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ArticleEcology letters2021

Sediment availability provokes a shift from Brownian to Lévy-like clonal expansion in a dune building grass.

Valérie C Reijers, Selwyn Hoeks, Jim van Belzen, Koen Siteur, Anne J A de Rond, Clea N van de Ven, Carlijn Lammers, Johan van de Koppel, Tjisse van der Heide

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Article in Ecology letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Valérie C ReijersDepartment of Coastal Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, Den Burg, 1790 AB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-5019
Selwyn HoeksDepartment of Aquatic Ecology & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, Nijmegen, 6500 GL, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-3233
Jim van BelzenDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research and Utrecht University, Yerseke, 4401 NT, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-1545
Koen SiteurDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research and Utrecht University, Yerseke, 4401 NT, the Netherlands.
Anne J A de RondDepartment of Aquatic Ecology & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, Nijmegen, 6500 GL, The Netherlands.
Clea N van de VenDepartment of Coastal Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, Den Burg, 1790 AB, the Netherlands.
Carlijn LammersDepartment of Coastal Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, Den Burg, 1790 AB, the Netherlands.
Johan van de KoppelDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research and Utrecht University, Yerseke, 4401 NT, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0103-4275
Tjisse van der HeideDepartment of Coastal Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, Den Burg, 1790 AB, the Netherlands.

Funding

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 16588Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 850.13.052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In biogeomorphic landscapes, plant traits can steer landscape development through plant-mediated feedback interactions. Interspecific differences in clonal expansion strategy can therefore lead to the emergence of different landscape organisations. Yet, whether landscape-forming plants adopt different clonal expansion strategies depending on their physical environment remains to be tested. Here, we use a field survey and a complementary mesocosm approach to investigate whether sediment deposition affects the clonal expansion strategy employed by dune-building marram grass individuals. Our results reveal a consistent shift in expansion pattern from more clumped, Brownian-like, movement in sediment-poor conditions, to patchier, Lévy-like, movement under high sediment supply rates. Additional model simulations illustrate that the sediment-dependent shift in movement strategies induces a shift in optimisation of the cost-benefit relation between landscape engineering (i.e. dune formation) and expansion. Plasticity in expansion strategy may therefore allow landscape-forming plants to optimise their engineering ability depending on their physical landscape.

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EcosystemPoaceaeEnvironmentHumansPlantsAmmophila arenariabiogeomorphic landscapesclonal expansioncoastal dunesengineering traitshabitat modificationLévy movement

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PMID33179408
PMCPMC7839770

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