Concepts
7 concepts
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climate-ecosystem feedback
Ecosystem responses to climate change that exert positive or negative feedbacks on climate, mediated by slow-moving factors such as shifts in vegetation community composition
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dominant species removal
Experimental removal of the most abundant plant species to test effects of species loss on community structure and function
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invasive species establishment
The process by which non-native species become established and spread in new environments
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behavioral ontogeny
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competitive exclusion
Competition between fungal groups for limited plant photosynthate allocation
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photo-inhibition
Reduction in photosynthetic efficiency due to excess light exposure
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upscaling
Extrapolation of species richness estimates from small plots to larger spatial scales using theoretical scaling relationships