Claim · model-written summary
Small disturbances caused a marked decrease in species density.
- Taxon
- vascular plantsTracheophytae1
- Treatment
- Small disturbancese0
- Outcome
- species densitye0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Verbatim
e0“Small disturbances cause a remarkable decrease in species density.”
e1“vascular plants”
Title
High species richness in an Estonian wooded meadow
Kalevi Kull; Martin Zobel Journal of Vegetation Science 1991. doi:10.2307/3236182
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Maximum vascular plant richness reached 25 species in a 10 cm x 10 cm plot.
- Observation Maximum vascular plant richness reached 42 species in a 20 cm x 20 cm plot.
- Observation Maximum vascular plant richness reached 63 species in a 1 m 2 plot.
- Association Species richness was highest where long-term mowing was most regular.
- Association Fertilization was associated with lower species density.
- Association Temporary cessation of mowing was associated with lower species density.
- Observation The richest community had a leaf area index of 2.8.
- Observation The richest community had above-ground dry biomass of 175 g/m 2.
- Association Species number decreased as herb layer height increased.
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