10/19/071 biodiversity at local scales reading assignment: gsf ch. 13
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Biodiversity at local scales
Reading assignment: GSF Ch. 13
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Biodiversity at Local Scales
• Differing abundances of different species may result from variable competitive ability (fitness) among species, or from stochastic factors
• Patterns of commonness and rarity are scale-dependent and may shift over time
• Common species are called “dominants”
• Most species are not common
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• Geographic range (wide/narrow)• Habitat specificity (broad/restricted)• Local abundance (somewhere large vs. everywhere
small)
Three aspects of species distributions (Rabinowitz, 1981)
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Why are species common?
• Ecological generalists: wide habitat tolerance; broad fundamental niches
• Common species are “superior organisms,” more competitive for resources
• This theory has been partially supported, but maybe common species happen to be well adapted to commonly found environmental conditions
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Why are species rare?
• Classic explanation is that species tend to be ecologically specialized– Low abundance– Small geographic ranges (endemism)– Rare species can efficiently exploit their
specialized niche• Lack of dispersal (spatial and temporal
barriers)• Historical accidents
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Why are species invasive?
• Invasive species are those that expand their ranges rapidly outside their native habitat– May be “weedy” or “ruderal” but not always– May be native to the region but more often
exotic• Community and ecosystem properties may be
altered• Most invasive species have been introduced
by people (2000-3000 species in US, last 100 years)
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Traits of Invasive Species (also see Mack et al., 2000)
Invaders have a variety of strategies for spreading
• Lots of seeds, wind dispersal• Rhizomes• For pines, reproduction at a young age, small seeds
and large, frequent seed crops• Rapid growth; lack of natural predators/pathogens• Empty niches• Invaders may alter ecosystem properties in a way
that increases their success (feedback)
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Diffuse knapweed
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“Novel Weapons” hypothesis(Callaway and Ridenour)
• Certain root exudates are ineffective against natural neighbors
• Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) produces 8-hydroxyquinoline, an allelopathic compound that has adverse effects on many plants outside its native range
• Selective advantage may result in rapid evolution of the weapon
• Competitive ability is further strengthened
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Testing Allelopathy
Root exudates collected from diffuse knapweed inhibited shoot and root differentiation and germination of native plant seedlings, crop plants and even other invasive species
Vivanco et al. 2004
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• Allelopathic compound is less concentrated in soils of knapweed’s native range than in invaded soils
Vivanco et al. 2004
Identifying allelopathic compounds
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And to make matters even worse…
• Plants exposed to root boring insects for biological control produce more allelopathic chemicals, reduce native grass growth more
• Biocontrol actually makes these plants more competitive
Thelen et al. 2005
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Ecosystem Conditions leading to Invasion
• Empty niches (Elton 1958)– Species-poor communities have more
ecological “space” for invaders– Evidence is mixed!
• Unused resources– Dalmation toadflax, tap-rooted perennial
forb, invades mixed grass prairie; few other species make use of deep soil moisture
• Disturbance– Increases resource availability and niche
space
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What is the role of empty niches in invasion?
• Dominant paradigm says that species-poor areas are susceptible to invasion
• Species-rich communities may have higher rate of invasive species (Fig. 13.5)
• S. African fynbos, New Zealand beech forests, and Great Plains grasslands show similar patterns
• Are species-rich areas more fertile?
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What is the role of disturbance in invasion?
More work needs to be done on specific mechanisms driving disturbance-invasion cycles
• Factors promoting likelihood of invasion after disturbance• soil surface conditions, microclimate• water infiltration rates• competition• natural enemies • resource (nutrient) availability • feedbacks: kochia and cheatgrass increase N cycling rates
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Phases of invasion
• Lag phase; many introduced species disappear • Population increases slowly• Often multiple introductions of the same species
occur over time and space• Invasion phase; rapid population increase in number
and area• Eventually the population and area stabilizes (may
take centuries)• The “tens” idea
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Mack et al. 2000
Phases of invasion
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Scales of Diversity(see Table 15.4)
• Inventory diversity (species density, Shannon-Weiner index, etc)– Alpha diversity: within one community– Gamma diversity: across several communities
• Differentiation diversity (mean similarity, turnover)– Beta diversity: difference in community
composition along an environmental gradient or among communities in landscape
– See coenocline slide
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Why do some areas have high species diversity?
• As productivity (or resources, or area) increases, the number of species should, too
• Assumes that more productivity is driven by more energy in the system, which would support more individuals (or species)
• “Paradox of Enrichment:” at high productivity, some individuals (species) outcompete others if they get bigger or take up more space, leading to lower diversity
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The relationship between productivity and diversity is very scale dependent
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Productivity-Diversity Patterns
Highest biodiversity was found at intermediate levels of productivity in 40% of studies
Could be that areas with intermediate productivity and fertility are most common, and more species are adapted to these conditions
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Does disturbance promote diversity?
• Gaps in temperate and tropical forests are important in maintaining diversity– Stochastic events lead to species
coexistence
• Intermediate disturbance hypothesis– Competitive exclusion reduces diversity at
low levels of disturbance– Recolonization may be too slow at high
levels of disturbance– Recent review showed marginal support for
this idea (Fig. 13.10)
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Does increased biodiversity increase productivity? (why might this happen?)
• Much of the increased productivity was associated with functional groups
• May be dependent on particular species
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Does increased biodiversity increase ecosystem stability?
• What is stability?
• If stability is reduced variability, there is some evidence for a relationship (Fig. 13.12)
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