Plant-plant interactions and environmental change

被引:400
作者
Brooker, Rob W. [1 ]
机构
[1] NERC, Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Banchory Res Stn, Banchory AB31 4BW, Kincardine, Scotland
关键词
climate change; competition; evolution; facilitation; ranges; severity gradients;
D O I
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01752.x
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Natural systems are being subjected to unprecedented rates of change and unique pressures from a combination of anthropogenic environmental change drivers. Plant-plant interactions are an important part of the mechanisms governing the response of plant species and communities to these drivers. For example, competition plays a central role in mediating the impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition, increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, climate change and invasive nonnative species. Other plant-plant interaction processes are also being recognized as important factors in determining the impacts of environmental change, including facilitation and evolutionary processes associated with p[ant-plant interactions. However, plant-plant interactions are not the only factors determining the response of species and communities to environmental change drivers - their activity must be placed within the context of the wide, range of factors that regulate species, communities and ecosystems. A major research challenge is to understand when plant-plant interactions play a key role in regulating the impact of environmental change drivers, and the type of role that plant-plant interactions play. Although this is a considerable challenge, some areas of current research may, provide the starting point to achieving these goals, and should be pursued through large-scale, integrated, multisite experiments.
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页码:271 / 284
页数:14
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