Invasion timing affects multiple scales, metrics, and facets of biodiversity outcomes in ecological restoration experiments.

ABSTRACT: The need to develop optimal restoration protocols for degraded grasslands has led to experimental research aimed at determining how different restoration treatments influence outcomes for biodiversity. The magnitude and direction of diversity responses to restoration treatments may depend on the spatial scale at which diversity is measured (local, regional), the metric of diversity used (Hill numbers), and the facet of diversity (taxonomic, functional, phylogenetic) considered. We conducted a long-term factorial experiment in a degraded grassland in Missouri, USA, in which we experimentally applied a regionally appropriate biodiverse seed mixture, added soil nutrients to restore soil fertility, and varied the timing in which the invasive plant Lespedeza cuneata entered the community. We us

SUBMITTER: Ladouceur E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12175749 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature