Spatiotemporally explicit incidence analysis of plant functional groups in metacommunities [Elektronische Ressource] / von Andrea Schleicher

Spatiotemporally explicit incidence analysis of plant functional groups in metacommunities Von der Fakultät für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg zur Erlangung des Grades und Titels eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) angenommene Dissertation von Andrea Schleicher geboren am 07. Juni 1979 in Nürnberg Oldenburg 2010 Gutachter Prof. Dr. Michael Kleyer Zweitgutachter Prof. Dr. Martin Diekmann Tag der Disputation 17.12.2010 Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................... v Zusammenfassung ......................ix 1 Preface 3 2 Metacommunity theory and the functional trait concept: Towards a more general understanding of biodiversity .................................................................................................. 11 2.1 Metacommunity theory ........ 11 2.2 The functional trait concept .. 20 2.3 Box 1: Assembly Rules ........................................................................................................... 28 2.4 Reconciling metacommunity ecology and the functional trait concept ............................... 31 3 Study design ...................................................................................................................... 37 3.1 Study area .............................. 37 3.