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Responses of a native plant species from invaded and uninvaded areas to allelopathic effects of an invader
2019
Invaders exert new selection pressures on the resident species, for example, through competition for resources or by using novel weapons. It has been shown that novel weapons aid invasion but it is unclear whether native species co‐occurring with in‐ vaders have adapted to tolerate these novel weapons. Those resident species which are able to adapt to new selective agents can co‐occur with an invader while others face a risk of local extinction. We ran a factorial common garden experiment to study whether a native plant species, Anthriscus sylvestris, has been able to evolve a greater tolerance to the allelochemicals exerted by the invader, Lupinus polyphyllus. Lupinus polyphyllus produces …
Eteläboreaalisen vyöhykkeen putkilokasvien lajirunsaus maisematasolla
2014
Biodiversiteetin epätasaista jakaantumista on usein tutkittu putkilokasveilla, koska ne ovat ravintoketjun ensimmäinen taso. Putkilokasvien lajirunsauden selittäjät riippuvat mittakaavasta. Suurilla alueilla auringon energian määrä ja veden saatavuus selittävät hyvin putkilokasvien lajimäärää pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla. Maisematasolla ilmasto ei ole merkittävä selittäjä. Paikallisella tasolla lajirunsauteen vaikuttavat abioottiset ja bioottiset tekijät. Boreaalisessa metsässä ravinteisuus, vesitalous ja valon määrä selittävät lajimäärää. Lisäksi ihmisen toimilla on merkitystä putkilokasvien lajimäärään. Se kasvaa, koska siemeniä kulkeutuu ihmisen mukana uusille alueille. Ihmisen toiminta…
Contemporary spatial and environmental factors determine vascular plant species richness on highly fragmented meadows in Central Finland
2018
Context Habitat loss is a major threat to biodiversity. It can create temporal lags in decline of species in relation to destruction of habitat coverage. Plant species specialized in semi-natural grasslands, especially meadows, often express such extinction debt. Objectives We studied habitat loss and fragmentation of meadows and examined whether the changes in meadow coverage had caused an extinction debt on vascular plants. We also studied whether historical or present landscape patterns or contemporary environmental factors were more important determinants of species occurrence. Methods We surveyed the plant species assemblages of 12 grazed and 12 mown meadows in Central Finland and dete…