Successional dynamics in inland dune shrub communities drive changes in functional diversity

Chozas, Sergio; Correia, Otilia; Santos, Ana M. C.; Chefaoui, Rosa M.; Hortal, Joaquín

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Successional dynamics in inland dune shrub communities drive changes in functional diversity

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dc.contributor.author	Chozas, Sergio
dc.contributor.author	Correia, Otilia
dc.contributor.author	Santos, Ana M. C.
dc.contributor.author	Chefaoui, Rosa M.
dc.contributor.author	Hortal, Joaquín
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-28T09:49:47Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-28T09:49:47Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06
dc.description.abstract	Communities can be defined as assemblages of species coexisting under particular environments. The relationship between environment and species are regulated by both environmental requirements –which ultimately determine the species capacity to establish and survive in a particular environment– and the ecological interactions occurring during assembly processes –which also determine community composition by conditioning species coexistence. In this context, plant functional traits are attributes that represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors and interact with other species. Therefore, the analysis of how traits vary through the dynamics of communities, such as along successions, can give insights about how environmental requirements and species interactions may determine the composition and functional structure of these communities. The xerophytic shrub communities inhabiting inland sand dunes in SW Portugal are characterized by successional processes that are mainly driven by local (edaphic gradients and human disturbance) and regional (climate) processes. Therefore, they constitute an appropriate system for studying species interactions and environmentcommunity co-variations based on functional terms. Using these communities as a model, we evaluate the hypothesis that successional community changes in species composition of xerophytic shrub communities can result in concurrent changes in functional diversity	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.7818/4IberianEcologicalCongress.2015	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8706
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	no	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (AEET)	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.title	Successional dynamics in inland dune shrub communities drive changes in functional diversity	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Coimbra, Portugal	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	94	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	94	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	4º Encontro Ibérico de Ecologia/ A Ecologia e os desafios societais	pt_PT
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