Simulating Groundcover Community Assembly in a Frequently Burned Ecosystem Using a Simple Neutral Model

Simulating Groundcover Community Assembly in a Frequently Burned Ecosystem Using a Simple Neutral Model

Fire is a keystone process that drives patterns of biodiversity globally. In frequently burned fire-dependent ecosystems, surface fire regimes allow for the coexistence of high plant diversity at fine scales even where soils are uniform. The mechanisms on how fire impacts groundcover community dynam...

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Main Authors: E. Louise Loudermilk, Lee Dyer, Scott Pokswinski, Andrew T. Hudak, Benjamin Hornsby, Lora Richards, Jane Dell, Scott L. Goodrick, J. Kevin Hiers, Joseph J. O’Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
neutral theory
longleaf pine
cellular automata
groundcover communities
frequent fire
scale
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.01107/full

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