Search Results - "Suding, K. N."

Complementarity as a mechanism of coexistence between functional groups of grasses by GROSS, N, SUDING, K.N, LAVOREL, S, ROUMET, C

“…1. Increasing functional diversity often leads to an increase in ecosystem productivity in the form of overyielding. While the mechanisms (i.e. complementarity…”
Get full text

Nitrogen preferences and plant-soil feedbacks as influenced by neighbors in the alpine tundra by Ashton, I. W, Miller, A. E, Bowman, W. D, Suding, K. N

“…Plant resource partitioning of chemical forms of nitrogen (N) may be an important factor promoting species coexistence in N-limited ecosystems. Since the…”
Get full text

Biotic constraints on the invasion of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in North American grasslands by Seastedt, T. R, Suding, K. N

“…Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.) are among the most invasive of non-indigenous plant species that have colonized western North America over the last century. We…”
Get full text

Explore before you restore: Incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration by Maes, S. L., Perring, M. P., Cohen, R., Akinnifesi, F. K., Bargués‐Tobella, A., Bastin, J.‐F., Bauters, M., Bernardino, P. N., Brancalion, P. H. S., Bullock, J. M., Ellison, D., Fayolle, A., Fremout, T., Gann, G. D., Hishe, H., Holmgren, M., Ilstedt, U., Mahy, G., Messier, C., Parr, C. L., Ryan, C. M., Sacande, M., Sankaran, M., Scheffer, M. S., Suding, K. N., Van Meerbeek, K., Verbeeck, H., Verbist, B. J. P., Verheyen, K., Winowiecki, L. A., Muys, B.

“…The global movement for ecosystem restoration has gained momentum in response to the Bonn Challenge (2010) and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNDER,…”
Get full text

Ecological effects of experimental drought and prescribed fire in a southern California coastal grassland by Potts, D.L., Suding, K.N., Winston, G.C., Rocha, A.V., Goulden, M.L.

“…How drought and fire disturbance influence different levels of biological organization is poorly understood but essential for robust predictions of the effects…”
Get full text

Leaf dry matter content and lateral spread predict response to land use change for six subalpine grassland species by Gross, Nicolas, Suding, Katharine Nash, Lavorel, Sandra

“…Question: Land-use change has a major impact on terrestrial plant communities by affecting fertility and disturbance. We test how particular combinations of…”
Get full text

Strain and vegetation effects on local limiting resources explain the outcomes of biotic interactions by Gross, N., Liancourt, P., Choler, P., Suding, K.N., Lavorel, S.

“…Positive interactions are hypothesized to increase with stress (stress-gradient hypothesis, “SGH”), which is defined in terms of standing biomass at the…”
Get full text

Topographic Heterogeneity and Aspect Moderate Exposure to Climate Change Across an Alpine Tundra Hillslope by Jay, K. R., Wieder, W. R., Swenson, S. C., Knowles, J. F., Elmendorf, S. C., Holland‐Moritz, H., Suding, K. N.

“…Alpine tundra ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate warming but are governed by local‐scale abiotic heterogeneity, which makes it difficult to predict…”
Get full text

Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology by Suding, Katharine N., Gross, Katherine L., Houseman, Gregory R.

“…There is increasing interest in developing better predictive tools and a broader conceptual framework to guide the restoration of degraded land. Traditionally,…”
Get full text

Biological Control Insect Use of Fertilized and Unfertilized Diffuse Knapweed in a Colorado Grassland by Lejeune, K. D, Suding, K. N, Sturgis, S, Scott, A, Seastedt, T. R

“…The responses and impacts of five insect species that feed on Centaurea diffusa Lamarck, diffuse knapweed, to soil nitrogen and phosphorus additions were…”
Get full text

Toward an Era of Restoration in Ecology: Successes, Failures, and Opportunities Ahead by Suding, Katharine N

“…As an inevitable consequence of increased environmental degradation and anticipated future environmental change, societal demand for ecosystem restoration is…”
Get full text

Relationships among Species Traits: Separating Levels of Response and Identifying Linkages to Abundance by Suding, Katharine Nash, Goldberg, Deborah E., Hartman, Kurt M.

“…We test the idea that species interactions and environmental tolerances translate constrained traits to patterns of species distribution and abundance through…”
Get full text

Threshold models in restoration and conservation: a developing framework by Suding, Katharine N., Hobbs, Richard J.

“…The recognition that a system can appear resilient to changes in the environment, only to reach a critical threshold of rapid and unexpected change, is…”
Get full text

The effects of gap creation on competitive interactions: separating changes in overall intensity from relative rankings by Suding, Katharine Nash

“…A central assumption of disturbance ecology equates gap creation with the reduction of overall competitive intensity. I develop the idea that gap creation, due…”
Get full text

Variation in the effects of vegetation and litter on recruitment across productivity gradients by Suding, K.N, Goldberg, D.E

“…We tested predictions about how the effect of vegetation and litter on seedling establishment varies among sites and herbaceous community types (sand barrens,…”
Get full text

Do Disturbances Alter Competitive Hierarchies? Mechanisms of Change Following Gap Creation by Suding, Katharine Nash, Goldberg, Deborah

Get full text

The Effect of Recycling on Plant Competitive Hierarchies by Clark, Benjamin R., Hartley, Sue E., Suding, Katharine N., de Mazancourt, Claire

“…Evidence from field studies suggests that some plant species enhance their persistence by reinforcing patterns of N availability through differences in litter…”
Get full text

Management of novel ecosystems: are novel approaches required? by Seastedt, Timothy R, Richard J Hobbs, Katharine N Suding

“…Most ecosystems are now sufficiently altered in structure and function to qualify as novel systems, and this recognition should be the starting point for…”
Get full text

Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance by Funk, Jennifer L., Cleland, Elsa E., Suding, Katherine N., Zavaleta, Erika S.

“…One of the greatest challenges for ecological restoration is to create or reassemble plant communities that are resistant to invasion by exotic species. We…”
Get full text

Niche complementarity due to plasticity in resource use: plant partitioning of chemical N forms by Ashton, Isabel W, Miller, Amy E, Bowman, William D, Suding, Katharine N

“…Niche complementarity, in which coexisting species use different forms of a resource, has been widely invoked to explain some of the most debated patterns in…”
Get full text