10.5061/DRYAD.9G785
Turley, Nash E.
Michigan State University
Orrock, John L.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ledvina, Joseph A.
Michigan State University
Brudvig, Lars A.
Michigan State University
Data from: Dispersal and establishment limitation slows plant community
recovery in post-agricultural longleaf pine savannas
Dryad
dataset
2018
Baptisia tinctoria
Commelina erecta
Gymnopogon ambiguus
Fagus grandifolia
Agalinis fasciculata
Aristida purpurascens var. tenuispica
Cynodon dactylon
Aristida beyrichiana
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Hypericum gentianoides
Mitchella repens
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum
Sericocarpus tortifolius
Paspalum setaceum
Kummerowia stipulacea
Andropogon
Rhynchosia reniformis
Solidago erecta
Passiflora incarnata
Malus angustifolia
Chionanthus virginicus
Stipulicida setacea
Lespedeza repens
Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
Rhus copallinum
Land-use legacies
Quercus coccinea
Oxalis stricta
Gelsemium sempervirens
Cyperus plukenetii
Carya alba
Phlox nivalis
Holocene
Pityopsis graminifolia
Tragia urens
Vaccinium tenellum
Triplasis americana
Dichanthelium
Lithospermum caroliniense
Callicarpa americana
Spigelia marilandica
Pleopeltis polypodioides subsp. polypodioides
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Polygonella americana
Yucca filamentosa
Croton glandulosus
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe
Quercus velutina
Galactia regularis
Morus rubra
Smilax smallii
Amorpha herbacea
Asclepias verticillata
Ligustrum sinense
Phlox amoena
Helianthemum canadense
Sanicula canadensis
Manfreda virginica
Aristolochia serpentaria
Ceanothus americanus
Quercus laevis
Lechea mucronata
Desmodium lineatum
Rhynchosia difformis
Asclepias tuberosa
Polygala grandiflora
Lonicera sempervirens
Apocynum cannabinum
Desmodium marilandicum
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium
Coreopsis major
Lespedeza stuevei
Chamaecrista
Galium
Digitaria
Lespedeza hirta
Aralia spinosa
Stylisma patens
Crataegus cf. spathulata
Wahlenbergia marginata
Lactuca
Solidago
Elaeagnus pungens
Tephrosia florida
Stylodon carneus
Clitoria mariana
Hypericum cistifolium
Cyperus lupulinus subsp. lupulinus
Pteridium aquilinum
Chrysopsis mariana
Ampelopsis arborea
Liatris squarrulosa
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Sporobolus clandestinus
Lespedeza cuneata
Eupatorium compositifolium
Viola
Trichostema dichotomum
Ulmus alata
Asplenium platyneuron
Sassafras albidum
Diospyros virginiana
Sorghastrum secundum
Sericocarpus asteroides
Erechtites hieraciifolia
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
Nolina georgiana
Quercus incana
Eragrostis capillaris
Quercus margaretta
Paspalum boscianum
Rhexia mariana
Styrax grandifolius
Setaria pumila subsp. pumila
Opuntia humifusa
Solidago nemoralis
Acalypha gracilens
Callisia rosea
Cirsium repandum
Vaccinium stamineum
Conyza canadensis
Rudbeckia fulgida
Chrysopsis gossypina
Toxicodendron pubescens
Campsis radicans
Berchemia scandens
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Carya pallida
Gentiana villosa
Longleaf pine savanna
Eupatorium album
Liatris elegans
Conoclinium coelestinum
Baccharis halimifolia
Quercus stellata
Persea borbonia
Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana
Eriogonum tomentosum
Desmodium laevigatum
Quercus marilandica
Carphephorus bellidifolius
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
Prunus serotina
Vaccinium formosum
Indigofera caroliniana
Paspalum bifidum
Stillingia sylvatica
Quercus nigra
Mimosa microphylla
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Eupatorium capillifolium
Salvia azurea
Solidago leavenworthii
Marshallia obovata
Sporobolus junceus
Lyonia lucida
Scleria ciliata
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Brickellia eupatorioides
Pinus taeda
Anthaenantia villosa
Salvia lyrata
Berlandiera pumila
Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus
Ionactis linariifolius
Lyonia ligustrina
Erigeron strigosus
Packera anonyma
Tephrosia virginiana
Crataegus uniflora
Vaccinium arboreum
Prunus umbellata
Tragia urticifolia
Smilax rotundifolia
Rubus argutus
Galactia volubilis
Rubus cuneifolius
Cornus florida
Potentilla canadensis
Crotalaria rotundifolia
Aristida tuberculosa
Dioscorea villosa
Eryngium yuccifolium
Hypericum punctatum
Lespedeza virginica
Vernonia angustifolia
Pediomelum canescens
Sorghastrum nutans
Centrosema virginianum
Desmodium
Desmodium strictum
Silphium asteriscus var. laevicaule
Vitis rotundifolia
Prunus caroliniana
Cyperus retrorsus
Paspalum notatum
Gaura filipes
Solanum carolinense
Saccharum brevibarbe
Eragrostis spectabilis
Gaylussacia dumosa
Elephantopus tomentosus
Silphium compositum var. compositum
Polygala polygama
Osmanthus americanus
Dalea pinnata
Juniperus virginiana
Croptilon divaricatum
Thaspium trifoliatum
Viburnum rufidulum
Scutellaria elliptica
Sporobolus indicus var. indicus
Quercus laurifolia
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Physalis heterophylla
Sericocarpus linifolius
seed addition
Crataegus flava
Viola pedata
Tridens flavus
Euphorbia corollata
Agrimonia microcarpa
Chimaphila maculata
Liquidambar styraciflua
Stylosanthes biflora
Conopholis americana
Panicum anceps
Baptisia alba
Smilax glauca
Liatris tenuifolia
Solidago odora
Trichostema setaceum
Pinus palustris
Rubus flagellaris
Diodia teres
Lechea tenuifolia
Phytolacca americana
Helianthus divaricatus
Juncus dichotomus
Vitis aestivalis
Pseudognaphalium
Tridens carolinianus
Liatris
Polypremum procumbens
Aureolaria pectinata
Piptochaetium avenaceum
Ilex vomitoria
Lobelia puberula
Hieracium gronovii
Morella cerifera
Amianthium muscitoxicum
Castanea pumila
Quercus falcata
Quercus alba
Baptisia perfoliata
Aristida lanosa
Ilex decidua
Paspalum laeve
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Lupinus diffusus
Euthamia caroliniana
Celtis tenuifolia
Prenanthes serpentaria
Symphyotrichum concolor
Solidago tortifolia
MorphoName
Solidago speciosa
Acer rubrum
Sida rhombifolia
Solidago petiolaris
Smilax bona-nox
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Aristida condensata
Anthropocene
Rosa carolina
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia
Richardia scabra
Passiflora lutea
Robinia hispida
Solanum americanum
Ilex opaca
Baptisia lanceolata
Digitaria cognata
Smilax hugeri
Lonicera japonica
Danthonia sericea
Solidago altissima
Eupatorium glaucescens
Penstemon australis
Nyssa sylvatica
Ipomoea pandurata
Hemerocallis fulva
Houstonia longifolia
Hypericum hypericoides
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12903
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Abandoned agricultural lands often have distinct plant communities from
areas with no history of agriculture because plant species fail to
recolonize. This may be due to dispersal limitation from a lack of seeds,
or establishment limitation because of unsuitable environmental
conditions. However, few experiments have directly tested how restoration
activities may overcome these limitations. We studied longleaf pine
savannas in South Carolina abandoned from agriculture >60 years ago
that were immediately adjacent to remnant habitats (areas with no history
of agriculture). Using 27 sites, we conducted a factorial experiment that
sowed seeds of 12 species indicative of remnant communities and conducted
restoration thinning of overstorey trees in half of 126, 1-ha patches to
mimic canopy density of natural savannas. We also established vegetation
transects to examine if restoration promotes spread of remnant species
into post-agricultural areas. We found strong evidence for dispersal
limitation in post-agricultural areas as over 99% of the occurrences of
our focal species were in seed addition plots. Seed additions increased
total species richness by 27%. Restoration thinning increased
establishment in seed addition plots (measured as richness of sown
species) by 126% and increased total richness by 88%. Restoration thinning
also increased seed production in remnant habitats by an average of 6506%
across our focal species. However, after 4 years, restoration thinning did
not facilitate the natural spread of remnant species into adjacent
post-agricultural sites. Synthesis and applications. We show that both
dispersal and establishment limitation are key factors causing some plant
species to be absent from post-agricultural sites. Dense canopy conditions
limit seed production in remnant habitats and reduce establishment in post
agricultural areas. Restoration thinning helps overcome these limitations
and should facilitate the natural spread of species from remnant habitats
but natural recovery may still be slow. Our results suggest that
accelerating the recovery of post-agricultural habitats will require
active restoration that reduces dispersal limitation (seed additions) and
reinstates appropriate ecological conditions.
turley_et_al_2017_Plant_Community_data_2010-2015Plant community data from
10 x 100 m transects. See read me file for more
info.turley_et_al_2017_seed_addition_plots_all_species_percent_cover_2015Plant community data with percent covers of all species within seed addition plots and paired control plots. See read me file for more info.turley_et_al_2017_seed_addition_plots_focal_abndances_2015Counts of focal species in seed addition plots and paired control plots. See read me file for more info.turley_et_al_2017_fecundity_2013Fecundity data (flowering and seed production) for several species growing in thinned and unthinned longleaf pine savanna remnants. See read me file for more info.turley_et_al_2017_species_codes_to_speciesList of 6-letter species codes and corresponding full scientific names based on up-to-date nomenclature. See read me file for more info.
Savannah River Site
USA
Aiken County
atlantic coastal plain
South Carolina
Barnwell County