plant–patch networks remains poorly understood. We aim to assess which and how environmental and biotic factors predict the assembly of plant–patch networks along a mountain range.MethodsWe examined the distribution of plant species in more than 5500 vegetation patches in 37 Mediterranean alpine grasslands distributed along a 500 m altitudinal gradient (National Park of Sierra Guadarrama, Spain). We established a plant–patch network for each grassland community and analyzed how nestedness and modularity vary with environmental (altitude, insolation and soil conditions) and biotic factors (number of species per plot, mean patch area and total pasture area).Important FindingsPlant–patch networks showed consistent, non-random patterns characterized by a nested, but not modular, structure, which suggests that positive associations among co-occurring specialists promote their growth within patches as subsets of a pool with more generalist species. Both nestedness and modularity of plant–patch networks varied among grasslands. Specifically, nestedness decreased with increasing species per plot and increased with mean patch area, while it was independent of environmental variables; modularity increased with increasing pasture area and species per plot. The negative relationship between species per plot and nested patterns may be linked to the restricted number of species that can coexist within the same patch at a given size. Moreover, the positive relationship between patch size and nestedness indicates that the growth of rare plant species within vegetation patches occupied by more abundant species is facilitated in bigger rather than smaller patches. Furthermore, these results indicate that the nested assembly of vegetation patches may be independent of abiotic conditions. These findings suggest that large and unfragmented vegetation patches are fundamental for the maintenance of plant diversity in alpine grasslands. Looking at species distribution at fine spatial scales may shed new light on the biotic processes underlying plant network assembly and provide novel ways for conserving biodiversity.
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44. An experimental approach to assessing the impact of ecosystem engineers on biodiversity and ecosystem functions
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Bernhard Schmid, Pascal Rousse, Pierfilippo Cerretti, Christian Schöb, Christoph Germann, Jean-Paul Haenni, Gianalberto Losapio, F. J. Ortiz-Sánchez, Jordi Bascompte, Daniele Sommaggio, Adrian C. Pont, Richard Michalet, Rainer Neumeyer, Jürg Schmid, University of Zurich, and Losapio, Gianalberto
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0106 biological sciences ,plant-plant-insect networks ,Evolution ,Biodiversity ,multitrophic interactions ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem engineer ,facilitation ,Behavior and Systematics ,Animals ,Ecosystem ,910 Geography & travel ,Pollination ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phylogeny ,biodiversity change ,complementarity effect ,ecosystem functioning ,functional diversity ,phylogenetic diversity ,plant–plant–insect networks ,Ecology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Plant community ,15. Life on land ,Plants ,Phylogenetic diversity ,10122 Institute of Geography ,1105 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Productivity (ecology) ,Complementarity (molecular biology) ,Facilitation - Abstract
Plants acting as ecosystem engineers create habitats and facilitate biodiversity maintenance within plant communities. Furthermore, biodiversity research has demonstrated that plant diversity enhances the productivity and functioning of ecosystems. However, these two fields of research developed in parallel and independent from one another, with the consequence that little is known about the role of ecosystem engineers in the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across trophic levels. Here, we present an experimental framework to study this relationship. We combine facilitation by plants acting as ecosystem engineers with plant–insect interaction analysis and variance partitioning of biodiversity effects. We present a case‐study experiment in which facilitation by a cushion‐plant species and a dwarf‐shrub species as ecosystem engineers increases positive effects of plant functional diversity (ecosystem engineers and associated plants) on ecosystem functioning (flower visitation rate). The experiment, conducted in the field during a single alpine flowering season, included the following treatments: (1) removal of plant species associated with ecosystem engineers, (2) exclusion (covering) of ecosystem engineer flowers, and (3) control, i.e., natural patches of ecosystem engineers and associated plant species. We found both positive and negative associational effects between plants depending on ecosystem engineer identity, indicating both pollination facilitation and interference. In both cases, patches supported by ecosystem engineers increased phylogenetic and functional diversity of flower visitors. Furthermore, complementarity effects between engineers and associated plants were positive for flower visitation rates. Our study reveals that plant facilitation can enhance the strength of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships, with complementarity between plants for attracting more and diverse flower visitors being the likely driver. A potential mechanism is that synergy and complementarity between engineers and associated plants increase attractiveness for shared visitors and widen pollination niches. In synthesis, facilitation among plants can scale up to a full network, supporting ecosystem functioning both directly via microhabitat amelioration and indirectly via diversity effects. ISSN:0012-9658 ISSN:1939-9170
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45. Pollination interactions reveal direct costs and indirect benefits of plant–plant facilitation for ecosystem engineers
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Christian Schöb and Gianalberto Losapio
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0106 biological sciences ,Ecology ,Pollination ,Natural resource economics ,Plant Science ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem engineer ,Indirect costs ,Geography ,Facilitation ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Biodiversity ,Commensalism ,Ecosystem engineering ,Mutualism ,Niche construction ,Three-way interactions ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
AimsEcosystem engineers substantially modify the environment via their impact on abiotic conditions and the biota, resulting in facilitation of associated species that would not otherwise grow. Yet, reciprocal effects are poorly understood as studies of plant–plant interactions usually estimate only benefits for associated species, while how another trophic level may mediate direct and indirect feedback effects for ecosystem engineers is hardly considered.MethodsWe ran a field experiment with two ecosystem engineers (Arenaria tetraquetra and Hormathophylla spinosa) blooming either alone or with associated plants to decompose net effects and to test the hypothesis that pollinator-mediated interactions provide benefits that balance costs of facilitation by ecosystem engineers.Important FindingsWe found that net costs of facilitation are accompanied by pollinator-mediated benefits. Despite ecosystem engineers producing fewer flowers per plant, they were visited by more and more diverse pollinators per flower when blooming with associated plants than when blooming alone. Although seed production per plant was higher when ecosystem engineers bloomed alone, fruit set and seed set varied between species. In one case (A. tetraquetra), fruit and seed sets were negatively affected by the presence of associated plants, whereas, in another case (H. spinosa), fruit set and seed set were higher and unaffected when ecosystem engineers bloomed with associated plants, respectively. Our findings suggest that besides experiencing direct costs, ecosystem engineers can also benefit from facilitating other species via increasing their own visibility to pollinators. Thus, we highlight that pollination interactions can compensate for costs of facilitation depending on ecosystem engineer species. This study illuminates how the outcome of direct plant–plant interactions might be mediated by indirect interactions including third players.
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46. Monitoring and modelling the effects of ecosystem engineers on ecosystem functioning
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Losapio, Gianalberto, primary, Genes, Luísa, additional, Knight, Christopher, additional, McFadden, Tyler, additional, and Pavan, Lucas, additional
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- 2022
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47. Perspectives for ecological networks in plant ecology
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Swiss National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Research Council, Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia [0000-0003-4656-0321], Losapio, Gianalberto, Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Sáiz, Hugo, Swiss National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Research Council, Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia [0000-0003-4656-0321], Losapio, Gianalberto, Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, and Sáiz, Hugo
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[Background] Plant communities are usually characterised by species composition and abundance, but also underlie a multitude of complex interactions that we have only recently started unveiling. Yet, we are still far from understanding ecological and evolutionary processes shaping the network-level organisation of plant diversity, and to what extent these processes are specific to certain spatial scales or environments. [Aims] Understanding the systemic mechanisms of plant–plant network assembly and their consequences for diversity patterns. [Methods] We review recent methods and results of plant–plant networks. [Results] We synthetize how plant–plant networks can help us to: (a) assess how competition and facilitation may balance each other through the network; (b) analyse the role of plant–plant interactions beyond pairwise competition in structuring plant communities, and (c) forecast the ecological implications of complex species dependencies. We discuss pros and cons, assumptions and limitations of different approaches used for inferring plant–plant networks. [Conclusions] We propose novel opportunities for advancing plant ecology by using ecological networks that encompass different ecological levels and spatio-temporal scales, and incorporate more biological information. Embracing networks of interactions among plants can shed new light on mechanisms driving evolution and ecosystem functioning, helping us to mitigate diversity loss
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48. Facilitation mediates species presence beyond their environmental optimum
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Zurich, Pugnaire, Francisco I. [0000-0002-1227-6827], Bråthen,Kari Anne [0000-0003-0942-1074], Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], O'Brien, Michael J., Tavares de Menezes,Luis Fernando, Bråthen,Kari Anne, Losapio, Gianalberto, Pugnaire, Francisco I., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Zurich, Pugnaire, Francisco I. [0000-0002-1227-6827], Bråthen,Kari Anne [0000-0003-0942-1074], Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], O'Brien, Michael J., Tavares de Menezes,Luis Fernando, Bråthen,Kari Anne, Losapio, Gianalberto, and Pugnaire, Francisco I.
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Species distributions are driven by abiotic conditions that filter species with specific traits and physiological tolerances and match them with their suitable environment. Plant–plant interactions can constrict (through competition) or loosen (through facilitation) the strength of these environmental filters, which in turn inhibit or enhance establishment and recruitment of plant species at a finer spatial scale. Although competition is often the focus of community assembly processes that further impede the entry of plant species into a site, facilitation is also important for potentially loosening environmental filters (especially climatic filters such as temperature and precipitation), ultimately enhancing species occurrence beyond their physiological optimum. We used multiple data sets from the arid site of Rambla del Saltador Valley to test the hypothesis that facilitation by a nurse-plant promotes the presence of herbaceous, beneficiary species beyond their environmental optimum relative to open sites. Furthermore, we propose that the median elevation and community composition of herbaceous species expands with the age of the nurse-plant, and we tested this hypothesis by examining 105 beneficiary species under 50 nurse-plant shrubs varying in age from 6 to 48 years old. We found nurse-plants both facilitate herbaceous species occurrence beyond their median elevation and support more diverse and a distinctly different composition of species in contrast to open sites. Specifically, herbaceous species that originate from a median elevation more than 600 to 700 m above the site only existed beneath nurse-plants, and below this median elevation, half the species only occurred below the nurse-plant. Moreover, the richness and elevation provenance of the herbaceous species increased with increasing nurse-plant age. Our results highlight the importance of facilitation for alleviating physiological strain (in support of the strain hypothesis) and mediating regional spe
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49. Perspectives for ecological networks in plant ecology
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Gianalberto Losapio, Alicia Montesinos-Navarro, Hugo Saiz, Swiss National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Research Council, Losapio, Gianalberto, Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia, Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], and Montesinos-Navarro, Alicia [0000-0003-4656-0321]
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0106 biological sciences ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Biodiversity ,Plant Science ,Plant community ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Competition (biology) ,Commensalism ,Competition ,Ecological Networks ,Facilitation ,interaction chains ,Parasitism ,Abundance (ecology) ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common ,Ecology ,Multitude ,food and beverages ,Interaction chains ,15. Life on land ,Ecological network ,Plant ecology ,Geography ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
[Background] Plant communities are usually characterised by species composition and abundance, but also underlie a multitude of complex interactions that we have only recently started unveiling. Yet, we are still far from understanding ecological and evolutionary processes shaping the network-level organisation of plant diversity, and to what extent these processes are specific to certain spatial scales or environments. [Aims] Understanding the systemic mechanisms of plant–plant network assembly and their consequences for diversity patterns. [Methods] We review recent methods and results of plant–plant networks. [Results] We synthetize how plant–plant networks can help us to: (a) assess how competition and facilitation may balance each other through the network; (b) analyse the role of plant–plant interactions beyond pairwise competition in structuring plant communities, and (c) forecast the ecological implications of complex species dependencies. We discuss pros and cons, assumptions and limitations of different approaches used for inferring plant–plant networks. [Conclusions] We propose novel opportunities for advancing plant ecology by using ecological networks that encompass different ecological levels and spatio-temporal scales, and incorporate more biological information. Embracing networks of interactions among plants can shed new light on mechanisms driving evolution and ecosystem functioning, helping us to mitigate diversity loss, GL is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (IZSEZ0_180195) and by the ETH Biocommunication group. AMN is supported by a Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (IJCI-2015-23498). H.S. is supported by the European Research Council (ERC Grant agreement 647038 [BIODESERT]) and by a Juan de la Cierva-Formación fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FJCI-2015-26782)
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50. Facilitation mediates species presence beyond their environmental optimum
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Kari Anne Bråthen, Michael O'Brien, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Gianalberto Losapio, Luis Fernando Tavares de Menezes, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Zurich, Pugnaire, Francisco I. [0000-0002-1227-6827], Bråthen,Kari Anne [0000-0003-0942-1074], Losapio, Gianalberto [0000-0001-7589-8706], Pugnaire, Francisco I., Bråthen,Kari Anne, Losapio, Gianalberto, and Pugnaire, Francisco I
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0106 biological sciences ,UFSP13-8 Global Change and Biodiversity ,Evolution ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Biodiversity ,Plant Science ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Competition (biology) ,Behavior and Systematics ,Plant-climate interactions ,1110 Plant Science ,Climate change ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common ,VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400 ,Abiotic component ,Ecology ,Community assembly ,Environmental filters ,fungi ,food and beverages ,VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 ,15. Life on land ,Herbaceous plant ,Arid ,Species distributions ,1105 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Spatial ecology ,Facilitation ,570 Life sciences ,biology ,Nurse-plants ,Species richness ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Species distributions are driven by abiotic conditions that filter species with specific traits and physiological tolerances and match them with their suitable environment. Plant–plant interactions can constrict (through competition) or loosen (through facilitation) the strength of these environmental filters, which in turn inhibit or enhance establishment and recruitment of plant species at a finer spatial scale. Although competition is often the focus of community assembly processes that further impede the entry of plant species into a site, facilitation is also important for potentially loosening environmental filters (especially climatic filters such as temperature and precipitation), ultimately enhancing species occurrence beyond their physiological optimum. We used multiple data sets from the arid site of Rambla del Saltador Valley to test the hypothesis that facilitation by a nurse-plant promotes the presence of herbaceous, beneficiary species beyond their environmental optimum relative to open sites. Furthermore, we propose that the median elevation and community composition of herbaceous species expands with the age of the nurse-plant, and we tested this hypothesis by examining 105 beneficiary species under 50 nurse-plant shrubs varying in age from 6 to 48 years old. We found nurse-plants both facilitate herbaceous species occurrence beyond their median elevation and support more diverse and a distinctly different composition of species in contrast to open sites. Specifically, herbaceous species that originate from a median elevation more than 600 to 700 m above the site only existed beneath nurse-plants, and below this median elevation, half the species only occurred below the nurse-plant. Moreover, the richness and elevation provenance of the herbaceous species increased with increasing nurse-plant age. Our results highlight the importance of facilitation for alleviating physiological strain (in support of the strain hypothesis) and mediating regional species distributions, which has implications for understanding species movements and community assembly at larger-scales under hotter and drier climates., This work was funded by the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) (CGL2017-84515-R). MOB was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation through an Advanced Postdoc Mobility Fellowship (P300PA_167758). This work contributes to the University of Zurich Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity (URPP-GCB).
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