{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"submitter":["Beal-Neves M"],"pubmed_abstract":["Fire plays a key role in grasslands, determining the distribution and evolution of species and boundaries with neighboring ecosystems. Evidence of community-wide responses to fire is largely based on taxonomic and functional descriptors, while the phylogenetic dimension is overlooked. Here we evaluated how the taxonomic and phylogenetic structure of grassland plant communities responded to a time since fire (TSF) gradient. We sampled 12 communities in Southern Brazil under varying TSF and calculated taxonomic species richness (S) and dominance (D), phylogenetic diversity (PD), and mean phylogenetic distances (MPD). We used Structural Equation Models to test the relationships between the environmental gradient and community descriptors. Communities with longer TSF presented higher PD and MP"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["17219"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11282237"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Time since fire as a driver of taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns of grassland plant communities."],"pmcid":["PMC11282237"],"pubmed_authors":["Affeldt-Ramos K","Duarte L","Ely CV","Beal-Neves M","Ferreira PMA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Time since fire as a driver of taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns of grassland plant communities.","description":"Fire plays a key role in grasslands, determining the distribution and evolution of species and boundaries with neighboring ecosystems. Evidence of community-wide responses to fire is largely based on taxonomic and functional descriptors, while the phylogenetic dimension is overlooked. Here we evaluated how the taxonomic and phylogenetic structure of grassland plant communities responded to a time since fire (TSF) gradient. We sampled 12 communities in Southern Brazil under varying TSF and calculated taxonomic species richness (S) and dominance (D), phylogenetic diversity (PD), and mean phylogenetic distances (MPD). We used Structural Equation Models to test the relationships between the environmental gradient and community descriptors. Communities with longer TSF presented higher PD and MP","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-03-31T11:03:02.226Z","creation":"2025-08-27T03:11:09.385Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11282237","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39060371"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-024-68188-y"]}}