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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2019

Simulating Groundcover Community Assembly in a Frequently Burned Ecosystem Using a Simple Neutral Model.

E Louise Loudermilk, Lee Dyer, Scott Pokswinski, Andrew T Hudak, Benjamin Hornsby, Lora Richards, Jane Dell, Scott L Goodrick, J Kevin Hiers, Joseph J O'Brien

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

E Louise LoudermilkUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, GA, United States.
Lee DyerDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States.
Scott PokswinskiTall Timbers Research Station and Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL, United States.
Andrew T HudakUSDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Moscow, ID, United States.
Benjamin HornsbyUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, GA, United States.
Lora RichardsDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States.
Jane DellDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States.
Scott L GoodrickUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, GA, United States.
J Kevin HiersTall Timbers Research Station and Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL, United States.
Joseph J O'BrienUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, GA, United States.

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Abstract

Fire is a keystone process that drives patterns of biodiversity globally. In frequently burned fire-dependent ecosystems, surface fire regimes allow for the coexistence of high plant diversity at fine scales even where soils are uniform. The mechanisms on how fire impacts groundcover community dynamics are, however, poorly understood. Because fire can act as a stochastic agent of mortality, we hypothesized that a neutral mechanism might be responsible for maintaining plant diversity. We used the demographic parameters of the unified neutral theory of biodiversity (UNTB) as a foundation to model groundcover species richness, using a southeastern US pine woodland as an example. We followed the fate of over 7,000 individuals of 123 plant species for 4 years and two prescribed burns in frequently burned

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cellular automataFourier amplitude sensitivity testfrequent firegroundcover communitieslongleaf pineneutral theoryscalespatial dispersal

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