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Replication Data for: Standing vegetation as a coarse biotic filter for seedbank dynamics: effects of gap creation on seed inputs and outputs in a native grassland
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Brown, Charlotte; Cahill Jr., James, F. — 2020-05-26 This is the replication data associated with our article in our "Journal of Vegetation Science" titled "Standing vegetation as a coarse biotic filter for seedbank dynamics: effects of gap creation on seed inputs and outputs in a native grassland". Please see the ReadMe file for details on dataset contents. (2019-06-07)
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Replication data for: Species-specific size vulnerabilities in a competitive arena: Nutrient heterogeneity and soil fertility alter plant competitive size-asymmetries
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Brown, Charlotte; Oppon, Kenneth; Cahill Jr., James F. — 2019-04-01 This is the replication data associated with our article in our "Functional Ecology" titled "Species-specific size vulnerabilities in a competitive arena: Nutrient heterogeneity and soil fertility alter plant competitive size-asymmetries". Please see the ReadMe file for details on dataset contents.
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Data from: Soil biotic quality lacks spatial structure and is positively associated with fertility in a northern grassland
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Chagnon, Pierre-Luc; Brown, Charlotte; Stotz, Gisela C.; Cahill, James F. — 2020-04-16 When placing roots in the soil, plants integrate information about soil nutrients, plant neighbours and beneficial/detrimental soil organisms. While the fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in soil nutrients and plant neighbours have been described previously, virtually nothing is known about the spatial structure in soil biotic quality (measured here as a soil Biota-Induced plant Growth Response, or BIGR), or its correlation with nutrients or neighbours. Such correlations could imply trade-offs in root placement decisions. Theory would predict that soil BIGR is (1) negatively related to soil fertility and (2) associated with plant community structure, such that plants influence soil biota (and vice versa) through plant-soil feedbacks. We would also expect that since plants have species-specific impacts on soil organisms, spatially homogeneous plant communities should also homogenize soil BIGR. Here, we test these hypotheses in a semiarid grassland by (1) characterizing the spatial structure of soil BIGR at a scale experienced by an individual plant and (2) correlating it to soil abiotic properties and plant community structure. We do so in two types of plant communities: (1) low-diversity patches dominated by an invasive grass (Bromus inermis Leyss.) and (2) patches covered mostly by native vegetation, with the expectation that dominance by Bromus would homogenize soil BIGR. Soil BIGR was spatially heterogeneous, but not autocorrelated. This was true in both vegetation types (Bromus-invaded vs. native patches). Conversely, soil abiotic properties and plant community structure were frequently spatially autocorrelated at similar scales. Also, contrary to many studies, we found a positive correlation between soil BIGR and soil fertility. Soil BIGR was also associated with plant community structure. Synthesis. The positive correlation between soil BIGR and some soil nutrient levels suggests that plants don't necessarily trade-off between foraging for nutrients vs. biotic interactions: nutritional cues could rather indicate the presence of beneficial soil biota. Moreover, the spatial structure in plant communities, coupled with their correlation with soil BIGR, jointly suggest that plant-soil feedbacks operate at local scales in the field: this has been identified in modelling studies as an important driver of plant coexistence.
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Replication Data for: Vertical size structure is associated with productivity and species diversity in a short-stature grassland: Evidence for the importance of height variability within herbaceous communities
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Brown, Charlotte; Cahill Jr., J. F. — 2019-07-22 This is the replication data associated with our article in our "Journal of Vegetation Science" titled "Vertical size structure is associated with productivity and species diversity in a short-stature grassland: Evidence for the importance of height variability within herbaceous communities". Please see the ReadMe file for details on dataset contents. (2019-06-07)

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