Sampling and Complementarity Effects of Plant Diversity on Resource Use Increases the Invasion Resistance of Communities |
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| Authors: | Dan H. Zhu Ping Wang Wei Z. Zhang Yue Yuan Bin Li Jiang Wang |
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| Affiliation: | Department Life Science, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China;Shandong University, CHINA |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundAlthough plant diversity is postulated to resist invasion, studies have not provided consistent results, most of which were ascribed to the influences of other covariate environmental factors.Conclusions/SignificanceThe results of this study suggest that plant diversity confers resistance to invasion, which is mainly ascribed to the sampling effect of particular species and the complementarity effect among species on resources use. |
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