Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains
The distribution of flowering across the growing season is governed by each species' evolutionary history and climatic variability. However, global change factors, such as eutrophication and invasion, can alter plant community composition and thus change the distribution of flowering across the growing season. We examined three ecoregions (tall-, mixed, and short-grass prairie) across the U.S. Central Plains to determine how nutrient (nitrogen (N), phosphorus, and potassium (+micronutrient)) addition alters the temporal patterns of plant flowering traits. We calculated total community flowering potential (FP) by distributing peakseason plant cover values across the growing season, allocating each species' cover to only those months in which it typically flowers. We also generated separate FP profiles for exotic and native species and functional group. We compared the ability of the added nutrients to shift the distribution of these FP profiles (total and sub-groups) across the growing season. In all ecoregions, N increased the relative cover of both exotic species and C3 graminoids that flower in May through August. The cover of C4 graminoids decreased with added N, but the response varied by ecoregion and month. However, these functional changes only aggregated to shift the entire community's FP profile in the tall-grass prairie, where the relative cover of plants expected to flower in May and June increased and those that flower in September and October decreased with added N. The relatively low native cover in May and June may leave this ecoregion vulnerable to disturbance induced invasion by exotic species that occupy this temporal niche. There was no change in the FP profile of the mixed and short-grass prairies with N addition as increased abundance of exotic species and C3 graminoids replaced other species that flower at the same time. In these communities a disturbance other than nutrient addition may be required to disrupt phenological patterns.
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snrd:2017biederman2021-10-15T16:56:07Z Biederman, Lori Mortensen, Brent Fay, Philip A. Hagenah, Nicole Knops, Johannes Laungani, Ramesh La Pierre, Kimberly Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano 2017 The distribution of flowering across the growing season is governed by each species' evolutionary history and climatic variability. However, global change factors, such as eutrophication and invasion, can alter plant community composition and thus change the distribution of flowering across the growing season. We examined three ecoregions (tall-, mixed, and short-grass prairie) across the U.S. Central Plains to determine how nutrient (nitrogen (N), phosphorus, and potassium (+micronutrient)) addition alters the temporal patterns of plant flowering traits. We calculated total community flowering potential (FP) by distributing peakseason plant cover values across the growing season, allocating each species' cover to only those months in which it typically flowers. We also generated separate FP profiles for exotic and native species and functional group. We compared the ability of the added nutrients to shift the distribution of these FP profiles (total and sub-groups) across the growing season. In all ecoregions, N increased the relative cover of both exotic species and C3 graminoids that flower in May through August. The cover of C4 graminoids decreased with added N, but the response varied by ecoregion and month. However, these functional changes only aggregated to shift the entire community's FP profile in the tall-grass prairie, where the relative cover of plants expected to flower in May and June increased and those that flower in September and October decreased with added N. The relatively low native cover in May and June may leave this ecoregion vulnerable to disturbance induced invasion by exotic species that occupy this temporal niche. There was no change in the FP profile of the mixed and short-grass prairies with N addition as increased abundance of exotic species and C3 graminoids replaced other species that flower at the same time. In these communities a disturbance other than nutrient addition may be required to disrupt phenological patterns. tbls., grafs. application/pdf 10.1371/journal.pone.0178440 1932-6203 http://ri.agro.uba.ar/greenstone3/library/collection/arti/document/2017biederman eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess http://ri.agro.uba.ar/greenstone3/library/page/biblioteca#section4 Plos One Vol.12, no.5 e0178440, 15 p. http://www.journals.plos.org NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM TRACE ELEMENT EXOTIC SPECIES FLOWER FLOWERING FLOWERING POTENTIAL NUTRIENT PLANT COMMUNITY PLANT PARAMETERS PRAIRIE SEASONAL VARIATION SPECIES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES ECOSYSTEM PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion publishedVersion |
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NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM TRACE ELEMENT EXOTIC SPECIES FLOWER FLOWERING FLOWERING POTENTIAL NUTRIENT PLANT COMMUNITY PLANT PARAMETERS PRAIRIE SEASONAL VARIATION SPECIES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES ECOSYSTEM PLANT PHYSIOLOGY NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM TRACE ELEMENT EXOTIC SPECIES FLOWER FLOWERING FLOWERING POTENTIAL NUTRIENT PLANT COMMUNITY PLANT PARAMETERS PRAIRIE SEASONAL VARIATION SPECIES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES ECOSYSTEM PLANT PHYSIOLOGY |
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NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM TRACE ELEMENT EXOTIC SPECIES FLOWER FLOWERING FLOWERING POTENTIAL NUTRIENT PLANT COMMUNITY PLANT PARAMETERS PRAIRIE SEASONAL VARIATION SPECIES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES ECOSYSTEM PLANT PHYSIOLOGY NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM TRACE ELEMENT EXOTIC SPECIES FLOWER FLOWERING FLOWERING POTENTIAL NUTRIENT PLANT COMMUNITY PLANT PARAMETERS PRAIRIE SEASONAL VARIATION SPECIES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES ECOSYSTEM PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Biederman, Lori Mortensen, Brent Fay, Philip A. Hagenah, Nicole Knops, Johannes Laungani, Ramesh La Pierre, Kimberly Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains |
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The distribution of flowering across the growing season is governed by each species' evolutionary history and climatic variability. However, global change factors, such as eutrophication and invasion, can alter plant community composition and thus change the distribution of flowering across the growing season. We examined three ecoregions (tall-, mixed, and short-grass prairie) across the U.S. Central Plains to determine how nutrient (nitrogen (N), phosphorus, and potassium (+micronutrient)) addition alters the temporal patterns of plant flowering traits. We calculated total community flowering potential (FP) by distributing peakseason plant cover values across the growing season, allocating each species' cover to only those months in which it typically flowers. We also generated separate FP profiles for exotic and native species and functional group. We compared the ability of the added nutrients to shift the distribution of these FP profiles (total and sub-groups) across the growing season. In all ecoregions, N increased the relative cover of both exotic species and C3 graminoids that flower in May through August. The cover of C4 graminoids decreased with added N, but the response varied by ecoregion and month. However, these functional changes only aggregated to shift the entire community's FP profile in the tall-grass prairie, where the relative cover of plants expected to flower in May and June increased and those that flower in September and October decreased with added N. The relatively low native cover in May and June may leave this ecoregion vulnerable to disturbance induced invasion by exotic species that occupy this temporal niche. There was no change in the FP profile of the mixed and short-grass prairies with N addition as increased abundance of exotic species and C3 graminoids replaced other species that flower at the same time. In these communities a disturbance other than nutrient addition may be required to disrupt phenological patterns. |
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NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM TRACE ELEMENT EXOTIC SPECIES FLOWER FLOWERING FLOWERING POTENTIAL NUTRIENT PLANT COMMUNITY PLANT PARAMETERS PRAIRIE SEASONAL VARIATION SPECIES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES ECOSYSTEM PLANT PHYSIOLOGY |
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Biederman, Lori Mortensen, Brent Fay, Philip A. Hagenah, Nicole Knops, Johannes Laungani, Ramesh La Pierre, Kimberly Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano |
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Biederman, Lori Mortensen, Brent Fay, Philip A. Hagenah, Nicole Knops, Johannes Laungani, Ramesh La Pierre, Kimberly Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano |
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Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains |
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Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains |
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Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains |
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Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains |
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Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains |
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nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the u.s. central plains |
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