Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests

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Abstract

Aims: Quantify changes in taxonomic and functional diversity (FD) and identity to determine if responses to a disturbance severity gradient follow a “colonization/competition” hypothesis: diversity will (a) increase with disturbance severity as more open conditions favor species with traits linked to colonization; and (b) become more similar between regeneration and overstorey layers as environmental filtering favors species with traits linked to increasing competition for light

  • Citation: Keyser, Tara L.; Collins, Beverly S.; Greenberg, Cathryn H. 2021. Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests. Applied Vegetation Science 24(1): e12538. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12538.
  • Keywords: disturbance, environmental filtering, fire, persistence niche, plant functional traits, Quercus-Carya forest, restoration
  • Posted Date: November 30, 2020
  • Modified Date: March 26, 2021

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