A5100012486- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
2024-2025
Abstract Many biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments have shown enhanced productivity with biodiversity, often explained by niche differentiation and complementarity effects. Yet, most of these results are based on artificial plant assemblages, a major focus above‐ground productivity. Consequently, our comprehension the BEF relationship in natural ecosystem for below‐ground functions remains largely unknown. In this study, we simulated long‐term non‐random species loss...
Abstract A growing number of studies have demonstrated that biodiversity is a strong and positive predictor ecosystem temporal stability by simultaneously affecting multiple underlying mechanisms stability, dominance, asynchrony averaging effects. However, to date, no study has disentangled the relative role these key in experiments. We created species richness gradient mimicking loss rare assessed on community and, more importantly, quantified three stabilizing mechanisms, dominance...
Abstract Biodiversity loss poses a significant threat to ecosystem functioning. However, much of the empirical evidence for these effects is based on artificial experiments that often fail simulate structure natural communities. Hence, it still unclear whether diversity losses would significantly affect functioning “real‐world” ecosystems. As subordinate and rare species constitute most in communities are more vulnerable local extinction, we evaluated their contribution naturally...
Abstract Questions Cover and biomass serve as common measures of species abundance in plant ecology. However, the underlying relationship between these two its implications remain poorly understood. This makes results based on cover difficult to compare. Locations Wet meadow, southeast České Budějovice, Czech Republic (48°57′ N, 14°36′ E). Method We developed theoretical expectations for systematic differences characterizing vegetation using community characteristics, including diversity,...