“decrease in density”

Claim · model-written summary

The authors suggest an increase in the natural rate of ecological succession in glades with the invasion of a non-native species.

Taxon

herbaceous plantse4

Treatment

invasion of a non-native speciese5

Outcome

natural rate of ecological successione5

Direction

increasee5

Verbatim

e4

“transects showed a decrease in the density of herbaceous plants characteristic of these calcareous glades ranging from 35% to 100%”

e5

“The evidence from this study strongly suggests a decline in the natural integrity of these glade communities over a 15-year period and an increase in the natural rate of ecological succession with the invasion of a non-native species”

Claim · model-written summary

The authors suggest a decline in the natural integrity of the glade communities over 15 years with the invasion of a non-native species.

Taxon

herbaceous plantse4

Treatment

invasion of a non-native speciese5

Outcome

natural integrity of these glade communitiese5

Direction

declinee5

Verbatim

e4

“transects showed a decrease in the density of herbaceous plants characteristic of these calcareous glades ranging from 35% to 100%”

e5

“The evidence from this study strongly suggests a decline in the natural integrity of these glade communities over a 15-year period and an increase in the natural rate of ecological succession with the invasion of a non-native species”

Claim · model-written summary

Eight perennial weed species were enriched in strip-tillage seed banks.

Taxon

riceOryza sativat0

Outcome

perennial weeds Ageratum conyzoides L., Alternanthera philoxeroides L., Cynodon dactylon L., Cyperus rotundus L., Jussia decurrence Walt., Leersia hexandra L., Scirpus mucronatus (L.) Palla., and Solanum torvum Sw. were enrichede0

Direction

enrichede0

Verbatim

e0

“The perennial weeds Ageratum conyzoides L., Alternanthera philoxeroides L., Cynodon dactylon L., Cyperus rotundus L., Jussia decurrence Walt., Leersia hexandra L., Scirpus mucronatus (L.) Palla., and Solanum torvum Sw. were enriched in the smaller-sized ST seed banks in terms of both density and biomass”

t0

“Rice”

Claim · model-written summary

Correlation coefficients of the 13 attributes with altitude were negative, from –0.13 to –0.99.

Taxon

treese6

Treatment

increasing altitudee2

Outcome

r-valuese3

Direction

decreaseinferrede2

Value

– 0.13 to – 0.99e3

Verbatim

e2

“Correlation analysis showed that the number of trees in 0.1 ha, density/ha, DBH, mean DBH, number of species, number of family, number of genus, basal area (BA), mean BA, R, H and E and species with the biggest DBH decreased with increasing altitude”

e3

“The r-values obtained for these 13 attributes were from – 0.13 to – 0.99”

e6

“all the trees with diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥ 5 cm have been measured”