Functional redundancy and stability in plant communities

• Published in: Journal of vegetation science Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 963 - 974
• Main Authors: Pillar, Valério D., Blanco, Carolina C., Müller, Sandra C., Sosinski, Enio E., Joner, Fernando, Duarte, Leandro D. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Causal models; Communes; Community resilience; Disturbance; Ecological redundancy; Ecosystems; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Grasses; Grazing intensity; Path analysis; Plants; Species; Species diversity; Vegetation

Questions: Functional redundancy in assemblages may insure ecosystem processes after perturbation, potentially causing temporary or permanent local species extinctions. Yet, functional redundancy has only been inferred by indirect evidence or measured by methods that may not be the most appropriate....