A meta-analysis of plant facilitation in coastal dune systems: responses, regions, and research gaps

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dc.contributor.authorCastanho, Camila de Toledo
dc.contributor.authorLortie, Christopher J.
dc.contributor.authorZaitchik, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorPrado, Paulo Inacio
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionYork Univ
dc.contributor.institutionJohns Hopkins Univ
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:40:04Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:40:04Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-12
dc.description.abstractEmpirical studies in salt marshes, arid, and alpine systems support the hypothesis that facilitation between plants is an important ecological process in severe or 'stressful' environments. Coastal dunes are both abiotically stressful and frequently disturbed systems. Facilitation has been documented, but the evidence to date has not been synthesized. We did a systematic review with meta-analysis to highlight general research gaps in the study of plant interactions in coastal dunes and examine if regional and local factors influence the magnitude of facilitation in these systems. the 32 studies included in the systematic review were done in coastal dunes located in 13 countries around the world but the majority was in the temperate zone (63%). Most of the studies adopt only an observational approach to make inferences about facilitative interactions, whereas only 28% of the studies used both observational and experimental approaches. Among the factors we tested, only geographic region mediates the occurrence of facilitation more broadly in coastal dune systems. the presence of a neighbor positively influenced growth and survival in the tropics, whereas in temperate and subartic regions the effect was neutral for both response variables. We found no evidence that climatic and local factors, such as life-form and life stage of interacting plants, affect the magnitude of facilitation in coastal dunes. Overall, conclusions about plant facilitation in coastal dunes depend on the response variable measured and, more broadly, on the geographic region examined. However, the high variability and the limited number of studies, especially in tropical region, indicate we need to be cautious in the generalization of the conclusions. Anyway, coastal dunes provide an important means to explore topical issues in facilitation research including context dependency, local versus regional drivers of community structure, and the importance of gradients in shaping the outcome of net interactions.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv São Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationYork Univ, Dept Biol, Toronto, ON M3J 2R7, Canada
dc.description.affiliationJohns Hopkins Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) of Canada
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipNSERC Discovery
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 2012/09794-7
dc.format.extent16
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.768
dc.identifier.citationPeerj. London: Peerj Inc, v. 3, 16 p., 2015.
dc.identifier.doi10.7717/peerj.768
dc.identifier.fileWOS000349244800006.pdf
dc.identifier.issn2167-8359
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/38757
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000349244800006
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPeerj Inc
dc.relation.ispartofPeerj
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCoastal sand dunesen
dc.subjectGradientsen
dc.subjectNet interactionsen
dc.subjectPositive interactionsen
dc.subjectPlant-plant interactionsen
dc.subjectLife-formsen
dc.subjectNDVIen
dc.subjectMAPen
dc.subjectSynthesisen
dc.titleA meta-analysis of plant facilitation in coastal dune systems: responses, regions, and research gapsen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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