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Niche pre-emption increases with species richness in experimental plant communities

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2007
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Mwangi, P. N., Schmitz, M., Scherber, C., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Weisser, W. W., & Schmid, B. (2007). Niche pre-emption increases with species richness in experimental plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 95(1), 65–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01189.x

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In plant communities, invasion resistance may increase with diversity because empty niche space decreases simultaneously. However, it is not clear if this only applies to exotic species or also to native species arriving at a site with few other native species during community assembly. We tested the latter by transplanting four native species into experimental grassland communities varying in species richness form 1–16 (−60) species. In addition, we tested the hypothesis that invasion is less successful if the invading species belong

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  • Mwangi, P N
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  • Schmitz, M
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  • Scherber, C
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  • Roscher, C
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  • Schumacher, J
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  • Scherer-Lorenzen, M
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  • Weisser, W W
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95

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1

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65

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78

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Keywords

diversity effects, invasiveness, niche overlap, plant functional groups, phytometers, The Jena Experiment

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English

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2007-01-01

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0022-0477

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The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com

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332 since deposited on 2008-02-11
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Mwangi, P. N., Schmitz, M., Scherber, C., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Weisser, W. W., & Schmid, B. (2007). Niche pre-emption increases with species richness in experimental plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 95(1), 65–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01189.x

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